Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-05

COMMITTEES would devote is efforts 20
making that q success. rather tnzA
have an exhibit as state
Captain Byron Sehermerhern, who
until recently owned and operated the
Michigan Central Railroad eating
houses, dieo Monday IA Califefnis,
where no wenE IN the hope OF Winning
tack nls health. Captain Byron sas
ene IT the best known hotel nasn IN TIE
United States.
Jackson can be very plous on oe-
ezsou. One aunaFec and twsnty-iour
merchants and manufacturers " that
city closed their places or busl-
cess, Tuesday. between I and :
o'clock, 10 a..os their employees 10 at
tend divine services aI the Munhall
meetings.
William L. Lashbrooks has been ap-
pointed postmaster A. Wales. Con-
gresham Beiknap has recommended
ire appointment OF Mrs. Sarah stevens
as postmaster At Merriam, Iona
county. The postortiee At Brooklngs,
Sewaygo county. has been discon-
tinaed.
IL has thus far cost the city of De-
trolt 5000 TO have is books examined
by An expert. He said he'd do the Job
IN six weeks. but be has already been
employed nlnety-eight days and the
taxpaysrs have commenced to wonder
whether he has sinecure.
William Gibson Of Meredith, held
cows horns while another man knock Il
her on the head. The cow Was not
stunned by the first blow, but only IN
furlated, and breaking loose thrust her
horn into Gipson's eye. penetrating the
skull. Gibson is dead.
West Bay City is backward town in
some respects IL has an electric rail-
way system, but it doesn't help much,
as farmers with heavily laden wagons
have habit OF driving on the tracks
and bringing the cars TO standstil.
Charles Bube OF schoo!craft went to
Kalamazoo Tuesday 10 deposit 800 IN
the bank, but falling among Phlllstlnes
in q roundup OF the big villages sa-
looms, ne was touched for the whole
amount by negro.
Charles Erickson displayed 400 hard
earned dollars III q saloon AZ Mar
quette. lie MAS relieved OF the amount
soon after and now be Is kicking him.
self because be didn't put his money IN
the bank.
Eugene c. Winney. Jackson's chief
of police, has resigned, so has y. b.
Hail, democratic police commissioner.
Mr.. Winrey has grown rich as sheriff
and chief OF police.
A Manlsiee justice of the peace,
charged with enticing young girls into
his ONCE for immora, purposes, was
AFRAID TO face tue music and has left
the country.
The Uncle Josh Spruceby company
which has been tarnstormlng around the
state "a a second Old Homestead COM
psny, disbanded Tuesday night At Jack
son.
/, John Hunter, prosperous farmer OF
Genesee county, Is dead, aged IL. He
Was a member Of Company b, Berdan's
famous sharDshooters, during the war.
Fhnts council has appropriated $1,000
for the purpose of erecting . building
for w. +. stevens Carriage works. =
hustling manufacturing enterprise.
Thomas Rsgowski, aged 26, q laberer
in Y. @. Peters salt block. Msnistee,
was killed. being caught under . bin of
salt. Tuesday. He leaves q family.
Work Is good IN Bay City. The ship
yards are snort Of ship carpenters and
common isborcrs experience no trouble
III finding employment there.
The second trial or William Dodge
for the murder of Charles Schoch near
Cnesaning November 5, 1891. will COM
mence in Saginaw Monday.
Nico Amaso, an itinerant scissors
grinder, was fined s45 ~ Copper Falls
fer changing his ancient, travel-stained
raInent for q better suit.
Only two saloons running in Eaton
county since local option went into
effect, ana these csntine themselves to
colt drinks.
August Brock, . young married man.
has been arrested at Mznistee for as
saultlng young German woman, also
married.
A 7-year-old son Of Fred Greusel fell
into the River Rouge at Wayne Tues
day and was drowned.
Springport proudly asserts that it is
the smallest town in the world that is
lighted by electricity.
Bay City paid an average cost of
5000 per electric light for the fiscal
year closed April 80.
A hundred dwelling houses are in
course OF construction At Benton Har-
Dor.
Two million white fish have been
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