Telegram-herald., 1886-05-22
on THE WEST SIDE


el-Q.s 4n-e ul traat Fl near ~ ret
Brlse. saiteDg .sa losn lie took wi.h
hi.a Ms kegaeig leaving h-- 9Tn ~iie
and .sa small children here ia destitute
circumstance. -lale thea Mrs ,.ominski
has supported herself ay taking Ia washing.
bat ewing % illness ste aas been campeilet
lo sees assistance fr8.a Ihe county supegln-
,sniea-s 0I ihe poor
Al a special meeting ~ Ch4mpla Post
~ A. J.. held az taelr AaA on Aes- br1se
-I las evening i 4as resolved tl4r she
Clampliu Post and Ladies Relief Carp,
alteai services al tae 81 r church in
o5dy y here Rev j. A ,prasle sll De-
.iver suitable sermon fiE the OCCASION
nummittees were appointed t0 place hass
on the graves Of their dead comrades. ile
Lsdle, Relief Corps wlll Lase change ot tae
flowers. A 'mmanicaron Wa read from
Co. b. ln ~nIcl lAe3 accep ed the invitation
Co participate ia lAe exercises.
AT the meeting of Champlin Post. last
evening C,mrade Mc6rrsor, Of Boyne
Falls, Who is 50 wears of age presented
Commando Christensen With handsome
cane Mr McOresor Was a member OF the
seventh Michigan Cavalry. aud has carried
the cane ever since The close Of the war.
Mrs james Day of Lincoln Neb., : Wis
irlng Mrs Lyman Shoemaker Of Secosd u
Ms Day is the widow uf James Day, who
vas recently robbed and murdered IN Chi
csgo while on his way % this cty.
Ge0rge ..lbert will open a museum Of
natural history on the West side, for thv
benefit OF the public lie has Not yet de-
cided on a location bat Is in hopes Of hay
ing il open In few weeks.
The basement walls Of the German Be
neyolent Society club house On tront-st
have been completed The building will be
of0rick TWO stories high, is 534 feet, and
viii cost - 600.
The walls Of the first story of the new
school house al the corner of Eleventh and
lurner-sts. are now completed and the
framework for the structure Is being erected.
Frank Eckert has the outside walls of his
new block, at the corner OF Sixth and
Broad Tay-sts.. finished. The men are now
busy at work on the roof and inside walls.
Although the West Side was the first
portion of the Valley City, settled by the
old Slater Mission, it has never been honored
with a Congressional representation.
Three new electric lights are being placed
in the Arbeiter hall aud gardens. Another
light has also been swung at the corner Of
West Bridge and West Broadway SIS.
A project is on foot to secure a division Of
The Sixth aud Eighth wards; 10 increase the
West side aldermanic representation 10 ten,
the same as the East Side now has.
sewer is being laid on First-st. from
Lane-ave TO West Michigan-st., running
from there north 10 Fourth-st Contractor
MatthensOn is doing the work.
Robert Madison is about to build hand
some residence on Second-st. near Lincoln.
When it is finished Mr.. Madison will &C.
cupy it with his family.
Ezra Huntley is building a neat frame
residence on First-st, near Pine, and his
friends say that he has a bird already picked
out TO occupy the cage.
A number of prominent West Side gentle
men are talking Of organizing West Side
social club, with an exclusive membership
If West side people.
c. Staufer, of Petoskey, paid his West
Side friends short visit yesterday after
noon He was on his way home from
Michigan City.
John Giddings. who owns a number of
buildings on the corner of West Leonard
and FrOnt-sts, has had them re- painted and
re-fitled.
West Leonard-st was very dusty yes,er-
day; the sprinkler never visits them, and
the water works only 90 as far As Scri0-
ner-st.
Private parties will build the proposed
Eighth Ward street railway, should the
street railroad company abandon the pro
iect
p. S. Dykstra is having his hsrdwar,
ore, at the corner of West Leonard anC
rurner-sts., repainted handsome greer
| tint.
German on Turner-st. captured an eel
measuring two and one half feet the Othel
day. tie sold it to butcher for fifty cents
Mr.. and Mrs E. Conley. of No. 5sl Nortl
| FrOnt-st., gave progressive euchre party Il
about twenty guests Thursday evening.
Paul RlthmAn, of the Eagle Brewery
is preparing for another fishing trip. lie
purchased new tackle yesterday.
The machinery at the factory of the Grand
| Rapids furniture company has been repaired
and business has been resumed.
AL StOnehOuse, the West LeOnard-st
| druggist leaves for Baldwin today on
trout fishing expedition.
F. f WoOjin. the ,aricaturist at 10
| North Front st has a number Of very funny
| pictures in his studio.
NJ. j. Brosnan, the West Leonard-st bar
Der. is happy over the birth of a ten anC
one half pound son.
The West Side Negs is refitting its Office
putting in partitions and making thlng
look tasty.
A new boat house is being erected on tn,
west bank Of the river, just at the end oil
| Eighth-st.
A number of the West Side people arr
sOdding their lawn, and regraveling thei
walks.
Miss Belle Wins0r, the female barber on
West Bridge st, has recovered from sever,
illness.
Ms Jones, of 43 West Leonari-st, il
seriously M. She is attended by Dr. Pyle
The Sunday sacred concerts at the Arbei-
| ter ball will be commenced next sunday.
The work of grsveling West Fulton st
has been completed as far as Jefferson 81.
The work Of grading Muskegon-st. vii
be commenced in a week or two.
Front-st north is being used considerably
evenings by owners Of fast horses
The West Side has almost doubled in pop.
/ ulation in the past ve years.
Chas r. Bignell reports a good business
I IN bis quarry on Davis So.
A pretty frame cottage Is being erected on
I Davis-st. near Seventh.