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Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
1T WOULD NOT DO.
For what Contagious Diseases is the
County Liable.

For what Contagious Diseases is the
County Liable.
The supervisors of several towns have
been bringing in bills for the care of
poor patients who have been afflicted
with contagious diseases. The law in
tended for the distributing of the cost
of caring for smallpox patients IN case
of an epidemic, is not sufficiently ex-
phcit, and of late the county has
been paying some towns for the care
of patients afflicted with diphtheria
and, in fact, all manner of contagious
diseases. The bills were allowed and
then the ward supervisors and the poor
snperintendents began to open their
eyes. They reasoned that If the county
paid the townships on such claims that
1t would be good thing for the city
wards to present bills for the same
cause. .The board saw that this would
be decidedly to the advantage of the
city, and seversl township supervisors
who had such bills ready TO present
kept them II their pockeIs.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
FOR MASONIC EYES
Mammoth Arrangements for the
Coming Fair.
II MILL BEAT TIE FOggER RECORD
Capitals GesstE Has Arr.nEsa.ths Details
81 fkxearsises-FsllL List sf 1ssnts .na
H.RRsatsas-Fhs Dstxefs Csaa-
na4n4sFy n. 4.

Capt. Gayett. whe, With Col. Fox, has
charge OF she railroad excuFsson for the
Masonic far, nss arranged sae program
for The week os November 10 70 IS. The
40, 900 Assons ia Michigan are al inter
ested ia the coming event and there can
be no doubt about the success of the
fair. The following Is the eomplete Lat
of events and excursions.
Monday, November 10, the Oratorlo
Society OF Grand Rapids, 500 voices,
VIII furnish entertainment.
Tuesday, Schubert Cldb. the pick of
Grand Rapids singers. Excursions on
the Grand Rapids 4 Indiana, aud the
Toledo, Saginaw & Mackinaw.
wednesdsy-DetrOli Commandery
No. !, Knights Temp lar. drill and re-
cepron. Detroit. Lansing and North
ern aud the Saginaw Valley & 81.
Louis Railroads will run excursions.
Thursday Cecilia Society, thirty
orchestral experts, of Grand Rapids.
Excursions over the Michigan Central,
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee
and Lake Shore x Michigan Southern
Railroads.
Frday-NilItary night competitive
drill by Companies b, and X, of the
Second regiment, NJ. $. T., and the
Eureks Division Knights OF Pythias.
Chicago & West Michigan Railroad will
run excursions.
saturday-B. p. o. Elks and probab-
ly the students of the West Michigan
business university will furnish the en-
tertalnment.
The Wurzburg orchestra, of Grand
Rapids, will furnish music every night.
Excursion tickets will be good gong
on the day of issue. and returning on
the succeeding day. The round trip
will be at one price with 25 cents added
for admission 10 the fair.-Detroit
Journal.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
The Ames Annual.

The Ladies' Union of the Ames NJ.
E. Church, held their annual meeting
at the residence of Mrs. ". J. John
ston. sol South Ionia-st. ,on Wednesday,
about sixty members being present
The secretary's report showed gain OF
fourteen new members, the purchase of
new organ tor the church, and the
payment OF $50 OH the PASTORS salary
The treasurer reported receipts, Sl3S. AZ;
disbursements, sl37.25, leaving q
balance Of Sl.l7. The retiring presi-
dent, Mrs. Ida Fish, made an address,
IN which she referred feelngly to the
death of Mrs. yelling, "A member of
the society. Officers we're elected as
follows: President. Mrs. fl. f. Bailey;
vice president, Mrs. Ida Fish; secretary,
Mrs. Fannie Ames; treasurer, Mrs.
Mary Bacon.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

