Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-23
MISoK MIcnIeAN MATTERS.


I'm, Jackson county.
Aa=kegon Is - have a large medical instl-
tute bailt early IA the spring.
Piainwell IVerynan has 4 dog that
has stopped, unaided, three runaway teams.
Diphtheria has at last disappeared from
kalaEazOo, as the last victim died Saturday
morning.
Nearly all the schools around Wayland
were closed last week on account OF the
severe weather.
The search for some sign Of the missing
Middle Island life station man, VIM. l.. Nc
Gil, has proved unsuccessful.
The subject OF a new church for the st.
Mary Roman CathOhel congregation at
a4uskeg0n Is under discussion.
vf Is thought that Port Huron will have
fore passenger and freight boats stopping
there next spring than They have had hereto
fore.
Miss GOodsOn, whose name was connected
with Prof. Clappe's departure from Sarnia,
retained 10 that place on "Wednesday after
noon
About thirty quail have taken up their resi-
dence in barnyard at Waterloo. They eat
with the chickens and seem very much at
home.
The Industrial school at Kalamazoo is
doing good work, and averages IN attend
anee thirteen teachers and seyenty-nine
pupils.
Mrs. Whiting Ellis, highly respected
resident of Assyria and pioneer Of Barry
county. died Wednesday morning of typhoid
pneumonia.
The young men OF Niles are organizing
building and loan association. Elkhart
and Goshen, II is said, both have an Instltu-
ton of this kind.
The G.. A. r. at.Big Rapids were to hold
religious services IN the Congregational
Church OF that place yesterday, to celebrate
Nashingtons birthday.
Early last Friday morning the residence OF
Thomas T.. Niles, OF Nashville, burned TO
the ground. NThe fire engine was not used,
IA there was no water 20 be procured.
Major Whittle and Mr.. and Mrs. McCirana-
han will close their meetings at Kalamazoo
this week. The latter will leave that city on
Tuesday, while the former will remain until
Ahhrsday.
At a reception recently given at Allegan
the host and hostess missed their little
daughter, and after searching good while
found her HAeep in a closet under clothes
basket and some clothes.
Over ona thousand people gathered at the
Methodist Church at Kalamazoo Thursday
evening-some estimate the number at one
thousand four hundred-to listen to and
take part in the religious exercises.
The University will be closed to-day
Washington's birthday. A wild. harum-
scarum student in speaking of the holiday
said that he had always regretted that
George had not been born twin.
At the Democratic Convention held at Pc
toskey Saturday G. ). Pailthrop, Z. b. Wach-
tel, H. o. ROxe and g. W. Caskey were
elected delegates to the State Convention,
and were instructed to indOrse no Republl-
can.
Thomas.Jackson, q crippled and aged ex-
soldier, was found Saturday morning IN
shanty, seven miles north of Jackson, 80
badly frozen that it Is thought he will die.
Ii is supposed be had a fit and was unable 70
build fire.
Secretary Allen, of the Indiana Lumber
nenis AssOciotion, writes back TO Muskegon
Eat they will try to be even with the lumber
men of that city sOmeway, and that their
people 10 a man, had never been so royalty
entertained before.
Rev. Thomas Hughes, of st. Louis Uni
versity Missouri, will lecture before the
Kalamazoo &. L. NJ. :. tomorrow and
Wednesday evenings. The subjects will be
christianity is not a Failure" and The
Eyolutions of an lntidel."
The Free Press is in receipt of letter
from Big Rapids which says that the Demo
crats have not all united IN approval of
Brother Nesbitt's candidacy tor the post
Office. and there are other men who want the
place who many have very good support of
their own.
Rev Mr.. Whitaker. the evangelist from
st. Johns who carried on q very successful
series OF revival meetings at Waterloo for
few weeks past. closed his labOrs there Sun
day evening. Feb. 3. Some fifty conversions
are the result of the meetings, mostly among
the young.
The Democrats in convention at Cadillac
chose as delegates to the State Conventions
III. b. Sturtevant, of Sherman City; Warren
Gilbert, Of Manton F. Ii. McMahon }. K.
Bishop and ). :. Fallass, of Cadillac. One
delegate favors Cooley.
Mrs. f. T. Eagleton, of Kalamazoo. died
Thursday morning. aged twenty-three years,
six months and twenty four days. The re-
mains were 20 be taken 10 Plainwell for IN
terment Deceased was a daughter of j. W.
Burson of Schoolcraft.
The funeral Of Miss Eliza NJ Stebbins who
died nj Kalamazoo after having morphine
injected in her arm at Detroit, was TO be
held at Kalamazoo yesterday. The family
has just gone 90 kalamazoo to live. Mr..
Aebbins has been connected with the Valley
Siper Mill Company for the past twelve
years.
The Jackson Saturday Ereaing star is
panied to learn that the depOsltOrs IN the
jackson Savings and Deposit Bank are not
likely 90 receive 50 much n was first sup
posed. II is rumored that Mrs. Gibson, wife
OF the senior member of the firm. declines
to sign the deeds for real estate. and claims
her dowery.
The jackson KNIGHTS % Labor have peti-
tioned the Legislature TO make Alaska a
panal colony. where convicts shall he sent.
They consider the only rational solution OF
the convict labor question lies IN penal cot
onizafton- which has been made successful
by other nations.
Thnrsdav Of Last week Mr. Van f. Crane.
of kimbali. had very narrow escape.
While he was playing with his children at his
residence the hammer of his revolver which
he carried in his right hip pocket caught on
the arm Of a chair and caused a cartridge 10
exploele The bullet fortunately passed
downward through the pocket aud was
buried In the floor
A dispatch from Grand Haven. dated
Saturday. says number OF robins (tar-
due mirratorius) which certainly made
Akhsir appearsncs here some Rve days ago.
have mostly an fsozen 60 death the past two