Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-22
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

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The business men at Bronson have
formed mercantile ASSOCIATION.
Adrian will be bonded for $685. 900
for the purpose Of improving its water
works.
A young boy named Thomas De Cairo
has confessed to robbing the postoffice
At CaTrollton.
The Lake Shore railroad 10 cutting
ice at Baw Beese lake, Hillsdale, for use
along the line.
Twenty farmers have been arrested
at Sand Beach for making too free
with wreckage.
Since the inception of the revival
meetings at Battle Greek, the police
have nothing to do.
There are now 500 woman's Chris
tan Temperance Unions IN the state,
with \ membership Of 200.
Charles Bishop, charged with grand
larceny, jumped his bond at Jackson,
but was captured at Adrian.
The Chicago & Grand Trunk railroad
will double track Its system in the
spring, beginning at Port Huron.
Patrick Murphy Bay City lumber
man has been missing since January
and his wife IS very cad and anxious.
The tax of 1889 in six towns in Pas
que Isle has been declared void on &C.
count Of careless mistakes by the ofti-
Gals.
The German Lutherans have $40
COMMITMENTS in Michigan and fifty
eight churches, worth III the aggregate
$l55,000
Bert Preston OF Mackinac is in Wash
irston lobbying for the passage of 3
bill TO make a national park out OF the
island At the straits.
A. B. Chapman and wife of Owosso
have just celebrated their golden we'd
ding. Mr.. Chapman is the Oldest living
pioneer of that town.
Jackson has no money In its treasury
to pay for lights, and it is feared that
the city may be in darkness until the
cash is forthcoming.
Jacob Measner of Calumet, is the in.
ventor Of safety car for inclined
tramways, which is said TO put the loss
of life out of the question.
Under the law requiring q separate
polling place for eacn 500 voters, Lam
sing will have to divide all her wards
except the first into two precincts.
WILLIAMSON will have electric lights,
the council haV made arrangements
with . Chicago company. They will
be ready by the lst OF April next.
The Capitol wagon works at Ionia
made good money last year and it is
proposed to make large addition to
the capital stock, which is 100000.
The coolest weather of the season at
Flint was experienced on Tuesday
night, the thermometer ut the water
works registering 240 below zero at mid
night.
Alfred Lndon of Canton, has bought
q half interest IN the Pinckney Air
Rife works, OF Plymouth, and the
manufacturing capacity is TO be largely
increased.
David Low of West Bay City, got
drunk, fell through an open window
and WAS found there the next morning
and was arrested of burglary, but re-
lated his orv In such q manner that
the charge was change to plain drunk.
William Coulter, the Sault Ste. Marie
convert to religion who now confesscs
the murder OF his father, has been held
for trial for perjury in swearing at his
former trial for murder that he didn't
do IT. Few there doubt that he is in
sane.
The Wayland school board has tend
cred the high school building TO Prof.
j. W. Humphrey, former super:ntend-
ent of the Holland schools. for the pur-
pose of holding q summer normal class.
Hrs last class in Wayland numbered
1913. liz competent help can be secured
the school will probably be established.
The Baptist Clergymen's Aid society
of Michigan. Ohio, Indiana and llli-
nos met at Fenton Wednesday. There
are ~ benefcls.Ies OF the society, 20 Of
whom are provided for at the home IN
Fenton. The receipts during the year
were s9557 and the expenditures sS3I2.
w III. Doane of Cincinnati, was elected
president; {. w. Barber of Battle
Creek, secretary; III. h. Latourette OF
fenton. treasurer, and II. A. Water
man Of Detroit, auditor.
+. ID. Lynn, who has recently re-
turned from trip to the pine lumber
regions in the Georgian bay district,
makes the rather surprising statement
that II contains no vast amount of pine.
He saws that the country 10 the north.
east aud west ia destitute of any lum-
Der. and is generally rocky and sterile,
containing great mineral wealth, how
ever. Explorers have started fires to
help them ~ finding minerals. and in
this way large amount of timber was
consumed.
One week ago Emanuel Glimpse, =
prominent farmer Of Bridgewater. died
Az the funeral his wife lay eIck in
bed in one corner of the parIor, and his
brother, Ezra, in another, the casket
and friends occupying a space between.
AZ the same hour. one week later, the
brother. Ezrs, died. The widow IL still
very sick. The brothers were always
together, aad were seemingly iusepara-
able. Their ages we're IS and II years
respectively.
Michigan PENSIONS originsl-Gys-
bert verhook. Charles BellingtOn,
Carries n. Elliott, Rodney Golden,
Charles w. Hanson, Alongo Washbnrn,
Achilles NeCullsr. william w. Weller,
Cyrus slesgbt. Isaac q. Winnie, Abner
Nosess, Horace -. Hazen. Andres J.
Rswls, william VI. Hooker. Addition.
si--fe~s Sgedsnburah. Increase.
Jshn w Fitch, Otto Fsyersbond, Peter
p. Res.ones. Eh n, smith, Finer
spelcher. fteazsned--IIenry Neumsn.
Martin Flsnains Original, whfe~--
Emily Ellsst. sarah Mekeessr.