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Grand Traverse Herald ~ 2 April 1885 All local and area news extracted Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan |
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Grand Traverse Herald ~ 2 April 1885 All local and area news extracted Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan |
2 Apr 1885
B. J. Morgan and wife have returns early next week.
The First National Bank will open its doors for business on Thursday, April 9th.
The Pilgrim of the Elk Rapids Progress made a pilgrimage to Traverse City Monday.
Several township histories have been received and placed on file for use in their regular order.
Pay Building and Loan association dues before six o'clock on Saturday. Fines follow failures
Hon. D. C. Leach will lecture tomorrow, Friday evening, before the literary society at Yuba.
Jas. Monteith has purchased the Lake View house at Fife Lake, and his son, H. L. Monteith, will run it.
Still snow for sleighing, but a very little warm weather will break up the roads and make them impassable.
Frank Goodrich and wife, Frank Kubec and Miss Mary Hooker returned from New Orleans Wednesday evening.
Jas. Irvin of Elmira, Otsego Co., has bought J. H. Schoonover's store property at Fife Lake, and will continue the business.
Easter services at Grace Church at half past ten a.m. Children's services at four p. m. in place of the usual evening service.
Many old time friends here of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hopkins, now residing at Cassopolis, will be sorry indeed to learn of the death of their little girl, Blanche, about three years old, we believe, which occurred on the 28th of March. The parents will have the sympathy of many friends in Traverse City.
W. F. Griffin's new house in Oak Park will be of brick and 50,000 have been bought for this purpose of J. W. Markham.
The Boys' Band of Traverse City, intend giving a concert here before long. A big house will be given them. -- Elk Rapids Progress
Fife Lake is talking seriously of building a town hall, and the voters will be asked next Monday to appropriate $450 towards it.
The second quarterly meeting of the L. L. A. for the current year will be held at the association rooms on Saturday afternoon of this week.
Geo. A. Cutler and wife of Leland, passed through town the last of the week on their way to Wisconsin. They will be gone a couple of weeks.
April 11th has been designated as Arbor Day by the governor, but it looks now as if it would be a poor day for tree planting in Traverse City, this year.
J. H. Schoonover will probably build on the lot where his store building was recently burned at Fife Lake, and will put in hardware and agricultural implements.
There were 53 applicants for teacher's certificates at the examination last week. Thirty-three received third grade certificates and two second grade. 18 failed to pass.
A postal from Platte, after the correspondence page went to press, announces the death of Mrs. Katie Esch, who sickness was noticed in the Platte correspondence.
D. J. K. Elms has bought of Steele & Titus the Chipman house and lot corner State and Franklin streets, and will at once remodel the house, making it one of the prettiest on the street. The price paid was $1,200.
The Boys' favorite orchestra will give a select party at Library Hall on Friday evening, April 17th. Those who attended last year's party will remember the very pleasant and enjoyable time all expressed themselves us having.
If you want to vote on Monday be sure that your name is registered. The board for Traverse township meets on Saturday at Johnson & Co.'s drugstore. Registration in the village alone will not entitle you to a vote at the township election on Monday.
E. J. Kennedy, who has been for some time with S. E. Wait, left yesterday morning for Detroit where he takes a place with T. W. Perry, 709 Woodward Ave. Mr. Kennedy has made many good friends here who will regret to have him leave, but who will all wish him success.
The young ladies of classes numbers one and six in the M. E. Sunday school will give a "milkmaid social" at Germaine's hall, on Tuesday evening, April 14th. There will be an interesting programme and the entertainment will be novel in all its features. The HERALD will give further particulars next week.
P? Bernsteine, the well known and enterprising Fife Lake Merchant, who will be remembered by HERALD readers as a former heavy advertiser in this paper, has an advertisement in this issue. It is now as it always was, a pleasure for the HERALD to say a good word for Mr. Bernsteine and his business.
