Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-06
Morning Telegram.
GRAsD RAPIDeA JULY 3, Iss6.



fheFs wers TO people present al the
Saagataek races on Saturday.
Over 100000 gallons of water we're
pumped a. traverse City one day re-
csntsy
The Fail state Instltnts tor Oceaaa
county vii &c held at hart the week be
ginning Aag. 81
Ms Mar shores disd at the hotel at
Farzeu aftsr fifteen minutes llless, Fri
day night, II apoplsxy II the heart
q. IA GiIistf, II 81. Cloud, MINI, has
aeospto,l the SuperLntendency Of the
Manistee schools for the coming year.
Thars are several cases Of sporadic
diphthsria Ia Jackson, caused BY the
chilly weather tbs fOfe part Of this week.
The summer meeting Of the Kalamazoo
National Driving Park begins to-morrow
efussdayh AID eOntlnnss through Friday.
Que hundred aud twenty Thousand
pounds of Wool have been shipped from
Nashville this season, aud $4,000 worth
bought.
The Saginaw saloon men are very slow
la paying their license taxes, from which
Il Is argued that the dull times affect
Gllam also.
Mrs. /. Emmons, Of Buchanan, was
badly burned on FRIDAY BY al explosion
Of gasoline while she Was filing gaso-
hne stove.
The tenth anniversary OF the organiza-
ton of the Bay City Congregational
church viii DO observed IN special man
nsf on July L.
Two hundred and thirty pounds Of
sturgeon were taken, with many others,
last Monday, by John A. Jackson, or
Traverse City.
The IOnia District Camp Meeting VIII
DO held on the grounds south OF IOnia,
commencing Tuesday, August III, and
continuing one week
The East Saginaw First National Bank
declared seni-annual dividend OF seven
per cent. on last Thursday, the highest
since it has been IN business.
Postmaster Letter, Of Charlotte, has re-
signed bis position which he has held for
fourteen years, on account OF poor health
anal the recent loss OF his wife.
The third annual meeting OF the Big
Rapids District w f. NJ 3. OF the NJ T.
Church. will be held az Manistee on
Wednesday and Thursday Of this week.
Henry W. MOulton, for the past eleven
years connected with the Bortree Corset
Company, at Jackson, died last week and
was buried yesterday. He was 45 years
old
Sylvester Belgrave, living in Montcalm
county near Coral, was drawing IN hay
Thursday afternoon when slight hurrI-
cane came up and blew him of the load
breaking his arm
Prof narrower. OF tho Agricultural
College. has resigned the chair OF political
economy and history, and leaves for
Europe the lst OF August. he viii pur-
sue his studies IN Germany.
The Agricultural College will graduate
thirty-tw0 members this year. This Is
the largest class that ever graduated
there with the exception OF the class OF
~. which numbered thirty-three.
James Parker, Of Detroit, carpenter,
shot his wife Saturday afternoon and then
shot himself. He died instantly. but the
wife probably viii recover. The cause
was domestic unhappiness, caused by
drink.
The complaining witness IN the Car
riere case. az Bay City, ~ mysteriously
absent from the city. IL Is suspected
been instrumental IN getting her into
Canada.
Jennie Bseulan, aged "a years and un-
married, was found at her apartments IN
Kalamazoo. Friday afternoon. IN convul-
siOns. evidently brought on. by poison
taken with suicidal intent She viii
probably die.
Thursday night a car loaded with char
coal on the Toledo < Ann Arbor railroad
tram going south from st. Louis took
fire. The car was held uutil the switch
was made. when all wac consumed except
the running gear.
The little daughter Of Capt. Fred
King. of Bay City. fell or the stone dock
near the bridge into the Saginaw River
on tuesday and was going down for the
second time when man on the bridge
ran down and rescued her.
While firing at crows. Friday after
noon. Fred CasnOd, living inst outside the
village 0f Harrington. Oakland County,
was severely. II not fatally. wounded by
the bursting ot his rifle. His head was
badly hurt and one hand fearfully lscer-
ated
John Ouiiette. dock vollOper EN-
ployed in loading the barge "Sunbury,'
at ZilvaGkee. Saginaw county, dropped
dead on Thursday OF heart disease. The
deceased was a. years Of age. resided IN
East Saginaw and leaves wife and two
children
The farm house Of Charles Hartwick.
IN Genoa township, Livingston county.
was badly damaged by FIRE Thursday
afternoon. The fire originated from
detective chimney. As the insurance had
run out short time before the loss is
tusai
II II said that the English sparrow has
sax1ht the locusts OF the fields at Flint.
The birds came In immense drOves and
fought for four days until the loc1sts
we're nearly All dead. The sparrow may
now not be hated SO unfortunately rs
horetufore.
The Rev Cree. Ransom has been the
pastor q the Presbyterian Church at
Muir for tweuty-one yssrs. On the
twenty 9TH anniversary u hrs marriage,
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