IA. $50 sxss.. % Cs~z<tss sAs

Cry Attorney rsyloE hss eensulssd
vita tie Attorney -Gsn<r.l aaa prerl-
nsat asyss N sas city, ana a2s eoEae
70 tne eonslusen that Ehs sots Esxt
Tuesday nigas mass ee sanyssssd ac-
eoFdinE 70 the pFovsioas of me nes
az lnsss2a of tie old way ander the
elty cnzrtsr. Aeeording ~ the nss
lsE there slil De three Inspectors, TIE
nFst 0f shom vii take shs Nekets cut
0f the oox, Que oy one, read the names
Or the candidates IL order, snd as the
names are read OF ths clerks slil
check them Of GA sheets prepared for
me oecason- The ballot . tnet passed
20 the sseooa inspector, Who wll see
tnat tns scofe 70 correctly read and then
y VII oe passed 10 the third, Who viii
also vice Is and thea number with =
lead pencil and shrcad on . piece OF
string. There will DC no seParstson OF
the tlcksts into strsights and spite ss
dndsr the Old ls~, but only one can oe
TAKEN up At = tlae. The new methods
will oe very allow ana cumbersome ana
q . doubtful II the returns Wall all De
IN Until sigst or nine o'clock, Wednes-
day morning. The polls VIII close 81
I've o'clock, and Il the inspectors can
get through q ticket a minute, which
vii DC pretty rapid time, they will have
handled only 40 ey midnight But
they won't count above thirty an
hour. and the process will be long and
tedious, even IN small districts. There
will be no learning the results on the
head Of the ticket or on any part of il
until the entire vote Is counted. Those
who intend 10 be out Tuesday night to
learn the results had better be prepared
% stay out sll night.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
AMASA B. WATSON POST.
Its Second Anniversary Last Night A
Big Success.

Its Second Anniversary Last Night A
Big Success.
The celebration of the second ami
versary of the Amasa B. Watson Post,
G.. A. r.. occurred at the post head
quarters, last evening. The hall, beau
tifully decorated in National colors,
was filled to overfiowing, and the pro-
gram was carried out substantially as
previously announced, except that post
commander, w. II. Marston was not
present to give the history of the or
ganization of the post. and comrade
Geo. W. Dillenbeck. down on the pro-
gram for an address on Charity" was
absent.
The four addresses of the evening,
by Commander Johnston, comrade DR..
Wright, comrade J. Tyler Aleott and
Mrs. Carrie II. Wright, were orations of
rare merit, and kept the audience in
state of high cnthuiasm. The music
was furnished by the south end baud i,
and by male quartette consisting of
D. P. Eddy. George d. HerrIck, A. II
Morehead and w. II. Loomis. Both
the band and the quartette received
more encores than they were able to
respond TO. The whole affair passed
of with fine eclat.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
For the Owashtanonrs.

The noble efforts being made by this
popular club for the alienation of the
poor and to provide the needy with a
good Thanksgiving dinner and other
neceesaries, are meeting with deservcd
success. Among the charts ble tenders
IS 6tst of Messrs. Brady & Garwood
shrJugh Manager Roberts. to dc
vots part Il the proceeds OF
tedeY'. matinee and evening
performance to the Owashisnongs
fund. This. however. does not apply
70 tickets sold at the theatcr, but 70 al
tick Is sold at the hotels and stores,
ana by members Of tho club. In fact.
70 al tickets sold outside the thester
Pfopls desrng - contribute IN tins
way sh0uld hear this il mind when
purchasing their tickets today, and buy
from stores, hotels or members Of the
rlnh
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
They, Too. Had Hard Tack,

An olu soldier on a -treet car last
evening, on the way to the Watson
Post celebration, handed to a couple OF
ladies' copy of the printed program
made to INIT tate piece of hard tack.
"Oh. We have one of those st home, :"
said the lady. half disdainfully. "Oh,
indeed" said the veteran, opening the
program and beginning 10 scan IT,.
Then the ladies stared and looked sorry
they hadn't fed their curiosity AZ first.
instead of having to 20 hungry a. last.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
BADLY DIsFIGURED.
Banker Devin-. OF Bssdin<, Charged as q
Bad Consplrator.

