Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-20
Morning Telegram.



HEAVY brush hres along Ils track be-
tween ST. Louie and 0zoeso bslge kept
special gangs lgatlng night and c.ay.
A boy uamel Henry McComb. aged II
Wears. was drowned shile bathing Mon
day afternoon IA Saline kgei'. near
Milan
As average ~ aboat 5000 ia stamps
is the record 8f business done during the
past SIX e-eas at the Internal h4iseHue
Office m Detroit
The bfeklaVers and masOns IT Detroit
have formed "a mutual benefit association
with j. ! Wauen a. resident and j. l..
Jenkins secretary.
Collector Livingstone, u Detroit. has
returned from Msxleo amt be- SAYS that
country certainly oagdt tO be osned b.
the United States.
Robert J. Frazer the we'll known Jack
son lawyer. haas nloged a. Detroit aud
entered into q laR partnership with
Barbour Rexird.
George 4. Apples asd. of Lansing has
been appointed postal clerk and assigned
- duty ou tLe route between Kalamazoo
and MaekinaW City
A change 10 venue has been granted IA
the case of Carr, tried for murder az Har-
rson last xeek Carr has beeu admitted
- BAH n the om Of Siou0
Work ou the srteslan we'll at Ionia is
D. be- pushed vigorously. The derrick
was erected .ast Saturday. aud the board
has borrowed $50 to pay expenses.
Mrs. Il. -. Whitsmau, of Charlotte,
who IS visiting n Detfoit, slipped ou az
orange peel aear tho foot OF Woodward
avenus SUNDAY afternoon and broke her
lex.
The d., g. f. & NJ. propeller ~Wiscon-
sin" which was crushed in the ice last
winter. has been t8sen 70 the Detroit dry
dock, wtssre ogers 5000 vii DC expended
10 repairs.
The Fourth annual Sheep Shearing
Festival 0f the Western Van Buren, and
Allegan County Wool Growers AssOcia-
too viii be held at the 'ldr ground, SOlth
Haven, Thursday, May y.
Saturday evening the town board az
Fast Iawas voted To- fix liquor bonds at
$1,000. A license Was granted 70 the pro-
prietor of the Strong House. Tins Is the
first license granted in Iawas FOR years.
some one in Ionia thinks there are too
many dogs in that city and is thinning
them Out fast with poison. Six were
found dead I'm one neighbOrhOOd on Sun
day and nine We're reported dead in three
days.
meeting was held az Bangor on sat
urday % discuss the project Of forming "a
stock company 10 be- known as the BLACK
River Milling Company" 20 purchase the
Black River Mills and convert them INTO
a roller mill.
Alma Is going 20 reap immense advan-
tages from the extension of the Toledo.
Ann Arbor l. Northern Michigan Rail
road. bat st. Louis Is gong 10 suffer, as
she vii be only stub for the present 1T
least. The engineers commenced survey
ing Monday morning.
\ fine demonstration of the enthusiasm
WITH which the nomination Of Minister
LOthrop was received is gwen IN the fact
that Don NJ Dickinson. while at Wash
ington. received 543 telegrams from diff
ferent parts of the country highly APP
plaudng the Presidents selection.
Sunday night burglars entered the
hardware store owned by Barber, Green
& Co. through one ~ the side windows.
from which they removed q pane Of glass
and sawed through al iron bar. About
$50 worth 20 rey0lvers and jack-knives
were taken. No clue To the thieves.
On the Tobacco river. near the mouth
Of Cedar river on sunday 10000 feet Of
timber on skids. the property Of F. Hill.
Of Detroit. 2N0W feet belonging TO 4. L.
Bliss 4 Co. of East Saginaw, and 10000
feet owned by Charles Turner. was re-
duced tO ashes. involving loss OF Sl2.-
on
At Hitcbcock's mill. Bay City, VI onday
"a large circular saw struck an iron snac n
a log which completely rimmed the saw
from the arbor, instead Of sending splin-
tsrs Of the same tying as usual in such
accidents. The steam feed was also dam
aged Loss 800. exclusive OF loss Of
time.
During dance az Rodney Saturday
night Young man named William Cur
ran was stabbed IN the back Of the head
The knife entered behind the left ear aud
passed along To- about two inches below
the right ear A physician was sum
moned by telegraph from Big Rapids end
taken there on a hand-car. The man who
did the emitting IS not known.
The town - Graffville. on the Detroit.
Lansing 4 Northern railroad. was en-
tiray destroyed bv FIRE 0n sunday. IN
elg,lng q mil and a quantity ~ singles
and lumber. Twenty-Five families lost
everything Loss from $4,000 20 SO
oO0 The destroyed town was located IN
the woods through which the fires have
been running The flames had almost
surrounded it before they we're discov-
ared
\ chambermaid at the Commercial
Hotel. Jack sson. was arrested Monday
night on a rbarge ~ stealing $50 IN cash
AMI some wearing apparel % Kate
OCrsiy. domestic. employed IN the
hotel ~ne was dressed in some of the
wearing apparel stolen. It has been
learned that she has lately been making
presents ~ jewplrv ~ number ~ young
men. None ~ the money was found on
her person.
4 singular sccident took place az Bay
City Mou,lsy morning. 4 boy named
Ssphier Laporte was driving COW to pas
tura. and fastened the rope attached %
The cuw's horns around his wiust. The
COW became scared st some object and
started - rnn. just then the Dpe ship
ped l0wn to the bovs foot an3 fastened
there. Tbe cow dragged the b'y AZ ter
rife pace through Che streets and when