Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-24
General State News.

Joseph Grove, As years old and
bachelor, dropped dead from disslpa-
ton and heart disea3e in saloon at
Iron Mountain Monday. Grove had
been employed as an engineer at the
Hamilton Nine and was considered y
competent man. Last summer q man
Was crushed in the shaft and the fact
preyed upon Groves mind. though be
was not blamed for the accident. He
has been drinking hard ever since.
A span of horses hitched to q hack
which MAS third IN line at . Jackson
funeral Monday ran away. One OF the
biss broke and the driver jumped.
During the flight coal wagon was
demolished and the horses stopped only
when q tar wagon interfered. Strange
20 say no one Was hurt.
Mr.. Hoops, Manistee grocer, who
has been missing small sums daily
named Kinks in the act Of stealing.
The cnild's father is blind and sick and
the family being poor and destitute,
he will not be prosecuted.
A tramp afflicted with diphtheria was
found on the street near the Duplex
foundry at Battle Greek, Monday MORN
ing. He had lain out ali night. When
discovered he was taken to the tramp
room in the city jail and medical aid
Was furnished.
William Wall, 81 years old and .
resident of Marshall took iaudenum
Saturday night and died Sunday. He
was despondent and in health. His
application for . pension Is pending
and the poormaster took charge of the
remains.
At the annual meeting Of the Kala-
marco County Biole association the
following officers were elected: Presl-
dent, Geo. NJ. Buck; vlce-president. l..
Haines; secretary, NJ. b. Miller; treas
urer, d. o. Roberts.
Four tramps in Jail over night at
Greenville were wrathy because they
were denied . satisfying breakfast.
They started for Stanton when released.
claiming that they would receive better
treatment there.
A granite coping forty feet square
will be built around the base OF the
Hackley monument before the unveil'
Ing. An iron fence thirty inches high
will inciosc it.
An enthusiastic reunion of the SOL
diers and sailors of Isabella county, 1t
Shepherd. Monday, was addressed by
Judge s. Il. Daboll Of St. Johns.
Harbor Springs will enter the celery
arena ~ there are hundreds of acres of
land suitable for the crop thsreabeuts.
Hollands public schools celebrated
wasaington's birthday with appropriate
exercises at the opera house.
A society for the relief OF Wexford
county homeless girls has been organ
ized ut Candillac.
DIR. Horace Dillon, . prominent
physician Of Van Buren, county, died
Monday OF the grip.
Thomas Cowley, . prominent bust
mesa man of Jackson died Monday
after brief illness.
Boys skating ut Saginaw found the
dead body of babe IN cardboard box
ON the ice Monday.
Mrs. Able Barnard, widow Of the
late John Barnard, OF Constantine,
HE'D Monday.
Marquette will have fine new sapi-
tarium ready for the public BY July i.
Twelve persons Joined the Methodist
church at Greepviile, Sunday.
The possofYice at Pontiac Was slightly
damaged by IRE sundsy.
wysndotte 10 again afflicted with the
roller skating craze.
Nuskegoa wants the state democratic
sonventson-
Scarlet fever il quite prevalent at
Saginaw.
ssgioav's new high school will cost
Es.o0o.
Brown City IL to have new hotel.