Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-07
City News IN Brief.

NJ tu0 CiuO Iucctluk W
night the Hon. w. ID. Fuller will talk
on Future Reformatory Work." and
. committee appointed last week to
look up suitable rooms for reading
room purposes Will also report. Every
body is cordially invited.
Jack Weaver defeated Al Brewer in
. 800 point billiard game last night by
. score of 800 to 293. The highest run
made was - points which was made
twice by Brewer and once by Weaver.
Time of game, TWO hours and thirty
five minutes.
The West Michigan road cleared its
tracks yesterday morning and trains in
the afternoon reached the city nearly
on time. There are about ten inches
Of snow along the line of the G.. X. &
l., but it has caused no inconvenience.
Grand Secretary Copover and Grand
Treasurer Noble of the Michigan grand
lodge of Maeons are looking over the
Masonic home preparatory TO making
report TO the grand lodge, which
meets IN Saginaw January 70.
j. Riley benson. chairman of tho
peoples party committee, and Ralph
Treat, CITY chairman, have called q
meeting for tonight in Central Labor
Union hall of the county, ward and
township committees.
Edwin TAFT, formerly chief clerk in
the Z. Il w. NJ, general baggage agents
office, has secured an Office in the Mich
igsn Trust company's building and
started supply brokerage business.
The election of the X. S. /. was post
poued two weeks on account of the
small attendance last night. Robert
Wolcott gave q very interesting talk
on the butterfly and on moths.
Primary Sunday school and kinder
garten teachers are invited to meet at
8 O'Clock this afternoon, with MISS
Elnora Cuddeback at the Western
Michigan college.
A small crowd of half-frozen horse
men congregsted at the lake yesterday
e. witness horse races ON the Ice. AS
the entries failed to fill, the races were
declared OFT.
The Hesperus club will meet and dine
at Sweets At 5 O'Clock this afternoon.
The clubs constitution will be per-
fected and literary subjects will be dis
cussed.
Examinations for positions in the pos
4 t8l otlNlCt viii 10 hSiQ tue lcuclAl
| building February Z. Applications
must be filed at least twenty days pre-
| vious-
A. N. Albee and about fifty OF hi.
friends enjoyed a sleigh ride to Grand
vile last evening. Music was taken
along and dancing WAS INDUCED in.
The Custer Guard will mold Its an.
nual election Monday night. Captain
i a.
Storrs will probably be reelected.
Imperial lodge X. of =. will hold 1t.
annual meeting Tuesday evening a
Elks' hail. Nine directors will bs
elected for the ensuing year.
Anna G.. Lamoreaux yesterday re
ceived $4,000 from the Great Camp oil
endowment policy.
The Rev. Or. Campbell Fair will
preach his annual sermon to the bene
ficlsry organizations of the city Febru
AIRY 10.
Fred A. Denny will leave today for
Toledo to assume his duties as assistant
manager of the Toledo Rubber com
pauy.
The funeral of Mrs. J. p. Britain will
be held from the Division street NJ. +
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The board of directors of the Y. NJ
c. A. will hold meeting at the Y. NJ
c. A. building this evening.
J. G. Comstock will wrestle with c
VI. Neal at Kalamazoo next Tuesdsl
night for 5000 SIDE.
The PythIan SISTERS will give hop a
X. Z. hall, South DIVISION street, thI
evening.
Miss Felicia Kayser OF Buffalo IL vie
ting Madame Dekonrski, No. 104 Pari
avenue.
The ladies' Literary club will NEE
at 230 this afternoon, instead OF
O'Clock.
Prof. Dwyer will organize physica
training classes At the bicycle club to
night.
The Rev. J. w. Reid is confined to hi
house by sickness.