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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
Michigan Pensions.

WAsHINGToN, Sept. IL. - Pensi ons
granted Michigan applicants: Original
Jerome Il. Carpenter. Henry K. VIII
son, Kenneth w. Tubbs deceased }.
Authorization FRASER. James Nor
row, Lafayette DAVIS, Conrad Peaster,
George Thomas. Renewal and in
crease-Hiram NJ. Gage, George +. An.
derson. IncTease-CeoTge Fowler
Orlson b. Odell, Nathan Rowley, Hor-
ace Ross, Robert +. Cornell. Reissue
Warren Spencer. Oscar ID. Chapman.
Original, widows, etc.-Catherlne j
Hill, Catherine ;. Arnold, mother
MINOR OF Edward BrOnillet, Lucinda L.
Brown, Caroline Wartenburg, Gather
inc Ryan, Elizabeth Morehouse, HUI
dab A. Bowen, Mary a. Robinson,
Amanda Quackenbush, Isabel Young,
Bertha Fitch.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
Funeral Of L. A. Ward.

The funeral of the late l.. A. Ward
was held from the residence, No. 10
South Union street, yesterday after
noon. The funeral was conducted UNI
der the auspices OF the Grand River
lodge, No. "a, +, q A. NJ, of which Mr..
Ward WAS al honored member. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. DR..
Fluhrer, and q quartet composed of
Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ. Davis, Mrs. Barn
hart aud L. Z. Eddy. sang appropriate
music. The funeral was attended by q
large number of brother Mssons and at
torneys who had assembled 10 pay a
last tribute 10 their common friend.
The remains were taken TO VergeDnes
township. where Mr.. Ward formerly re-
sided, and were buried there near the
Dlace ne was born.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

MRS. Charles hoffman Of Port
Huron Found Dead.
THROAT CUT FROM EAR TO EAR
SIC LEX sick Bed an5 RetTss % an Cut
House - Connir TIE Deed.
Gzneral STATE News

PoRr HuR0s. sept. Ii-saturday
evening Mrs. Charles Hoffman com
nitEed suicide a an Clubhouse near Ier
residence Oh Water street. opposite
Isnth street, IN tnls city. >ne MAS sub
jeet ~ als and had not been feeling
weil and Vas iyiHZ Oh tne led while
sOnls aslghbors were looking after the
house. suddenly Mrs. Hoffman left
the house and one Of the neighboFs
soon followed her - see what she was
dong. ~he found Mrs.. Holman iying
ia a pool of blood y ia her throat cut
from ear to ear. The Wmdplps aad
iuguiaE vein we're severed and the
U0nlsn died IN few minutes. Mrs.
Hoffman illness nat caused her 70 Do
al times mentally GsEAnged. She Was
around a. usual, prepared dinner Tor
Der husband. ADD was apparently feel
Ing al right. bat shortly after dinner
she remarked % neizhoor taas she
Vas gong tO OCCASION some excitement,
boL nothlug Vas thought Of the matter
a. lle LIMe. she Was found lyng be-
Llnd glc door Of the closet with her
throat cut snd a bloody razor ln her
gasp. brs. SAITH and LOhrslOTfer
were immediately summoned. but
Cou q 10 nothing 10 save aeF lMe, and
she expirsli ia twenty minutes. When
the doctors attempted - dress her
tag0at she uiade an effort 20 keep them
away - striking a. them.
tcr husband las been drinking con
sidersbiy tor tns past two months, and
oNing ~ xOrry GA tins account, and
continued Illness, she had probably
tired of living Gnd decided TO end her
life With sae weapon that came most
handy. Mrs. Holman was about -
years ~ age. was married something
over = year ago, and leaves al infant
three months cd
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
EYE AND FAR DISEASES CUREn
ThE ONLY ONE WHO CuRES DLkFsES

