Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-16


Among the furniture buyers 10 the
Merton Is young man from Gsdaes.
n l. He bears No relation - the
csty's salt .sdestry. Ga tue eonsr@r5
ne has conceived the idea that als spe
ciAl MISSION on earth u 20 mash nice
people Saturday sosne OF the boys
decided that the young nlxn must he
called down With : snad. Accordingly
they hied themselves away from t.ae
msudenlng crowd ead tnought several
thoughts. Yesterday meTais.g the DeAu
Eruanei from Geddes received Ia has
mail . note from . yoaug lady. and
also the dear g.ris pilot graph. The
note reminded him Of previous &C
qnaintance that be made here last
July. The photograph Ma sent sloug
as an evidence of good faith, and TO
assist IN the memory matter. The face
vas lncsous. soul-deyoursng one. sad
the recent graduate OF tae 0eddee
kindergarten was madiy infatuated.
The note further stated that the writer
wished TO meet him, but shrunk from
the publicity of those hoTrld furniture
dealers about the Merton. Could be
meet her IN the parlors Of Sweets AZ
2:30 Sunday Could hes Well, he
rather guessed he could. la fact ne
WAS 10 elsted that he showed the note
to several Of the boys in the Morton.
aud asked them II they didn't consider
| il little the softest mark they ever
heard OF. They did. Promptly At ESQ
O'Clock yesterday afternoon the Gled-
des Paris wended his way to sweets.
No woman could posslbiv have reslsted
him. None did. When he reached the
parlor . delegation OF furniture men
gave him ~ merry and cheerful .
laugh a. nis ears ever wot. Then they
| filed out into the chilly. whistlinR
zephyrs of winter and left him alone
with his thoughts
persons that have not seen it can
have no idea Of the ice blockade in New
York harbor," said X. =. Vivian Of
Kansas City in the lobby OF the Morton
last night. al was on board one Of the
steamers that were frozen in. Thurs.
day night was IN New Haven, and
Wishing to reach New York in the
morning and fearing TO trust the trains,
/ decided TO take one OF the sound
boats. / awoke In the morning and
thought the boat seemed rather still.
When dressed l found that We were
frozen in. We were not alone IN that
respect, for the bay was full of unfortu.
nate crafts. At 10 O'Clock We made IN
attempt tn get out, but it was no use.
Finally one of the ferry boats cue.
ceeded in blowing her way through the
ice and We ha,led her. She crushed
through the ice until che Was close
enough TO transfer our passengers and
took about forty CT Us off. She landed
us at Ninety-Ninth street and on the
way back ran down . tug. wanted
to 60 to Chicago and decided that II
would not be safe to wait for the North
Shore limited, 90 took . night train
out. We struck series of snow storms
and reached Chicago almost smul.
taneously with the limited. The man
that travels these days must not ex.
pect to reach any particular point At .
specified tlme."
"Onio has not repudiated Nc
Kinley," said b. l.. Dodge. IN
Akron furniture buyer, In the
Morton last night. ION the
contrary if he we're . candidate for
Office today he would receive ~ large
. majority as he did = year ago. u
course Ohio went democratic, and o.
did the rest of the country, but thai
does not signify that protection and it,
principles are dead. If only Ohio had
gone democratic, one might think that
Mckinley and his doctrines had been
renounced by his own state, but ths