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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-25

THIs mornings dispatches indicate q
considerable backIng-down on ne part
Of Herr Bismarck in bis purpose TO taAe
psssessioa Of the Caroline Islands, ms
excuse for bis previous action seems TO
be that, although spans claim TO the
islands bavs been recognized ever since
they were discovered because Spain -
not nov actually IN possession VITA ah
armed force and ruling the islands with an
iron hand. be had concluded that Alton
SOS Kingdom had relinquished all claims
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

EVERYBODY should know that the Windsor
. Dining Hall, III Monroe street, is the only
strictly trst-clAss restaurant in the city. Special
rates todinner boarders-
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-25
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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-25
FOR RENT.

A DESIRABLE STORE ON West Bridge street
~ for rent at a reasonable price To good par
y. Possession given Immediately. L. ;. Provin.
Room D. Loyett's block. opposite Sweets Hotel.
TO RENT-Furnished rooms on ground floor
with hoard; also day board at ssa week. No.
IL Spring street.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-25
MONEY TO LOAN.

kNUNFI To LUAN.-In Ihfke OF tnhII
IvI amounts OF good security at per cent. X.
T.. Courtney. Room O. New Aldrich Block. II
TO LOAN-$lO0. 80. Do, 800 or 600 to lean on
real estate. Might sell the Griffin home
stead on First avenue; the owner has left the
city. Also. the balance OF the Quackenbush
tate. Tuttle Bros Room 49, Opera House Block.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-25

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-06

sstently neglected to act. His movements
have indicated purpose to avoid a hear
ing He has been since March 4th so ac-
lively engaged in the labor of steering Mr..
Cleveland's administration out of port, in
plotting Vermont democrats into snug po-
litical harbors and in inspecting at Wash
ington the records of the postoffice depart
ment during Buchanan's administration,
that we have refrained from distracting his
mind from its engrossing and patriotic la
bors by any reference to so small a matter
as hundred-dollar forfeit on question of
veracity. We feel, however, that the time
has arrived when Mr.. Atkins should "come,
come away" from his public duties and de-
vote himself to the reasonable demands of
private claimants to his time, attention and
cash. So he will pardon us for this deli
cate reminder of that little affair of last
January and this request to "take steps to
have the matter adjudicated " without
further postponement.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-06
Montpelier.

DIR. II. III. NEWTON is now making tooth
powder of superior merits.
Mrs. G.. w. WILLARD and family are eX-
pected home about the first of June.
BETHANY choir was assisted by c. II. Big
Glow, tenor, of Brookfield, Sunday morning.
PRESIDENT BEEMAN has secured in the
last year $4,000 for the seminary, with
$4,000 more in prospect
THE Central Vermont railroad delivered
fifty-seven cars for Portland to the Mont
pelier & Wells river railroad yesterday.
For several years Smith Hale has been
suffering from gradually failing eyesight,
until at length he has become totally blind.
JIMMIE MCGOWAN, so well and favorably
known TO the patrons of the Pavilion, is
spending part of his vacation driving
through Washington and Caledonia coun-
ties.
THE Womans Christian Temperance
Union will have a novel entertainment at
the vestry of the Church of the Messiah this
evening, commencing at half-past seven
o'clock.
THE organ recital at Seminary chapel, last
Friday evening, was a very enjoyable af-
fair, and large audience was present, Mr..
Hadley is TO assist at a concert in Burling-
ton in few weeks.
Two of the mission fathers of the Roman
Catholic church from Concord, n. H., are
\
the present week. This is the first visit of
the kind in ten years.
THE reports state that the conference SER
mon by Rev. Il. p. Frost, preached at Bel
lows Falls Wednesday evening, is highly
commended for the force of reasoning and
the power of conviction in treatment of the
! theme.
| COLONEL FRED Il. SMITH has been au-
thorized by the Sheridan Veteran Associa-
! ton TO sell tickets TO the second eXcurion to
| the Shenandoah valley. The excursion
starts September 10, and the visit will last
eight days.
REV. ID. e. MILLER, formerly pastor of
Trinity church but for the past year a resi-
dent of Waterbury, has been transferred TO
the New Hampshire conference and has
been appointed to the Baker Memorial
church at Concord.
The pupils of the Union School had a
| formal observance of Arbor Day, the time
being devoted to the planting of trees upon
the school-house grounds. So far as we are
able To learn, this was the only public recog-
milton of the day in Montpelier
DIR. JOHN WEST has recently purchased a
colt, six years old, which stands seventeen
and one-half hands high and weighs over
fourteen hundred pounds He is one-half
inch taller than the great horse exhibited
by Barnum. DIR. West goes TO Brattleboro
tomorrow for short stay.
THE Mascots Jared rather badly at the
hands of the Golden Fleece team last
Wednesday evening, though they played
well throughout. The home team took five
straight goals, two exhibition goals being
played after the game. The last goal was
won in fifteen seconds, the quickest time
ever made in Montpelier. The visitors were
somewhat hurt by their overwhelming de-
feat, but behaved well. They went to Barre
Thursday evening and secured three goals
to two in the game with the GRANTEES.
AT the election of officers of Company III
held last week Tuesday evening, o. d.
Clark was chosen captain, William L
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-06

