Telegram-herald., 1886-09-15

Where VAS the B.4aasi yesterday
Leil.
The weather could GOT has, beea better
Tor the occasion.
That piato8not policemen caught the sye
oi many a visitor.
g. W Gnuastou- Grand Rapids Is
hummer aud uo mistake.
All tle GRAND Rapids badges bore a good
picture Ol lhe uea oity hall.
There Was a collection taken up on tso
of tne trains for the Charleston sufferers
which amounted % about $50.
All OF the excursion traius stopped for
moment near the q & " "a. crossing 10
view The neR soldiers HOme.
The saginaw folks enjoyed themselves
hugely wlaie on the tnp Dy play ing cards,
Singing aud cracking jokes chestnuts.j
The buildings and streets OF EdmOre,
Cedar opungs and o.her places along the
line were all gauy decorated ia honor OF
the event
oh these Grand Rapids girls. raptur-
ously exclaimed a saginaw youth. Bul sc
Won print what he said for fear Of making
our dear creatures vain.
Nlne hundred copies of the IELEaR.N
HERALp were distributed 20 the Saginaw
GUESTS Dy the escort committee as the trains
passed through kdmOre yesterday.
The Eagle Hotel fed about Two hundred
ana hity OF the visitors who partook OF the
good Things spread ay mine host Johnson
With a relish that was astonishing
Prof ROney The city is too big 10 see il
all II Is line place Nes. you did us up
bad on your reception. / have spent the
time very euJoyaoly and think We al did.
Comptroller DixsOn-"I think the new
road " iii make the Trip much shorter and
viii help 20 boom business generally. No,
/ have never been IA Grand Rapids be-
fore.
q. NJ Moseland: II think Grand Rapids
is a credit 20 the state of Michigan; yes The
new road Is a great improvement over the
old line OF TaYel between our place and
TINS.
TB. Fieuchel-"I think Grand Rapids
is one OF the finest cities for It's size / ever
visited. Yes, the new railroad Will assist
greatly IN making the TWO cities more neigh
oOriy.'
A number Of songs were sung on the
platforms of the cars before the trains lett
last night. and Farewell, Farewell, sly
own True Love" was excsllently rendered
ia German 10y male quintetle.
r. W Myerland-"I have not been in
Grand Rapids IN eight years and 1t had
many bright prospects then. Now | am
! quite cOnlounaed by what | see IN the way
Ol improvement
Police headquarters was the quietest place
IN the cily yesterday. Dispite the propen-
SHY Tor c0rk-screws possessed by our sag
/ NAV Dretheren, none OF them found their
/ way INTO Perry not el for Tree housing.
Numerous calculations, such as, What a
I h. BE- /.
/ ly cIty Grand Rapids is, II m SO glad We
| came. We have been royalty entertain
edi and several others Of a ike nature
were heard at the depot last evening.
one man said what did.the Eagicmean
/ by giving Us a lot of stale news and paid
locals 10 read on the trains today at Ed
more? The TELEGRAM HERALD was bright,
| crisp and as fuii of news as mt Is Oi
meat. Everybody read IL and said so!7
MAY or Arthur Hill, of Saginaw, last even
ing notified Mayor Dikeman az Grand Rap
IDS that Cows. Luce and Napie would ac-
company The excursion, though both have
given assurance Of their silence on political
questions during the day. -Sagtsdti Courier.
A prominent citizen remarked that the
drum major in the saginaw bard was the
finest looking and best prOportioned man
he had ever seen lie apparently under
stands his business, and the banG is a credit
TO the Salt City.
l.. Tomlipson: "Oh, yes. the new road
fills long isit want, aud is appreciated by
all. Yes, ] haye been TO tne Valley City on
several occasions and thiuk IL is a real nice
place. and l nope q won't be loag before il
is the first city in the State IN population. as
it is already ia business enterprise
Mayor Hill" Before We got the new road
ne bad 20 go 90 Detroit M order 20 pur-
chase furniture. which is manufactured IN
Grand Rapids, making il good deal more
expensive for us. Yes, ! have been 10
Grand Rapids before and know my way
around. IL is one Of the brightest cities in
the Western STATES
The following g. r. & +. officials took
part IN the reception at THE depot. Vice
President and Treasurer " r. Shelby. Sec
r-iarv !. II. T.. Hughari, superintendent of
the Nor,heru Division j. NJ. Metheany.
Then there was also Assistant General
Freight Agent NJ ". Rose. of the G. & ~.
81. r.. j keate, Agent Of the Union line,
and others.
One incident in connection with that
Luce and laple" donkey business IS
worthy OF relating Prot. Roney, the iubi-
iaut ioging professor. teegraphed Gen. In
n1s ihat the two candidates for Governor Of
Michigan were aboard, and what did the
general DO bat secure a hack. gayly bedeck
ii WITH bunting and flags and drive doRn TO
receive the governors. The rest may be
imagined.
Several ~ the visitors were kicking about
ihe way they were used in regard % con-
veVauoes from the depot as some Of those
who took hacks we're charged hfy cents
ebsa they reached their destination. one
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