Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-26


seeeocd from the trust. wss IN Our once
the other ds, and said that toth the
Corning and Wooleper plADts would
break away from the trust june !. The
trust rented shese Peoria distliieriss fos
twenty five years. bat the rent 10 hearty
year behind. and Il looks - though the
owners woald have 70 sue scf IL On the
| ether hand the trust may u abe %
meet its Obligations il can raise the
money. which looks doubtful st present.
and IN that cass u Nay stall cDatrui
the feoriA houseA The outstanding re
bate certificates. which must bs met os
break the trust. amount " yearly e1.0p.-
00O. and Gfocnhut 10 Uild with fear over
the outcome u his pet schsme. The
price Il spirits hes gone cay doun q
result u the financial sesaits In Which
the trust finds itself and will 70 down
until the matter V settled one way o.
another. lt's simply Q csss a retalis-
ton. the trust twisted the screws and
nov il feels the pressure. In Len than
three weeks tho price oe spirits has
dropped 8 cents . gallon. Figure the
Gust of manufacturing and you will go
What this whisky tight nsans. Spirits
sell today Tor el.OI q gallon. the govern.
ment tag u ~ cents and il costs IL
cents % make. That brings tho total
cost to ti0a Four cents profit isn't .
living margin"
Dear old c. w. Couldock was writing
letter in The Morton yesterday after
noon when reporter for TAG HERALD
saw him. Mr.. Couldock has been
known and loved by thester goers for
the last fifty years. and 10 the present
generation 10 remarkable for his imper-
sonation q Dunston kirke in Hazel
kirke. Dropping his pen no turned in
his chair and said: "You know when
person 10 asked 10 sing one always has q
cold; my ideas have flown. This sum
mcr I'm going TO fish with Joe JefYer
son. His house was burned. but Ruz-
yards BAY is still there and the trout
streams are still there. With such
companion a. Joe and with fish eager TO
be caught could one ask for more
charming month"; You don't know Joe!
The next time he comes here interview
him. What will do next season, play
IN Doris, II Ia a capital play. with
possibly too much plot; my part In not
much, but il plsases me-. How this town
has changed! Thirty years ago when !
came here the place was struggling
hamlet. man named Lyons kept the
best hotel In town and in the state for
that matter. The hotel has changed
from frame building to one 81 brick.
and The Morton seems to have caught
and fastened tho reputation Of that old
inn.'
Capt. j. w. Maybce IL Toronto is
lodged ut The Morton. Il nm violent
annexationist avered the captain. but
annexation will never come. When Can
ada sewers from England it will Ice as an
independent republic. Monarchies are
not in it. All this talk few weeks ago
about those Canadian armOured cruisers
is rot. pure and straight. without settler.
They are about eighty tive feet long and
can steam twelve miles, not knots. an
hour. Canada will he q republic some
day. and as such will make her bow and
cay: You're all right, Uncle Sam. but
Ill play it alone"
Tim Ncstor is in town and as usual ia
stopping with Boyd Pantlind. When
asked about the Don and Dan conflict
at Washington. he 81 the Pompcian
ringlcts showed IA tooth pick out 81 sight
and murmured politics; know nothing
about them. Forest fires! don't believe
in them. Worlds fair 10 out Of sight
hince the big load Of logs has been at the
Michigan building for six weeks on ex-
hibition and Tim Nestor is alive for his
friend TON Carroll for stamp CHANCELLOR
Of Grand Rapids. There you are!
W. W. Mitchell 81 Cadillac was a
diner at The Morton yesterday. In
speaking OF the recent forest fires about
the center Of the Michigan hardwood
belt" he said: Fortunately the pine
did not burn. twas only the under
growth that made the blaze and swept
over many sections II land For two
weeks the fires ragged and it's mercy of
the lumbermen's providence that mil
lions OF standing pine was not swept
away. Fortunately the rain came ON
Monday and the forest fires instead III
hurting Cadillac benefited it,
Harry w. Scmon. manager of Irwin
Bros. circus, is at Sweets. where he
made $500 contract Ia keep his people.
The circus will be at Grand Rapids June
=, and -. and will show on the island.
MIR. Scmon has lost none 81 his old time
charm that spun the web for the Spider
and Fly company.
q. &. Mcdonnell. II Lowell. dincd at
The Livingston yesterday. Mr. Mellon
nell il ono 81 the stockholders ~ the |
Lowell Electric Light and Power com. |
pany and was in town on business con
nected with the scheme. lie saws that
the power house will DO completed In
siN months.
&. i. Lille. 81 Coopcrsville, dined at
The bridge street yesterday. Mr.. Lille |
says the preparations being made for
the fair t. bc held at Coopcrrvillc. DC
loher Z. 4. and q. warrant the belief !
that u will he the most successful in the
history u the association.
Percy T. Cook. a former Grand Rapids
now ~ Detroit, is registered
at Tho New Livingston.
Wilhelm Wirs'h. senior and Junior.
men 81 Stuttgart, Germany.
are at The Eagle.
II. j. Armstrong. - Armstrong 4 Ora
ham. Detroit. the largest harness manu-
'ac'urcrs in the wcsi. 10 a guest at The
Livingston.
John \. Flat. a shining Grand Haven
attorney. Is 4uariered at The Livingston.
MoEroS Levi X. Rica. Be~~emer: Mrs
george T.. Bowling. Montague: Mira y.
". Foster. Newa,go; W. ". Mitchell.
'adillsc. &. H. Peck. Kalamazoo. u. W
'iraggs. Saginaw; NJ " Stanton, Sheri
ian. \. i. Cassiday. Detroit
SwrEr's NJ Markaon. Big Rapids.
" ". Andersen. Saginaw. &. Bsldrn:
'sdillac. II ] Dudley. Fremont. 4. n.
f. &. Dsviit Detroit
l.fvf~gGTn~ NJ ~scuchsop E.i.