Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-09


The furniture men took formal pos
sessaon Of the Morton last night For
the next thirty days they are the poo
pie. fuenty-flve OF the heaviest buy
ere In the country arrived in . bunch
last night and captured the hotel.
Their society Vas much sought ~ local
and other gentlemen who Rave large
stocks Of artistic furniture that viii be
disposed of IT rare bargain ''for this
month only" There are now about
forty buyers quartsred IN the Morton.
There are as many more out II town
seliers. Ii 10 estimated that the pur-
chsses of the farty buyers now in the
city will aggregate si.ooo, 900 IA cool.
cold dollars. That 10 one reason Why
the buyer's society 10 go much eoughs
after-that aud his capacity tor enter
tanning aud being entertained. From
now ON the Wholesale purchasers Of
furniture will be coming thick and
fast. Old ones will leave and new ones
arrive every day. The furniture sea-
con has begun and every dealer ia the
city expects If 70 he one OF the most
prosperous IN the history Of the trade.
The following are the buyers that
arrived in the Morton last night:
c. r. w. Schlinper of Edinburg. Nd.
l.. r. Crosby of Chicago. =. &. snaffer
OF .PhiladelI hia. Il. schmideknots OF
Louisville, Z. II. NJ. Jones and Hugh
McElveen of Pittsburg. J. j. Keenan,
and j. NJ. keenan, Of Detroit. ). {. Nc.
Millen of Bedford. Ohio, James Nor.
arity of Cleveland, T. ID. Terrett OF
Cleveland, A. b. Shaw and c. b. keeler
of Boston, j. A. johnson and +. NJ.
Beggs of New York. IL. X. Slocum OF
New Bedford, Mass, j. A. Lake OF
Worcester. Mass. T.. II. Cooke. b. 5.
Briggs and W. V. smallcy of Boston,
8. A. Willis Of Worcester, Z. A. Brock.
way OF New York. John IL. Mills Of
Brooklyn.
Major c. s. Weatherall, commandsnt
at Fort Mackinac, 10 = guest ~ the
Morton. he 10 taking his annual fur
Tough and 10 waiting Grand Rapids
fricnds. The major 10 one of the old
est men in the regular army. having
seen nearly forty years OF active ser
vice. He 10 still active and enjoys Z
good story ~ we'll - any man on earth.
1.-THE Nineteenth 10 just taking life
easy" he remarked last night. 'Tne
boys are going through the motions,
and that ie about all there 10 for them
to DO. l haven't the least idea what
the new administration has in store fol
the regular army. Probably come
changes will be made. The last ad.
ministration abandoned Uptoo's tao
tics and gave us q new manual fol-
email arms. The manual 10 all right
and is an Improvement over the Upton IN
many respects--except that We haven,
any material to work it with. All the
movements require three battaiions,
Must have two majors slso. We have
two battalions at the fort and only one
major, SO you can see the tactics are
not an overwhelming success 90 far a.
we are concerned. Changing the tao
tics Is out Of the question. To have
any more men is impossible; SO We ge'
along the best we can"
Miss Agnes Herndon and her COM
pany were guests in sweets last night
on their way to Muskegon. Eve have
just purchased 3 new play" said j. A.
Jessel, Miss Herndon's manager. 81;
10 four-aet heroic comedy, and wal
written by Alfred Hennequin and
George p. Goodale. Mr.. Hennequlr
was formerly instructor III French in
the University of Michigan and Mr..
Goodale 10 the we'll known dramatic
critic of the Detroit Free Press. The