Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-13

eoantTy; bat in the e0p,sr and lunber
districts everything u lively. The bard
times In TIE upper peninsula exist
princip4lly IA the Imagination q the
calamity howlerss f3e miners II
ishpemins are nql starving. and The
rumoEs Il bread riots are absurd. There
are q great many men cut q work bet
The city authorities eiil take care II
them. Outside q ishpeminx there IL
very little idienass- A new s4u mili Mas
started in L'Ause the other day. and -
Funnihg day and night. with 10 men IL.
the enpIoy Of the company. The Mar.
Quetts miIls are running full blast Tho
pine from the demonstrated tracts 10
coming into tho market and promises
xork Tor several hundred men, Some-
thing like 5000 acres Of government
land xill b ia the market Ia month
or "a. and Ne expect great rush 81
iron business does not lie 20 much 10 the
hard times a. In oserproduction Mofe
than . year ago the market Was over
loaded and the mine owners wefe
grnmbling because they could not get
better prices Instead OF cnrtaiiing the
output they continued 10 run until Tia
market Vas swamped'
ibid you ever stop TO think that the
newspapers have more 70 do with the
condition of the country than any other
single agencyp asked a travelling man
IN the Bridge Street house yesterday.
-lt's true. Take 50 per cent Of the peo-
pie. and II the newspapers tell them
they arc rich. they'll feel rich III the
newspapers tell them they're poor.
they'll feel poor. Few persons will I'LL
nit that they are governed and IN
huenced almost entirely by what they
read IN the papers They like 70 create
the impression that their ideas are en-
tirely their own and that they do their
own thinking. But. bless your heart,
they don't Most OF Us get four-fifths Of
our opinions from our favorite news
paper, and this applies just as well TO
our. financial views as it docs to our
political beliefs"
Grand Rapids has not done the right
thing by the Driving club in the attend
ance at the races this week" said John
Kelly, the veteran trainer OF the Sals-
bury string. In The Morton yesterday.
The weeks racing has been as fine as
anybody could wish TO see. and the
grand stand should have been packed
every day. can't eco why the meeting
was not better attended. The public
couldn't ask any more for its money.
None Of the race meetings have been
any too we'll attended this year. but this
one certainly was deserving OF good
crowd. Some OF the weeks races have
been as pretty contests as will ever be
seen on the track"
Edward La Rue. who has been day
clerk in The Kent ever since the hotel
was opened, hns severed his connection
with the house. Mr.. La Rue is bright
young man. and has been popular with
the patrons OF the hotel. He is now
north. taking two weeks vacation.
s. w. Brady OF Detroit, a member oil
the firm OF Brady 4 Garwood, leesees OF
the Grand Opera house, is again in
Sweets hotel. He came to the city q
attend the opening OF The Grand las
evening.
J. NJ. Hagar. G. w. Hagar and F
Hincelot OF Chicago, stockholders in the
street railway company. arrived in III.
city last night 10 look over the line
They are registered in The Morton.
President l.. r. Fiske Of Albion col
lege. was q guest in The Morton for ;
short time yesterday. He was on hii
way home from Bay View. where hi
family are spending the summer.
DIR. O. r Long Of Ionia. superintsnd
ent Of the asylum for dangerous anC
criminal insane. and Judge l.. ID. NJ
Davis were among yesterdays guests IL
The New Livingston.
Aaron Clark OF Caledonia, presiden
OF the Kent County Fair association
was a guest in The New Livingston fol
dinner yesterday.
DIR. M. G.. Conley OF Saranac was ,
guest in The New Livingston yesterday
tie brought a patient to the city fol
treatment.
+. G. Howard OF Bedding and G. L
Bailey OF Mancelona were among yes
terday's arrivals In The New Livingston
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wander veen O
Grand Haven. dined in The New Lv
ingston yesterday.
Robert Cooper Of Sweets has gone I.
Chicago to spend week at the world
fair.
MoRroS-Horace b. Peck. Kala,na
roo; John Connolly. Saginaw: r. &
Hutzler. Alba; l.. A. Fiske, Albion; w
IL. Conant. Detroit; l. I. Kinney, Wood
vile.
NEw LrvTScsrov-E L. Briggs. Cold
water; Joe Collins, Detroit: Mr.. AM
Mrs A. Wander Veeu. Grand Haven; w
Il Hammond. Ludington; Aaron Clark
Caledonia; '. w. Howard. Bedding.
swrEr's-H. NJ. Hoffman. Three RIy
srs; "a. II. Flynn. hay CITY; Sam Rsnd
skof. Detroit; NJ. +. Dale. Hopkins; J
Clarkin. Detroit
Esofr--0. w. Purseil. Detroit: Eu
gene Gillian, Sparta; =. A. Manshall
Ovid; J. y. Taylor. Three Rivers; J. III.
Allen. Htandish; II. NJ Warner, Sparta
Albert =. Smith. Cadillac.
KKEr-E Iafrabee. Ionia; n. Fart
lett. Harbor Springs: W. s. Allen, lille
dale: W. A. Carter. Jackson; G. NJ
Cook. saugasuck. J. p. Taylor. Cafsor
City.
BefDor SrRFw1--G. W. Ssvey. Her
rington; w. K fawton. Berlin; q. II
Dittor. Bolding; +. Il. slater. Coorers
vile; g. =. Tucker. Sand Lake; &. u
Keppel. Grand Haven.
CLARrspox NJ y. Rainier. Newayro
J. L. Bailey. Rockford; John Ccfslea
Newaygo. q. T. Chapel. Sand Lake, =.
Il. Clements. Ada. j. Sehormeraorn
Bay City.
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