We commence, this week, a series of sketches of life on the U. S. steamship Tuscarora during a deep sea sounding cruise, a dozen years ago. These sketches are written for the HERALD by a member of the expedition, C. E. Brewster, now a resident of Mayfield this county, and will prove interesting reading.
On Monday, near D. Dunn's at Silver Lake, in Garfield township, while Geo. Lutman Jr. and his wife and child and the little girl of W. S. Anderson, of this place, were driving slowing along the road in a cutter, a livery team and large sleigh containing half a dozen lumberman came rapidly toward them from the river. The driver losing all control of his horses they dashed upon Mr. Lutman's cutter, demolishing it completely throwing all its inmates out and seriously injuring Mr. Lutman himself.
S. V. Stedman died very suddenly Sunday night, March 29th, of paralysis. He had, we understand, been as well as usual during the day. The following facts of his life have been furnished us;
"Stephen Van Rensselner Stedman was born in Lower Canada, near Montreal, Feb. 28th, 1811. When a year and a half old his parents moved to Ceyuga Co., New York. From there they moved to Ohio in 1834. He was married to Lucy Graves in Ohio in 1836. He moved with his family to Grand Rapids in 1845. From there he moved to Illinois where he lived ten years, moving back to Michigan, to Sangatuck, Allegan Co., coming to Grand Traverse in the fall of 1876, settling in Acme, where he resided until his death. Twelve children were born to him, of whom eight are now living."
Ulysses C. Mann write to HERALD in regards to him being 14 years old with five brothers and two sisters, all younger than him. His mother died the 6th of February, 1885, and is hard for them to get along but they do the best they can. This was a letter to the editor from the Kalamazoo daily Telegraph ...
Robert Lee, formerly of Northport writes us from his present home, Gladstone, D. T., under date of March 28th, enclosing $1.50 for his twenty seventh annual subscription to the HERALD, and adds:
"Although we are so much nearer the north pole than you are, and as paradoxical as it may seem, our winter has been much pleasanter than yours as well as much shorter. Since the 22nd of February the thermometer has been down to zero only one night, and during your cold weather in the middle of March we had very pleasant weather. I commenced sowing my 150 acre field with wheat on the 16th. Others around here are sowing oats and gardening."
List of jurors for April term of circuit court, next week:
Traverse, Clark Dawley
Fife Lake, John Schoonover
Blair, George W. Hargraves
Grant, G. A. Brigham
Paradise Nathan W. Smith
Long Lake, Davis Pegg
Peninsula, Oliver Lardie Jr.
Whitewater, Walter M. Baird
Mayfield, M. M. Sackett
East Bay, Peter Courtade
Traverse, Frank Cook
Fife Lake, Lorenzo Brown
Blair, J. P. Bristol
Grant,, Isaac Broadway
Paradise, Lewis Van Hyning
Long Lake, James Brown
Peninsula, Peter F. Lardie
Whitewater, James A. Button
Mayfield, Alonzo Van Tassel
East Bay, W. S. Chandler
Traverse, M. Winne
Fife Lake, Horace Peck
Blair, Benj. Hunter
Grant, Arthur Bennett
SAMUEL BRIGHTY OBITUARY
Samuel Brighty died at his home in Grant township March 24, 1885, at the age of 17 years and 4 months. His illness was of short duration and it was thought to be nothing serious at first; and some of his near relatives living at a distance did not know of his being sick until the sad news of his death. It is peculiarly sad to lose one so early in life, and to who the future presented a bright prospect. But it is pleasant to remember that all that kind hands and true hearts could do was done to stay the angel of death. The funeral services were held at the Coates school house Friday, March 27, and were attended by a large concourse of friends. After services the remains were followed to the cemetery by a goodly number of the congregation to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed. He leaves four sisters and two brothers to mourn his loss, but their losses will be his gain.
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining four weeks unclaimed in Traverse City, Mich., post office. If not called for in four weeks will be sent to dead letter office. In calling for them say "Advertised April 1" M. E. Haskell, P. M.
