Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-27
Morning Telegram.
GRAND RAPIDS. JAN. q. lss5.


Two Mormon elders spoke at a heene
school house last week.
Grand Ledge beat st. Johns on Friday
night at game OF polo.
The hardshlps worked BY the capias la" Is
being discussed &C Detroit
The Armstrong murder case viii DO on
trial az Newaygo this week
The effort 10 organize a Good Iemplar's
Lodge, at Morgan proved a failure.
Saginaw City Is having quite revival IN
the Baptist and Presbyterian churches.
Charlotte expects a building boom next
season Eleven new blocks viii be built
Speculation ia Minnesota gold lands has
seized upon the inhabitants OF East Ia"as.
.rfhere are twenty-five prisoners IN the
Bay county jail, eight OF whom are women
At a citizens meeting at Cheboygan, on
Friday night, II was voted TO have ciiy
charter.
Lansing assembly OF knights of Labor
gave banquet Friday night TO about IN
people.
It Is said that Mancelona people are tind-
ing loaded cartridges embedded IN Their
sf0ye-wOod.
RE. French has resigned the postmast-
ershiD OF Fort GratiOt. Walter L. Bushby
succeeds him.
James McCotter, of Nashville, has shipped
a thousand pounds of Hubbard squash seeds
10 firm III Detroit.
The Chicago Tunes of Saturday gave
long and interesting history OF the country
along the River Raisin.
William NJ. johnson, of Stark, Wayne
county, has been recently commissioned
postmaster Of that place.
The actual freights paid by the merchants
and shippers OF Cadillac, during the year
1854, were very near SII5OOO-
The Grana Ledge Chair Factory expected
70 resume operations yesterday. Ihey nave
been shut down for some time.
Hillsdale is faring well at Gov. Alger's
hands. Hs has lately appointed three men
of that place 10 iii important positions.
Last year DR.. Walker OF Glen Arbor, Lee
lenaw county. realized 40 barrels OF cram
berries 10 the acre from Cape Cod plants.
y beneficial society composed entirely of
Enghshmen. j. about being formed at Jack
son. with the name of sons Of 81. George
The new Episcopal enterprise at 81. Clair
will be known as 81. Paul's, and Will be un-
der the charge of Rev. Mr.. Barr, of Lapeer
The Burns Club, at Port Huron, were to
hold reunion last night, IL being the 10th
anniversary of the birthday of Robert
Burns.
Port Huron Lodge No. 26l. Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, will give charity
ball IN Armory on Wednesday night, FEB
ruary fth.
The Upton Manufacturing Company, of
Port Huron, declared a dividend or . per
cent last Friday. The amount OF capital
stock is $4,000.
The sessions of the Y. NJ. G. A. convention
at Ionia are well attended, and are unusual
Is interesting. The citIzens seem TO appre-
clate their opportunities.
Three men were lately brought into East
Tawas from outside camps badly injured
One man hao a broken arm, another DFo-
ken leg and the third was badly injured on
the head.
A Bay City doctor-GeOrge Heumann-
froze ms fest last winter and has never re-
Covered. Recently another amputatlon be-
rtfne necessary and be performed the opera
ton himself.
The Board of Supervisors of Ingham
County meet Feb. 10 provide for the re-
building of their pOOr-house. The superln-
tendents of the poor have leased hOtel at
Okemos for temporary use.
The test salt well at Bay City is down p
so feet and has reached black shale. The
shale shelved 50 that they put IN tubing. Ihe
committee seems 10 be satisfied that rock
salt lies a few feet further down.
A sneaS thief entered a house at Port Hu-
ron and took a lady's cloak and hat and a
mans coat. The owner of the coat says the
thief may keep that garment II ne Will return
some papers that were IN one pocket.
Il is said that one of Cadillac's capitalists
will sink a salt well ut that place II another
railroad IL secured, and also experiment with
the manufacture of paper from sawdust II
that process proves successful elsewhere
A gentleman in Grand Traverse county
has lust sold 500 worth of cherry lumber
made from a few scattering trees which grew
ON two acres of land, and which he came
near making into rails four or i've years
ago.
It looks as If the depositOrs of the Adrian
Savings Bank would fare hard. The amount
of cash turned over 10y the treasurer OF the
bank was 1896 and the total cash that has
come TO the receiver aggregates a little over
800.
The Board of Commissioners of the North
eru Asylum for Insane at its meeting al
Traverse City awarded the contract for fur
nishing power and heating boilers tor the IA
stitutiOn 20 the Lansing Iron and Engine
Works at 5000.
"A woman in Detroit tries TO cure her hus
Band of drunkenness by tying has legs to
pafher with a bed-cord. She intends h'
shall lie on the floor bound IN that way unti
he gets sober. He makes too much noise 10
a we'll regulated family and she means &
stop Il.
man at KimbaU left lantern haugins
in his barn while he drove 20 doctor OF
Office TO get some medicine for SICK enid
aud during his absence his log barn. on.
horse four tons Of hay, etc. were burned
1t i supposed the ife wqs caused by the Ian
tern exploding
The Board OF Supervisors Of Jackson
county have finally allowed Mr.. Daniel, tn
stenogral her. StlO. which was 500 less thar
he demanded. The 81 'ltriaV EceRiHg Std
says that the bills Of the supervisors them
selves WIS the ones not cut down OF dis
allowed. bat increased 90 some extent-
The total area Of improved land IN Michi
gIan. during the year l>St. was t0.60I acres
OF which it.kD acres. or "a aud lt-hun
dredths acres IN each leo. were IN wheat. q.
t0i acres. or II and n 2l-hundredths acres u
each 100. were iu oats. and S.llS acres. or l.
and 3-haudredlhs acres in each loo. we're Il
corn.
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