SENATOR EDMUNDs has returned to his
home in Burlington.
Hon. b. ID. HARRIS and family of Brattle-
boro have returned for the summer from
New York.
MIR. E. F. MANN has been appointed as
sistant superintendent of the Vermont di-
vision of the Boston & Lowell railroad.
WALLACE II. PARKER of Cambridge,
member of the present legislature, will de-
liver the Memorial Day address at Yer
gennes.
Hon. WALTER f. HOWARD of Fair Haven,
for the past two years consul at Toronto,
has been superseded by Richard NJ. Wagner
of Missouri
j. w. HOBART of st. Adams has been
elected president of the directors of the
Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain railroad, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Lansing Mills.
DIR. S. j. ALLEN of White River Junction
has accepted an invitation from the Con-
gressional Historical Society of Washington,
ID. c., to be present at a meeting of that So
ciety to be held upon the Gettysburg battle
field.
REV. DIR. SAMUEL GRAVES of Grand
Rapids, Michigan, native of St. Johnsbury,
has been elected president of the Baptist
Theological Seminary for colored men at
Atlanta, Georgia, and expects to enter
upon his duties there in October.
CAPTAIN c. A. CURTIS, United States
army, for eleven years connected with Nor
wich University as commandant and presi-
dent and now professor of military science
and tactics at the Bishop Seabury Mission
in Minnesota, was commissioned colonel oi
infantry by the governor of that state or
the 22d of April.
REV. c. II. DUNToN, who has for many
years successfully managed the affairs o.
the Troy Conference Academy at Poultney
was obliged to ask the recent conference tC
relieve him of part of the duties which have
devolved upon him. Mr.. Dunton, while
retaining the position of principal, will Sc
European trip this fall.
Hon. WILLIAM NJ. PINGRY died in Per
kinsville, Friday morning, of pneumonia
aged seventy eight years and eleven months
He had practced law for many years. beer
in both branches of the legislature and pro
bate Judge in the Windsor district, and was "a
the time of his death, county judge and tow
clerk. He had a wide acquaintance through
out the state, and was highly esteemed an,
universally respected. Governor Pingre
is his nephew.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-06
BY w. w. PRESCOTT.
GHattbmam 4 guurmal.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1885.
Business Notices.

LOOK at Websters new advertisement.
TRIMMED millinery goods on exhibition at
Best's after Saturday morning, May 9th.
MURRAY & MURPHY, in Our Irish Visit
ors,' at Capital hall Friday evening. Go
there
A NEW invoice of hats opened this morning
at C. A. Best's. Now is the time to select.
SEND in your old manila hats to be
bleached and blocked this week. Adams,
the Clother.
CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL GAZETTE: "Our
Irish Visitors is more ludicrous than The
Bunch of Keys"
A FIRsT-cLAss eight-horse-power engine
for sale, cheap, at THE WATcHMAN office;
also new and valuable safe, medium size.
"THE best is good enough" and If you
want pure article go to Frank II. Bascom's,
who is proprietor of the Farmers Drug
Store.
SLAYToN's SPECIAL BARGAINs.-1,0 900 quires
good writing-paper, cents quire. 100
boxes paper, 10 cents box-great bargain.
24x30 chromos, all framed S1.50.
popular plays on the stage. Murray Il
Murphy, with strong support, will present
it at Capital hall next Friday evening.
HAIR VINE stimulates the hair and pre-
vents it from falling out, cures itching of the
scalp and removes dandruff. Try it for
headache and neuralgia. AT druggists.
JUST received! Boys shirt waists size
four to eleven years, from sixty cents to
S1.25, in The Star, Diamond and Crown
make. Every mother and sister will want
to see these waists. At Adams, opposite
courthouse.
For pianos and organs call on or address
George A. Ainsworth, Williamstown, VT
He has the agency for Barre, Willamstown
Chelsea and Brookfeld for the excellent
"White" " sewing-machine, and invites calls
or correspondence from any wanting first
class machine.
A FINE lot of those cheap trees at Fail
Mount The ground must be cleared this
spring for resetting. Now is your time, ol
you lose your chance Also large stock o
tirst-class trees and small fruits. Never bet
ter. Come and see e. L. Andrews, pro-
prietor, Berlin, Vt.
CALL at Best's and look over the spring
and summer styles of millinery. a complete
line of all the newest goods and latest novel
ties, just brought from the city markets. Witt
Miss Meineke again in charge we feel con
fident, in making our announcement, tha
we can give entire satisfaction. Give us
trial,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-06
The Vermont Conference.