Brett Ainsen J. C. Chaney Joseph Duphen John Fortune Luis Garrer Otto Gex Chas. S. Hampton Adolf T. Johnson Harrison Johnson Egidore Litoneau Will Lewis J. E. Meredith Albert Morse Jane Valleau Mrs. Sarah Salsbury Laura White Mandy Williams
ADVERTISEMENT"
"GIRL WANTED a good girl for general housework. I will pay $3 per week for the right girl. Mrs. B. J. Morgan" end of page 5
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GRAND TRAVERSE -- Local News
YUBA:
Louis Ainsley is talking of going to Kansas soon.
Fred Pusey, of Torch Lake, is visiting J. H. Fife's.
A little too much snow for this time of year. Poor prospect for sugar making.
The Hon. D. C. Leach is expected to address the people of Yuba on Friday evening.
The Misses Taylors, Mr. Coleman and Doc Bailey of Marshall county, Indiana were called by telegram to see Mrs. Henry Bailey, who is very sick.
WALTON:
Willis McConkie spent two weeks vacation of the Ann Arbor schools at home.
John Mecklem has closed his school at Haire after a successful term of six months.
A colored minstrel troupe performed at this place Saturday evening, for the benefit of the I. O. G. T. lodge.
Mr. Peck has returned from Grand Rapids, the court having adjourned on account of the illness of the judge.
Miss Cora Ladd returned from Ann Arbor where she has been attending school.
Ogdensburg school closed last Friday, with an exhibition, and the scholars entertained a full house for about three hours, and is to be repeated with some more select pieces, next Wednesday night.
We attended the minstrels, (or the Big Six) entertainment at the Old Mission, and listened to their plantation songs and dances, also side splitting sketches, and was much pleased. Think they may become orld-renowned with a little more practice.
CEDAR RUN:
Business is rather dull yet. Still waiting for spring time to come.
And if any one wishing to know whether this is spring or not, can obtain the desired information by referring to any well regulated almanac. It will be see that last Friday spring was thrust upon us in the midst of a terribly depressing thermometer for some days previous everything had been clothed in a massive white; robe no farmer dared to invade Mother Earth or think of sowing or making garden.
The only think of much note that has occurred for a few days happened in the town of Almira. A prominent citizen was passing through the woods and he observed something going over the hill. He started in chase thinking it was a cub bear, but it soon housed itself in the earth. Then not being satisfied as to what the monster was he and a neighbor proceeded with a shovel and pick ax, with a gun near at hand, went to work to excavate the monster. But after spending the day in a vain endeavor to reach it they returned home to renew the search in the morning. But on returning to the spot they found to their surprise that the animal had fled to a more peaceful place of abode. But pursuit was made and he was soon traced to another house not made with hands' but with feet we think, and then another day's excavation was done with the same result as before and, being somewhat discouraged they thought that they would try the excellence of a steel trap and on returning the next day what do you think they found? A bear? No. An Otter? No. But the monster proved to be a ground hog that had been deceived over one day's sunshine and thought it was spring and had wandered to meet an untimely and cruel death.
Green Brier school closed on the 27th with an exhibition on the night of the 28th, and we learn that they had a good time. The school was taught by Miss Ida Hooker with good satisfaction.
As a gentle reminder we would say to our democratic friends that procrastination is the thief of time, and in four years hence you may be deprived of the privilege of getting the post office. We know you are hungry and your name is legion.
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Column 2
Simmons and Brother are expecting their mill every day and are anxious to get it out before the snow goes.
GREEN LAKE
Many thanks for the cook book received.
School is closed in district No. 3 last Thursday.
Seth Osborne has his logging job completed, and is at present stopping at Henry Brown's with his family.
Oscar Kenney has traded his farm on section 18 to Eugene Barnard for a house and lot in Frankfort.
Mr. and Mrs. Ottenger have returned from Reed City where they spent the winter, and we understand they are soon to move on their farm in Inland.
