Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-16
Morning Telegram.
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license tlais geaF
kai..nlazCs, boasts If pansies two inches
seF1ss tie PETALS.
Jaekson thinks ~ Introducing the
1aUleeeii lFe 1laFH ~ stem.
The shipments ~ hlmhaf fr0m Maske-
.you ga VI Ws.l..-s.iay we're 3,fg9J.loo feet.
William Bartlss Gray, who had resided
al >lies nttg -slx years d4sd ~ that cay
Ga "Wednesday
4 log ~ kalamaz1o. which was
tLoagGt % 1e ussI, bar tour perssJns -
hlfs ls sas sh0L
Ihe Wayne county post ofieo was
broEsn ilto Wednesday hlght and about
- worth "a STAMPS taksa-
Chas. a. Blaachard, who vas aangled
ia sue ~ .ellLefy AZ Bl.y Rapids ~eez
ago. died Wednesday afEernDou-
Several Masksgoa capitalists are ar
ranging O. 1liid Two 1at boats to uasi-
gate MasAegon river an 70 Newaygo.
Capt 5. II Cussles. Of Lowell town
ship. has aecepJed an appointment as
teacher la tie 5lats House Ut Correction
AZ Iona.
Burglazs entered the residences sOf y
A. O-good aud scott fIeLls, of Battle
Greek. on iurrdiy evening, but they
fsaIied o. secure much-
The Common Council. of Battle Greek.
appropriated $1,000 iof the purchase Of
land at i0gulc lake, for site f0f the
proposed Soldiers home.
A stock oompahy, ~il be organized
soon f0r the purpose Of stlrtius a can
ulug iacfoFy Ia Shelby, With a capital Of
$1,000 or 40 shares at SO each-
!. Is. Granger aud George y. Berry, OF
Grah4 I.e,lge. have broken ground to
rebuild wia brick, the three wooden
bmkhngs burned out last February.
A party of thirty-s1 persons from Kal-
kaska county. passed. through kalaina-
zo0 0n Iueaday morning. bound for
Washington territory, where they viii
settle.
A muscalonge weighing 25 pound and
measuring A. inches IN length. was
speared rs torchhght. by Henry Kennedy,
of Whitehall, Monday night, IA White
River
Adahae Dum0s. Of Newport, was ar
reetea GA Tuesday uight on suspicion OF
having stolen quantity Of dry goods
from tine store Of g. IL. Saunders, OF
Monroe.
It Is thought that a murder has been
committed about two miles east OF Ann
Arbor. ls ana adz covered with blood and
human hair was found there, and near II
was a pond of blood
Work was commenced on the Alma and
Mt Pheasant Railroad on Tuesday, aud
10 il expected that Il will De completed aud
IN running order from Alma TO Mt.
Pleasant by August !.
Hart. Is much-to-be-envied place.
There IA no saloon there az present and II
is thought II that state OF things could
last year the people would not want 10
20 back o. the old way again
Benjamin Youngs. Of south Bend, Ind.
wa found dead IN his bed at the home
ol his brother-iu-law. Thomas Hope IN
Kalamazoo county. on Wednesday morn
ing. IL was pronounced heart disease.
Tommy Russell. OF Marshall. formerly
an employo Of the Michigan 4 Ohio Rail
road. has commenced SUIT against that
corporation for damages. Ia the sum of
$1,000. to pay for a leg lost III their EN-
ploy.
Tie Michigan S;ave and Barrel Com
pany stave mills. at Crystal Lake,
burned on Wednesday. Loss about
$4,000. no insurance. The boiler explO-
ded during the fire, completing the
wreck
Rev A. VI. Parmenter has terminated
his engagement as pastor Of the Baptist
church. at whitehall. On account OK the
pressure of the hard times upon the mem-
bersbio. making Il impossible to raise
the salary.
The bridges between Manistique and
Reedsboro. on the Detroit, Mackinac &
Marquette. are nearly al washed away.
No stage IA able 90 got through and all
travel 20 that place n practically closed
for the time beng.
The stock of goods Of the Hammond
paper company az Jackson sold Thursday
forenoon az assignees sale 10 Frank
Long. Of Jackson. az 66i, cents on the
dollar. netting S32t2 The mill was to
BE- sold Thursday afternoon.
The second trial ia tbe sais Of the adj
ministrator agunst the Detroit, Lanslng
& Northern Railroad for running over and
kdhor Mr Winning. oi BIZ Rapids. about
two years Az. resulted Wednesday after
noon ma verdict Of 5000 against the
company.
a Are broke out in the dry kiln of Hood
V snrdRer's sta7e and heading mill at
Rssse luscols county. Tuesday evening
ab,nt < o'clock. entirely destroying the
large kin and contents. By almost super
human efforts the mill was saved from
destruction. being only some - feet from
tba kliu.
A resident of Shelby. who was MEM
bar ~ the Michigan Temperance Alliance
aud short -ime aEn sirns,l a call far. aud
attended a Prohibition caucus and came
near receiving the nomination for council
man ora the temperance ticket. became
bondsman for saloon Keeper. His
friends cannot explain his Inconsistency.
Jackson has curiosity which was
hshed nut 0f Grand rivsr with an or,lin-
srv minaow ae. &c Is a 1rt u serpent
lizard IS about flurteen inches In length.
has fonr short fat legs a VIDE quadrate
mouth. ike a serpent. two broad fan
shaped ears. movable IKE Those ~ the
elephant. a long. slim taii and il ~ a dark
livar coi0-.
Reports "a, the State Board Of Health
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