Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-04
Morning Telegram.
0kAsD RAPIDS. July 4, isss.


A mad ,iog sas shat II Jackson on
"Wednesday.
Pank water hlea are found at Orion,
Oakland county.
Lumber freights from Musksgon 10
Chica-o lave Increased - sLlzt.
Hargey Fisher sas arrested at Alma,
Grafiot County. on ehaEze 81 ssiadlng
Donald Mckilnon. ~ Bay City, hed
GA Wednesday a. the good old ase II =
ysafs.
81 Louis sKpects over $4,000 VII be
sxpeGded theirs this Summer ln business
blocks.
five hundred and thirty pounds u
Eool have Dsea bought in Ionla county
this seas7u.
David Dodgeof III silaati, Is 70 be mall
agent between Cleveland aud Cnieago AZ
81 .Z0O a year.
John Leutz, Pine river lumbernan,
bought sl5t0 worth u pane land 10 Are
nae county. the other day.
About 1000 persons we're present Al
the meeting % the pioneers 0f Shlawas-
sec county az Morris CA TUESDAY.
Frank Curtiss. of Kalamazoo. died
Thursday morning ~ what u supposed
to have been a tuEior Of the brain
Charles Fi@dke, OK saginaw City. has
been awarded the eontract for building
the new school house at Alma, al Ii, Ia
The resideuee Of David Geddes, Ia
ThOmastOwu. saginaw county, burned
GA Wednesday. Loss, 5000; partially
insured
A III. Ray, who was arrested for COM
pllclty IN the murder Of Eliza Sage has
bsen discharged, 40 evidence appearing
against aim
Copper ore has been found Ia the Taur-
anack mine az Calumet. A drill driven
eleven feet INTO it did not reach the bot
tom of the mineral
William Skinner, one OF the early piO-
nes rs Ot the township 0t Cooper, kala-
mazOo county. died Wednesday evening
al the ago of 80 years.
The lumber and shingis mill OF j. J..
Nichols. az North LangstOn, Montcalm
county. burned Wednesday evening; loss
$500; insurance 5000.
The store OK Blodgett 4 Byrne, at Ros-
common. WIS burned on FRIDAY morning
early. Loss $1,000 The village had q
narrow escape for which the water works
can be thanked
The Republicans OF Marine City are
enjoying the post Office trouble AZ that
place. All impartial observers approve
the present location. which Is only 2CO
feet from the old Office.
Albert j Baldwin. member of the law
Grm of ierrins & Baldwin. Of ~. Johns
left with his faInily on tuesday Tor Hon
0lulu. Sandwich Islands. via San Fran
eisco. on an extended visit.
The meeting OF the Soldiers aud Sail
Ors' Association Of southwestern Michi-
gan which WAS held at Benton Harbor
the first Of the week was very pleasant
and profitable one Il Is reported.
Mss Ulrich. Of Adrian. aged -. swal-
loved poison Tuesday evening. bat was
saved By tho use Of a stomach pump.
Whether the dose WAS taken by accident
or with suicidal intent Is not kLOwn.
Several thousand dollars are said to be
invested IN the EreRiHg Venture, a new
paper which made It's first appearance at
Grand Haven on Wednesday. and that
circumstance will help 10 make It a sue
cess.
Heavy forest fires in the vicinity Of
Nine Mile Point. Alpena county. destroy
al over NNO posts and railway ties
"Wednesday night. They were owned by
several parties Insurance about g.
500.
BAY City is building three new
churches. two % brick and one of stone.
The corner stone Of the new VI f. church
at West Bay City was laid on Wednes-
day. That Cty has Just completed a
new brick church.
The Teal Lake camp-neeting COM
menced at Negaunee Wednesday even
iug. The pavilion viii shelter $500 peo-
pie and Il IS expected that the meeting
will D. the largest ever held IN that part
of the State. Il will last zen days.
Eugene Salisbury. who was convicted
Of manslauzhter at The present term of
the court. at Coldwatsr. vas. on
Thursday. sentenced % ten years IN Jack
son prison. and Fred. Vanasdale WAS
convicted IN the same court and SEN
fenced foS two years and eight months.
The Michigan Central railroad contem-
plates building branch road across Os-
co,ia couaty 20 Aipeua. tapping a very
large tract ~ ine owned by III. ". Sage
Il Co. 81 West Bay City. which they de-
sire to take % 8ay Gty by rail- the recent
drss having done considerable damage
to f.
Mrs. J Wndoes of Kalamazoo. was
terribly injured by a runaway Tuesday
evening. har thigh bone being broken,
her bead bruised and internal injury
feared Wm. Hndes. II the same city.
wss badly hurt about the same time. ne
beinE thrown from a mower. hrs body
badly cut leg broken and foot sm lshed.
Lvman S Thrasher for the past thirty
Eve years q resident - Otlsvlle. was on
Thursday sentenced t0 the Detroit House
~ Correction FOR ninety days 'or brutaly
whipping his iaagbter. The lady Is very
astimabie it - said and the sentence
would seem % be vary light when 4 is
considered that she may be permanently
injured
The rev Presbyterian Church az ksl
anszoo was le,ii,utei on We,inesday
evening and Rev DR. France. - Lou
vile. y. T. a former pastor. preached
the deiicaforv sermor. The water mOter
~ the orgsn failed ~ work. owing - the
discounecfiou of the pipes. so the organ
st was Obliged tn give up her voluntary