A. Kimball and Horace Slosson are each going to dig a well this spring; Mr. Kimball expects to have to dig as much as a hundred feet before reaching water, as an old caved well on the place is reported at 115.
Mr. Editor, we think some of our enterprising agents had better hunt some thermometers that will indicated the weather several more degrees below zero, as we are informed of two places in Green Lake that it was so cold the thermometers got as low as the figures would permit, and yet the whole had not been told.
LEELANAW COUNTY
MILLER'S HILL
Also Rev. Mr. Linkletter of Almira. (sentence correct)
Mr. Gough of Empire gave us a call.
F. Brotherton of Traverse City was on the Hill this week.
H. Miller and wife celebrated their pearl wedding on the 25th.
The series of meetings in Glen Arbor are being attended largely.
G. W. Miller, Mrs. Tanner and daughter were in Traverse City this week.
These warm days set the maple sugar markers to dreading wading in the deep snow.
Jacob Barton is calling on old acquaintances in these parts, after an absence of five years.
GOOD HARBOR
Mrs. Clark Rogers called at Maple City last week.
The Good Harbor boys will challenge all northern Michigan in skey (?) sliding.
C. Kropp has returned from Milwaukee. He has hired a barge to call here regularly once a week for wood.
While G. Grant was splitting wood the ax came off the handle and struck his foot, cutting him quite severely.
A railroad meeting was held in Leland, and quite a number of this place attended; but no definite conclusion was arrived at.
"Will this cold weather never end," is the cry of the farmers in this neighborhood, whose cattle are suffering for the want of fodder. We learn that some have already perished, and others will, if food is not procured soon.
EMPIRE
Miss Hattie M. King, who has been staying in Glen Haven with her sister, is here again.
It is rumored that we are to have another post office -- one more improvement in our little town.
Now is the time for people to fence their farms to keep their cattle from the railroad and cow catcher.
Snow has been about three feet on a level; still more is coming; some are preparing to make sugar though.
M. E. meetings are held at the new school house, once in two weeks. There was quite a large turnout last Sunday, Rev. Mr. Tyndal [sic] presiding.
It seems to be quite a hard winter for people to keep their stock. One or two have brought hay and straw, while another killed his pig to save its life.
Our town was quite well represented by teachers at the examination at Leland the 27th inst. And we all dispersed, (seemingly so) ten per cent better with our little slips of paper.
OVIATT
Misses Ada Pettingill and Ida Berry went to Benzonia to attend the examination for teachers.
Rev. L. Kenney and wife left this place to-day for their home in Inland where Mr. Kenney fills three appointments to-morrow.
Charles Cressey's house came very near being destroyed by fire on the 23d. Mrs. Cressey's cries for help were heard by some men working in the woods quite a distance from the house.
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Column 3
Some of the members of the young people's mite society met at the residence of W. Albro March 20th and adjourned their meetings to April 3d, at the residence of Dr. Monroe on account of the revival meetings.
L. Kenney assisted by Rev. W. Tindall, having been holding revival meetings here for the past three weeks. The church has been graciously blest and brought nearer to God, while twenty have started in the new life.
H. C. Pettingill is having his house remodeled and finished off on the inside. Travelers passing this way will find this house a pleasant and comfortable place to stop at. Mr. Pettingill also keeps a good stock of dry goods and groceries, and pays highest market price for butter and eggs.
BENZIE COUNTY
PLATTE
The people are longing for warm weather.
Mrs. Katie Esch is reported as being very sick.
"Who shall we have for township officers?" is the question now before the people.
We see logs and cordwood still going to Otter Creek. The teamsters say they are getting rather tired of it. They have had a long pull at it this winter.
School in district No. 1 closed Tuesday, the 24th, with an exhibition in the evening. The audience more than filled the seats, and judging by the countenances of both old and young the exhibition was a success. School teacher, Miss Ettie Hubbell.
