Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-27

/ TO be as follows: Smith Memorial
church, 5000; New Plymouth church,
/ Si00; home missions. 500; care OF
church poor, $500; boys brigade, 500;
north church sewer tax, 800; printing,
Assessments and miscellaneous, $50;
Sunday schools and mission scno Is,
/ 500; communion. $50; disabled minis
ters, $50. Total, $3,i40.
The First Presbyterian Sunday school
has elected the following officers: sup
erIntendent, Charles NJ. Alden; asslsl-
ant uperIntendents, c. h. Mohr;
/ George Stevens and Mrs. Armstrong;
secretary. Ed Bennett; treasurer. Y.
| LOOMS; librarian, {. Llttlefeld; assist
ant. Miss Lena Wygant; cnoris.er.
| Charles NJ. Alden; financial committee,
Charles NJ. Alden, J. q. Knox and
George Stevens.
IL was unusually quiet about the
/ government building. city hall. police
court and court house yesterday.
County Clerk Harvey ana Deputy Car
/ penter were at their desks for short
time and the county treasurer and the
/ girls IN the register of deeds Office were
working q portion of the day. The
courts were silent.
The same trouble experienced last
year with salt on the street car tracks
I IS noticed now. ItlsnecessaIy TO clear
/ the tracks with salt and when the
! track sweeper passes II scatters the salt
! to the curb stones and forms q mealy
mixture which preslstently refuses to
pack.
Mr.. and Mrs. George McClair enter
tanned their two sisters from Sauga-
tuck on Christmas with few invited
| friends. by giving dinner at their home
/ on Cutler avenue. South Grand Rap
ids. The evening Was pleasantly spent
with instrumental music, singing, etc.
III. w. Beecher. Ben Z. West and Ben
s. Hanchett, Jr., nave organized o
company to purchase Big Lumps, the
pacing stallion. Frank Talbot will
manage the horse and take him
through the western-southern circuit.
The Y. Z. 8. c. f. of Ames NJ. L.
church will hold its regular business
meeting this evening ~ the home OF L.
ID. Osborn, No. sos Cass street. 1t will be
followed by debate on the question,
sis the World Growing Better"
Asa w. Mech, who retires January l
from the board Of county superntend-
ents of the poor, has served the county
for twenty years. One week from to-
day he will be succeeded by John I.
Headley of Ada.
| The Christmas entertainment of the
Wealthy Avenue Baptist church was
held last night. A fine literary and
musical program was renderetby. MEM
bers of tho school after which each
child was given quantity or candy
and pop corn.
The Md way Tens OF the Young Peo-
pies society of the Fountain st rect
Baptist church, will serve New
England supper in the church parlors
tomorrow evening from $50 to 7
| o'clock.
Over fifty little ones are now cared
| for At the creche on North Ottawa
street. Mothers who work away from
home can leave their children there
and be assured that they will be well
cared for by Matron Williams and her
ASSISTANTS.
Gilbert II. King of Scion township
and Mary J. Schooley of Cedar Springs
celebrated Christmas yesterday by unit
| ing their hands, hearts and fortunes.
/ The ceremony was performed IN the
county clerks office by Justice West
| fall.
Large parties of merry skaters en-
| ioyed themselves on the ice at Reeds
/ lake Yesterday. IL was the fret skating
/ for many years and the occasion was
doubly enjoyable.
/ Charles Nanderhaydon of Chicago
aud Mrs. Herbert Sanford of Detroit.
spent Christmas with their brother F.
| f. Nsnderhsydon and family Of Dun
/ ham street.
/ The life of Christ as compiled by the
/ Congregational Publishing society will
be the study pursued by the Park Con-
| grsgatlonal Sunday school next year.
Tae dining room girls At the Clsren-
don each received a new dress as
| Christmas present from their mployer,
besides $40 apiece from the boarders.
The Beethoven quartet of Kalamazoo
/ will give an entertaining program at
I Calvary Baptist church. Sixth avenue
and South Iona streets this evening.
Ieemen are preparing to cut the ice
I crop al Reeds and FISK lakes. There
= now FIVE inches OF good zee where the
snow has been kept clear.
Mrs. Helena OLsary - Tslmadge.
Ottawa county, who died Saturday, was
the mother of Supervisor O'Lesry Of
I the eighth ward.
The Congregational Sunday school
/ on ottawa street has removed TO Coos.
/ seas had between Mason aud Wal
/ bridge streets.
/ Eghty-six dollars in handsome
I purse was received by Telephone Oper-
sior MollIs Fitzgerald from subscribers
I on her Inc.
/ Z. c. Whitney, assistant principal IN
I tbs Cass schoOi IN Detroit, formerly Of
this city = waiting friends here.
Two belated Christmas marriage D.
censes we're issued in the county clerks
Office yesterday.
The Last Chance" leap vsar party
will bs gwen IN Hsrtmsn's bs3l Thur.-
DAY evening.
Ed Psnnoysr, Ed Jone. and WI
Jones 4 Grand Haven spent Yesterday
/ n tbs city.
seven real estate transfers we're gwen
ont AZ TIE register Of deeds Office yes
terdsY
The regular meeting II tha commar
councii VII q held this evening.
very Funsy.
Il hal funny experiences today. r.
marked Dumleigh x had taken my