Grand Rapids herald., 1892-07-21
Peninsular Paragraphs.

1t isn't safe to fiirt with q jackson
girl. Leastwise it's bad policy to
trifie with her affections aud then re-
visit the town as another woman's hus-
band. A Detroit man who tried it was
80 vigorously handled Tuesday night
that ne won't recover the use of his
features for eeveral days. His erst-
while sweetheart met him on the street
with his wife. She blackened his eyes,
scratched his face, bit his ears and
Jared his vertebre with her heels. The
young wife tainted and the muscular
girl with the blighted affections sailed
through the crowd with q handful of
her recreant lovers auburn hair.
The republicans Of the third district
have again nominated Julius Caesar
Burroughs, Michigan's peerless orator,
for congress. The Hon. c. +. Austin,
in placing Mr.. Burroughs' name before
the convention, closed . brilliant
speech with these prophetic words:
Three cheers for Hon. Julius G. Bur
roughs. the republican nominee for
congress from the third district aud the
next speaker of the house of represen-
tatives."
The old-fashioned Catholic church at
Harbor Springs, IN which so many
pretty girls have been married and
squalling babies baptized, will give
place to handsome edifice commem-
orative OF the zeal of the Jesuits who
first planted tie standard of christian
ity on Little Traverse Bay in 1872.
A Greenville father Furnishes his
biggest daughter by shutting her up in
q dark closet for several days at . time
with nothing but bread and water TO
eat because she won't forget q red
headed boy with ealiper-shaped legs
and freckled face.
Pat Conway of Kalamazoo acquired
an Inexpensive jag and retired with it
to q sequestered part of the city to
sleep it OF. An officer found him and
IN an effort TO arrest the jagist broke
poor Conway's arm.
Arthur Squires, . Bay City man pos
sessed of more fat than cash, will re-
main In the Detroit house of correction
until October for going Oh an cxcur-
sion in another fellows negligee shirt.
T. II. Norcutt has been appointed
postmaster at Campbell, Iona county.
John Kertz. q farmer, So years old,
residing three miles east OF South
Haven, Was drowned in the river while
bathing Sunday evening.
A Marquette clergyman leased .
house, hired paperhanger and kali
sominer, and when the work was done
discovered his lease was for domicile
directly opposite.
Natural gas of the illuminating kind
has been discovered near Gladwiu.
Decatur isn't much of . town ex-
cept for smells. II hae six peppermint
factories and . man with catarrh can
locate Michigan's Cologne at long
range.
Company c, Kalamazoo Light Guard
has decided 70 go TO Chicago next Oc-
tober ss the governors escort.
Marcus Lane, . Bloominsdale busi.
ness man, took dose of csrholic acid
by mistake and narrowly escaped fatal
results.
A coiored man calling himself the
Rev. ]. z. Olive has been doing ar
credulous Jackson people with bic ,aIs
of woe. and now the sheriff - trying g
locate the oily swindler.
A republican club hss been organized
at Coleman with . large membership .
John Wschsmith of Mpskegon hs.
bee awarded q verdict Of $500 N his
suit for false IN FnprIsornent against the
Merchants Nstscnsl bank and IL
cashier, III. o. Lans..
The ministers Of ManIstee discussed
the 'tResasion of the Palpst TO PoA
tics