Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-19

you y inquired J. brown NePnsrson
" i-oosssiliss "a TIE Morton ysstef-
DAY aftfrnoon. 4hsie engaged IN HE
sxsetlilk task o. colos.nx . nex mesr~
schaala PIPE. lots 81 persons never
he2fl 81 him." the Louisville man
continued. alter sxscalnx . cloud III
sHginiA fisksngs ssnt ks curl sroand
the stem and bowl al the psps ..5ol
be Was character that ought 70 have
been famous There 10 nothing en-
Code green earth that Jim smith
eouldn't 90. He's dead now. peace t.
his ashes. Jim MAS . great hand for
psts Had ali softs Of anilus.s around
ham. Coons. possams. dogs. nuskrsis,
snakes. owls. eats aud Gil that sort 81
tning. you kaow. Jim had I've pet
serpeats = ysttlssnake and . copper
head. Jim thought . lot OF those
reptiles. Trained EN-, YOU know.
Iced 10 keep 'eln in . Jug Alongside Of
the dem5ohu. He'd ask . man 10
drnk and hand him the jog in . care
tees sort of way. Then he'd tnrn his
back. Henry Clay fashion. In order not
TO see how big enrsle HE guest took.
But that wac Just q bluff. you know.
The man that had the thirst would
pull the cork out of the Jug and get
ready TO take . good sw:g. About that
time one os the snakes would run lts
head out and Ieer IN . devii.sh sort Of
q way. Man would think be had 'em
again, and would yell like = fiend.
Then Jim would turn around suddenly
and grab the other Jug and explain
that q mistake had been made. But
that isn't what l am going TO tell you
about. Smith went out 10 see q niger
cut hay one day. and didn't know the
snakes were following him. Fret thing
anybody knew the reptiles got IN front
OF the moving machine aud were cut
clear IN two. Jim was most crazy. but
he gathered the fragments IN his arms
and took EN- To the house. Then he
conceived the idea Of sewing the snakes
together again. They weren't dead,
you know. Jim did. but in his confu-
sion he got the rattlesnAke's tail on the
copperhead. file couldn't take IL of.
and go he sewed the coppernead's tai
on the rsttlesnake. Snakes are both
we'll now. and the funny part OF Il 10
the rattlesnske has changed 70 q cop
perhead, and the copperheSd manifess
all the peculiarities OF q rattlesnake.
Northern climates deyillsh cold. amt
to-
Don j. feathers returned from
Lexington last evening. where he had
been TO ship carload OF horses TO
New York 10 be sold at auction. Taurs-
day. Aonbars, Pixley and Belle Of
the Ball were included. IN the string.
Lexington has had ak weeks slcigh-
ing thls winter. something never known
there BEFORE" said Mr.. Lesthers, In
The Morton last evening. Tho Their
mometer has dropped TO 6 below.
They weren't prepared for suoh . WIN
ter, and don't know how 10 take lt ~
We do here. Yesterday was tile wors.
day OF the sesson.- The storm was
worse south of the Ohio river than II
wac here. We left Lexington ~ 4:l0
yesterday afternoon aud should have
been here at 9:l0 this morning, but
didn't get in until $50 tonight"
az shall vote against the bill TO abol-
ish the superior court" said Senator
Doran in The Morton last evening ~ he
lighted fresh cigar. elf the superior
court is abolished another court must
be established TO take its place. The
circuit judges cannot do the work.
They have oil they can do ~ IL 10. IL
. recorders or any other similar court
Is substituted. the salary of the judge
will be al additional expense to the
city. As IL 10 now the state pays his
salary. l can't see any necessity for
abolishing the court, and see . great
many reasons why II should be con-
tinued." Judge Grove happened
along about tune. and declared that
the city would make q serious mistake
II the superior court were not con-
tlnued.
ave have practically been forced to
suspend business until we have iess
weather." sxid T.. c. Groesbeck. agent
for the Louis Sands Lumber company.
IN The Morton yesterday. "Ins snow
has been so deep that il has been al
most impossible TO get trans through
TO Lake City, where the mills are. We
can't get cars, and 60 We can't ship
lumber. Other firms in that part OF
the state are similarly annoyed. We'd
all like to get . whack At the man that
is running the weather.
az hear that q GRAND Rapids man who
ventursd into Chicago WAS held up
and robbed while tying his shoes," re-
marked Harry Prescott OF tho Windy
city in The Morton iast evening. That's
bad. very bad. Awful wicked people
there: but the man ought 10 have been
shoestrings, too
Mortcn-Fred r. Griffin, Detroit; NJ.
l.. Cook, Hastings: u. II. Day and
wife, Grand Haven; Lou Roenlngs, De
troit: ID. {. Barber, Detroit; Ernest
Elmer, Muskegon.
Sweers-B. J. Iowery, Howard
City; III. r. Strong. jackson; A. r. Par.
ker, Hungerford; l.. II. Trott. Auske-
gon; John Hanna, Games, J.. w. Az
kins, Detroit.
New Llvipgstou-J. II. Rrssell. Jr.,
Jackson; =. T.. Parish, Ithaca; l.. g..
Palmer and wife. Big Rapids; w. r.
kingsbury, Edmore; y. l.. Benton,
Pentwater; Il. +. Ransom, Detroit.
Eagle-Flora Hamlln, N. NJ. Ather-
ton. sparta; Mrs. L. W. Johnson. Reck-
ford; jay Prudsn, ST Johns; j. j.
Flstcher, Cadillac: Thomas r. Dawes,
Luiingion. W. T. Kennedy, Ann
Arbor.
KENT. A. Gunderman. Lansing.
Daniei Doke. Manis,ee; George W.
Bigelow. Kalamazoo. l.. l.. Corhus,
Howard CITY: Viii Wilson, -. Joseph:
r. 4. Sterling. Ludingion.
Clarencon--w. Mesrs. Howard City;
l.. J. Balen. essinav; A. q. kunelis,
Nswsygo: h. @. Evans. O~osso.
Bridge street House.. +. Williams:
Reed city: w. Hoimcs. kent City. =.
Fleming, Lowell. J. NJ. Johnson,
sparta. h. Al. Ross. Cedar Springs.
Hicn-pRIcEo FOOD.