GENERAL ITEMS:
Sheriff Albro talks of starting a meat market in Frankfort.
The bill incorporating the village of Frankfort has passed both houses.
Mrs. I. W. Gaines of Frankfort, eats Florida oranges with a 200 years old fruit knife.
A. P. Wheelock, formerly of Almira, and once sheriff of Benzie County, is now married and living at Bear Lake.
South Frankfort has a dog that regularly gathers the eggs in a certain hen house and appropriates them to his own use.
Among those who are preparing large fallows in Almira this winter are Geo. Porter, C. H. Rose, D. F. Holden, and C. S. Linkletter.
FOX - COTRELL Deaths
Mrs Elizabeth Fox, 102, and Mrs Mary Cotrell, 92, both well known to a number of Benzie county people died recently at Marine City.
WEXFORD COUNTY
WEXFORD
There is a great deal of sickness in the vicinity.
The weather trying to do better but is only doing a half a job of it.
Jennie Smith, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Smith, who has been quite sick for some time, is still very low.
Nelson Kendall and others have been attending school at Traverse City from here, are spending vacation at home.
E. Kendall and Miss Annie Skinner were married Wednesday, March 25th. May prosperity and happiness ever be theirs.
Edwin Evans closed a successful term of four months school at the Canute school house last Wednesday. Mr. Evans is employed to teach the spring term at the same place which speaks well for him.
GENERAL ITEMS
Manton will probably have a handle factory.
The Congregationalists of Cadillac are planning for a large pipe organ.
The Manton skating rink is closed during the revival meetings. That's fair.
The dwelling of J. Ferris, three miles north of Cadillac burned last week.
Martin Babcock of Manton was thrown for a cutter and his arm broken.
Hiram Jewell is about purchasing J. H. Wheeler's share of the Wheeler & Dean mill property in Hanover.
Walter Avery, of Sherman, will join his brother, Eugene, in Dakota, soon, and it is said the father, L. A. Avery, talks Dakota strongly.
Joseph Bulmer and Abraham Curtis stole 33 chickens and 10 ducks from Farmer Crosby, near Cadillac, and will have a circuit court trial.
W. H. Parks, a prominent attorney of Cadillac, died last week. The remains were taken to Grand Haven, and buried with imposing Masonic ceremonies.
Column 4
Two woodsmen, coming to Cadillac on snowshoes through the woods, found an Indian camp on Pine river, in the southwestern part of the county. Only an Indian girl had survived the party of seven. She had been four days without food. They took her to the nearest settlement and buried the others in the snow. It was a wandering band of Ottawas. The river was frozen and the snow too deep to hunt. They perished of cold and starvation.
MANITOU COUNTY
SOUTH MANITOU ISLAND
Not only is the above place a place of sentimentality, but it is also a place where fun and pleasure can be appreciated to the fullest extent. The people to not sit and mope the time away and wish for night to come that they might sleep another portion of it away, but their minds are kept busy thinking of some plan by which they may have some fun.
A few of the more primitive ones got their heads together, a few days ago, and concocted a plan by which they were to make desperate raid by way of a surprise party upon the house, home and family of one Christian Ankerson, who met his fate bravely and in a way that would do honor to the most heroic of heroes.
The attack was made between the hours of seven and eight p. m., March 18, by the gallant young swains of the neighborhood accompanied by their fair supporters, and after a few preliminary remarks at the odd, surrendered themselves as prisoners of war, and the fort with all its stores were confiscated by the avaricious crowd. After the surrender the programme consisted of games, dancing, etc., and etc. was too numerous to mention, but nevertheless it was funny.
