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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-19
Bids for be CITY Printing.


Sealed bids submitted by the various
daily papers for the city printing were
opened, and were as follows:
Morning Press-Council proceedings,
per square, IL cents; niarshaPs sales, 20
cents; advertising. per folio, Is cents;
proceedings IN pamphlet form, 2l0
copies, 100 trimmed and stitched, 81
per session. Second printing, 80 cents
per folio first insertion, 20 cents second
insertion.
Eagle-Proceedings, per inch, IL
cents; marshaPs sales, 10 cents; other
advertising, folio per insertion, 10
cents; pamphlets, $3.50.
Leader-Seco printing, 80 cents
per folio each insertion.
HERALD - Council proceedings, Ii
cents per square; marshaPs sales, 81
cents per description; advertising. l2l
cents per folio; pamphlet copies of
proceedings, $40 per session. The
bids were referred to the committee on
printing.
The mayors vetoes, suspendlng the
action oil the council in creating a
lamp Inspector and granting Bauer &
Krekel the right TO lay q side track
from the G.. X. & l. TO their coal yard
through Seward street, were received
and placed on file without objection.
The comptroller reported claimed ag-
gregating Sl4,Ols.2l, which were or.
dered paid.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-19
FIGHT OVER A SITE.
Some Aldermen Want a Mar.
ket, Some Don't
OTTAWA STREET PAvEMENTs
Lead to Considerable Diseussion-T. d.
Gilbert Wants Cedar Biocks-Sev-
sfAl Resolutions Put In

There was large number Of specta-
tors present 81 the meeting OF the coun-
ell last night. Several ladies represent
ing property on Seward street, wherein
the q. X. Il |. laid tracks tor siding,
were among the crowd and they looked
wickeciy At Alderman Doyle, whom
they considered responsible for ali the
trouble. OF the newly elected city
otticers there were Alderman Damsky.
OF the ninth; Gervers, of the esxth;
Bali, OF the third; Gllden. OF the tenth;
Harper, OF the twelfth; jacobs, OF the
eleventh; DeGraaf, OF the tenth; Teach
out, OF the fourth; Gezon, Of the tirst.
and Treasurer Sorrick.
w. :. Mccormick and other petit
toned for the grading aud crawling of
Madison avenue. l. NJ. Brown and
others asked that Terrace avenue,
formally known as Clark street, be
graded and graveled. Paris avenue
residents asked that the resolution IN
troduced by Alderman Drcgge ~ pre-
vsous meeting, providing for sewer
IN Paris avenue, beginning At point
some 100 feet south OF Thomas, be re-
cinded and the point OF beginning
made Thomas street. The Grand
Rapids Electric Light and Power conn.,
pany said it was considerably surprised
to observe at former meeting that =
reputable member of the council had
expressed doubt Is to the ability OF the
company to fulfil the contract made
with the city. To remove all such de-
lusions the company invited the coun-
Gil TO inspect lis plant in body after
adjournment. Houseman Il Amberg.
owning 23S feet Of frontage on Hall
street, demonstrated against the im-
proving Of that thorougnfare until it
could be done on the five year Install
nlent plan.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-19

The bill of Kinney & Co. for the rem;
of stoves, chars and tables, used Oh
election day. amounting to 500, was
thought to be excessive. A motion TO
allow was made. but Alderman Turner
moved as . substitute that SIS be sub
stituted. Carried.
The committee on ways and means
recommended that tibet reasurer's bond
for the coming wear be $3.50. 900, clerk Of
police $1,000, deputy police clerk $1,000.
sesler of weights and measures $1,000,
keeper of poor supplies $1,000, director
of the poor $1,000. Adopted.
Because of certain discrepancies
made in the State street paving roll
appeals have been coming in week af-
ter week, and the rool has been hang
ing fire nearly = year. When the first
district was made IL Was thought that
Washington street ended at Jeffereon
avenue. but last night the city attorney
stated Just the reverse to what he has
heretofore held, to the effect that state
street ended at Jefferson avenue. The
rules we're suspended ard . new DIS
trict ordered, Aldermen Tateum, Kin
ney aud sproul beng appointed . conf
mittee to ma. the same.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-19
Marie. Question Gomez Up.

