Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-24

The nexly organized lodge of Sons Of In
dusfEy, OF West .gy City, viii hold its fret
regular meeting this evening.
d.. Reynolds Was expected at Port Huron
on saturday, on the invitation OF the State
Won.ea's Temperance Union.
NHPfonrke, aged sixteen, of Daley, Cass
CoaGig, fell and cracked her skull at South
Bead skating rink and died soon after.
A new charter for the better government
Of Port Huron j. ia the hands of the state
printer AZ LaI~ing and will make oyer 100
PAGES.
The most Of the converts at Allegan re-
yigal meetings this winter have been from
tie laboring classes and for the most part
non-charch so rs
Big Rapids needs more money for the
poor than the charity concert gave, and
bal for the benefit of the needy will be given
ia that city March 8.
South Bay City suffered 5000 fire last
Friday. A carriage and blacksmith shop be-
longing % Nllbiock & Button was burned
with all its contents.
A theatrical troupe and the skating rink at
Portland wlll wage fierce war this week.
The theateF will run for ten cents "a head and
the rink for nothing.
An alligator which has been hardy enough
O. live at Saline for the last three years has
succumbed to the almost unprecedented cold
OF the present winter and died,
Mr. 4. III. Rowe, a photographer of Mus
kegOn. has bought q tlrst-class Photographic
studio at East Saginaw, and will manage IL
through a competent operator.
The now farm house of John Osborne, in
Hartland township, near Brighton, was
burned on Saturday. IL was total loss.
The cause was defective fue.
The Niles Republican notes that many
.faff r..ih
casrs OF the heavy snow, have been burning
their rail fences, and IN one case a corn crib
was torn down for fuel.
The vcstry of the Episcopal church at
onion City has extended call TO the Rev.
Mr. Woodruff. of Marshall, Me-, TO become
ia pastor. Sir. w. Is a son of Hon. George
Woodruff, of Branch county.
Wealthy Wayne County relatives permitted
A. B. NorthwOOd Ia die in the Tuscola poor
house. aud the only notice they vouchsafed
to news sent of his death was to bury the
body at the county, expense.
The Albion Lecture Association has per-
fected arrangements with Rev. L. Dewitt
Ialmage of New York, to reply TO Inger-
soils lecture. (Which Way" at Albion Col
lege Chapel, Thursday evening, March 3.
The fishing business at South Bay City has
become a very important industry this win
ter over $4,000 worth of fish have been
still continuing unprecedentedly heavy on
the river.
The Fort GratiOt water-works consist of
big barrel, part OF a sleigh. a rat-tailed horse
and two small boys, but the villagers receive
prompt and satisfactory service. They pay
fifteen cents for "A barrel of lake water.-POrt
hSFOa Times.
|Bl-iness at Bay City is improving. Three
box factories. two woOdenware factories, the
a.. ~. nd ha zh-h arH
factory. all OF which were idle for some two
months heve recently resumed operations,
employing large force.
Detective David shannon, of Fort Gratiot,
went To Bay City Sunday morning in search
of VI. Il. NewbOld, wanted for forgery.
Chief Murphg met Newbold on the street
and arrested him. when the Fort Gratiot
officer started with him for Port Huron.
The people OF the township of Bangor are
anxious to be set Off from West Bay City IN
rer4rd to school matters, and TO that end
have engaged the services of an attorney to
draft an act 20 be presented 10 the state
Legislature for the Incorporation of school
district in that township.
On sunday afternoon the ice in the St. Clair
River. began floating down at a time when
there we're several hundred men and boys on
t. II II bad not been for the steamer Idle
Wild which broke her mOOrings and went
have been serious. All on the ice succeeded
in getting ON board and finally reached the
docks.
Anew lodge OF the Sons of ST. George has
been ORGANIZED IN Detroit to which the sons
and crandsons of Enghshmen will be ad-
mitted IN contra-distinctiOn 70 the old St.
George societies which aFe confined to native
Enrlishmen. There Il an endowment IN
surance society connected with the order
which members are privileged TO Join. Rag
Ian Lodge Is the name Of the new lodge IN
Detroit.
A tire broke out sunday morning in Hol-
Lands bakery ut stanton. and resulted IN
.erninz the entire square. comprising ak
- buildings. The loss II heavy. The
~nfned district il In the Slade eatherwax
block north side of Nam street Slade x
Co. the Weatherssx store. Hollands bakery
and Moss millinery store we're among those
burned.
An accitleut occurred on the Chicago &
Grand Trunk raiiroad near Flint, on Sunday
niorrinv. which had one redeeming feature.
The Atlantic express telescoped into the rear
of freight train. splitting the caboose IN
ts0 and destroying two cars loaded with
bufterina. It is a matter Of congrstuistIon
that there IS SO much less butterlne m the
market
The tlraeubackers Of Hillsdale county held
a snaveuti0n at Hiilsdale on Saturday after
n0on and elected the following delegates to
their State Convention. II. W. Iullsr, Geo.
~. Knight. r. Shaddock. Frank kerby, A.
Il. Nopiworth. ira G. Barnes. l.. b. Vol
coft Fred tacors. The delegation are all III
favor of nnion with the Democrats upon
candldates for supreme Justice and Re
genta.
William lyon. The colored preacher Of
Rstfie Greek WINS convicted Friday Of an
a<sauit ou his wife and committed - the
county ia.i for ten days. His wife also &C
crsee him 81 incest with hls i2-year old
-.aauehfer. and of setting the fire whereby J
p Reade's Vineyard skating rink and +
Carp.S Son Wagon factory we're recently De
einsyed fbpse accusations viii be iuvestl
gated during his incarceration, and it Y
thoaaht that he viii be rearrested on one o.
hoth charges "a soon aS his term Of imprison
mcut expires.
A wedlins ceremony at Detroit on Sunday
evetinr vas followed bv an incident which
sent everyone home laughing. The westsiln6
fl. A.