Telegram-herald., 1889-11-25
MATTERS IN MICHIGAN.



Measles are epidemic az Hamilton.
Rockford has seventeen street la5nns.
-Four Charlotte residents were harn n
ls9a.
A rev dock is being hust Al 0ttavs
Beach.
Leland. Iesssnan county has So
schaol books.
A new hacksmith's shop has t.sea
started at Ada.
Lansing peonle are al torn up ever q
society scandal.
A large wild cat was Killed near Tss-
tln the other d4y
Menominee expects a building ga-
demlC next sprnr.
The branch pr son al Marquette Is
rapidly tlllng up.
The dog poisoner Is getting ln hs
sP.te work al jackson
The PRESBYTERIAN church az lake
City has a flne new bell.
Several new brick blocks are 10 be
built al Holland next spring.
Grand river above Grand Ledge, vas
frozen over about "a week ago.
Traverse Nty IS having "a building
hoom good healthy one, TOO
Hastings furniture factory Is uu-
ming night and daN o. iii orders
The new Presbyterian Church ai Lake
CITY wlll be dedicated DecemherS
Centrevne citizens DO NOT want any
shooting done within corporate imlis.
Eaton county has eehty-sx sunday
schools, with q total membership ot
sa59
Leslie has new literary iy
WHO'S object II will be 10 establish a
library.
Bert Spah0rd succeeds c. r.. Sm'il as
landlord O. tne H0toi Mchuuon, ot
Cadillac.
Fred woodcock and Charles Letter
two Flint boys have been convicted of
/ burglary.
The steamer CITY Of Grand Rapids
/ has craWled into her winter bed 80 Ira
/ verse CITY.
The stone cutters expect 81 finish
1 Their work on the Aliegan court house
1 before THANKSGIVING.
The Howard Cty Baptist Church
F which is Al present in sra uncompieted
state, Is soon % bc finished.
The Elk Rapids furnace made during
/ last blast oi 364 daYs 29,ell tons of iron,
/ al average Of 81 and 71-lO0 tons daily.
VIII Bru0n. of Bangor. harvested
z from two and Onc-hali acres. 30l hnsh-
1 els of corn ln the ear and - bushels ot
culls.
Henry Cramer, Of sun6eld dropped
/ his watch in a wcli the other day, and
I when he recovered u twcuty-fOuf hours
later, il was still running.
Charles u. Fox. Of Detroit, tired %
go 10 heaven by the opium route, bat
was prevented bv the herolc efforts ~
four doctors. Domestic grief.
When Mrs. Alice Good. Of Covert,
/ wants a game dinner she shoulders her
gun and goes into the woods returning
shortly with "A mess 0t squirrels. She
isa Good shot.
Practical jokers pat up lob on An
I ton WobhrOck .au ignorant polander, Il
/ Detroit. and gave him such a severe
/ fright that De wac taken home SICK and
/ died. Wobhrock said that he went 10
! KalaslnkI's church one night. and tire
Poles asked him 10 go down in tie cei-
lar with them and they would show
/ him something He went down with
the men. 10 was pretty dark. only just
light enough 10 Distinguish the outline
of objects AZ any distance. The men
led him over into one corner of the
room, where apparently there lag a
dark object. When hc arrived close 60
Il he saw IL was a coffin. The I'D bad
been removed. and lying in the coffin
was the body Of a man. Wohhrock
jumped back IN alright but thc other
three men grabbed him aud pushed
him down until his face almost touched
the white, upturncd face Of the body "a
the coffin. suddenly the tenant Of the
coffin sprang up and assumed a sitting
posture. This was too much for WObb-
rocks nerves, and De tainted away.