Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-01

none, aud the two desperate burglars
released her and left the house IA TIE
mAnnsx IN which they came and VITA
out making any search for saiuaDles-
The Detroit burglar Is somewhat pecu-
liar.
The county superintendents OF the
poor have decided 70 remove the
snIngis roof of the insane asylum Al
Wayne and to replace il with tin and
slate one, with . galvanized iron TRIM
mings. After the burning OF the Pom
tiAc insane asylum the board took pre-
eautionary measures for the protection
of the local asylum, and . system was
established through which fires IN the
instltution can be speedily extln-
guished. The efficacy of the new ar
Tangsmsnt has already been demon
strated.
Harvest Of death: Mrs. A. L. Benjs-
min Of Now, aged 81; Atlss H. Chap
In Of Tecumseh, aged IS; Mrs. Marcia
NJ Mills. for many years rcsident OF
Saline, aged rs; Allison Taylor, vet
srsn. and twenty years resident OF
Jackson. at New York City; julius
Kloss OF Kilmanash. aged IS, for
thirty years . resident OF Huron
county: Jessie Hodgkins, popular
young Bay City society lady and U. OF
NJ. student, aged Is
A Flint woman purchased kerosene
for . chicken incubator and when she
arrived home placed some in the hatch
cry, and set fire to it. An explosion
which minced embryo chicks and other
things pretty promiscuousiy followed.
The grocer's bad hoy drew the kero-
sene from the gasollne barrel rs the
coal oil was just out.
Accidents with serious results are
plenty enough at Benton Hsrbor. w.
Knisely's little child fell from . swing
and broke her arm; George Van Riper's
little glrl fell OF box and also broke
her arm, Mira. George Miller fell OF
ladder and broke ligsment in her left
ankle.
Prof. George Henssner of Port Huron
got drunk. The Judge would have
overlooked an ordinary case of un-
adorned inebrlatlon, but when the
policeman making the arrest said that
the professor was trying TO sing Com
rades" he gave him the Init.
Two Detroit girls have confessed
that they perlursd themselves be-
cause . jealous detective wanted
them to when they swore that James
Mcpherson stole . lot of silverware
from the Jewish synagogue.
Mrs. Bailey, q w. c. T. T. woman a
Charlotte, intends to vote next fall. Ii
they don't let her she says she will
carry the case to the eupreme court
and have that august body tell what
they know about the rights of women
A bag containing sixty ugly 44.calibre
cartridges. bag of thirty-eight
eternity giving pills, q stick of wax.
box of fuse caps and two bundles of
dynamite were found in q woodbox At
Muskegon.
The Cox Well Co., of st. Louis, No.,
will sink four test wells 1t Saginaw at
. cost of $1,000 each, to see whether
pure water can be obtained by the deep
we'll system.
Charles Angel Of Grand Haven con-
tracted blood poisoning while assisting
at an autopsy. Tho smputatlon of q
portion of his hand has probably saved
his life.
Frank Thompson and Will Perry
broke Jail ct Harrison. They used q
case knife with . defines that would
have won communication from Vidocq
himself.
J. S. Dsdden of Argentine is boring q
we'll. The drill 10 448 feet below the
suiflc and Dsdden thinks " he keeps
on boring he'll strike wstsr before
winter.
Plainfield. Livingston county, wants
. blacksmith, . cooper. . hotel, a har-
nessmaker, . doctor, . mason, paint
or and telephone exchange.
A SIC, 900 bonus has secured . straw
wrapping concern for Owosso. II will
employ nifty hands and use 5000 tons
Of straw year.
Mrs. Sarah Dwight Sager, widow of
the late Abram Sager, for many years
professor in the medical department of
the university, is dead.
A woman splitting wood in the rain
and . big, strapplng man nursing a
baby IN the house was what the Odessa
Wave saw.
The Clio schools which have been
closed on sccount of the prevalence OF
diphtheria resumed operations yester.
day.
Michael Darmstaettsr, ono of
Detroits oldest brewers and . widely
known German. citizen is dead .sged 81
In . scrap 1T Crystal Falls. Constable
Bease Of Mansfield shot . Milwaukee
Northern railroad sur veyor in the leg
Mike Minnink Of Rapeon is looking
for his 13-year-old con who left home
without saylng anything about it.
Tho sale of the Benton Harbor-St
Joseph street railroad to An Englisr
syndicate has been declared of.
School children at Vernon have "ros,
rash" for . change. 1t makes 'en
seeker than mumps or measles.
Ed. Dean, OF ealfax, Huron county
10 nursing . smashed face, the result
Of being kicked by horse.
A Wild man whose only covering il
an i'm aginary fig leaf 10 ter rifyInj
Connor' . Creek people.
Sand Beach fishermen have caught
| and shipped over 100 tons of fish dur.
| ing the last month.
Capt. l. p. Grover. aged 5S, mai
agent on the c.. J. d NJ, dropped dead
| At Allegan Monday.
A clock that has kept time for JOG
years has found Its way 10 a repsu
shop at Bad Axe.
James Moore of Hume pu nctured Z
boil with . pin. Blood poisoning may
kill him.
Purses aggregating 5000 have beer
hung up for the July races at West
Branch.
A risky colt 1T owosso smashed B