Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-04
General State News.


A movement is on foot to send q
whaleback steamer, loaded with grain
and food stutfs, from Michigan to
Russia, for her famine-stricken pc pie.
The cost OF charterlng SUCH . snip for
this purpose would be about 5000,
and Senator Mcmillan says he will be
one of five men to furnish the amount.
1t is proposed to load the vessel with
Michigan products exclusively ana send
1t from Michigan wnarves. as one can
be secured that can go via the great
lakes to the Atlant &c, and its peculiar
model would make the mission special
ly conspicuous.
All during the past winter the OIL
Gals Of Macklnac county have been
unable to get their orders for salaries
cashed. the county is so heavily in
debt and so short of money. At the
last term of the circuit court none of
the jurors could be paid and they were
obliged to pay their own expenses out
of their reserve funds and keep their
orders.
DR.. Charles Bloodgood, who sud-
denly lett Kalamazoo few Gays ago,
on being charged with debauching a
little GIRL whom he was treating, sent in
his resignation as member of the staff
or Borgess. hospital, Friday. The staff
on meeting. refused to accept it and
expelled HIM by unanimous vote.
The Rev. Theodore d. Marsh of the
Ludington Presbyterian church has
rendered his resignation as pastor. He
will close his lal'ors on May l. He has
not been in q satisfactory condition OF
ho~ lfh for ond a
has been deemed to be essential.
William Mccoy, an employe of the
Hawkins house at Ypsllanti, pushed
the cook, Mrs. Mandy Cough, against
the stove ana held her there until she
was horribly burned. He fled, but was
arrested at Ann Arbor.
William Pratt, while intoxicated,
wandered into shanty near INLAY
City and tried to dry his clothing by
building fire. His garments ignited
and ne was horribly burned : when
found. Death resulted.
Thomas O'Hearn, a Jackson tailor, at
work for Flushing tailor, disappeared
while crazy with delirium tremens a
week ago. Friday his dead body was
found on the river bank mile from
town.
DIR. w. II. Chivers Of Colen, who was
sued for crookedness by an insurance
company, has been acquitted, and the
whole town celebrated the event with
q bonfire, fireworks and q serenade.
Chester Truettner. the 9-year-old son
of President l.. II. Truetlner of the
drowned IN = sewer Friday evening.
| He fell into an open manhole.
Thomas Cornell was slugged by foot
pad at Bay City, Friday night, and
robbed of $50 and gold watch.
George Johns, . bartender, 10 under
arrest charged with the crime
An addition to the Michigan female
| seminary at Kalamazoo will be erected
this year to be 40xl00 feet upon the
ground aud TO cost $4,000. The fur.
nishings will cost $500 more.
Albert X. Thinner. insane with the
grip, committed suicide by hanging
| himself Thursday, at his home near
| Holland. He leaves . wife and niue
| c1lldren.
Philip w. B. Vessels. q Boer of the
! Dutch settlement at Cape Town,
| Africa, is IN attendance at the Seventh
Day Adventist college at Battle
| Creek.
| A hive of lady Maccabees has been
| organized at Hopkins Station, Allegan
county. by Miss Bns NJ. West, state
organizer, with SIX charter members.
Allegan will have . baug-up summer
school during the long vacation. and
instructions will be given in everything
from kindergarten work to delsarts.
blooming triplets arrived ~ +. A.
/ Aiiwardts' home at Battle Creek the
| other night. The ARRIVAL made the en-.
tire family very tired.
/ The voters Of Holland Will decide to,
day "a to the desrsblity of bonding
| the city for the erection and maInten.
snce OF electric lights.
George Hills. sr., = retired farmer
was struck and killed By ira n a.
| Dawson Friday. The remains we're
friahtfuily mangled.
r.. III Consnt, steward of the Alma
sanItsrIum. died of tobacco poisoning
very suddenly Thursday. lie was AZ
inveserste ehewer.
A year ago tTeorse Mason broke into
the depot At Garland and stols . ca
Of booss aud shoes lie u now Ia jail
~ Corunna.
The nlath annual convention Of TIE
W r &. for the department. % Michi.
ssa will De he'd a. Aan Arbsf, April
| -, % ard 81.
| kalamazoo - after smother railway
| IA slli - . Snort cot OF The g. y q. L.
frona Charlotte 10 the eslesy city.
A Nehxsn Csntral nrsksnsn nsned
| Wells fell frsm hss trsia At piheonntns
snd wss cut into shFeds. Friday