Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-13
Morning Telegram.
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Arrangement are 1sIL.i Mals y Or
game . Lodge of klAs lu Detroit
Tie 5aulI canal vas gifted b. slec-
tne hg1f ga 1an,iay nlglt fof the hrsf
tIlile
IA Sable Is having considerable bard
fss.lng over tile loe.tioH " tie water
works.
OveT 240000O feet 2 lumber las al
readg beeu shipped 0at ~ Bay City TINS
season
The state AiedIeal Soelsty vii hold
its annual meeting ln Port Huron june
l0, " and r.
Mclean s S1l's e new salt well Is one
~ the largest 90 the SagInas river. ana
ls now iosn l,ii41 feet.
Cobbs k Mitchell, 0f Cadilla,. started
lhsif Houad Lake circular nil on Mon
daY i0r the season cut
The shipments Al Muskegon on Mon
DAY xers $4,000 feet Ut lamber. l,0ou,-
90 shingles ald 10000 lath.
There sers twenty -four Congregational
chIrches Ia this state engaged ia build
in4 hes housea ~ sorshIp last year.
John Pstoakey, VI 81. iznaee, who b.
aoalient bie0 81 half 0f bis head last
FRIDAY with q shot slIn, died Sunday.
Mrs Matilda koeher, wife Of Moses
k0cher, q prominent farmer u Nashville,
died ~ heart disease Monday morning.
Alex Iooke, q boy hvBg at Ailenyilie,
Wils kicked by q horse On Monday and
his hea1 as 80 badly cnt he cannot i've.
It IS said that the lumber fro IA Chr
cago had the eject 4 raising the price o.
humber one dollar a Thousand IA Muske-
gOn.
The state s,ht0r of the Kalamazoo
TetyruDh teiis about a cradle qnllt half "A
yard ioug ansl a yard ale. Twins, pro-
badly
Ac a special election at MilfOrdOn,
MONDAY, Patrick Byrue, manager Of the
interests 81 Begole, Fox & Co. received
every vote casL
John Nelson. ~ Pennington, Oakland
euuuty, aged - years, died on Monday.
and vii be buried to-day. he had lived
iIl this State 30 years.
William Cox. Of Edmore, was arrested
and jailed at 81. Johns on Monday, on a
charge 0f stealing wheat from T.. W.
Jones. Of Victor Township.
The annual reunion 0f the Veteran
Corps o. the Michigan Military Academy
vii be held at Orchard Lake, Oakland
county, on june Il and continue three
days.
On Monday afternoon two young men
Of MOnroetOWn were arrested on a charge
Of placing ties on the West Shore track.
two miles west Of Monroe on Saturday
night.
The Union school Furniture company,
al Battle Greek. decided 10 build a two
story addition a. their factory, 20 extend
across the river 10 the Michigan Central
railroad track.
Battle Greek claims the best death rate
ia the State - Ia the l,OOO-and thinks
thar quite an argument for the Soldiers
Home, for which she offers the Goquac
Lake location.
J. q. Cobb, stone dealer. az Detroit, bad
his safe blown open again, but little was
taken. tie is getting used 10 the fact
thaE some other people want what change
he has on hand
\ Detroiter fell az a skating rink on
Saturday and cut an artery over his right
eye. tie has now fOrsworn skating and
lias ~burut the bridge behind him" by
giving away his skates
The fight over the county seat of the
new county 81 Alger is very bitter. and
now the sheriff and county clerk name
Munishing as the county seat until the
supervisors shall designate sOme place.
Oscar Race, a 12-year-old boy living at
Union CITY. looked into a gun 20 seq II 1t
was loa led. and a bullet made a tour OF
invesa cation in his face. tie viii prob
ably lave long enough % do some other
foolish thing.
The annual commencement exercises Of
the military academy % Michigan takes
place May H. at Orchard Lake. The
graduating lass number sixteen cadets.
Gov Alger has been invited To present
the diplomas
The tug Cora sheldon burned at
Joseph Croze's dock. at Houghton, on
SUNDAY. and was sunk to save her ma
cbinery She WAS valued 40 $1,000 and
the loss viii probably reach 5000; IN
sgre,i Cor 5000.
Mrs Harw0Od. Of Ovid. who was 50
beloved she was commonly called Grand
ma Howard. lied at Ovid on SATURDAY.
and was mourned by the whole commu-
nity She was 81 years old. and the IN
ueral took place on Monday.
The Salvation Army az -. Johnsi held
a haIleluish banquet there on Monday.
Az immense crowd vas present from the
surrounding country. and several saliva
honists 0f prominence from Buffalo anil
New York vera In attendauce.
Wheeler Msgill 8 Co. Of Manistee,
on Monday struck a solid bed Of salt
th'rty-four feet thick. az q depth 0f / .9S1
feet. Their block with a iaily capacity
~ }00 bsrrels IS finished and the making
~ salt VII commence az once.
4 Young man by the name ~ Richard
owen. who resides four miles vest OF
Marine City. n the township ~ Cottrell
vile. committed suicide by hanging. Two
years ar0 no bad sunstroke. and has
not been right in his mind since.
The funeral ~ the late Fred Pratt. 4
Collwater. Noolay afternoon. from the
residence ~ his brother. Jacob F. Pratt
WIS attended hy many citizens and the
lodge ~ Royal Arcanum. ~ which he
WIS a member An autopsy disclosed
the rupture ~ "A large artery between the
heart and rhe lungs.
The immense tract ~ land southeast oi
b. q q. -