Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-23

Axrshal Frank Maystte. Of Lake Lin
den. was concluded Thursday evenings
Nobody censured-
Joseph Moore, father of Benjamin
Moore the Coidwatsr shoe dealer, died
Thursday aSrning OF grip. aged
So wears. he vas ons or the early pio-
neers OF Branch county.
The sheriff AZ Port Huron 10 endsav-
orlnx 10 get trace of Rohert Nation.
aged seventeen. and Miss Ella hinwood,
aged twsnty -four. who lett there about
. week ago ossenslbly tor Saginaw.
l.. ". Gray. . well-known horse
buyer, OF Coldwater, 10 so alarmlngly III
that 10 hope OF MS recovery 10 enter
tanned. He has teen an active busi-
ness man n coldwater for over thirty
years
Mrs. Dolly Wales Bean, = highly es-
tesmed resident of Eaton Rapids for
more than forty years. 10 dead, aged
IS. She was the mother OF Mrs. Mar
ion Todd, tho author and political
speaker.
A number OF young men followed up
tor township, Bay county. Wednesday
night. IL took many shots To Kill the
black monster, which weighed 26s
pounds.
The report Of the sanitary officer at
Bay City for 1891 shows that sos
people died there during the year. OF
these Al died from typhoid fever, 4
from diphtheria, AZ from consumption,
and Il from pneumonia.
Port Huron lad Who was skating
found hole IN the ice and went INTO
il. He would have been drowned but
for the presence of mind OF little girl
playmate, who pushed her sled within
his reach and pulled him out.
The grip IS raging at Hilisdale fu-
rious!y. Hardly family Is without =
case. Physicians are overwhelmed
with work. Two cases of measles. two
of scarlet fever and one of diphtherIa
were reported Thursday morning.
Langford Mccormick CT Attica will
have but one leg when the surgeons get
through with him. He ana George
Lane were out hunting and the latter's
rifle was accidentally discharged. the
ball smashing bone IN McCormick's
leg.
Some men will never let their wife at
tend TO the klndling wood, or instruct
the hired girl to start the fire with kerr
oseue oil. Rev. James Cramblet Of
Muskegon is one of these, and there's
. cash IN his scalp as a result of the
clothes line grabbing the ak as he
aimed q furious blow at pine slab.
A fire at Gladwin, Wednesday night,
destroyed two stores-Strong. Lee IL
Co.'S and Howard Seeley's. Smith Il
Wilcox, lawyers. and the Gladwln DEM
ocrat each lost 800 from smoke and
water. Strong, Lee d Co.'S loss on
stock is $1,000 and Seeley's $500.
A married couple at Port Huron own
water spaniel. Whenever the lady de-
slres her husband to return home she
writes . note, gives 1t to the dog. and
deliver il. IL some men owned that
animal he would die.
Justice Robertson of Adrian, an
nounces o change Of court procedure.
Instead of sending tramps to jail few
days to get warm and fat, he will here
after give them one hour to get out of
town or ninety days in the Detroit
house of correction. He expects fall
ing OF In his tramp business.
Mrs. Sarah Lewis of Lenox, who cele-
brated her Goth birthday on New Years
day, was taken i'll of the grip the fol-
lowing day and died on Sunday last.
She was born IN Massachusetts, January
!, 1898, and was the mother of fifteen
children. She never wore glasses, and
was knitting stockings up to the day of
her illness.
Portland's lecture course is not a
success. Through some misunter-
standing Charles S. May did not lee
ture there last week, and the next one
on the list of a lady elocutionist. There
Is q shortage apparent and the lecture
bureau is nervously lingering the bu-
reau pocketbook. However, they
didn'tgo into 1t for financial profit.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the meeting OF the high
court of the Independent Order of For
esters in Bay City for three days. com.
mencing February Q. Many OF the su-
preme officers will be in attendance,
while all the Royal Foresters of the
state, which is the uniform rank of the
order, have been asked to be present
on the opening day and take part in
the parade.
For the "slow" race Lyons and
Portland are entered. The Lyons man
got caught between 10 growing trees
and was rescued with difficulty. Port
land admits that Lyons has got good
one, and that he might become fret
class we're he not so excitable and en-
ergetic. The Lyons man il too slow To
keep UP with the earth ga 1t revolves
on It's AXIS. and is already several miles
back of HI. birthplace.
The sire ct car eystem of Port Huron
and Fort Gratiot Is about to be extend.
ed westward and in a southeriy course
20 the uew Grand Trunk depot at the
entrance TO the great international
tunnel Just opened for traffic. The
new depot is at Twenty-second street.
1t is rapidly approaching completion,
and will be one of the most npnlfor.
table IN Michigan. The present electrfc
railway does not reach ID, and the local
company are charging the scope and
style of their organization, interesting
local capital. and popularizing the en-.
terprie for the general benefit of the
city.
Michigan Pensions. Original-wil.
liam Gillar. William Griswoid. Samuel
T.. EckeIs. John Leclere Ambrose Nor.
ton. Lemuel w. Moe. Cyrus Bennett,
sewel Foster, Darius T.. Jennings;
Chas- ID. Marvin, Joseph LOOMS. Al.
bert sherbourne. Venom F. Randall,
William Msrheine, Geo. r. De Thomp-
son. Edward Martin. John Brown, John
Btely. William Wall. Oscar H. Young,
Benjamin shingier. Joan =. Smith,
Homer A. Burcn, George n. Green,
John ?. Shsifer, Charles simmons,
spences G. stout, VIM. ". Miller,