The forty-first annual meeting of the
Vermont Methodist Conference opened at
Bellows Falls, April 30th, at nine p. NJ,
Bishop Thomas Bowman of st. Louis pre-
siding. Devotional exercises We're held,
and the bishop then administered the sacra-
ment, the presiding elders of the four dis
tricts assisting. Prayer was offered by the
bishop, and hymn was sung. The secre-
tary of the last conference, Rev. Richard
Morgan of st. Adams, was elected secretary,
Rev. George f. Smith of Plaintield and Rev.
G.. l.. Story of Wolcott statistical secretaries
and Rev. T. p. Frost of Montpelier railroad
secretary. The usual standing committees
were appointed, being composed mainly as
appointed at the last conference. Reports
were made by the presiding elders of the
st. Albans, st. Johnsbury and Montpelier
districts, and the characters of ministers in
charge passed in order. Rev. DR.. Hartzel
of Cincinnati then occupied the attention
of the conference in behalf of the Freed
mems Aid Society. The statistical ses-
sion was held at half-past one P. NJ, in
which the time was mainly employed in
the handing up of written reports from
ing of the Home Missionary Society came in
order at half-past two P. NJ. Mrs. j. F..
Willing had engaged to be present and give
an address on this occasion, but for some
reason did not appear, much to the disap-
pointment of many who had expected to
dress the meeting, which he did eloquently
and forcibly, dwelling mainly upon the
needs of the South and the colored race
there. In the evening the Sunday y-school
Union reelected, as president, A. III. Webb,
and DIR. j. H. Vincent of New York made an
address.
FRIDAYS SESSIONS.
Rev. A. l., Cooper, presiding elder of the
Springfield district, made his report. The
characters of superannuated preachers were
passed. Rev. Messrs Houston and Wells
were reported as having died, and Messrs.
Clapp and Currer restored to the effective
list Rev. ii. A. Bushnell preached the
missionary sermon at half-past one. from
Isaiah xiii 1. The anniversary of the New
England Educational Society was held AT
three p. M, with addresses by w. s. Smithers
and b. X Pierce of Boston. In the evening
occurred the anniversary of the Missionary
Society, with the principal address by DIR.
Fitzgerald of New York, secretary of the
Foreign Missionary Society. Rev. j. T..
Scott, a returned missionary from India,
also spoke of the missionary work in that
field. The visiting Bishop Harris of New
York sat with Bishop Bowman during the
morning business session.
SATURDAYS SESSIONS.
Saturday forenoon Revs. j. A. Sherburn,
A. H. Cooper and =. Merrill were appointed
committee TO consider and report ON the
advisability of redistricting the conference.
j. A. Sherburn, l.. l.. Beeman, L. McAnn
and S. B. Currier were restored from the
sepernumerary to the effective list; G. w.
Goodell and j. A. Bartlett from the effective
to the supernumerary. w. =. Smithers, III
E. Howard and &. w. Morse were admitted
10 the conference. Rev Il. Owen, fraternal
delegate from the Freewill Baptist church,
was introduced and addressed the confer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-05-06

