Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-21
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G. A. Russell. superlnss 1dsnl OF con-
strucslon Of the Mensssn worlds lar
bu.lliax, q guest IN sweets. Mich
ixzu si!l have = b1lldinx that every
sItszsn may be proud of, AID Mr.. kus-
cell 10 . reporter for TnE HsRALD last
evening ssTnere - not = prett.er or
more artistic state building on the
grounds. That opinion . mol coanned
70 myself alone Col. Glover. Eng
lApd's ambassador 1t the TAR. told me
. few dsys before he died that lie had
bsoa IN all the state bulid-
lngs, bat tina. onrs WAS the most
homelsko of any. The Grand
Rapids room and the Saginaw
room will DO elegantly furnished.
Probably there will be no richer ur
more artistic furniture AZ the fair than
thai which Will be put into the room
that sa.s city will furnish. Inc room
"a 4ox02 feet IA s.xe. Then there Is =
ioungsnx room and = read ing room ia
shs rear. The main corridor OF the
building IN x2xlco The university
nill supply the collection for the sxhl-
5ltlon room. THIS will include mounted
specimens Of al the geological prod
ucts Of the stAle. There will aleo be
specimens II al the native prod.
acts OF the state, the ores,
weeds. fora and everything. The
tuil1lng viii he completed about April
IS. Tire work has dragged uuneces-
sarily. bgtCon,rsctor Peltoa will nave
flushed BIS part IN about ten days
The unfinished condition Of tue build
ing made Il = difficult matter TO tell
aow u was & ing 10 LOOK. Arthur Hill
OF saginaw told me that whsu he saw
i fes months ago, ne thought IL WAS
gong To be a laughing stock; but that
ne was surprised 80 the artistic ap-
pesrance that II was taking on a. Il
nsarsd completion. / am here TO see
SpToul 4 NcGusrln IL regard % the
plumbing, asd TIE Middle NIB Mantel
company about the two msntsls Il is
making foF the building"
Dan Sopsr is in sweets. Daniel is
looking ws.i-excsedIngly well. lie Is
fat anu rosy sne hearty, and bears not
that tired look be wore when assisting
the great unwashed to perform the
heavy duties of stafesmsnsbip. And
exery time Daniel tanks of the late
administration aud lis lament
able fate, he laughs aud laughs
and waIes fat. after the teach
ings Of the proverb. 81 believe Grover
Cleveland made a nice move IN ap-
pointing Judge Gresham 10 q cabinet
position" sad Mr.. SOper last night. as
Toe conversation Omitted into politics.
1T y a move IA the same direction of
President Hsrrison's when he ap-
pointed Judge jackson rs the sue
css-or {, Justice Lamar. Both acts
are 10 be commented. They indicate
on the part of the leaders OF the two
grea; parties TO select ADVISORS VINO are
chosen for their fitness and not for
their psrtissnship. The more OF that
kind of politics we have. the better for
the people. for tue nation and even
for tho parties Themselves"
A. l.. Lahey OK Kalamazoo was q
guest 10 The Morton asst night on bis
way to Lansing Mr.. Lahey IS presi-
dent of the Kalamazoo Game Pro-
tective association aud chairman of
the state association. 81 have . couple
OF game bills that I'm gong TO work
for" he sald. "We shall make an At
tempt 10 stop all spring shoot
ing. Tbs law permits the shoot
ing of snipe aud certain specifies
of duck in the spring. That
means everything; for the man taat
goes huatlng 10 never overczreful wat
he shoots. The ducks start from the
south aud the great lakes are their brst
stopping point They nave been pound
ed az all winter on the coast. and are
naturally limit when they reach US
Ni higan hunters bang away at them
and the result q that when they return
south IN the fall the select another
route. The reckless Slaughter of
pot hunters has nearly depleted Michi-
gan of game. believe II all kinds OF
game were let alone IN tho spring the
sport would bs enough better in the
tai To more 'aaE compensate for II. IL
snootn g OF all kinds = absolutely pro-
bited IN the spfiug. hunters will have
20 excuse for beng out with guns. and
when they are caught there val 10 a
sure case against them"