On motion OF Alderman ODonnell
the report OF the special market CON-
mtttec WAS taken from the table. Al
derman Sproul sald. ss chairman OF the
committee, that be was still OF the
opinion that the first report which ia
vored the L. L. Comstock cite should
be adopted. The site proposed BY Mel
son. Matter n Co. mad been Examined,
bat il cost ~ much ss the Comstock
site, while IL vas further assy from
the center of the city and fronted On
Ottawa street, where there we're double
street car tracks. Alderman DreRge
ssid in hrs opinion the committee had
not thoroughly examined the ste. Al.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
Busted y Baronet.

Sir Randall Roberts, whose title is
one of the most ancient Of English
baronetcies, has just been sued for
the recovery of $25, which, according
to the evidence produced in court,
had been lent to him in very small
amounts for the purpose of enabling
him to get his breakfasts. Sir Ran
dali is, financially speaking, on his
beam ends, and is in the disagreeable
position of an undischarged bankrupt,
He is eking out scanty subsistence
by borrowing and by doing some occa-
sional work for an insurance company.
His fate is all the harder when it is
remembered that he has behind him
a distinguished career. He served in
the Crimean war with such distinc-
ton as to obtain a number of orders
and medals, including that of the
Legion Of Honor. His gallantry dur
ing the Indian mutiny, too, was con-
spicuous, while during the Franco
German war of 1870, where he acted
as special correspondent for London
daily paper, he received the Iron
Cross from the hands of Emperor
William. He is a man who during
the last twenty years, has been in
constant i'll luck and hot water, and
in Cairo in 1885 became involved in a
very disagreeable conflict with the
police. He is married and has grown
up sons and daughters, who appear to
have discarded him.-New York Re-
cOrder
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
Who Did What ?

Innocent gossip with no malice in
it has often charm for the best Of
people, as, indeed, why should it not?
The person who takes little interest
in the loves and hates, fortunes and
misfortunes of his neighbors is far
more likely to be the possessor of a
cold heart than of a superior mind.
but there is such thing as being too
inquisitiye.
In the days when our grandmoth-
ers were girls, there came occasion
ally into the family of good deacon
with nine children a village dress
maker of the kind immortalized by
Mrs. Stowe in "The Minister'S Woo
ing"
She was neither as delightful nor
as daring as Miss Prissy, but she had
all of that good woman's interest in
other peoples affairs, and always
looked forward with particular pleas
ure to the week during which she cut
and fitted for the deacon's girls,
knowing that his house was in some
sort a social center, where she was
likely to hear plenty of news and en-
tertaining anecdotes
One day she arrived late for work,
and, as she entered the house, caught
glimpse of the six daughters al
ready assembled in the family sitting
room, with their gowns and patterns,
their workboXes, and their new roll
Of "Injy muslin.
But none eff them were at work, for
one was telling the others story Of
such absorbing interest that they sat
breathless and spellbound, with hands
fallen in their laps or needles sus-
pended in the air
The sight was too much for the
new conner. With one mitt on and
one off, her unfastened pelisse drag
ging from her shoulders, her bonnet
askew and its loosened strings stream,
ing, she appeared suddenly among the
astonished girls, crying as she came:
what? What? What is it? Who
did WHAT"
She was answered, although giving
full answer involved the retelling
of the whole story; but her compre-
hensive inquiry became thereafter
family byword.
Among the deacon's descendants to
this day. if one shows signs of too
great inquisitiveness, it is sufficient
for any other member of the family
to ask, with a lift of the eyebrow;
"Who did what?"- Youths Com
panion.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
panion.


