Grand Rapids herald., 1893-04-20
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Il don't place iesuch co1hdsncs In
thesr ssorSes thai tpsls hring III luck.s .
said T., j. 6tsinu}y u PhilsdOlphis IN
The Nortoa yesterday sftssnass. - be
gsz~d feadiy ~ a;gsn that rryeisd In
play II prasnStie ooaorN Il boogkf
that opal a . man vho declared q -
. .honooo' He ssid ls hsd Shlrie<aesi'
him over sincs be osped IL The dss
after be bought u kss Aoshsr in lac
dropped In on tie family. and the next
day the baby ne3riy disd frou ths effects
It - allowing a{qaartsr. Afser . while
somebody stole - Lsveilyn SITTER and
the cat fell into fhs cistern. Fnaiiy the
barn burned, ar(h the owner of the opal
docided that tke sem sss TOO gay fos
him he sold II te me and since then
I've lived on Eash street The day sitter
] made the dickfr I Won = nee suit sf
clothes on Cartsa Hsrisoas plurality.
Last week the ol3 man promissd ~ In
crease my sslsry the nrss ot NAY. I've
had tho brst trade this trip that eses
have had. and this morning got dis-
patch from hoche stating that I'm the
father Il . nine pound hoy. That opal
ID = winner"
'Hpsalantis cycloos wss the most dis
sstrous thing that ever streck the csty."
ssid 4. n. Turnes of the pretty little
suburb IN The Morton last night. The
whole sophoussse cisa Il the universsay
has bssen down there, too II the tor
nsdo had happened along f~~ years
ago Il would not have t-en so dessruc-
tive. By some fate u slngied oot all the
newest and finest public buildings In the
city. The Hay 4 Todd factory had =
parrow .srspe. The building is i've
@iory brick and stands almost isolated
On the bank of the river. The cyclone
headed for Il straight ~ IN arrow. hut
when within 10 f~et II the structure Il
bounded. and psssed over the factory.
leaving IL untouched. As the factory 10
the citys leading manufacturing institu-
tlou it's los would have been felt more
than that IL anything else except. Il
course. the state pofnal school"
Don ". Dickinson returned 10 Detroit
yesterday afternoon His departure was
. cad blow TO the faithful. Many ii
them fingered in the lobby ~ The Nor.
ton all day Tuesday in the hope 81 get.
ting an opportunity to speak to the
dirpensor Of Michigan pap. but Mr..
Dickinson WAS shy. very shy. Cards
sent TO his room brought back no re-
sponse. A few of the boys reached the
outer door of the holy of ho.ies. but
they were graciously informed that Mr..
Dickinson was busily engaged and could
not be ssen. The one or two who caught
the prophet o( democracy we're informed
that he was out of politics and had no
time 70 discuss such mattera
&c. Walters Of Chicago. . represent.
ative of the Missouri. Kansas 4 Texas
road. is guest in Sweets. In spite os
all the preparations that have brcn
made for taking caro- of worlds fair
visitors, il 10 doubtful IL the railroads
will bc able to handle the crowds." said
he. The greatest aggregations Of per
sons that the world has ever eeen will
crowd in to the exposition. The roads
will be taxed 10 their utmost capacity;
hut IL any railways under the sun can
take care oe the people. they are the
Chicago roads But IL cholera keeps
out Of the country IL will hustle them 10
take care OF the business"
Il believe the worlds fair IL already
beginning To exercise depressing infiu-
ence upon business" said j. &. Stan.
wood Of New York in the New Liv-
ingston last evening. wherever I go
] can zee that trade is not quite up Ia
its usual standard There is no particu.
lar reason for this unless il he that
everybody il boing aaittle more econom-