Charles G.. Evans, formerly employed in
Oughtney Jangraw's barber shop, has Sc
cured a desirable position in Burlington.
- Mrs. Ellen Rice Hollnshead of St.
Paul, Mimi, is visiting friends in Washing
ton county, making her headquarters with
Miss S. A. +. Walton, her cousin Her
present visit is the first made to Vermont
since she went away, forty years ago. ==
Henry l.. e. Smith will spend the coming
summer at the Fabyan House, White Noun
tains, in the employ of Mr. Barron. -
Mr.. and Mrs. s. II. o. Bosworth have re-
turned from their trip through the Middle
states - Warren f. Hutchinson has
been employed as principal of the high
fell, Saturday, and broke her shoulder
blade. - Mrs. J.. S. Chaplin, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. l.. Bar
Cross, left Monday afternoon for Union
City, Michigan, to visit relatives there.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-30
PERSONAL.

Ezra Ware hss returned from a visit IN
Ann Arbor.
Mrs g. = Hartman returned from Cold
water last evening.
Jas. r. Hayes. Of the Arlington. PetOskey,
was in the clty yesterday.
AZ Wiley aud wife leave O-day for De
troit and a trip around the great lakes.
Henry J. Heystek. Of the firm Of Harvey
n Hsystek. = IN Chicago on business
Miss Lillian Berkey has returned from
recumseh. b spend the Sumner vacation.
Col. +. r. Stockbridge was in the city a
few hours yesterday upon hrs way to Mack
NAV.
Niss Anna Cauiheld has returned from
Detroit to SPEND the vacation here with her
parents.
VIII Howe. the artist. viii spend the Fourth
with his parents ia this city. Mr.. and Hrs.
r. p. Howe.
A. "a Bell. late stage manager Of the Ben
ni.s Gee Juvenile opera Company. has re-
termed to his home IN this city.
Miss Maggie strahan and Miss Parish leave
u-rnOrrow morning for an extended trip ~
New York and the White Mountains
A. T. Irish. book Keeper for Morton 6
Lewis. vii sccept a similar position with
the Nidsiicoub Eurnitu-s Company. July l..
Ms. w. p. sharpe and sons left yesterday
tor Hornelisvilie. y Y. They Vili visit az
R,ston. Mas. Nova Scotia. and New Bruns-
wick before they return.
Mayor Cnrti=s and A. n Harrington re-
tnrned yesterday from kalSaasa. and report
that fishing was excellent. seventy three ine
xrey.ing~ being the nunher secured.
Gene Hosz and J. ponahce were az Rock
sord sunday last. and s1cree,ied IN fishing
eut forty three brnok trout THIS statement
is fully verified hy witnesses. a. a near neigh
hDr 1=ed his bloodhound az a preventative
against a larger number being cauEht.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-30

Yesterday afternoon about { O'Clock
Nettie Lee, Hattie Chapman. May Wilson
and Minnie Young. all inmates of a house
Of ill-fsme kept by George Young on Amy
street. hired boat Of Alcott Caldwell and
rowed down the river. When just north IF
the lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail
road bridge. the girls went in bathing and
Ninnie Young. who had veutured into n
deep place IN the river. lost her footing and
was drowned. Nettie Lee returned to the
city on foot 10 report the accident and the
remaining two girls roved up stream in the
boat. Some fishermen. who were down the
river. we're notified OF the accident and In
stituted search for the body, and AZ 9
n.cIoek last night b Nas recovered.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-30
Katie Putnam.

this city again on Friday and Saturday even
ings of this week, is fsvoriie elsewhere "a
well IA in Grand Rapids. The New York
sunday Times says:
Comparisons have been made between
Lotta and Miss hate Putnam, the star of the
past week at Brooklyn Park theater. and
Miss Putnam has borne of the hOnOrs as
the dual heroine of the ''Old Curiosity Shop"
THIS charming actress displays rart intelh
gence IN her conception of the N0rchiOHess,
and fairly loses her identity in its portrayal.
In action she il sprightly, and her pathOs Il
electric in its influence upon her auditors.
IL il pleasant TO record that the people of
Brooklyn have fully endorsed the enviable
verdict recently pronounced 10y the press and
public during her successful Olympic en-
gagement
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-30

