Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-19

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nuslnsss. That i the Kind 4 mayor
the city neesis and l. gssng - have
Livery voter IN the cits vii te ont eiec'
tion day. and Carter Harrison NJ -
buried ID al ssslsnehe Il sole< u The
respectable citizens"
Portland l. destined 90 be the ercet
commercial metropolis e the west. saio
Willard A StcafBs II Detroit M The
Morton last Eight. Il shall rse4oFe
there and ~ into the pine land business
III IL = wonderful city. la many re-
specfs n has no equal. In vii he only
few years until II has dl=tanccd San
Francisco. lts hound 10 Do IL. All n
needs y more men 10 develop in indus
tries. The older residents Afo resting
noss growing wealthy 90 The invest
ments they have already made. bat nes
blood 10 ootnine into the city and u -
constantly growing. ] met man. while
there recently. who came - Portland IN
ic3 With hardly a dollar. Shortly
afterwards he bought lot and bald The
taxes by digging out siumps Tor his
neighbors. The LOT IL now worth kiso.-
co. Ten years ago be losned $4,000 on
l8uscfe lot The land wasn't con
sidered 10 he worth much more than
that. aud the mortgage Was never paid
A few days ago he Was offered 81 90
for the property and refused IL The
estimated value II the land ls 81 10000.
That furnishes an idea Il the colossal
fortunes that have been built up there
and are being built up. Portland IL the
gateway Of the great northwest, and lie
future prosperity IL already assured"
anybody here from Yp<liantisr
aeked an old. white haired man ~ Clerk
Wood in The Morton yesterday after
noon. Nobody here from Npsllanfi 90
day. sir" said Wood. as he glanced over
the register. Strange about that odd
man." be continued. -He comes Ia
here almost every day on my watch and
asks II there rs anybody here from
Ypsilanti.' He seems perfectly harm
less. and is 20 quiet and ecnilemaniy
that he has interested me. He never
asks any other question. and always
turns and goes out as soon as he finds
there is nobody here from Ypsilanti. /
thought at first that he Was playing q
con game. but the next day l-Nes sir:
a pitcher OF ice water Tor No. 1885, Send
it right up. SIR
That diamond cost $780," said j. c.
Freeman ~ Boston. as be exhibited a
solitaire stud In The Morton last night
-but wouldn't take 81 900 for il. Why
Because il 10 a mascot Since I've
owned that diamond I've been dead IN
line. I've played in luck. and everything
has come my way. Two or three times
j have been ON the stock train, but I've
always been able to soak the stone for a
couple Of hundred. Then my luck would
come to me and ! would redeem the
diamond. I'm getting supersiitious
about that gem, and couldn't he induced
TO part whit"
The work Of remodeling The New
Livingston is almost completed. and
Messrs. Irish will give house warming
Tuesday night. The house will h
thrown open to everybody that wishes
to inspect the hotel. The office is u.
pretty a thing as there is in the state
and the rest Of the hotel is in keeping
with il. Wurzburg's band will furnish
music and light refreshments will be
served.
Prof. Isaac NJ. Demmon. who occu
pies the chair Of English literature il
the University Of Michigan. dined a
The Kent yesterday. on his way home Il
Ann Arbor.
Prof. w. n. Ferris Of the Big Rapid,
Industrial school. was a guest in Ih'
Morton last evening.
Daniel A. Kelly and part OF the mem
bcrs Of his company are guests II
Sweets.
MoRroS-C;eorgc f. Bowling. Mon
tague: G. l.. Bailey. Mancelona: A. 4
Vandercook. jackson; A. w. Wells. 81
Joseph; w. &. Auer. Cadillac; Mr.. ans
Mrs. w. ii. Holden. Traverse City.
SwErr's-C. A. welch, Belding: W
III. Grant. Ross: George Beebe. kala
mazoa; NJ Muddaugh. Clippercd; A. q
Griffin, Bay City; q. L. p. Brown, Char
levoix.
New LIVINGSTON f. Snuggs. Mus
kegon: Mrs III. +. Dillingham;. Lansing
r. A. Hastings and wife. Mrs. l.. W
WEIGH. Sparta; c. Warner, YpsiIanti; I
L. Haugh, Bedding.
EAoLE-C. W. Granger, Otsego: NJ.
Chase. Muskegon; r.. &. Holmes. Hub
bardston; T.. Hayward. Casnovia: Val
Bentley. Holland; j. &. Townsend
White Cloud.
KESr-D. Ellis. East Lake; W.
Smith. Lansing: Isaac y. Demmon. An
Arbor: +. Larrsbec. Ionia: Mrs. Thoma
King. Central Lake; {. +. Cook. An
Arbor.
CLARESpoS-W r. Dobson. Gran
Haven; Frank I. Grant. Saginaw; j.
Simon. Benton Harbor; William DE
Pres, Grand Haven; A. ID. Griffin. Ba
City.
BnrpaE STREET Horsr-J. s. Engle
Saginaw; Mrs. George Haas. Conklir
VI. Crimmins. Rockford; q. +. Burnhau
Saginaw: l.. &. Bradford. Holland; Il.