Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-12
Morning Telegram.
MINOR MIcHIGAN MATTER.

The CiLizsns' league, OF Am Arb0r, A.
making raid on tie dlsOrderly houses oi
that clty.
A. NJ Moon, the editor Of the Dowagiac
Iis'es, i a candidate for tho Consalate al
Chatham, Ont.
The Detroit militia companies are prepar-
ing ieglslatige bill Tor the erection " al
sfmory la Detroit.
Il il probable that the Michigan Yacht
q 10. OF ut O4t. viii hold their regatta tie
la sr part OF August
- lumber market at l. ~ Sa si1aw has
rsElv "a; over l3u0).OJ0 feet wele sold lasi
wosk at lat fall's prices.
Tle Meth0iist PrO.e tant church ia Sag-
nav Aliy Was damaged Ou Monday by ire 10
t5etsient OF <5jJ; insured
The forty fifth anniversary reunion of the
old nre department Of Detroit viii be hels.
o. Saturday, the l4th OF February.
Kalamazoo - thoroughly stirred up by
Ma y hiltle. and there - 40 baiid- n large
enough To accommodate the services.
Alfred Freese, OF Bay City, was reported
dead al New Orleans, Monday. tie was ii-
iarsd by falling timDels some time ago
The colors of the Port Huron Guards viii
DO added 20 the decorations on Tie occasion
of the CiovernOrs leyee IA Detroit this week
VermcntsiIle parties have been deal
ing largely j. real estate lately. They have
parcha1 9 4 2. % acre plantation IN Georgia
Ths sixth annual meeting of the Michigan
Engineering oOcisty Will be held IN the
Pioneer room, State Capitol, Lansing, Feb.
7-lJ-
The dwelling house of John Johnson was
burned az Birmingham Monday morning,
with all its cOntents, excepting lew Si.V1r
spoo-s.
jose Trembath. well known resident
. |u.rsta- loo
dropped dead at his residence OF heart di-
sease On Moi day night.
A Lutheran congregation OF Swedes and
Norwrgians has been organized at Detroit
A church viii be built as soon u money
emo lgh can 10 collected.
John C0wan and IhOs. Young we're held to
the Circuit Court, at East Saginaw. on Mon
day, for holding up an old man named keat-
ln.<sad robblng ham OF St0-
There il a prospect of the old Holyoke sill
YER mine BENG opened. Ii has lam idle Tor
lweniy years ami Capt John Spaulding, OF
: sult ste. Marie, proposes 10 resume opera
tlo1s there.
The Prohibition County Convention 10
chooss delegates 10 the : tate Convention was
held at AIlrgln on Monday, and notwilh-
standing the incleInency or the weather was
WILL attended.
jacob Cheever of Tecumseh, Lenawee
county, was arraIgned before Commissioner
Graves, of Detrolt, ON Monday, on the charge
of not paying his liquor TAX. lie gave Ddi
pending hls trial.
The four Masonic lodges of Ann Arbor are
considering the project Ot rentIug the third
floor of the ST. james block, rai~Ing the ro,t
aud fitting ur elegant pariOrs, Kitchen, dln
ming hail, arnOry, &c
+. l.. Miller, farmer near Saginaw, Is
very unfortunate In regard TO tire. Ills barn
Was destroyed by ire Monday morning. lie
lost his hOu.e, barn aud other Outbundings
b. IRE last September.
little boy visitor at n school In Grand
Haven fell asleep oit seat aud was forgot,
ten by the Older scholars until his distracted
parents began To search for HIM after dark.
~ was awake but uncOucs rned.
IL ia expected IN Detroit that there will be
a large attendance of cIflZens from all over
the State at the Governors levee, aud ex-
Cows. BegOle, Jerome, Blair and Felch have
sigaihsd their intention OF being present.
A eolored boy eighteen years old bled 20
a attn m the Detroit, Grand Haven d Mil
waakee depot at Detroit on Monday. lie
was accompanied b. his sister and had come
from Ovid 10 Detroit to receive medical aid
for has lungs.
test of the Harden Improved Grenade
Fire Exunguisher was To he made IN Lans-
ing yesterday afternoon by the inventor, j.
Harden. Ii was 20 take place IN front OF the
capitol and was intended for the joint benefit
OF the members Of the Legislature aud the
citizens.
The Hon. Nelson A. Dunning. OF Mason,
has received commission a resident con
sui at Auckland, New Zealand, and declines
acceptance of ths suns. givIng ~ his reason
that should he bs removed by the Incoming
administration the salary would not pay ms
travelling expenses
+. M. Potter, for the past six years editor
and PROPRIETOR of the NermOntville Hdtck,
this week retIres from the field OF Journal
ism. After a short respite he intends to
mount the lecture platform. HIS successors
are Messrs. Knox q Holt. the former an ex-
printer and the latter his local editor.
A Louis frame house. situated between
two and three miles northwest OF Fort era
tiOt. was destroy ed by ire On Sunday fore
noon. The family were away when the hrt
waS discovered, and consequently all the iur
niture was burned. he cause OF the hre Il
not known. Loss. S1.OVJ; insurance, S4SO.
<Ths pres mt Of thu ba 'e ball club at ST.
Soals telegraphed 90 the management al
Detroit asking If they would break over the
rule not 10 play games on sunday. Tie
Detroit club answered. Under no Clrcum-
stances viii DetrOit consent 70 Sunday
games" Detroit may be proud OF such d
club.
The Detroit authorities are seeking to con
vince the citizens that the city ordinance
concerning the clearing of the sidewalks
from snow j. not a dead letter. A large
nalaber of cuiprits were fined Tor thai
ofsn~e on Monday. There We're also a score
OF persons hned for not providing theu
slsiaghs With bells
Another newspaper Office has been burned
out This time the Baffts Greek DntJ Nec'
the victim IL cauIhg ire on Sanost1 ntghi
and before the haines c0uld be arrested th'
Interior of the building wss mass OF SmouL
deFing ruiuss nothing w0s saved. Il he los:
- about <49e. insured for 500. The
fktfg Jguraai was sent 60 NeirS subscriber
NJ ala,
Nhen Lockwood. who won the hve-mlls
race Tor the Princess medal at Detroit Satur
day night. returned to Pontiac on the noof
train Monday. h. wss .set BY LOO citizens
with = bani. carried en mems shoulders to 4
- eiei<h. and drawn by four white horses
-. .s- of haf ff,rxri