Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-19
WHIPPED By Thu MAYOR
Lansing's Executive Takes Hand
in Q saloon Melee
He ElslI CONES OUT VICTOR
A Frsmetion In the Agricultural College
A Balloon View Of Happenings
Ali About . GssAt aad Pres
psrsens state.

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vielously striking each other. The city
marshal tried 10 stop the proceedings
and this rather increased the trouble
and confusion. One of the contestants
Was Pollock. The mayor played with
him as though he was toy balloon and
fired his head a prisoner between a
screen door. The sight was indeed
comicai TO the bystanders and the
mayor did not give way to leyity except
when he asked for Instructions how To
extricate his prisoner. He found assist
ance and escorted the Pollock and pro-
prietor 10 the city Bastle amidst general
shouting and applause. Where after
due period of confinement they were
gwen the opportunity OF release upon
payment OF fine.
Electric street cars are running ut
Escanaba.
Elk Rapids citizens have voted for
water works.
Inlay City is suffering an epidemic
OF dipntberia.
A new exchange bank will be opened
at Milford in few days.
The stockholders of the defunct City
National Bank OF Marshall will pay de-
positors In full.
There are 1000 inhabitants in Onton.
agon and not one bears the name OF
Smith, Brown or Jones.
A fraud is imposing upon the vii
lagos OF the state as an agent tor Ma
sonic insurance company.
John Ridley, VINO escaped from the
Kalamazoo asylum, has been diecov-
cred IN hiding near Charlotte.
Katie Hutton who was recently kicked
in the face by gang OF toughs at Han
Ian Is not expected 10 recover.
A farmer named Gyroll, aged 55, has
disappeared from ms home near Bay
City. He has ben insane for some
time.
James Williams of Lansing, an old
pensioner, was found in q swamp near
Eaton Rapids half clothed and hope
lessly insane.
A Detroit machinist, named James
Mack, fell beneath u train and had his
leg so badly crushed that amputatlon
was necessary.
1t is alleged that the furniture
branch III the Ionia prison is a losing
business and that the ledger shows
deficit of S2S.000.
Earl Parker aged twelve years, was
crushed to death while trying to beat n
Michigan Central tram across the
track at Saginaw, Thursday night.
Ex-Judge Isaac Marston who has
been suffering with pneumonia at his
Riverside farm near Bay City, is con-
sIdered out of danger and will recover.
Hope College, one of the best con-
Quoted institutions of learning In the
State, located at Holland, opened the
fall term with sixty-tive new students.
Lieut.. Simpson, who was instructor
in military tactics and professor in
mathematics at the Agricultural Col
lege, has been promoted 10 a first lieu
| tenancy, and 10 now with his regiment
| in Arizona.
Tompkins D. Jermain and Doran
Heck, whose wedding at Tecumseh had
to be postponed, after all the guests
hal arrived. because the bridegroom
was not old enough, visited Canada,
where the laws are more liberal, and
were hitched in matrimony.
George Smith, of Rodney, parted
from his wife and shortly afterwards
turned his daughters adrIft ana went
| to live with Mrs. Harkins. whose hus-
band is away. He was mobbed few
evenings since and the disturbance Is
said to have been caused by the
| woman's husband.
John Wenman. of Pipestone, sunk
barrel IN moist place to obtain water
for his cattle. His idea was felicit-
Gus one and he obtained an abundance
of clear, cold. spring water. He was
greatly astonlshed one day to observe
certain fish swimming in the barrels
transparent contents and scooping
them out found they we're trout sew
eral inches long. He has since obtain
ed daily a supply for his table and an
occasional mess for neighbors. The
nearest stream 10 q mile and half
away and the whole country is wonder
| ing how the fish got into the barrel.
About two weeks ago Ralph Skillin-
ger, tonsorial artist, went to Jackson
with q woman who passed as his wife.
Thursday morning man named Fox
put IN appearance from lOnia. He said
that the only wife that Skillinger had
had been deserted in Ionia and that the
woman passing as Skillinger's wife here
| was not his wife but was Tillie Fox. the
daughter of the enraged parent.
Thereupon Skillinger and Title were
| captured by the police officials. Title
| went home with her father and Skillin-
ger was locked up in the police station.
In the evening when an officer was
about TO put the handouts upon him
preparatory to taking him to the conn
ty Jail, Skillinger made dash and
passed four officers who made frantic
grabs nj him, rushed out OF the door
Of the police station and ran like q
deer. He has not been caught.
The following pensions for Michigan
| applicants are announced from Wash.
| ington: Original--t;iles Rhoades, Solo.
mon vi. Gleason, John Burns. Alexan-
der Derosis, Andrew j. Miller. Perryn
Moore. George b. TompkIns, Levi 3.
| Boyntcn, Daniel Donovas. Additions
al-Msrtiu Huisenga, William II. sper.
! man. Cornelius Jordan, Matthew &.
Van Keuren, William Mcintyre, Jacot
| MsEiiey, James Jourdan, David Mn.
| nick, samuel Jerome, Moses Sheppard
Thomas Hall, Robert c. Blair. In.
crease---Francis Miller, Ezra ID. Bas-
| teds, Joseph Baillsrgen, Charles j
! Anderson, Arson y. Brown, james
| McDanlels, CYRUS Heedy, William III
| Ciospili. John Coleman, Netban r.
! Pool Peter vandsrhoof. Reissue
slephen McCleary, John Harrington
James Kane. Original. widows, ETC.
| Maria Boucher, Lydia A. Bungsrdnar
minors of Peter Riley.
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