Cstarrh, deafness, Theumatlsnl. Ders
Gus debility, impotence and al Diseases
resulting from early lndiscret.ons and
excuses Of manhood, all diseases 81
the ufinaTy organs, partial para iysls,
Vafcoceiie Tupiurcs, tumors. scnofula.
old sores, dropsy, AKIN ciseases. Ever
and Kidney complaints heart disease.
thortness OF breath, back Of head
smSa 81 back, etc, including al
female complaints and chronic diseases
cured quickly and permanently.
That cough. shght fever aud weak
ness, shorlness 81 breath, palpitstion
of hesrt, my means cure and quick
cOnsumptisn.
II you are nervous, Restless, irrltA-
bic. tleep.ess or wake after horned
dreams, tired mornsngs, with duh
headache, had taste ia NE mouth.
sometimes discharge. and 80 about
your employment without he, energy
O. ambition, desire "a De alone
gloomy forebocings. disposition %
worry and fret about trouble shesd
that never comes, Eueis q ferIrg
AFRAID or uncertain. sometimes low
yp.rts, you are suf - ~ from uervous
dehlty and eIhhust or nf frrvn aowpf
which Ray end in uufr urosfrston.
insanity and dentt
I. YOU HAYES great sense Of wsakness
and WEAKNESS. wstn tired hmn s. uumt-
ness. trembling, pr.ckiy Heasstioos,
cold feet ond ieEs' you are advancing
g. that most selIoaf dlsesss- fsralYss.
II Your head sghes, feel numb and
ife1. VIII Strange senss tens, l17s -
memory. ana Yeu think with q fhcuifr
Or you are siespless - nlght with
dravsnpss aud dullnsss during the
day, she nerve ard brsln fatigue may
soon ran into INSANITY o. death
Il you have any n these feelings 90
rot neglect them, ~ tney wi fnS 20
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startang and msrvtlcus cures hsys
rroved. tbst fhest dises-et sfe pr
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

LANslSG, sept. ll.-One OF the things
which the next legislature wlli DO called
upon to do VII De 10 give lansing a
nsx city charter, Tue present cue mas
been IA use for some time. IL Is old
fashioned and considerably out OF re-
pair aud It's insutiieIeney mas been APP
parent for some time. Besides desire
"a the part OF numerous citizens aud
the present city administration for the
creation of a non-partisan police b GARD
and a board Of public works and other
necessary changes Il Is desired 20 eX-
tend the c.Iy hints on the east 10 the
Agricultural college.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
In the Twelfth District.

Mr.. Stephenson is the unanimous
choice of the republicans of the twelfth
district for congress- and his nomination
was very enthusiastically Endorsed by
the Crystal Falls convention yesterday.
lie wall be reelected by q handsome
majority on the Sth of November and
continue TO do good work. for his dis.
trict in congress. Mr.. Stephenson is a
man of sterling character, has excellent
executive ability and is recognized as
being one of the influential members of
the lower house. -Menominee Herald.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

able collection. u = published by the
American >ociety for TIE EAteRsl0n Of
OnlyeTsity Teaching, Phllaaeipaia, ROd
edltse % 6eoTge r. James, general
secretary Of the society
"Mr. Fort4er's Marital Claims a
new Story Is Richard Malcolm JOHN :
ton, which IS accompanied bY few
short stores, viii be the act book in u.
Appleton a Cos dainty summer series
Tor the euTFeut year.
In the September Table Talk besides
the menus tor the month ;. as 1nable
suggestions for hOusekeepeTs ami The
New Bill OF Fare" ~ Mrs NJ {.
Mye,, there are some mIscri iAneOus
papers of interest. philadelphia,
Table Talk Publishing company.
"A spoil Of ONCE" Hamlin Gar
lands successful story OF the modern
west, which has been running SERIAL
course IN the Arena, has been pub
hshed in book form by the Arena COM
pany in ITS Library Series. Boston:
Arena Publishing company, Copley
Square.
Two Tales for the week ending Sep
tember 8, contains Sealed Orders" by
Flora Haines Loughesd. and The Re
maInder Man. by Edith Brewer. Dos
ton: $ Beacon street,
The American Academy of Political
and Social Science, Philadelphia, has
recently published u monograph. by
Prof. Freeman Snow OF Harvard Unl-
versity, on Cabinet Government in the
United States."
J. b. Lippincott company has ar
ranged for the early publication OF
new story by Amelie Rives, whose cele-
brated work, 1.-The Quick or the
Dead?" created such sensation a
short time ago. The new novel is IN
the nature of Il sequel TO this famous
story, and Is entitled Barbara Der
ing"
Macmillan x Co., New York, have IN
press, TO be issued very shortly under
American copyright, a long expected
History of Early English Literature"
by the Rev. Stopford A. Brooke. The
work promises to rank at once as one
of the indispensable volumes IN every
reference library.
The Register Publishing house of
Ann Arbor has just published timely
volume on Epidemic Cholera and Al
lied Diseases" by A. Il. Palmer, NJ. D.,
LII. ID. DR.. Palmer IS professor OF pa
theology and the practice of medicine
and clinical medicine IN the University
of Michigan and any work from his
pen is sure to be valuable.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
MicAloAa CROP RlpoRr.