Banker Deyin-. OF Bssdin<, Charged as q
Bad Conspirator.
LASsTSa Mich, .30.-The Gertrude
Whiteacre forgery case is growing very
sensational. The dashing little woman
IN the case has ali along shown con-
fdence IN her ability to clear herself OF
all crimInality, that hss bespoken good
defense. when the proper time came 20
spring it. lt came yesterday, when the
attorney announced that be proposed
O. prove that the signature OF the
famous 81 0o0 check vss genuine, and
that II vas given ~ N. r. DevIne, the
Belding banker. Who entered into a COLI
spirscy with Charles Wheeler TO secure
s. 900 30 tide Over . financial strait.
Charles Wheeler tssst tied that Dsyine
was financially nosrassed. and that
he gave him = sisnk check signed with
the understand tnss be va. 70 fll 10
for g. 600, $500 O. which was 70 De Ger
trude's for sctirx n the role OF nsgo-
hator. and ths res wss 20 bs dsvidsd
between himself sns Devine. Gertruss
gave him oet al Go however. sna this
amount Re gave 20 Devine. Wheeler's 9
cross-exami nation wss not equal 10 toe
direct, and ne cane out of i badly dis
figured.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
Might Have Been Serious.

What might have been serious &C
cident occurred at the Soldiers Home
last night. An electric lamp being out
of order was repaired during the after
noon In the apartments of Mrs. DR..
Stevens. As she went TO turn on the
light she received the full charge
through her hand, burning a part of
one finger 20 a crisp and consuming the
metal part of the lamp in the course of
tho current instantly. An examins-
ton OF the lamp showed that the cleo
trician had exposed the electrodes and
connected them with the brass rim IN
contact with the thumb switch.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
DAM GAVE WAY.
Mt Pleasant Is without water and Light
for q Time.

for q Time.
Mr.. PLEASANT, Oct. 30.-Harris Bros.
race dam AT their large Touring mill
went out yesterday, causing q suspen-
sion Of operations at the mill and a
partial water famine in the city, IS the
water works was run by power from
the mill. The electric dynamo was also
run by the same power, but an engine
has been secured TO keep the lights
going and pump the water. Workmen
mad been digging IN the bed of the race
below the dam TO place an additional
water wheel to supply motive power to
the electric dynamo. Tne race dam
was wall of masonary three feet
thick, aud il was weakened by the ex-
cavations below and forced outward by
the pressure. Just as the nightwatch
of the mill stepped from the walk over
the dam to the bank, and only a few
minutes after the halt dozen working
men had left their dangerous position
below the dam, 1t gave way. Laborers
are repairing the damages.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
AN OLD RESIDENT
Ds-- Suddenly frous . ssreks Of ApPo
ptesiy.

D~- sudd-nly froua . stroke Of Ape
pteHY.
Pardon r. Potter. tn cd and highly
respected resident 81 Grand Rapids.
dropped dead a. TIE residence Of his
son, 3. z Potter. At 20 Livingston at. +,
yesterday morning. Mr.. Potter vas
born n the tosn of Little Compton,
Mas. 6S years ago and came - Grand
Kap,ds 10 1856. lie Eas widely known
aud universally esteemed. An honored
member of the ssOnic frssernstY. b =
vas Tor many yea 4 member sf TIE
relief committee cf Grand River Lodge
No. "a. Re lesses TO children srceps
tha son az whose residence he ds~d
TIE funersi 81 - heid from The
residence ou sunday afternoon az 2 80
srd VI be conducted undsr ~ aus
p,css Of toe Masonic fraternity.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
At Hubbardston.

