Telegram-herald., 1888-08-14

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Ottsss b<ac2 sunday
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a d. .ss ssl p&tFoniEse Sandsy.
The o. l.. l. 4 D. sAa TIE c " h.
cEosslEx . Eusroea ~ nsv gate.
wilsar ColAs. u tks nss tran dispatcher
ol tie Lsks shors ro1c - ksisnsE00-
Ths T.. K. l. ID. IL b1ilGius . vsIsr
tank a. Gaslr round house ns.r kifth-sss.
Tss RAJ pay car made Is regular
moRghiy trip ever ths soutnsrn cisisio1 Of
the road yesterday.
Ckargis sull s<lisvs< thai there vas "a az
tempted robbery. aud ssys hs viii school
The nrsI drs sE ? ne sses-
Oae week from sunday the u. l. 4 y.
vii run al sIcarsien fro1a Hessll and sta
t0as this side ~ Ottsws Beach.
Next susdsy the Big Rapids srsncs Of
tie C. 4 w NJ. Gill run al excursion 20
Ottawa Beach BY way OF knskesos
The C. 4 W. n viii run 40 excursion
from Lacrosse and la Porte. Ind. over The
msin line 10 Ottawa Beach next sun
day.
The Grand Trunk Railway Company now
furnishes ia Lansing agent . saod horse
and buggy. ana he drives around town
drumHnins up shipping trade
The Duluth. South Shore and Atlantic
Railroad has bought DO boz cars Of 5000
pounds capacity. with safety couplers, and
90 more VI them have been ordsres. il is
said.
At public meeting Portland raised ss65
OF the 5000 needed 10 aid the Chicago.
al 4 -. 81 a.
some Of the citizens . little nervous. and
they have gone out soliciting tour.
Some people at Ashley are trying to rspu-
diats the 81 900 bonds given by the village
10 SECURE the T., 5. & N. railroad. on the
ground that they were issued for the pur-
pose OF building water works and than de
voted to railroad building. =
IL has been reported that the Michigan
Central is ebout 10 withdraw from the Cen
trail Traffic association. The Chicago OH
cials of the company say they know moth
ing Of any such intention. sni to tue best
oftheir knowledge and believe there is: no
foundation for such report.
A regular huckleberry train runs regular
ly every morning south from Marquette
carrying hundreds Of berry pickers 10 the
great berry section along the Detroit. Mack
mac Il Marquette railway. The season Is
| Just fairly omen and the abunda nee OF the
crop has attracted thousands of picksn.
Charles Johnson. one of the night watch
men about the South Yards. is one of the
most innocent Germans in the world and
very faithful in the performance of his
| duties. but be has one falling. He is so
| cowardly that the least noise in the yards
as be is going his rounds causes his hair TO
| stand and his eyes TO bulge with terror. Tha
other boys about the shops and yards at
night have tried TO shame hira out OF his
| unmanly cowardice but without success, so
| the other evening they resolved 10 play a
joke on him. One of the men procured a
fish-horn and ran from one part of the
| yards to the other footing family. Some
of the men rushed up 10 Charlie sppar-
emily in great terror and asked him what he
| thought ii could be. and suggested that it
mighl be q signal of the tranips who are
| hanging about the yards. "Py himmcl."
| said Charlie, II will school dose dramp if
| she doan quit dot moonsying around
| here" and be got out his revolver and car
| ried 1t ready for action as be made his next
round.
When Charlie had completed his round
some of the boys about the yard. who had
been told OF the joke. fired their revolvers
and one of them sushed up 10 Charlie and
declared that four tramps had attacked him
and attempted to steal his watch, but that
| he had shot one of them and the rest had
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