Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-06

considerable &xt<ht. In toc Hi1ii Se>
m snufsrtured strsvboArd and ooarss
ps,sr. Tue los wiii b N the neigh
boFhesd OF $50 900, with > partial insas-
anec-
The store Of y. Kiigour OF Fargo.
twelve miles north Of Port Huron. MAS
br ken lato bv thieves some time dur
IN THURSDAY night and nearly tlero
wortn Of watches and jewslry carried
OF. Tho same gang troks into The
postothes and took 500 worth 81
amps from the cafe which WAS blown
open.
Kaikaska supervisors have met IN
speesai session aud Az ofized The
county treasurer 10 borFvs $4,000 To
defrAy the current expenses OF the
county Tor the ensuing year. kslkss-
ka's supervisors are not well up IN
arithmetic or else this step would not
have been made.
William II. Walker. for the past slxty
years = resident of Grass Lake Ard one
Of the most prominent business men,
died THURSDAY, aged sixty-eight years.
lie MAS a zeslous member OF the meth.
odlst church. q Royal Arch Mason aud
WAS held IN the highest esteem.
The Norrie iron M ines AZ Ironwcod,
whose output OF 100000 tons Of ore last
year MAS me largest ever taEen from
any iron mine IN the world, has de-
ciared o dividend OF SIS share. IL -
estimated this seasons output will
reach 600, 900 tons.
Nearly every county in tas newly
stretched Eleventh congressional dis
trict has candidate for congress, Anu
Gratiot. Mecosta. and Isabella counties
will present two names each IN the re-
publican convention.
A smooth book agent who recently
progressed through TuscOla county.
cold 30 many books that 1t made his
employers head swim. He did it by
promising to board week with eaca
subscriber.
Herbert E. Johnson of Lansing, has
big gold watch that has been IN the
family $50 years and that will keep
time alol gside Of Waterbury any day
IN the week.
Secretary Of State Blacker and Mayor
Wheeler are 81 the head of Manlstee
delegation that 10 in Washington to urge
An adequate appropriation for the Man.
lstee harbor.
John F. Ryan. cashier of the Peoples
Saving bank At Mt. Pleasant, and other
| capitalists OF this county, will start .
bank ut Shepard with Elmer Strable as
cashier.
The two able and we'll known Jesuit
fathers, Van der Erden and Basche.
will begin q mission in the Catholic
church At Sc. Johns on Sunday, Febru-
ary ii.
Charles Miller tried to catch . freight
train at Thompsonvllle Wednesday
night, and in the attempt was thrown
beneath the cars and had an arm cut
of.
II. r. Pattenglll of Lansing, 10 gaining
o fine reputation as q lecturer and is
booked for thirteen lectures and four
teachers associations for February.
The business men of Hillsdals and
| surrounding towns are organising .
county branch of the Rochester Retail
Merchants' Protective association.
Frank Morency has been appointed
keeper of the Grande P0inte Au Sable
life saving station. and George Morency
! OF the station at Frankfort.
Farmer c. L. Hatch of Elmira, was
loading hogs when the binding pole
| slipped and sprang long hook Conn.,
pleteiy through his hand.
Lake county's circuit court will con-
vene February %, and has but three
| criminal cases-all liquor law violations
upon the calendar.
The United Workmen have fixed the
per capita tax At seventy cents and re-
duced the age limit to 40. Next meet
ing at Battle Creek.
The Kalamazoo council 10 tied on the
question of whether to spend public
money on fountain in q Catholic
school yard.
Henry Patterson of BUSHNELL who
sent circular to twenty mayors ask
ing for . wife, has had twenty pro-
posals.
Horace Cuthbert of Bay City, fell
fifty feet from the roof Of . mill and
barely escaped death.
railroad is talked Of to run east
from Kalkasks, 80 as to lap the hard
wood country.
The Michigan salt exhibit at the
Worlds Fair will cover 1900 square
feet.
Joseph Tobean of sault Ste. Marie ID
in trouble for smuggling scrap iron.
Carrollton's public schools are closed
on account of diphtherIa.
Lansing citizens lost 104 chickens in
one night.
Henry Miller of Ionia went skating
and nothing has been seen Of him
since