Special 70 The TEtrsRsE.HTRalD.
HUBBARDsroS. Mich, oct. 30.-H. W.
Brown sad J. Z. Mcbride ably addressed
$ large Republican gathering at this
place lsst evening. Is is hard to under
stand how any Irish-Americxn Eho
heard Mr.. hcBride's recital Of Rritsh
free-tr.de leE slstion Tor Ireland can
vete ths Democratic ticket next Tues
dsy nr. Brown, r. his closing, pad =
glowing tribute 60 Capt Walk - sn8
urged SIS fitness sna qualifications for
the Office II Representative of TIE
Fifth district N the Flfty-second Cor
gress.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
Wedd.d AZ St MARI

Mss Nelly Stanton, who was until =
year ago principal OF the Coit-svenua
school, and James Painter, of Kittsn-
0inE, Penn. we're married YESTERDAY
The ceremony vas performed ~ St.
Marks Church by Rev. Campbell Par.
They left lsst night for kittsnning,
their future home.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
AT CINCINNATI.
Senator sherman and Ex-Gov. Foraker
Address a Mass Meeting


Address n Mass Meeting
CINCINNATI, Oct. 30.-Senator Sher-
man and Ex-Gov. Foraker addressed q
Republican mass meeting at Music Hall
tonight. The Senator spoke at length
on the Mckinley tariff bill. touching
upon the third party, silver bill and
pension appropriation. lie held that
soldiers should receive pensions ac-
cording TO length of service and
extent of their disabilities. The
speaker claimed that silver and
farm products would rise IN value as
the Jesuit of the silver bill, and that
the Mckinley measure would accom-.
plish all that it promised to do. He
appealed to the audience To stand by
the Republican party, which was equal
10 all needs of the country. ex-Gov.
ernor Foraker followed, and confined
his remarks TO state politics, and Gin
cinnati municipal affairs.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

Mss Zsdie Clark rss barred from ne
Divson-sf. Method = Cnurch Yester-
day. Sae VS. = most ar abe young
lsdy, beloved BY a. Sc VS. $50 a
brEht scn0isr, snd would have grad b.
sseo ths yesr hss fac hssn r1ore kias
- ks-
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

A car belonging % ths United States
Fish Com nilsson passed through this
city n tow e the e. a W " az ; 2. n.
yesterday. The ear wss in chsrfe Of
r. :. johnson. Who /. transferring
some two tnogssnd fishes from the
Illinois river 70 Nsckinar Islsnd, in
cluding black bass, ainfsh, and other
s~artss
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
Buy Outside.

The benefit the owsshtsnong Club
gets for is Thanksgiving poor fund
from the ssa,inee sns evening perform.
snces tonight At Rea rons .. only comes
from tlck.e sod OUTSIDE the thester or
from friends OF the club. Any one
de,irous Of aiding such a good cause
should purchase their tickets for those
perfoFrnsncss outsids the thestsr.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
A BOILER BXPLODES
And Fatally Scalds Four Men at ID


And Fatally scaIds Four Men at Dun
cansvillc.
ALTOONA, Pa, Aug. 30.-A boiler ex
plosion occurred at O'Clock tonight in
the rolling mills of the Portage Iron
Company, at Duncansville, near here
Those fatally injured are:
JAMES WEAVER, skull fractured
badly scslded.
SAMUEL FLICK, scalded,
WM. MILLER, scalded.
THEODORE ORTIZ, scalded and hor
ribly mangled.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

Registration n District 10. ?, Grand
Rapids Township, between leonard -.
and The Knapp road. closes ats O'Clock
FRIDAY. az corner y. Coit-sve. sd
Fcurth-st. Republicans be sure your
names are rsrister.d
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

Yesterday ~.s the frst day q reg =
trshon. sod TIE rssult iss vsry erst =.
lnF oss Reports from al dsstrict.
show ttsts largs percentage - ths
people 49, reg stsTog, ard ths faci
slone indicates thsf TIE vote uert T ass-
dsy wal - a psTt.eulsriv hesvy ore.
At srra ~ the reg strafson dstTlcts
e'--s t.rsofhs rave h-een ererted. II neT
usv sxs1nlne0 ~ a. cfrt-
3cs .ansr. And ua-T a. paa agari
srrrssxioa : rsds sn regard 81 t1ern.
A p--F - fhe zlse Yer ear 90 Ss7~rsirE
o. ths Efssfesf czr, for rzs fer csfns
Ns p- 1ss raf ~e-s es7er ~ e
sa tAea = Dr. 81 Csae. SgrEp ts -
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

