Telegram-herald., 1890-07-19
TOWN TOPICS.

Brdge-st. bridge Is greatly improved
BY the new coat or palnt.
The foundation walls for the new Dr.
Shepard building are commenced.
Forty bushels OF huckleberries came
in ly the late e.. K. & l. train lastnicht.
TIE Muskegon Bicycle club will visit
tbs ely next Tuesday and take q run
out 10 tie lake.
VIM. J LAWN, the tenor. viii sing =
solo from the Elijah, At ~. Marks,
sunday morning
over four bushels OF fine bass were
caught az Ottawa Beach yesterday
morning, by the resorters.
The Owashtanong senior four-oared
crew ieft .a-t night for Duluth, 10 at
the great International regatta.
The OBS C., Z. * I. tram ran INTO
woman o % carriage, yesterday morn
Ing, near Monteth, killing her instantly.
The electric lights have all been
placed the union depot shed, and il
looks magnificent when illuminated at
night.
At the last meeting of the Grand
Rapids typographical Union, No 80,
500 was contributed to the striking
Carvers.
The Powers building begins TO look
quite metropolitan with It's new I'M
provements IN the way Of bay windows
and fresh paint.
Everything works like clock work
and every train seems 10 get IN on time
since we have got the new train she'd"
said depot policeman Colweu last
evening.
II i reported that persons whose
names can not be learned, have secured
options on the Hills property at the
corner of Ottawa and Pearl-sts., for
5000 per front foot.
The Greenback city committee will
hold q meeting next Thursday evening
and want all toe ward committees TO
be present Tor the purpose Of organiz-
ing for the fall campaign.
Intimate friends are rallying ex-Jus-
tee Walsh on his new Burnside growth
OF beard. They tell him ne does It to
save the expense OF new newspaper
cut for the fall campaign.
Mrs. Maggie Van Colt will hold a
meeting for men only at the Ames NJ
+. Church, corner Eighth-ave. ana
South DIvlsion-st. at 3 p. IN. on Sunday.
All gentlemen are cordially invited to
attend.
Phil III. Davis, of Hart, and late
graduate OF the Michigan University,
has accepted q position with the law
firm of Montgomery & Bundy. From
al accounts Mr. Davis Will prove an
acquisition to be desired.
Instead OF saving off the ends of the
old plank sidewalks from Lyon to
BridgC-sts., on Canal, TO comply with
the recent ordinance, how would il 10
for the property owners to club together
for stone or Portland cement side
walk
Ray G.. Pierce has received the en-
CRAVING OF the train shed. which was
made by the Grand Rapids Engraving
Company. It has been admired by sew
eral OF the railroad magma tes, and Viii
b. used q connection with Mr.. PierCe's
book. "HOw TO Know Western MIchi-
gan"
The Grand Rapids Iron Cottage Com
pauy will make cottage TO be used IS
the United States pOst-otiiCe IN the
Detroit exposition. with boxes and
o-ncr aDpurtenauces. They viii also
show GLASS; and iron building on the
grounds hlled with creamers and re-
trgerat0rs.
iarxe crowd listened TO the realistic
Ilrco " "Episades in q P0hcemau's Lifs'
80 Eeed's Lake, last evening, and de-
clare tuat it was alone worthy Of the
trip o. tle dci ghtiul resort The hf-
tCfu-m'nute dummy service 3 drawing
tao people TO tine lake IN greater num-
boIs tAan ever before.