Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-12
Morning Telegram.
GRAND RAPIDS. AUG u lss6.
aIsoH Aaes1sAs ssATrERs

arse Clty 1unuS the pact seeE.
The ae2 81 t.. CLareA 80 EaiInors vac
,iesllcatesl Sunday frse f4oA 1sDL
TIE Fresalas0us u Battle Crssk ~iI
liss.i4eaia than Bs~ lall ga lEe 4,tA mst.
The kalalnazoo County FAIR postp0nes
10 dates f0f the be1~hE ~ tie state fzIr
thls geaE
The Torrent a arms LuHlbef COMPANY
- Muakeg1ll, asesl a - Saturday ~Alen
l=salsd 5 3055 fssG.
lion. " l.. rssaten, shO has been post
master at sekson fOr llllstson years, las
rstiFsI if0m ssrYles.
Abobf twenty brass bands have slgul-
1sssi their utsnfon ~ attending the mu-
sscal festival - be held Il MOaroe, Aug
~.
The new daily at Grand Haven, the
geafstre, ventures 0ut again upon the
unceFtaln sea after suspension Of one
WeeA.
Ihs Cutler House bus ran over John
MAhon's little boy, aged years, GA Mon
day, al drand hayens klilIng hIIn N
staatiy.
Wheat about Traverse City has teen
damaged By tne raIns 0f the last Neeks
while corn. potatoes and iate onions have
been lzaprOyed
The annual eneampment Of the Four
tosnth regiment %. y O.. and Of the
Eighth Ohio Battery snded at Belle Isle
PsFk yesterday.
f. l. FUwelL Who for fifty years has
been engaged la nswspal ef labor, has re-
brea from the stanton Herald, and Is
saceseied BY his son
A nn-peddleI lnsultel Big Rapids
woman on Monday. She shot at him
with revolver. bat unfortunately the
bullet dld not take effect.
The Grand Trunk Railroad Company
has decided 10 Uniform all ~ conductors
and braksmen after tho fashion Of the
Michigan Central Railroad.
The enrolment az the Teachers In
statute last week, AZ Grass Lake, was 80,
and the average attendance during the
session % four weeks, l20.
The Washington Club, composed ot
old settlers Of Iona, Kent and Montcalm
Counties. held q picnic on the House Of
Correction grounds al lonia, yesterday.
Ionia IL wrestling with the question
shall ~ have sewers or cholera The
decision vii be watched with much IN
terost by other cities much larger than
Iona
Gilbert ID. MLllspaagh. Ot Albion, has
cOmmenced suit against the Pullman
Land Association 10 recover possession
OF the land upon which that thriving
western town - built.
Cadallscs new ward sraoOlh0use, be-
gun less than a month ago. Is nearly COM
pletei Rnd u ole Of the prettiest school
buildings in the state. Work on the new
jail n also rapidly progressing.
The beach resorts around Grand Ha-
ven are numerous and the namesot some
of them are very suggestive. There are
camps Paradise" Careless ~NOnsen-
sical. Racket" and Rosy Mound"
big Rapids - sinking a number oi test
wells m order 20 get better water sup
ply. Ia one wall. water. apparently pure.
has been obtained at depth ot 100 feet
And the iOw ~ al the rate OF ZOO gallons
per day.
The wheat yield IN Berrien county Is
uuPrecedentedly large thus year, the av-
erlsge beng over p bushels per acre,
while one piece is reported "a going 54I6
bushels Corn will be more than an ay-
sralge crop.
Duung these warm and dull days the
merchants - Big Rapids are az their wlts
ends - know how to make things appear
lively. Their latest scheme II 20 have
foot races upon the principal streets dur
ing the warmer portion Of the day.
an elderly Holland woman az kalama-
goo. named DeCottie. 81 sn early hour
Monday rcsSruiug. cut her throat ~ she
bay IN her own bed by the side % her hus-
band Sire lived nut "a short time. In
sanity is supposed 70 be the cause.
Negotiations are pending between Mus
keguu capitalists and Jerome Madden.
- san Francisco Cal. Land Agent ~
tbe southern Pacific Railroad. FOR the
transfer ~ tract of 1000 sores of valu-
able pine lands ia the Sierra Nevada
mountains.
tract ~ land was bought by the city
~ fshpsmnE last week ,or cemetery pur-
poses. Ths old cemetery was 50 full that
not foot 0f avsiisble space was left. and
graves had been made in the roadway.
Bnrisls have been made IN Negsunee the
past ssverni months.
The commeucement exercises At the
Michigan Agricultural College VIII begin
VIII Ntst NV ttatttIrHtrt -fi AttN 'fN t''ttt
day. AnE. l6 Monday The socIety ban
quets viii be held followed ou Tuesday.
Wednesday AMI Thursday with tEe reg
ai8r yra,iuaflng EXERCISES.
Several Spring Lake isdies vent to
Mona Lake last Friday snd organized a
female base bali club. The catcher
caught bal with her eye and tainted.
which reminded the lsdies that they wera
tsnt - their element and they returned
home a ssdder but wiser party N'tske
g,lfi NeEs
J ~ Ho.fgkins Is the owner ~ = tene-
uasnt hous.. m Negaunee which has been
refnxe for hegzsrs and slushd poverty.
Hs has been notified by the City Record
er to clesn and repair the place ~ once.
10 - known a. "tsstie lisrJisn. snd has
long been Disgrace - The eity.
A electrical discharge fell upon The
bslnse - Arthur 7 Barrett. - kichlsnd.
SaiobHr,c County. Saudsv morning duV-
inz the thunier storm. Snorked tne ehli'
nav rrenri l'r- ri,iks rr,u CO. sllri - -