Geo. Iiilnsn. the champion bantam
weight, hereby challenges y T Slvers
% 4 2o-round centesf, 70 take place
within four veeks, for TIE Champion
an , of Grsrd Rspics
CFc. TuEWkS.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31
THE REGISTRATION

Denotes That a Big Vote win be Poiled
This Fail
The registration IN Grand Rapids
township is closed in precincts l and f.
In tie First precinct $50 voters have
registered and in the Fourth $50. The
registration IN the Second and Third
precincts will take place today. Two
years ago the township polleds 1880
votes and the present registration de-
notes both a full registration and q
large increase of population.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

Aver, watkins ard Pelkuso, sstur-
dsy right AZ Hartman Hal. Lsst
meeting q tae carapsiga.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

Hon Wm. I A1sms, our aext Stat.
Senator. wi b one q the speske-s at
Hartman BAL, Saturday evening.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

Alger. watkins and Belkrap. Sstnr-
day night 81 Hartmsn's HaH. Last
meeting Of tbs campaign.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

AlEer, Watkins ard Belkrsp. ssss1r-
fsv night At Hsrtmsns Hal. Last
meeting gf tns campaign.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-31

To- clc-rs RepubEcsr sallT q trs
csr1rs eu a. HaFtnsn's hsB, SstaTdsg
evening.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08
The Farmer in Politics.

The Farmers Alliance was not essen
TALLY political at its inception, but it
was formed for the protection of the
agricultural community against the le-
galized assaults of corporations and pro-
tected monopolists. Therefore it was
doomed from the beginning to take an
active part in political affairs, for social
relations will lie at the bottom of our
politics for some years to come, and prob
ably generations yet unborn will find
themselves face to face with problems
that are now disturbing the country.
The farmers have been rudely awak-
ened to the fact that they have been
the sport of most astute and selfish in
terests; that they have been unduly
taxed without resulting benefit, and that
the helpful forces of government have
drained them for the benefit of men who
are enriched by unjust taxation.
In the west the earnest and indignant
protest against this injustice has drawn
the farmers out of the Republican party.
In the soath the farmers are capturing
Democratic conventions. The result will
probably be healthful. - New York
World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

Murat Halstead is shining type of
the working journalist He lives at the
Brevoort house. Every morning he is at
The Standard Union Office in Brooklyn
by o'clock. and sometimes earlier. A
dozen pencils have been sharpened for
him. and he throws off his. coat and
plunges into work without any fussy
preliminaries. He writes steadily until
1870 p. IN. The result is over half page
of strong, yet graceful. expression of
editorial opinions. Then Mr.. Halstead
writes a column-often a two-column-
letter to his Cincinnati paper. This he
sends every day. Sundays included. His
associates in Brooklyn look upon him
with wondering eyes. But Mr.. Halstead
says that he has found some difficulty in
filling in his spare time. For that reason
he has now taken up some "outside" lit
erary work.
Some little time before he left Cincin-
matt Mr.. Halstead employed stepOg-
rapher. But he filed the stenographer's
notebook in no time. Then. having SO
much more time than he needed, he
would take up his pencil and busy him
self again. The consequence was that
he did about two mems work. and he
was pretty well tired out when his day
was over. With all his capacity for
work he is invariably in good spirits. He
reads the thrusts Of political opponents
with musement-the sharper they are
the more he is amused. Then he takes
his pencil and responds.-New York
Times
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

