Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-17
All Through the State.

United States Senator StOckbrldge
wandered In among the. gesticulating
delegates, and Congressman Maddox
asked him il he were a candidate for
any Office. The senatOo Thought he
would like TO be lieutenant governor,
and asked for the congressman's sup
port; but Mr.. Maddox had promised it
to another man and the senator had to
withdraw.
The proprietor of the Daisy poultry
farm in Adrian, Mrs. L. Helme Dean,
owns two incubators. one of 200 and
the other of 600 chicken power. She
says a batch of 500 eggs ought. in
twenty-one days, to produce 600 chick
ems. The farm pays Handsomely, and
the owner is thorough business
woman.
Seven girls in the woodenware factory
at LudingtOn tried to lnaugurate .
strike, thinking that their present
wages, 20 cents a day, were not high
enough. They returned to the factory
yesterday morning when they saw that
their places could be easily filled, but
five were discharged.
Mr.. S. c. barron, of Traverse City,
has just been granted patent on .
machine for fishing In deep water,
which proves grand success to the
patentee at least Last week alone he
drew from the depths of Lake Michi-
netted HIM over $40.
"Prince Michael" was visited in the
state prison at Jackson Monday by
Eliza Courts, his rightbower in the
management of the famous Detroit
Flying Roll colony. Mike met her with
open orms, fondly embraced her and
kissed her five times "smack in the
mouth"
Parson Arncy attended the races at
Sprlngport, his old home, last week,
and stAid over Sunday and preached
IN the Methodist church. His old con-
gregation were delighted to see and
stalk horse" with HIM. IS well ss to
receive his spiritual blessings.
Francis w. Cook of Muskegon de-
clared the delegation to be solid for
Morse, in spite of mis- letter of declina-
ton. 1--WE have reached no decision
on the subject of attorney general. but
are favorable to McGarry: But we are
just as friendly to Ellis"
The Nineteenth regiment, United
States troops, IS enroute to Island Lake
to join the militia, and it 10 supposed
the four companies from Fort Wayne
have already made camp. They
marched twelve miles Monday and
twenty miles yesterday.
Jennie Tabor, the Hudson dynami.
ter, has not vet been arrested, but ID
under surveillance in the house of her
sister, Mrs. Elmore. She managed To
procure some strychnine yesterday,
but took only enough of 1t to make her
sick.
Alexander Cooharen, an old soldier
ana shipbuilder of MusKegon, died
there Monday, aged 81 years. He I'M
derwent the operation of having h.s
tongue cut out Oh account Of cancer,
recently.
Edmore: A $4,000 creamery and
cheese factory is approaching compile.
tion.--Four thousand dollars worth
of hardwood lumber IN Dollsve h Wis.
ner's yard Was burned yesterday morn.
ing.
Work on the government building in
Lansing has been abandoned and will
not be resumed until the plans are al.
tered. This time next year is now fixed
as the date of its completion.
Escanaba carries the whisky banner
There are more salcons there than in
any other place of its are in the state.
Ninety nine liquor licenses granted
since May 1.
Three-ycsr-old Fannie oslsr of Niles,
on visit to relatives near Bertrand
ate some poisonous berries while ram
bling IN the woods Sunday and died IN
two hours.
A seven-year-old child of Michael
Miller, of Port Austin, died in greal
agony sunday from the bite of a mix
snake which II found and was playing
with.
The fourth annual reunion of the
Muskegon Valley Soldiers and Saliors'
association will ne held IN Riverside
park, Newsygo, August Sl-Sep'ember ?
:. NJ. Stephenson of Menominee,
member Ct congress from the twelfth
district, IL dangerously Ill, the result OF
bate OF some poisonous insect.
Romeo has just completed its system
OF water works, Which CONSISTS Of q 40
fcot s,sBd-pape and seven miles Of
ground pipes, costing So 90.
James Dell ~ Char4otts took a tom
be FROM q telegraph pole and the
shock restored 20 hin hs voice, winch
/ he had lost for some tine