Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-03

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nfher 4sS. $50 slromlosnt Il "a gas.
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We'll. 1eamsus, ca a2xe fse~a on
very sd nlsssiusl.f Yep, asserted
Toe nes CONGRESSMAN, very AL. az
eera- ! dl1at waat 10 -, bal sust
of lad 70
'Hos's that askei Tn.
".N,li. ! s1s ~sik.ag down the
street Aoa1sy m0TnsAe. waen Cor.
plau stepped up aud slapped me on tie
back
tsorman from the second district.
saia 1lm. IA a matter OF -ooarse way.
"'Aos bell. no. calculated lounAs.
Charlie dofman--renasVr ticrusn ~
Maryland. German aye 80 nae. - oD
mans, you'll have 20 20 win as 70 tnss
funersl-" l didn't care 10 -. ban
finally decided TO. Tue funeral, yoa
know was held ~ the senate chamber.
II wac pretty we'll crowded wnsn We
gct there lney tro8gnr she corpus Ia
ard pat Il a csit e-brkke. Then the
president and diplomatic cofp-s came
IN and stood fgnt beslde us. Great
DAVID I'm; could hsse pot my nand
on the president mat funeral Il
the event OF the season
THE grea, lakes are seven feet shall
lower inan they were eevcn years ago.
said Capt. ". r, Parsons 81 Whitehall
IN The Clarendon yesterday. Captain
Parsons = one ot the Oldest vess~ .meu
IN the rtatr. IL. has been on the graf
lakes continuously for nearly forty
years. and WAS captain OK TIE nrss tux
tnat ever operated IA the Muskegon
haTsot. Ever since they began 10
dredge the channels the water has
been growing snallower. whsa the 81.
Clair fats were dredgst. u made A
great drain on the water OK the upper
lakes. II that deep water chSnnel i
wv fNt tttsbIAur ~ VII tAtt tfFl1
hafbor north 81 Detroit. IL Won't do
any good 10 creGge such a channel
because the water in the hafbors
will drop until the difference IN
level due to the dredging n compen-
stated tor. The RAPID lowering of the
lakes - well known TO every old lake
man. We have certain rocks from
winch We have been accustomed 20
mark the hight OF tho water. lkocks
that were several feet under water sev-
ersi years ago are now high ana dry.
Three years ago the piles IN the hsroor
at whitehall were sawed oil eighteen
feet below the water level. Today
they are eighteen inches aDove IL. Cnan-
nels that vessel drawing sixteen feet
OF water was safe Ia making. cannot be
made now 10y boat with nine-ioo,
drausht. There 10 no use Of improving
the hsrbors OF the lake ports II the
government is gong 10 dredge chan
mel that will drain them"
"Just came down 10 get square
meal. said X. X. Blacker OF ianisiee
a. he lighted an aftsr.dinner cigar N
the Merton yesterday afternoon. "l'ys
had II and think IN go back 10 Mans
tee. can stand il up there now a
week or two before the panss of hun
ger VIII drive me out AGAIN"
81 am resting. resting" said George
L. Downing of Montague. IN the Morton
yesterday. Ever since | returned
from saginaw I've been afflicted With