One Of Cervantes' Eccentric COuntrymen.
mo Englishman goes ever to bed"
says a Spanish proverb. without hav-
ing committed some eccentricity." but
it seems that the same saying might
Justly be applied tosome of Don Quixote's
countrymen At all events the old gen.
tleman of the name of Senior Don Juan
Bantista de Guzmany Caballero, duke
de Najera. whose will has just been
proved. certainly belonged to the ''ec-
centres In his deliberately worded
will, and after giving great many par
ticulars as to how his funeral is to be
conducted. be- goes on to say that no no
tice whatever is to be published of his
death, and that it will be ''wearisome"
to him if on his journey to his last rest
ing place he will he followed by friendly
funeral coaches. Another of the old
dukes ''eccentricities" consisted Of keep
ing his money. amounting to 100000,
safely hidden away in his Golfers. whence
it will now be removed by his usufruct
heirs. Pail Mall Gazette.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

A most remarkable woman is Mary
Mills, Of No. 216 Mulberry street, roof
er, plumber and tinsmith. who can wipe
joint of pipe as neatly as any man on
Manhattan Island Mrs. Mills is a
slight. dark haired, modest, wideawake
little woman of 40. who does not know
that she is a genius In 1870 she mar
ried Roofer James Mills, and went to
live with him at No. 216 Mulberry street.
There were rooms back of the little shop
which the young wife converted into a
home and where her six children were
born. While the husband was out
roofing some one had to watch the shop.
Disabled clothes wringers. treacherous
boilers and exhausted kettles. dippers
and skillets came in for repairs. and mo-
nopolized the space that was needed for
her sewing tables and cradle.
Mrs. Mills found that the quickest
way to get rid of these neighborly tins
WAS to mend them herself And so the
cradle was pulled over to the bench,
where the little woman rocked it with
her foot, and while her hands were en-
gagged with the soldering pot she crooned
the lullaby that peopled baby's dreams
with sunny. bonny creatures One baby
followed another; the sewing was put
out. so was the family washing, and the
CHEEKY little tinker cut and hammered
and soldered away, pocketing the bright
hits of silver that enabled her to run the
house and feed and clothe her little ones.
Business in those days was brisk. 1t
meant dime minute to her. and she
soon learned to join pipe in two min
utes Men and women focked to the
Mills shop with urgency jobs Just to see
her work. Everybody comes on business,
though. for the neighbors know her aver
sion to gossips and busybodies. New
York World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

"Our receipts are about $1,000 day
in busy times. said Il clerk of the best
known hotel in New York on the Amer
lean plan. but at very dull seasons. such
as the last week in July and the first
two in August usually are, this amount
falls to about $500 per day. Now, as
our expenses are only about 10 per cent
less in duA than at busy times. the in
ference as to the comparative profit of
keeping an American hotel in midsuIn-
mer and in midwinter is irresistible
For we actually employ more help in
midsummer, owing to painting, house
cleaning. etc The difference in the
receipts of leading hotel on the Euro
pean plan in it's dull and lively seasons
is about as great. but the difference IN
the necessary expenditures is enormous
ly greater.-New Yorl Letter
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08

present dry spell proves that Dawson
was right, and that his queer thing is
an extinct monster OF gigantic proper
tons. The head has become detached
and lies forty or fifty feet from the body,
which is now about fifteen yards in
length, notwithstanding the fact that
several joints are missing. At a distance
of thirteen feet from the tip of the tail
the stony monster is four feet nine inches
in breadth. st. Louis Republic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08
Stick q Pin Here.

These are days of subterfuges-times
when men greet principles with one
hand and strangle them with the other;
and it is, above all, needful now to in
sist on what we may call the principles
of loyalty. Let there be no shams. Re-
quire every man to show his hand, ex-
press his convictions and live up to his
principles. Too many men in public po-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-09-08
A Petrified Monster.

The long continued drought in central
and southern Iowa has brought to light
the petrifed remains Of some antedilu-
Wan monster. over which the waters of
the Des Moines river have rolled for
centuries The resting place Of this
original first settler ia in the bed Of the
river near the little village of Percy,
in Marion county. During the great
drought OF three years ago. when the
river was lower than it had ever been
within the memory of white men, S. r.
Dawson. a gentleman living near Percy.
claimed that he had found queer
thing in the river near town. The