Telegram-herald., 1891-08-15
VILCOX'S AWFUL CRoAK
Two Bullets and . Dose Of Paris
Green Cause IL.
he BRAINS his GRANDDAUGHTER


Blood curdlIng murders happen
every day but mere u one thai will
crinkie your hair. Mira Blanche West
separated from her husband several
years ago and took up her residence
with her grandfather. A. w. Wilcox,
70-ysaT-old man sho lived near Otsego
LAKE.. acting as his honsekeeper. Re-
Gently the young woman talked Of re-
turning te her husband but the old man
opposed IL bitterly. "Wednesday Al the
dinner table Mrs. West aDnouaeod her
purpose OF leaving a. the end or the
week. The old man flew INTO passion
but was unable To alter her decision.
He bfooded over the matter all the
afternoon and when he came into the
house At supper time he asked ms
granddaughter # she still intended TO
leave him. pom receiving an affrma-
tive answer be went into the shed but
returned shortly with an az with which
he struck Mrs. West an unexpected and
frlgntful blow on the head, telling her
To the hoor. He then went TO the cup
board and imblbed a generous portion
of parls green. Fearing failure be
seized pistol and shot himself twice,
once IN the head and once near the
heart. tie then croaked. The entire
affair was witnessed by Mira Vests
l4-year-old sister who ran screaming to
= neighbor's house and summoned
help. A physician dressed Mrs. Vests
wounds bu. she died early Thursday
morning.
Manistee catholics are holding fair.
The West Michigan grape crop viii b
Sim ply immense.
The Hastings wool boot factory 10
closed Tor repairs.
The Howard City wooden mills are
again IN operation.
oceana county is shipping immense
quantities of peaches.
Work IS progressing rapidly on the
new German church at lie Roy.
Ypsilanti can get the Evansville
Pump company for q small bonus.
John Cooper is under arrest NJ Man
celona on charge Of stealing . span Of
colts.
The Free Methodist camp meeting
will begin at Lakeview next Wednesday,
August 10.
The season when wild ducks and par
tridges may legally be shot commences
september l.
The Hsckley soldiers monument at
Muskegon will be ready for unvsiling
early IN October.
Mr.. and Mrs- A. Black, of Hastings,
will celebrate their golden wedding
Friday. August 81.
Mary jackson, the mulatto girl who
escaped from the Adrian school has
been found ~ Blissfield.
The three prisoners. Becker, Gale and
Trpp, who escaped from the LudIng-
ton Jail Wednesday, have been recap
sured near Free Soil.
Robert Galloway, 4 years old and
living At Detroit, fell under street car
and had both hands and one foot
crushed. The drives Was careless.
John wIldanger, Of Flint, was as
sauIted and robbed Wednesday night
while returning home. Thomas Bur-
gess is under arrest for the crime and
has been identified by wildanger.
Dennis McNellIs, an old resident of
EscAnaba, was found drowned near No.
dock Thursday. Nc. Nells had not
been seen since Saturday last, when he
left home to drive his cow TO pasture.
Otto Durlach and George May, two
washtenaw county farmers, qGarreled
over the crops and Durlsch broke n
pItchfork handle over Mays head.
Mays skull IS fractured and he may
die.
The l2-year-old son of Geo. F. Muel-
Ter. of Howard City, walked out OF an
up stairs window Monday night in
mt Of somnamDulism aud fell 70 the
ground, a distance OF twelve feet. His
injuries are serious.
Michigan postmasters: III. III. Fuller,
vice j. w. Foster, resigned, Bruz's
Crossing, Ontonogon county; G. Brice,
vice John Alien, resigned, Lynn, st.
Clair county; L. Forgrave, uce j. 4.
Sims, resigned, Statewart, Chippewa
county.
Jonathan Mitchell and George Ding
man, an old man and young boy re-
spectively. were seriously injured while
riding on a load OF straw near Ypsi-
lantl Thursday. The horse became
frightened at traction engine and ran
away, capsiziDg the load. Mitchell's
hip Was broken aud he Was badly
bruised. The lads injuries are inter-
nal aud are supposed tu te fatal.
The new board has taken charge of
the Industrial Home for Glrls at
Adrian and has already made several
changes. DR.. Nina A. Logue, . female
physician. has been employed in place
Of DIR. VIM. T.. Jewett. Mrs. w. 3.
,srsy has been appointed matron of
Croswsll Cottage. wee Miss Powers re-
moved. IL IL openly limited that Miss
Margaret scott will not long remain at
the mead of the institutions.
Kalamazoo county pioneers enjoyed
picnlc at Long Lake Thursday and
thousands attended. The cnief ad-
dress of the day was q fine effort by
Honorable Charles :. May, who spoke
vigorously upon republican institutions
and the immigration question. Officers
were elected as follows President,
Honorable Frank Little Of Kalamazoo;
vice pre- slsisnt, -. II. Fellows OF Pralre
Ronde. secretary, Geo. Torrey Of ksla-
n.szoo. executive committee, Alexan-
der Cameron of Kalamazoo, Gilbert T.
Resde of Rlehlsnd and William Barr OF
Nseksbs1rg: historical committee. A. ID.
l.. Van Buren, OF tsslesburg and T..
Lakin Brown Of sehoolcraft.
NiehIgsn pensions granted Original
Homer Leach, BENJAMIN Kanaga,
Hubbard smith. Charles VI. Boughton,
Alpi.Dnso L. tusBvsy. James Evans.
John H. Draper Silas &. Hunter, John
4 Gardner. Jonn sumner. Cyrus shsr-
man, william Daso. Ghsrfes DAVIS,
Iew.sIl Converse, Charles A. Dunson,
Joan Damn. Iouss CAMPING, William
n. Crooser. Monroe -. Thomas. Jons-
than W. Crssford, Percy Allen. Will
i&tn j. Tower. Ezra e. Bnfr, Theodore