The wax mines or ozokerit deposits
Of Eastern Galicia, which syndicate
of American capitalists have leased
or purchased, form one of the most
curious fields of industry imaginable.
They are at and around Boryslaw,
which is also the center of the East
ern oil district of that part of Aus
tria. They have been for generations
in the possession of people who have
worked them in the most primitive
manner. The wax lies in beds, like
clay, at depths of from three hundred
and fifty to six hundred feet. Shafts
are sunk in the beds. The sides are
curbed with timbers, but in such a
careless and unscientific way that
they are constantly caving in and
burying wOrkmen in their depths.
From four to six men are killed in
this way every week. The owners
of the mines are persistently refusing
to go to the expense of making their
shafts safe, and the laborers are at
their mercy.
The Boryslaw wax field is only
fifty acres in extent, and upon that
ten thousand shafts have been sunk.
Twelve thousand men live and work
on that tract. The owners of the
deposits have made immense fortunes
from the product, as it is very valu-
able, bringing eight cents a pound at
the pits. Its use until within few
years was confined solely to making
candles, but the manifold uses to
which paratfine has of late been
adapted has given this Galician de-
posit much wider utility. The
ozokerit lies in veins sixteen inches
thick. 1t is dug out with shoyels,
and raised from the shaft with buck
cts and windlass. The owners are
the only merchants, bankers and
hotel-keepers in the region. Every
thing is mortgaged to them. The
! men shave their heads, leaving only
tuft Of hair at each temple. The
women also shave their heads, wear
ing mohair wigs instead of their
natural head covering.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
An Obedient Prince.

Some time ago an amusing little
anecdote was related about the Ger
man Crown Prince while having a
lesson in grammar from his tutor.
One is now being told about the sec
ond son of the imperial couple, Prince
Eitel Fritz.
The Emperor is exceedingly strict
about his sons behavior at table.
The other day little Prince Eitel
Fritz, using his fingers instead Of his
knife and fork, was corrected by his
father several times to no purpose.
At last the Emperor's patience was
exhausted, and he said;
children who eat with their fingers
are like little dogs who hold their
food with their paws. II you use
your fingers again you must so under
the table, the proper place for little
dogs"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
The Books noys Road.

The truth is that it is not the boys
who read dad books" who swell the
roll Of youthful 'criminality: it is the
boys who do not read anything. Let
any one look over the police court OF
busy morning and he will see that
the style Of youth gathered there
have not fallen into evil ways through
their deprayed literary tendencies.
They were not brought there by
books, but more probably by ignor'
ance Of books, combined with genu'
ine hatred of books Of all kinds
There is not more perfect picture Of
innocence in the world than boy
buried In his favorite book, obliyious
to all earthly sights and sounds
scarcely breathing as he follows thu
fortunes Of the heroes and heroine
of the story.-Kansas City Star.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
August.
Flower

Gone of my neighbors, Mr.. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time. Ali thought him P-strecovery.
He was horribly emaciated from the
inaction of his liver and e-1dneys.
1t is difficult to describe his appear
ance and the miserable state of his
health at that time. Help from any
source seemed impossible. He tried
your August Flower and the effect
upon him was magical. Itrestored
him to perfect health to the great
establishment of his family and
friends" John Quibell, Holt, Ont. .
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23

We onr One Hundred Dollars reward ftn
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured BY
taking Halls Catarrh Curs
+: j. CHENEY Il Co.. Props, Toledo O.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business TRANSACT
lions, and financially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST q TRUA1, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o.
WALDING, KINNAN g. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. act.
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists-
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
A Touching Incident.

In the Memoirs Of Jenny Lind
Goldschmidt" we read this touching
incident Of her childhood:
1t was the grandmother who was
the first to detect the musical gifts of
the child, and this detection left a
profound impression on the child her
self, as If she, too, then first made a
discovery Of what was in her, through
the surprise which she found herself
producing in others. The story formed
her earliest distinct memory. Com
ing up from the country to the town,
she was struck by the music of the
military bugles that daily passed
through the street, and one day, when
she fancied herself alone in the house,
she crept to the piano, ON which her
half-sister used to practice her music,
and, with one finger, strummed out
for herself the fanfare which she had
caught from the soldiers. But her
grandmother was at hand, and, hear
ing the music, called out the name of
the half-sister. whom she supposed it
to be, and little Jenny, in terror at
being found out, hid under the square
piano. She was so small that she
fitted in perfectly, and the grand
mother, getting no answer to her
calls, came in to look, and presently
discovered her and dragged her out,
and wa. astonished, and said: Child,
was thai you?" And Jenny, in tears
at her crime, confessed, but the
grandmother looked at her deeply
and in silence, and when the mother
came back she told her, and said:
"Mark my words, that child will
bring you help"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
It's a Prize.

