Telegram-herald., 1890-08-01

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Jesse Chapman, ElO Ives three niles
southwest oE Ccion, vent ~ Elzn4ft.
Ind, Wednesday a1d drew $40 lEsur-
a1ce money. Hs returned noEas ard
locked e 90 Ca a uunx. IoisFeE sI-
tered ths lgase ll Las ssel4ug zad stole
the pile. NJ. Chapman o1srs 800 re-
ward for ths arrest &C the thieves za1
tne return u tns money.
Owen Cibney, OF Detroit. whose name
. over a fruit stand ia the CsaGFal
Market, purchased six grams Il sgrycn-
nlue az ALsn drug store, corner OF
Grand hlEer-4gs. and .lxtn-st., Wednes-
day morning ztaGng that ns wished iE %
xii rata. Upon hi1 arrivai home az 81
CTaWlort-st., be swallowed the poison
himself aad died II great agooy before
DT. shelton. who w4s summoned,
CO.. il come 70 his rescue.
Hon. Grant Decker, a pioneer resi-
dent of Fiat. and who vas nonorcd
Win tne trst mayorsaip or Flint, died
az 80 o'eiocx "Wednesday moTning OF
heart disease, az his late nome On Ctf-
tofd-st. The deceased vas born ia
DeeGert0wns y. j., la the year 1914,
aud removed % tals city ~ 1888, being
married tie previous year to Miss
Elizabeth stevens, VINO died IN is44.
Mrs. Decker was remarked ~ 1850 20
Mrs Julla /. Clark, wnO died n FebTu-
ary last.
Joan H1iass left MS home in Nj.
Vernon July 3, telling his father,
AioHk9, ta&- aa Wa g0lng 70 Detroit 10
attend zee races. Noluing has been
seen - heard from hlm s.nct. lie ls
IS years Oi age, i've feet signt inches
tall aud veigas 100 pounds. tie WalSs
with a gety noticeable stOop. At the
time OF lbs disappearance be was
dressed q l.ght gray suit, Fed-stTlped
Jersey shiTt and a Jockey cap. his
father % ARK Gus 10 learn something
concerning MS whereabouts.
"Wednesday forenoon John Hobart
started Oga asn4ug excursion. Ia tlc
rear % sis buggy ne placed bucket Of
oats fOFilis steed aud over that u light
horse sneet. Scarcely hsd he reached
tno city limits when 4 roaring noise at
tractsd his notice and a moment later
he discovered the whole back end Of
the buggy IN flames. In the process OF
extlnguishment his hngeTS were badly
burned. 10 IS presumed that the hot
sun upon the horse saeet, when was
somewhat greasy from contact with
the animal caused spontaneous combus-
ton.-Jaek,0a Pefri9,.
Il have something N my little book, {"
said ;. L. Watson, the Grand Rapids
teleph0ne man yesterday, that may
interest the people OF kalamazoo as
well rs several other cities. Quite true
It - that maay OF the cities OF Micni.
gan were disappointed at the census re-
turns, and u IS equally true that the
way the census was taken was farce
or worse than that. /. was Tor the
politics that could DO cleaned the
country over. Capable men should
have been employed. aud then they
should have been paid 81 or s. day
aud then they would have found al
the people instead u: just those for
wuica they thought cents was good
enough pay for getting. But, as a
started TO say the telephone population
compared with the number Ol people
may bs interesting. Grand Rapids
leads with one Telephone for every AZ
people, Detroit has one for s., jackson
one for e., Kalamazoo one Tor 81, Nus
kegon one tor IS and Bay City and
Saginaw each have one for 74.i-Kala-
H0s0o Gozs,fs.
The drss OF this years peach crop IS
now beng marketed, and tie quality OF
early varieties 5 fully up 20 the stand
ard. Taken as a whole, tie yield ID
Oce2ns county vii not exceed one
quarter OF crop, bU- IN some places
fult crops are reported. The damage IS
claimed TO - due % the bIghtng winds
"a June, causing the fruit to drop, as it
was very little injured by frost. Paces
oid fair 20 be away ~. II IS reported
that a price as higa as > per bushel mas
been offered Tor the frgis OH the trees,
aud there IS 10 doubt that peaches
mean money. A large number OF n-w
men have come "a this year and fruit
land mas been IN demand, bat most Oh
those who have located are men OF
means and purchased improved farms.
The partial failure OK the crop has pug
a Guotus upon the land sales, but the
effect wll be advantageous 10 TIE enc
By putting q check on the eXOToltant
prices being charged for land, which
would result ID keeping out many a
good citizen Of humble means. The
number OF new fruls trees set this year
las been astonishing. aud the increased
acreage ls Cs-.u,ate.. At close 10 ll0)
acres.-Lars3 We're.
Frank Coo., ot Pontiac. the much
taiSed-'f scuo1l uoF, ani whose
pvc.saueat Iy a Pogtac teacher some
twu lncct1s ago nas been the cause OF
80 wuc1 excitement. l.cd Wedns s
afternoon aJ a.ij o clock. TIE follow
Iug - origI history o. the case. Tie
hoy was III years old, the son Of Nrs.
Eila Cook. a widow. III wasa pgQii =
toe "o.a Jaon' school, where y e.
Jennie Weao is a teacher. On May 5
he was punished wIta a strap. and our
i1- hts W. pong be reseI ttully struck
tHs teacle er ANA ran away. Nay he
was akeu slcS. From tlls slllness there
was partial recovery, and q wish was
expressed by hs mct1er % have Frank
return to scn0o|, but she was informed
tuas be C0ull not return without rv-
CTfvlug q second punishment. nay q
hs Fetlruca to sCnooi and received the
second punishment. Immediately fOs-
loving this he was aga.0 taken sex
and was soon confined % BIS 0ed with
what Is SAID % have been para 'vsis
caused BY the whipping. For some
seven weeks pr'or 90 hrs death be had
not spoken, and Tor Eve weeks had rot
swa lowed any nour'shmeut, having
been Kept alive ty eueme.
Latest Mich gan pensions Original
invalid -Iacoh p. Grelner. East Sag
nav. Nunson L. SQu.rrs. Hudson
John T Fcoohower. flreenvliie. Adam
Frances. pucSley. Charles r. Dan, ,sls.
stanton WHbsw McGraw. Grand Rap
ids George FRYE Port Huron. Carries
rs Bel ows Itr,ca, James q. Noorhees.
White Isse. EnCs =. Baldwin. Nssl-.
T~rrassp- Ava III Marsh. Erl,f,-.