Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-25

DowagiAe - ocssiing or It's model
stock farm.
A boy at Worthwhile aged IL years,
weighs 2o3 pounds
John A. Clark. prominent saginaw
attorney, i dead.
The p0stoffice at Grande Point has
been discontinued.
With capital of $50. 900 the Lapeer
county bank has $3.50. 900 in deposits.
Mancelona has voted TO bond ltself
for sl5, 900 10 put in q water works
plant.
80. Louis claims that there has not
been a business failure there IN I'VE
years.
The Maccabees at Gregory will have
hall equipped with stage and drees-
ing room.
It's said that many liquor dealersin
St. Clair county are selling whisky on .
beer license.
Every pastor at Midland Is down
with the grip, and services IN the
churches are suspended.
Over nine hundred criminal cases
were tired IN the various courts OF st.
Clair county during the past SIX
months.
The Y. NJ. &. A. at Marquette has
been offered s. $50 in cash and a lot on
condition that they put up Sl0,0o0
building.
The skating INK at Big Rapids has
been demolished just III time to avoid
q revival of the craze, which threat
ened To break out.
The superintendent of the reform
school at Lansing wants Michigan pub
llshers to put the school on their regu-
lar subscription lists,
Ex-Ass,stant Postmaster Ellsworth,
who Is now under suspended sentence
for opening mail and appropriatlng
money, Is now teaching school and
preaching at Benton Harbor.
1t is now officially announced that
the Michigan CentraPs new depot at
Niles will be ready for occupancy Feb.
/. 1t is the handsomest structure
owned by the company and cost not
less than 100000.
One of the livery horses at Laings-
burgh became frightened at a freight
train the other day. and IN its excite
ment attempted to climb on top of the
car. It's efforts resulted in broken
leg, and the horse had to be shot.
The defects in the preliminary pro-
ceedings for local option election In
Calhoun county cannot be remedied in
time for q vote this spring, and the
whole matter will probably go over for
year.
James +. Burger, of Sebewaing, 12-
year-old boy, has been consigned TO the
reform school at Lansing. Though so
young he is \ thief, we'll known IN the
whole county, and his parents were ut
terly unable to do anything with hlm.
The fire insurance adjusters refuse TO
settle with l.. l.. Neither, of Sault Ste
Marie, whose clothing store was burned
q few days ago. They claim irregu-
is not at all worth as much as he
claims.
There is no need for Michigan people
to 60 south to spend their winters.
There is family living five miles west
of Laingsburgh, on the bank of lake.
VINO have passed the winter so far in
tent and have kept their potatoes from
freezing in the bargain.
Mrs. Anderson of Hillsdale, run
cambria needle into her right hand at
the base of the thumb about 40 years
ago. One day last week the piece of
the needle was taken from the end Of
the index finger after having caused
her much trouble during the long time
1t was working its way out.
A large bear skated out upon the ice
on Pine lake from the Charlevoix re
sort grounds few days ago, when the
steam pile driver crew discovered INN
and pulled the whistle. The bear rose
upon his launches and viewed the ma
chine until the music stopped and then
waited off before the hunters could
ovtrtake him.
Residents OF Ithaca and farmers IN
the vicinity are gong wild over the
prospects of oil under Gratiots capital.
For some time indications of crude oil
have been noticed on the surface of
the soil and in wells dry and drilled on
farm owned by Owen Perry, one mile
east OF town. OH experts say that
wells will prove paying investments.
Michigan pensions - Original = VIM.
W. whipple, William Reaney, Leander
Fl. Gray, Allen Groveyar, Ira Abbott,
James +. SurIne. Truman Il. Garrett,
| Theodore j. Wagner, John III. Bennett,
JA(OD >. tlhlks tHaIlcS =. OdIntI,
| James j. Miller, James r. Martin,
James Quick, Herbert w. Finn, Fred
erick Dearlove. John Crush, Almon
Woodwork. George S. Bdwell. Lewis
| c. Alderman. AddItional-Carlos X.
Bellows, Martin V. Il. Mallett, jeremiah
Foley. George J. Jack, Charles w. Ray
mond. William Proper. Increase-wm.
Il. Bennett, Henry Harter, George 1.
Young. Richard Roberts, Thomas NJ.
Clay. JOSIAH X. Lewis. Byron II. Black,
| Charles Kendall. Rufus Atherton,
Axaliah Harriet, Charles Walker, Will
son c. Wilkins, George Fisher, Free
| man b. Gould. Reissue-Andrew Il.
Wagner. Original. widows, ETC.
Martina NJ Qusyle, mother; Deborah
| Travis, mother.
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