An amateur violin maker of Port
land, Me-, has secured prize in a
spruce beam from an old house at
North Yarmouth. The beam had
been seasoning for more than a hun
dred years, and the thin little boards
sawn from it give forth a clear, mel
low sound that is desired in violin
stock. Gemunder, the New York
maker of violins, was in Portland re-
ceLSly, and secured some of the wood.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
Us fuinQ IN TIE face

It's .fys7sg IN the f0co
of Nature to take the ordinary pill
Just consider how it acts. There's
too much bulk and hustle, and noe
enough real good. And think how
it leaves you when it's all overt
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets act
naturally. They help Nature to do
her own work. They cleanse and
renovate, mildly but thoroughly, tho
whole system. Regulate it, too
The help that they give, lasts.
They're purely vegetable, per.
fectly harmless, the smallest, easiest,
and best to take. Sick Headache,
Bilious Headache, Constipation, In
digestion, Bilious Attacks, and all
arrangements of the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels are promptly relieved
and permanently cured. One tiny,
sugar coated Pellet for a gentle
laxative three for cathartic.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction. or your money is ~
turned.
You pay only for the good You
get.
This is true only If d.. Pierce's
medicines.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
A Rogue Of a Bow.

ANVSuo "a DOys
His name was Phil Deane. He had
great, laughing, brown eyes, and lit
tie, prying, brown fingers. He had,
too, sad, sad habit of not obeying.
You shall hear what came of this.
The story Is as true as story can be.
Phil and his papa and mamma were
staying at Mr.. Drew's farmhouse by
the seashore when it happened, and
Phil was 6 years old. One day, after
digging sand awhile upon the beach,
the little boy trudged off behind the
house to pull clover for Bessie, the
sleek, red COW.
THAT'S right, Master Phil" called
Mr.. Drew from the barn, where he
was painting boat; give my cow a
good supper"
"She eats pretty fast, / think" said
Phil, stroking Bessie, of whom he was
very fond
Then he frisked into the barn to
watch Mr.. Drew at his work.
Mustn't touch" cried Mr.. Drew,
dipping his brush into the can Of blue
paint beside him.
why mustn't II" began Phil, but
at that moment he spied something
strange in the corner and ran to see
what it could be.
1t was a gun, left there by neigh
Dor who was coming back for it in a
short time.
Mustn't touch" said Mr.. Drew,
without looking up. He had forgot
ten the gun. He thought the child
had gone for the pitchfork.
"Why can't l take it?" asked Phil,
slyly laying hold of the gun.
you're too little. You might hurt
YOURSELF" said Mr.. Drew, still with
out raising his eyes, for now he heard
Phi's father coming, and he thought
Mr.. Deane could take care Of his own
little son.
"Poh! Pm oceans bigger'n / used
to be. Mr.. Drew doesn't KNOW" said
Phil to himself, lifting the heavy gun
with great effort and pointing it at
his father.
Look out, papa, Pm going to
shoot, he cried out merrily, with his
chubby brown finger upon the trigger.
Don't move, my son, don't novel,
shouted his father, springing quickly
aside.
But even while he spoke the trigger
snapped, and with a flash and a bang
the gun went off.
Phil saw something fall, and top
pied over himself, shrieking:
al didn't mean to-. o, I didn't
mean to shoot papa! o! I was only
funning."
Strange to say, Mr.. Deane was not
harmed in the least.
"You might have killed me, my
son. It's mercy that you did not,
he cried, Fastening to snatch up the
smoking gun. "You haven't hurt
me, but-think of it, my little boy
you have killed Mr.. Drew's good old
cow"
Phil nearly cried his eyes out over
the COW, and his papa gave Mr.. Drew
$40 to buy another one, but that did
not make dear old Bessie alive again.
No, that days mischief could never
be undone, but it taught little Phil a
lesson that he has never forgotten.
1t taught the little meddler never to
touch what he had been told not tC
handle.-Penn Shirley, in Our Little
Ones
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23

The little Prince d. s.his utmost not
to forget this time Mud used his
knife and fork like SLln; but all at
once he forgot again, and began using
his fingers.
March under the table," said his
father.
Prince Eitel Fritz crept under as
hidden. After little while the
Emperor, thinking the Prince very
quiet, lifted up the tablecloth, and
peeped underneath. There sat little
Prince Eitel Fritz undressed. His
father asked him what he meant by
undressing himself.
Little dogs don't wear clothes,
they only have skin," was the child's
reply.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23

The Austrian method of execution
seems to be but Slight improvement
on electrocution. The Austrians
swing a halter over the neck of a
murderer and string him up, while
the executioner-in-chief, wearing
white kid gloves, calmly beholds the
victim wriggle, and twoeponderous
assistants pull him down by the legs.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
Pretty but Bloodthirsty.

