Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-29

GenetA state News
F.w. Waeeler a Co., of Bay City.
have elessa contract for . complete
electric light oatlit Tor their shlp wards.
The putting IN OF the electric plant - q
preparatory move. ~ 70 "a thought that
the yard nsli be operated botn night
and day IN . very short time. Tue
large number Of contracts makes thls
necessary.
The elegant new stone school house
~ Allegan, which WAS completed the
flfst of the year. Is of Holland stone
and prssents very handsome appear
ance. Wednesday night the teachers
and pupils held = formal opening,
which was largely attended by towns
people. Al Interesting program Was
rendered.
Lewis anil Mores Marks. OF Au Sable.
have been arrested on q charge 81 slan-
der made by Prosecuting Attorney
Connlne, who declares tue men stated
that they paid Connine sum OF money
II he woEid not push the case against
their brother, Harry Marks, who Was
convicted OF burglary and granted a
new trial.
The contributions tor the Russian
famine sufferers by the city Of Holland
and immediate vicinity. have reached
to two full carloads OF Hour. Iceland.
tive miles east ef there, adds one ear
lead, The three will be sent forward
Immediately.
After beng out for twenty-one hours
the Jury in the case of Ruben Miller, at
Jackson. charged with assault with in
tent to DO great bodily harm, brought
10 verdict of guilty as charged. Mil
Ter was recommended To the mercy Of
the court
The local board of the American
Loan ard Building association of Min
neapolis, which fiourished at Adrian
some months ago, dropped out of cx-
istencc just IN time not To be DIppcd by
the reported failure OF the association
Monday.
The vote of the city council at Bay
City by which u vas decided 10 build a
new city ball has been reconsldered.
Architects have been instructed 10 pre-
pare plans and estimates for such a
building, TO be used at some future
time.
The Three Oaks Press has carried
the guessing tad to the ridiculous
point. It has black bass frozen into
a cake of ice, and years subscription
il to be gwen u the person guessing
nearest the number of scales upon the
fish.
Esen Z. Guild, we'll known CONNER
cial traveller, has sued his wife, an IN
mate of the Pontiac asylum. for d.
vorce. He alleges that shortly after
marriage she became confirmed cpl
LEIPZIG and soon after hopeless lunatlc.
w. +. Sessions, of the well known
lewelry firm OF Hubbard q Sessions. at
sane. For year he has been troubled
untitled him for business.
Since the new year was welcomed no
less than twenty-four persons have
died OF the grip IN the township of
Waterloo, Jackson county. In several
portions OF the state it IS remarkably
fatal.
An unknown man was killed near
the charcoal kilns at Gaylord, on Tues
day, by the Mackinaw express. The
engineer first discovered HIM when his
body struck the ash pan of the locomo-
tive.
Muskegon proposes to establish BIZ
chloride sanitarum aud maintain 1t at
the public expense and fol the public's
good, precisely 40 hospitals, almhouses
aud boards of health are maintained.
a county convention for the purpose
OF appointing republican county com
nlitteo for Dickinson county and to
transact other party business will be
h..f .f rrgt fo1 To- ~
Captain Johnson Vivian has turned
over the management of the Franklin
mine at Hancock. TO Graham Pope,
who presented credentials from the
Boston Office.
Fifteen townships and the city Of st
Louis. IN 3ratiot county, give 1906
majority for local option. The other
two towns viii bring the majority up &c
about 1900.
w. J. Curtis, a well known dwarf OF
Ishpeming, Is IN a critical condition
from = dose of carbolic acid taken by
mistake for cough medicine.
A little son of Jonas Tanslev. living
few miles northeast of Muir, was
killed Wednesday by the kick OF coli
be was watering.
Inc COnC&ft-natlS. So-CdllcD, Al trOil
Mountain, nave been notified to take q
walk. or send their dancers and SINGERS
on tramp.
Oliver A. Terrio, the cmbezzling cor.
respondent Of the Mining Journal al
Ishpening, has becp aDested At La
Crosse, WIS.
81. Joseph county is now circulating
petitions for the submission % the
local option question to the votes oil
the people.
The Geresee County Co operative
Creamery company made u ,T5S pound:
of butter last year, q. 05o less than IL
1890.
The death rate through the state vii
be heavy for January because of the
prevalence OF ths grip and pneumonia
The house of John Wilkinson. al
Greenvllle. was destroyed by fire
"Wednesday morning. No insurance.
Gov. wlnsns has appointed William
c. Teller OF Iron Mountain county
surveyor for Dickinson county.
The Butler Browsstone company vii
open up a new quarry adjoining those
At Rock river.
The parsonage of the Free Methods,
church At Elk was destroyed by ire or
Sunday.
Ex-Governor Baldwin 10 III at Jack
son with the grip.