Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-25
Morning Telegram.
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Port haroa nsW chief - poliss dOnn-
si nls anifonA yesterday.
John H. C1Bklsng, . prominent citizen
~ IoEa.slae. aIed "a fuaiay.
The Fac naea and leaa nsen u fhree
Rivers play q match game u base oall -
day.
Eiisin A. Platt, ~ao settled al Ipsi-
lann ia i>f3. iied GA Friday, szsd -
years.
Affsf a vacation u iouf xseks Dreaded
Dlphth1fia Las again returned q hala-
m4zo0.
L H. Cog. of Portland, Ore, has
bo8zLt au interest ia lhs Traverse Clfy
Journal
STANDARD time has gone into effect IA
Marshall A. Gar a. The closing Of saloons
in c0Boernea.
The Irayerss City Baptist Church re-
fuses o. accept the resignation of TIE
pastor Rev r.. X Bennett
The Bangor aldermen have voted for
so-called gravel walks, % taks the place
~ plink walks at crossings.
The lssst meeting u the Michigan CIR
esut Degins at East Sa~iaas to-day and
vii c0ntlnas until FRIDAY night
Gov Alger has been confined to his
home in Detroit, with severe affection
ot the throat, for the past fe~ days
A SlO span of horses belonging 10
John Whelan of Upton, Lsnawee county.
were allied by lightning on FRIDAY.
Traverse City rejoiees over the fact that
II shs loss not pOssess a gentlemanly
bargial she naa fullH7dged wood thief
The entire family Of james Johnson,
numbering eleven persons, at Stearns
Bayou. Ottawa County ara down with
dhphtheria-
Kalamazoo was never more restless
with the genuine base ball fever, and chal-
isBges have prominent space IN the daiiies
OK that city.
Malicious persons bury horse shoes in
wheat shsavea near Port Huron and the
thresning machines become all broke up
as conseqnence.
I. 3. Barry has accepted the gratuitous
Offer of Ben. Butler 20 defend hun IA his
coming trials IN connection with the Sag
NAV valley strike.
The young men ot Romeo are organ
izing military company. Regular drill
meetings will Do beld unti! Jan. l, when
the officers will bo chosen
Hudson groceryman recently found
Ia his store a deserted mouse Dest made
up Of scrip and bills ranging Ia value
from 10 cents to So The value OF the
Best was about $50.
The Episcopal church people at Old
Mission are meeting with good success
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Among their attractiOns was Prot Fair
man. tight rope walker.
The barn Of the Lake Shore house at
East Tawes was discovered 20 be on fire
on Friday. The prompt extinguishment
OF the flames saved the business part Of
the town from destruction
John McGinnis. OF Lapeer, aged 20
years. was killed al INLAY City this even
int BY falling Jff load OF wood. His
mack Was broken and the wheels OF the
wagon passed over his head, mangling IL
badly.
The Grand Haven Shooting Club met
thsir Spring Lake aslversaries Friday az
ternoon at Spring Lake, and beat them
one ball. the score being - 20 "a. An
other contest took place at Grand Haven
Yesterday.
II. RI. Hester and VIM. Washaw. OF
Muskegon, are great lovers OF ducks.
They we're found each with a gun and
four dlcks IN his possession and each
paid S6l 40 for the game. The purchase
was not altogether voluntary.
Ferdinand Yandke, Of Frankfort. who
shot and killed John Armstrong IN a
house 81 ill-repute on Sunday, June IL.
was found lead in his cell at 3 o'clock
SATURDAY afternoon. He had hung him
self With a picture cord.
The Peoples Printing Company. OF
Bsrrien Springs. G. \. Wilkinson. r F..
Roe. g. A. White and q. III. M1rdOck.
Jr.. ineorporators. have purchased the
Berrien County Journal plant, though
tha paper remains unier its present con-
troll. the company printing Il on contract.
The officials of Adrian college report
the outlook gor attendance the coming
year to be unparalleled IN the history OF
the college L be attendance last year
was an increase of over SIX per cent. over
the preceding one. and already there are
more rooms engaged for the coming year
than wers occupied during last year.
As the steamer Wisconsin was com
AHE nNN RI MitNaNnc~ flNttFs = St4i boal
run across the bow ~ the Wisconsin
The men In the boat. four in number
jumped overheard and one WAS drowned
The sml boat was not damaged OF over
Turned and II All bad stayed IN DO loss oi
life would have happened Gr1nd Ha
reH Venture.
Cov. Alger vas made Ii. D. by Hills
dale college recently and the Hillsdals
college endowment fund vas Increase
SN0 thereby. Gov.A alwsvs believes il
rerognizinc merit and unssked for fsvors
Mrs. A. viii. however stick % plain BUS
sell. The people delight to call him Cover
nor. and perhaps when he IS dead or II
BCst0u some one may call him Doc. =
kainma-oo Telegraph.
Judge Russell rendered a decision Fri
day m ihe Circuit Court at Hart. - IN,
effect that the tax titles purchased in lsS
are no Fu,d The case on trial vas tha
of Wm b amber and Fred. Neison vs
Fred ard Frank Corbin The Corbin
Charmed certain property through "a,
titles ~ the sale II lisa for the fsxes o