Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-10
MATTERS IN MICHIGAN.

MSnEeE, AeAtSsz1 <N4nt4s sAs A4s.SsA
FFs4sy - ts.lsag us<.
Ths residence CT " +. CasnSn. al
Acrzn, barnsa yesterday maTulRs
Los. y Vsss- insurance, s4ss4
Tie next enoAmpIasnt ef tie STATE
troops y 81 Tx held al n alsmers lAks.
neat ths hoale II 0os. h aa@Rs-
A knights ot iAythlss loiss has been
ogxanl1ea ~ oz5znze WITH txssoca
larty au1 forty charter menoSgs.
john 0aTansE, 81 Mar, mas stTack
~ locomotive al Iona, Saturday, alsd
seriously, gh0dga not fatally inquired.
j "a cue, al "a prison guard, took
morphine al ths Uason Hotel, jackson,
saturday nigas, aad sunday evening"
a. .aSe Up tie ghost
Thomas besens. yegyeteea thief al
Kalamazoo, MAS sent 10 jackson SstaT-
day On al order from Judge Back.
there 10 remain for three aae one halt
years, guest Of the State.
:. NJ. Dewey, produce dealer Of
Menath, las been nslssing s.nce FEB.
rnaIy IA. Tie had considerable money
atout his person, aud il i feared that
lie was a victim OF foul play.
Anna. wife OF Andrew spalding, OF
PStersburgh, was found dead ia the
River ksisln last Saturday. She had
teen mentally deranged, and it - be
lleyed that she committed suicide.
Adeber, Watson, OF stanton, who was
accused of forging an American Ex-
press money Oruer, Mas found guilty
/ and senteneed yesterday morning oy
d ~ 4 uall
Captain >an Bernier, of Life Saving
/ Station No =, reports no ice at White
/ tsh point or IN that vicinity. He says
/ II vessels wan. 10 reach Lake Superior
| they Will be able 10 do go early IN
( April.
| Joseph Moran, The young brute who
| was convicted of an attempted assault
/ upon an old lady aged 20 years. al
! Jackson, MAS sentenced 10 state prison
Saturday for twenty long aud miser-
! aOle years.
Hiram Pierce, an old resident and a
| prominent citizen of Hllsdaie, died
/ at las home yesterday morning of par
/ alysls. lie had travelled extensively AS
/ "A boot and shoe salesman and was well
known throughout the state.
The new boat, the f. W. Fletcher,
was launched Saturday afternoon at
/ Marine City, from Hollands shipyaId.
| Ii was the prettlest launch ever wit
messed. Her machinery is all IN except
her boiler. She is owned by Rear
| Bros. n Co., OF st. Clair.
Notice is given from the Office Of the
| Lighthouse Board that on OF about
March 20, a fog bell Will be Established
al lpena light station at the entrance
10 Thunder Bay River. During thick
or toggy weather the bell will be struck
a single blow every ten seconds.
The peach buds on the Michigan tai C
shore and farther inland are pro-
nounced IN good condition, the buds
not having matured sufficiently to be
affected by recent cold weather. A
large crop is expected. Last year the
damaging weather came on the 1lth
and 18th of March.
A Every blooded" young man took
Myrtle Peek's horse from the livery
stable last evening, says the Kalamazoo
Gazette, and She caught him with it at
the corner of Eleanor and Rose-sts.
and gave him good sound horsewhip-
ping and also took her horse away from
him. 1t was a thorough check TO hls
freshness.
The Michigan Mining school a,
Houghton has sixty-one students en-.
rolled. The first year men, who now
number forty one. are the first class to
perfect organization. Besides the usua
class benefits, they expect TO buy al
their own supplies and thus save the
large profit expected by dealers here
Up TO date no scientific or social socie
ties have been formed,
The report Of the superintendent OF
public instruction shows that there are
7l6S school districts and 5l3 graded
schools n the State. There are 654 80:
children of school age, but only 327 ,03.
of this number went to school las
year. Just 356l men and II, i29 women
teach school IN the State. There are :
lot of other figures in the report as tC
value OF school property, money spent
on repairs and the like.
Warden Davis is paying especial at
tentlon TO the food of the convicts a
Jackson prison, and personally buy.
the provisions. He has naugurated {
system of feeding the prisoners where
by they gam more dlgniiied menu a
a really less cost. He gives his persona
attention 10 the dining room and seei
that every man is supplied with sufli
Gent. He Is fast gaining the good vii
OF the convicts, and they will find him
an humanitarian, without any non
sense.
AT the annual concave of Battl,
Creek Commandery Ne. 80, Knight
Templar, held Friday night, the fol
loving officers were elected: Charlie
j. Mixer. r. C.; u. ID. Buck, generals
smo, a. +. Book. captain general; Rev
J. A. Ford, prelate; John Watson, sen
ior-warden; j. s. Baker, junlor-warden
James Ferguson,l treasurer; E1gen
Glass, recorder. The Commandery i
in very prosperous condition, havin
conferred the order of knighihood upol
fourteen candidates during the year.
The following Corporations have file,
articles of ASSOCIATION with the Score
tary of State Herald Mining Com
pany, Negaunee, 81 600, 900; Jackso
Street Railway Company, Jackson
$50, 900; GrosyenoT Savings Banl
Jonesville. $4,000. Chicago q Mort
Michigan Railroad Company. $3.50. 90
Traverse Bay Milling Company. Tras
erse CITY. $1,000; Peninsula knittin
Works. Detroit, $4,000; George |
Mosher Hardware Company. West Ia
City, SO. 900; the Sears Canning Con
pany, Three Rivers. $4,000: Unite
states Tag Company, Battle Greek
$1,000. the Wing & Page Company
Ludington, sl0, 900; safely 4 Burr Con-
psny. saginaw, s2e. 600: the Peninsul
Emery Wheel Company, Detroa, 50