The Reg lar Moayhly Bulletin Issued
From Lansing.
LASsfNG, sept. I0.-The Michigan
crop report Tor September issued by
the -ecretary Of state today gives the
following statistics. Ii IS compiled
trom .Ge reports OF 30 correspondents:
one hundred and hfty-nIne CORES
p0nterts n the southern four tiers OF
counties nave received from threshers
statements Of wheat tnreshed up 10
about August p as follows: Jobs.
$40, acre.. 65,6I7; bushels, 972, 800;
average per acre. lass bushels.
The number OF Jobs reported threshed
~ the central counties Is 655; acres,
1925; bushels, los, 500, average per
acre l5.37 bushels.
The number Of Jobs reported from
the northern counties is 2O4; acres,
LAS; busaels, % ,235; average per acre.
zoos bushels.
These figures indicate a total Weld IN
the state OF about % SOC, 900 bushels.
In great many Instances wheat Is re-
ported badly shrunken, and . thought
% De OF poor quality N al parts OF the
state.
Tne total number of bushels Of wheat
reported marketed by farmers IN Au-
gust = 800 .337. OF this amount $685.
79l bushels were marketed IN the first
or southern tier of counties; Dos, 1884
bushels u the second tier OF counties;
25l o. bushels ~ the third tier; 343, ISL
bushels "a the fourth tier; l22 ,0S7
bushels "A the fifth and sixth tiers; and
1926 bushels IN the northern counties.
At nineteen elevators aud mills from
which reports have been received there
vas no wheat marketed during the
month.
The quantity of wheat marketed in
August = 51y. SIS bushels less than mar
kstsd IN she same month las, year.
Oats VIII be above an average crop;
abouB abe same yield per acre as last
year being reported IN the southern
section and greater yield IN the cen
tral and northern counties.
Potatoes are estimated 70 yield ID
per cent Of an average crop IN the
southern counties, 20 IN the central and
IS in the uOrthcrn counties. These
figures show better condition than IN
the same month last year IN al sections
of The state.
The yield Of winter apples will be-
about Is per cent Of an average crop
IN the southern counties. % IN the cen
trsl, and % IN the northern counties.
The figures for the same month last
year were southern 20. central 81, and
northern cOgnties q per cent
one hundred and twenty nine cores
pondsnts report on peaches IN the
southern counties; the probable yield
Will be - per cent of an average crop,
aod twenty three reports from the cen
trsl counties donate yield Of about
- per cent, figures for the state being
81 PEI cent
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
cAPrAIN MINcHs tUNERAL.
The Victims Of the Wreck OF the West
srn Reserve Buried.

The Victims Of the Wreck OF the west
sTn Reserve Buried.
CLEVELAND, sept. 1.-The funera!
services over the remains OF Capt. T..
g. Mlneh and memorial services for
Mrs. Anna Z. Mineh, ms wife, Charles
II. Minch, his 9-year-old son, and Flor
ence r. Minch, his 6-yeaT-old daugh-
ter, ali of whom lost their lives in the
wreck of the steamer Western Re-
serve on Lake Superior, were
held yesterday afternoon a. l o'clock
al the family residence, No. SO kins-
man street. Every prominent vessel
man expects 10 attend. The pail
bearers selected were Capt. William
Young OF the steamer Philip Mnch,
Capt. George L, Mckay, Capt. John H..
Palmer. Capt. J. I. Hutchinson, Capt
III. 4. Hawgood, Capt. IL. j. Webb and
H.D.Cottinberrv. and Robert Wallace OF
the Cleveland shiphuilding company.
Ali the vessels ia and out of port car
RED their flags at half mast. The pro-
eessIon was one OF the most imposing
ever seen in this city.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

during the summer months, looking
for employment. 60 cut INTO the
country to-day and asa the farmer II
there has been crowd OF hungry men
pounding A. hls gates asking Tor soTG-
He Slll tell you mat Al n0 tine Tor
year hss labor been 50 hard u secure.
and that & has been IA some cases
almost impossible 70 secure enough
help % harvest and store MS crops
American woTkmsn. remember the
eleventh man, and wheB be appears as
your competitor remove him. IL you
DO not 1nd nlm JOB he viii ind you're.
JUSTICE
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

BArFIE CHEEE. sept. 1.-THE body
Of man was found lying face down
ward IN shallow creek four miles east
Of here near the Michigan Central rail-
road tracks. The remains were ldentl-
ned as those of Eugene Townsend, a
farm labOrer who worked near by. HIS
death IS u mystery, bat II IS supposed
that he fell while jumping from "A
freight tram and rolled into the creek.
The coroner will investigate.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
sAtuftay's storm n Jackson.