The Independent Social Club will give
one of its popular balls at Arbeiter Hall on
Friday evening, July 3, at which prepara-
tions have been made .for a very enjoyable
time. The hall will be beautifully decorated
and the garden will be open the entire even
ing, so that all visitors can have good OPP
portunity for enjoying themselves. The
music will be furnished 10y Thomas full
band and will be the best the city can af-
ford.
The following committee of arrangements
il guarantee of the success of the enter
tainment: NJ. Fitzpatrick, J. Schwartz, VIM.
Kelly and Il. Champion. Tickets 20 cents
per couple
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-30
a sTARTLlso STORY



Kalamazoo asYiom2
Ias 1KLEsAAA = IA rseeIpt u : siartisnx
story tod os > By no~. % sery reesDtls, IL
ks1sas City. Il IS, q ooarss, quite l.o~sIble
tnat the st0ry i exaggerated. b0t II = toAd
4lEh ~ aaach sppsaranos of tfuihfulness
that Il demands sIcb searching Investigation
a. shzll dsterniile be- sond doabl ~hrther
Il Is true " false. The boy i aboUt II yssrs
0f aye sad zlses his EzIns A. AiFln Ford
fhe story is follows.
M fathef : named 81 j. Ford. lie lived
u kAnSas IA early days aud moved back ~
his Old home Al Allen. Hlllsdale county,
Men. some seven years a.o. 1Eere be had
a n1e farm. ezcellsBtly improved, aud gas.
IA every sense Of tie term. well nzed.
de and mother were separated toro0gh do
msstic tr0ubles. and mother - nov living
At Alien Ms. Ava {. Ford. ny grand
mother. aud her daughter. Jane HOyt, and
daughter OF the latter Who 4as married 10
lev named Z. A. kOethsbsFgsr, have for
years eudeag0red 20 sInass q fortune between
them, Hithoat cyn-ldering the beet and most
honeSt Way 20 DO 50. " hen my grandfather
died iss said On his death bed. ia the pres-
ence Of several members of the family. that
his witch and several other mementoes were
a. DC divided among his grandchildren and
specially said that the watch belonged
10 me but | never saw IL, and all his
property was smuggied away for the children
Of nly aunt. But this Was a small matter
and only gwen ~ show what they were capa-
Die Of doing. 1his aunt and my grand
mother burned the barn. oOrn-cribs and 9th
er buildings on grandfather's farm 10 get the
insurance. aud the insurance agents dscoy-
cred the plot and the insurance was never
paid. 4 received newspapers from there
containing these facts. ihsy then con
-pired L. get my fathers money, and Ia |
him arrested and adJudged insane by false
swearing without giving him all opportunity
TO prove by witnesses his sanity. he was
placed in the asylum, and when he, with
other patients" was taken out one day
shortly after for fre-h AIR, he escaped, and
was free two years. No effort was made TO
recapture him until he attempted To pro- g
the fraud that had been committed, when
these people again demanded that he be
confined claiming that he was luna
tic. end lac has been at the Kalamazoo
asylum for three years. | have received
letters from him while there, which show
plainly his sanity. lie begs me 10 do some
thing but / am powerless, they having his
and my money. My mother sent rue to
Parkyille, Mo. 10 school. but did not want
10 be dependent upon her when able to do
for myself, 80 did not remain long, | set
out 20 look for work and found il, and have
been supporting myself since. | know my
father l. "a rational as the most sane man
living, and do hope somebody will 90 to
his rescue. y
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-30
PARASOLS
And
SUN UMB BREllA S
Al Less than Manufacturers Cost :

We have Just made pur-
chase of a large invoice of
Parasols and Sun Umbrellas
at ruinous low price and
offer them at the following
extraordinary low figures:
lS-inch genuine camilla Sun
Umbrellas Soc each.
20-inch genuine camilla Sun
Umbrellas 42c each.
22-inch genuine camilla Sun
Umbrellas SOC each.
24-jnch genuine camilla Sun
Umbrelles 60c each.
Satin Parasols scolloped
and lined, $l.00, worth $l.50.
Satin Parsols, scolloped and
lined, $l.50, former price $3.50.
Satin Parasols, scolloped
and lined, $500. former price
$3.50.
20-inch White Brocaded
Parasols, SOC worth $l.50.
20-inch Lace Covered Par
asols, 80, former price $50.
Misses Parasols 75c. worth
l.25.
Misses ParasOls, extra size,
LOO, former price l.50.
A beautiful line of extra
fine quality of Twilled Silk
and Satin lined Parasols and
Sun Umbrellas with fancy
handles of the newest designs
at fully % per cent less than
former price.