A pure white mink is the picture
of innocence. Every movement en-
bodies thought of gentleness. Not
withstanding all this, Pittsburg pa
per records the bloodthirstiness of a
pure white mink in East Bradford,
Chester County. Fifty chickens and
one hundred ducks is the death rec
ord of that innocent-looking animal
before, in turn, it fell before the
muzzle of trusty rifle.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
A New Enterprise.

The first consignment of camel
skins ever brought to this country
reached New York recently. 1t con-
sisted Of five bales, thirteen skins In
bale, shipped from Alden to firm
of morocco manufacturers in 1.-THE
Swamp" The shipment is an ex-
pertinent.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
Granite.

Granite is the lowest rock in the
earths crust. 1t is the he'd rock of
the world. 1t shows no evidence of
animal or vegetable life. 1t is from
two to ten times as thick as the
united thickness of all the other
rocks. 1t is the parent rock from
which all other rocks have been either
directly or indirectly derived.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
Tiresome, but So Very Nice.

A pretty fan was presented to a
little girl four years of age, and she,
wishing to show her new treasure,
hung it on her finger and hung it out
at arms length. A lady on entering
the parlor was attracted by the pc.
culiar attitude of the little girl, and
finally said to her: isn't it very
fatiguing to hold out your arm in
that way SO long?" Said little Elsie
in return, with deep sigh: isn't it
always fatiguing to be elegant?"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
To Cleanse the System

Effectuaily yet gently, when costive or bill.
ious, or when the blood is impure OF sluggish.
to permanently cure habitual constipati on,
to awaken the kidneys AMI liver to a healthy
activity, without irritating or weak ening
them, to dispel headaches, cold OF levers, uss
Syrup of Figs.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
What Came After Supper.

Good old Uncle Henry and Agar.
old Tom, his nephew, were in confer
ence. Asked how he put in his time
the small boy began with breakfast,
hurried over play time to dinner, then
through more play to supper, and
then paused In doubt.
well, Tom, what comes after sup.
PERI" asked his uncle. The boys big
eyes looked tlxedly into space, but his
lips never moved. Surely something
comes after supper?" the elder re.
peated.
yes, " said Tom, with a reluctant
effort.
"Well, what is it?"
81 get whipped, mostly"
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23

Boggs-You warranted this horse
not to be afraid Of the cars, but the
first time / tried it he strung the
buggy through four counties.
Horse dealer-It couldn't have been
the cars; are yon sure he didn't see
the locomotive?-New York Herald.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23

The Only One Ever Printed.

These Is inch display advertisement in
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true OF
each new one appearing each week, from The
Ut. Harter Medicine Co. This house places q
Crescent" on everything they make and pub
fish, Look il. send them the name of the
word and they will return you hook, BKAUTI.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
Smoking Under Dimculties.

In the snowy regions Of the Hima-
layas little smoking tunnels are made
In the frozen snow, at one end of
which is placed some tobacco, along
with a piece Of burning charcoal,
while to the other the mountaineers
place their mouths and, lying fiat on
their stomachs, sinhale the smoke OF
the glowing weed.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23

The French Congo country, many
will be surprised to learn, is Ave
times the size OF France, and is sup
posed to contain population amount
Ing to 5000 900 souls.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
Very Smart. Indeed.

McSmith--That Perkins is smart
fellow; he broke all his friends, then
went gambling and broke the bank.
Bumpus-But at last understand
he broke the law and went to jail.
McSmith-Yes, and last night he
broke jail.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
Beats a Tornado.

Gen. Serreli is said to have invent
ed an electrical instrument for strik-
ing ship when fourteen miles dis
tant from New York a blow equal In
force to so, 900 foot tons.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23
A little Mixed.

"How old are your" asked the gen,
tleman who came to call.
Five O'clock" answered May
Harper's Young People.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-23

1t is said that Rev. DIR. Conwell of Phil
adelphia, had law practice yielding a rev.
enue of $4,000 year before he entered the
ministry