JAcEs0ss sept. ll.-SztuFday after
noon Jackson vas VISITED by a severe
ln some parts OF the city. The Tesl-
dence or Hollis r. Knapp On North
ming and the rear Of tie building vas
badly damaged. Mrs. Norris Branch,
shO vas sEtlaz on her porch conVers-
ing with a number Of ladies, received
a shock Which knocked Der down and
aud rendered neE InsenAbge. Sue was
seriously injured. An electric street
Car Was struck, burning out the fuse
and rendering &c useless. A lady on
Blackstone street., name unknown, WAS
also knocked down.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
They Had a Narrow Escapc.

TRAVERSE CRY, Sept. 1.-During
the neavy storm Saturday morning the
barn OF John Pullcipher OF Acme was
struck by lightning and destroyed ,
with thirty tons of hay. About the
same tune a we'll house and Windmill
of Albert Kent OF Inland WAS also
struck and shattered to pieces. Mrs.
Kent and her baby were within four
feet Of the house, but escaped.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

BESroS UARRos, sept. ll.-George
Fielding Of 50. Joseph had MS hand
saved 0f by buzz saw Yesterday. and
T.. Heddeu and Lafayette Singleton
we're both buried IN a ten-fOot sewer
trench BY the csving m Of the earth.
Mr. sing ston was gwen up for dead. "a
he xss too far under the surface 10 get
sr for fully FIVE minutes Mr.. Hsdden
= not seriously injured. Mr.. single
tor right leg vas broken and Is sss
halfau hour before ne was rescued.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
SATURDAYS Storm in Branch County

COLDwATER, sept. 1.-THE most ter
rite storm IN years visited Cold water
and vicinity Saturday at ! O'Clock.
Lightning struck IL several places. The
residence of A. Bruehl on West Chicago
street and Harry Bsssett's on Battle
Creek street were both struck with but
little damage done. Much damage was
done TO the electric light wires through
out the CITY.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
Verdict for s. ooo

MAMsTIQUE, sept. ll.-In the case of
Henry Brassel vs.. the Minneapolis, -.
Paul * Sault Ste. Marie railway, which
mas been on trial IN the circuit court
heIe for the past four days, the jury
brought IN a verdict at 5 o'clock this
evening for the plaintiff in the sum of
- zoo. Counsel for the defendant
we're allo wed sixty days in which to
file bill of exceptions.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

MArsH,t1, sept. li.-A bogus check
operator has been working the town
~ method was 70 send forged checks
ny small bows to stores 90 BE csshsd by
the merchants One check purpOrtgd
o. BE- executed by ~. n Alexander,
the lumber merchant. m favor Of g. FL.
smith. marshal Of the clty. Thscaeck
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
Old Residen, Of Belleville Dead.

BELLEyILLE, Sept. harles Danes,
a W ell-to-do farmer living about three
miles southeast of this place on the
MartnsyIile road, died this morning
about IL o'clock, of paralysis of the
bowels. Mr.. Danes was an old resi-
dent, having lived in tins county since
a small boy. lie had resided on the
farm where be died for over thirty
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

vas taken 20 John Buffers shoe store
% Dc cashs-i. accompanied " aote
bearing Mr.. -mltn's name, requesting
Butter T. cash tae check 4 convenient.
Buffers silsplsi0Ds were aroused aud be
called tle officers, bot tie confidence
man bad flown. Tbs morning . WAS
discovered that sso aud probably more
merchants lad been victim led
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12

L0ennecker OF the News has not yet
answered eur question: Il Be dld mol Buy
tie prison contract % the ATE Mr..
Cuddy for broom MAKING 10 not hes
tate, Martin, bal speak up-yss OF 10.
Jackson star.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-12
lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable
Compound

IS q Harmless. Positive Cure

for the worst form OF Female Complaints. all
Ovarian troubles, Inflammation and UiceTa-
ton. Falling and DisPlacements, also Spinal
Weakness aud LenoorrhGa.
II will dissolve and expel tumors from the
uterus in an early stage Of development. and
checks the tendency 10 generous humors.
Ii removes faintness, fatuleRcy, weakness
Of the stomach. cures Bloating, Headache,
Nervous Prostitution, General Debility, Sleep
lessness. Depression and Indigestion. also
that feeling Of Bearing down, Causing pam,
weight. and baokaohe.
1t acts in harmony with the laws that govern
the female system under all circumstances
For Kidney Complaints OF either sex this
Compound d unsurpassed. Correspondence
freely answered. Address in confidence,
LYDIA L. PINKHAM MID. CO.. LYNN. M4S2-
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-13

most interesting column of the daily pa
pers. At length the long expected vesse
arrived
The box was landed and conveyed to the
house The Whole family was present al
the opening. which was performed by Mr.
A - himself, while the servants peeped in
at the dor
As soon as part Of the lid was split of
and "A handful of straw removed, pile OF
Plates appeared, wrapped carefully in pa
per. Each of the family snatched up a
plate, and hastily tore off the covering
There were the flowers, glowing in beauti
full colors, the gold star and golden A ad
mirably executed, but under the gold star,
on every plate, dish and tureen were the
words, This in the middle"
The literal and exact Chinese workmen
had copied this direction infinitely from a
very crooked line which Mr. A had
hastily scrawled on the pattern with a very
bad pen, and of course, without the slight
est thought of finding it inserted verbatim
beneath the central ornament.
Mr.. A. laughed, his wife cried, the
servants giggled, and the daughter cried
first and laughed afterward
The only silver lining to the cloud was
the fact that thereafter Mr.. A always
had something amusing to tell his guests
at a dinner party.-Pencil Sketches.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-13
Some Calculations,

A man whose head is bullying with
mathematical problems has calculated the
disposition of every hour of the daily life
of an average man, and tells just how
many hours man of fifty has devoted TIC
his toilet, meals or newspaper.
Let us assume" said he, that the
sleeping hours of an average man will
number eight daily. That is one-third OF
his time, so that in fifty years your man
will have slept all told sixteen years and
eight months. The man who is shaved
daily at fifty years probably had his face
scraped not oftener than three times per
week at twenty-five years, while during his
first eighteen years razor never touched
his face.
Say that the semicentenarian has aver
aged two shaves week for fifty years,
that will give $500 scrapes in the half cen
fury. AT an average of fifteen minutes
per shave the time devoted to this one
small element of life will run up to fifty
four days and four hours.
IF a man should not shave in fifty years,
and then attempt to make up his proper
tiOns all at once he would have to shave
night and day for nearly two months. The
average man who is not limited to twenty
minutes for dressing breakfast and catch
ing the train, consumes thirty minutes in
getting inside his clothing in the morning.
Half an hour per day for fifty years would
amount to one year. fifteen days and five
hours, 50 that if a man should dress him
self at the start in life for the whole fifty
years, he would pass two weeks beyond his
first birthday anniversary, and this means
working twenty-four hours per day.
London Tit Bits
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-13

There are not many remains of the an
cient Mexican feather work which excited
the surprise of the Spanish conquerors of
the New World. The most famous sur
viving specimen is the standard, described
by Hochstetter, which is now in the Vienna
Photographed museum. Another speci-
men has been discovered by Mrs. Zelia
Nuttall in the Schloss Ambras, near Inns
bruck. 1t is mentioned in an inventory,
drawn up in 1885, of the treasures of the
castle. This very valuable relic is the dec
orative part of round shield made of in
terlaced reeds, and consists of feather mo-
sales representing a monster, the contours
of which are fastened by strips of gold.
Formerly the shield was adorned with
costly quetzal feathers, only small frag-
ments of which survive, Globus, which
has an interesting note on the subject,
speaks of similar old Mexican shields in
the Stuttgart museum, and refers to a
statement of Stoll to the effect that beau
tiful feather ornaments are still made by
the Indians of Guatemala. Mature.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-13
Barbarism in n Museum.

Invent to the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art the other Sunday, not to observe the
refining influence of art upon the masses
but to see if the masses had yet exercised
a refining influence upon the authorities
of the museum. But the old sign, Gents
Toilet Room" still glared with its un
speakable vulgarity. Some young swag
gerers from Cherry hill were present, wag
ging their jaws merrily and taking an
evidently humorous view of the treasures
Gee, git on ter de old blokie," was the
cri de Tame which one of these ingenious
young critics uttered at the sight of a
Rembrandt before which various staid old
persons and specialized vestals were stand
ing in holy awe, just because it was, or is
supposed to be, a Rembrandt. The Goths
didn't chew tobacco but take it their at
ttude before the monuments of Greek and
Roman civilization was essentially that OF
Cherry Hill. Cherry Hill criticism has
the merit of frankness anyway. Holy
smoked I'd die if drawed dat in a rattle, "
quoth one irreverent youth before an old
master. Barbarians these but not half as
barbaric as the guilty wretch who is re-
sponsble for that Gents" sign. | wonder
the Greek gods don't go on strike-New
York Truth,