The orchestra which furnished music for the dancing, consisted of Messrs. Kitchen, Hutzler and Armstrong, assisted by Sidney Moore of Glen Arbor. Supper was announced at six inches past eleven o'clock of the same evening, and about fifty, more or less, partook freely of the bountiful fare, and your humble servant who, of course was there, as he always is on such occasions, did not partake of the simple fare, but of that which was fairer first, for pie is good, but I did not "take the cake,"" nor did I "get left." But to say the least, we had a very enjoyable time, and I guess everyone went home satisfied. Nor did we take home with us twelve baskets full of fish and a few little crumbs for we at all (that we could.)
Wm. Gordon has nearly completed his gravel dock and is waiting for the opening of navigation.
The long and severe winter is hard on the stock here. Several loads of straw and hay have been brought over to the island for feeding purposes.
People are preparing to store ice.
KALKASKA COUNTY
BARKERS CREEK
Business is some more active.
Mrs. Storms has been very sick but is on the gain.
Geo. Copeland delivered two very fine bears at Elk Rapids last week.
The boys have returned from the lumber woods, having completed a large winter's work, taking into consideration the extremely cold and stormy weather.
Mrs. West Worden and Mrs. W. Bockes and daughter left on the 24th for a visit among their relatives and friends in northern Ohio.
While Geo. Mason was at work last Thursday falling pine in the swamp, on falling a tree he was struck by a limb that bounded from some of the adjoining trees and received a flesh would on the head, but is recovering fast.
A Mr. Moor from Ohio is in our township surveying the timber and lay of the land and would like to examine the soil, but thinks he will not yet for a few days. We would like to have him settle with us, as we think our township has a variety of inducements to offer investors.
GENERAL ITEMS
Jas. Campbell, Westwood, has shut down his saw mill until warm weather.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Ross of Kalkaska celebrated their golden wedding the other day.
A saloon burned at Kalkaska the other day but the whiskey wouldn't burn--they water their whiskey too much in Kalkaska.
DEATH:
Peter Paine, of Rapid River, was killed while re-curbing an old well. The Mancelona Herald gives this account: He was at work at the bottom of the well--about sixty feet from the surface--and his brother-in-law, who was working the windlas?, Continued on Column 5 ,,,,
had just started to lower eight pieces of curbing when the bottom of the bucket dropped out, and two or three of the pieces struck Mr. Paine squarely on top of his head, crushing in his skull and spilling out a portion of his brain. As the brother-in-law and a daughter of Mr. Paine, a girl about 19 or 20 years of age, were the only ones present when the accident took place, and there being no near neighbors, the girl volunteered to go to her father's assistance, and was accordingly lowered to the bottom of the well, when she lifted her father out of the water, and, tying a rope under his arms, he was raised to the top and carried into the house. He never recovered consciousness and died the next morning.
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY
EAST JORDAN AND SOUTH ARM
Two of our teachers have recently gone to Valparaiso, Indiana to attend the Normal school.
The Enterprise was not published this week on account of the serious illness of the editor's wife.
Rev. B. H. Whitman, formerly M. E. pastor at Charlevoix, has been helping Elder Blake hold special meetings here the past week.
The Boyne City dramatic club played here on Saturday night. These amateur clubs show that we have some talent in northern Michigan.
P. L. Launny, our diminutive merchant and his equally diminutive wife are occasionally seen on the streets in a cutter drawn by a large NewFoundland dog.
Republican and democratic tickets have been put in the field with Hon. James A. Keat at the head of the republican and W. F. Palmiter, present incumbent, on the opposite side.
Thermometer stood at 38 degrees below zero on March 21st. Spring had just been ushered in and we couldn't expect it to be cold! The weather is quite moderate at present, but with an occasional snow storm winter still lingers.
GENERAL ITEMS
Clarion talks a drug store and I. O. O. F. Hall
Fifteen Danish families have just located at Boyne Falls.
Twenty-two feet of snow-fall at South Arm this winter.
Mr. Moblo of Norwood will build and open a store at East Jordan.
Every available foot of room on the docks at East Jordan filled with wood, trees, posts, etc.
Brown & Co., bankers, Charlevoix, will build a handsome brick block; so will E.. H. Green; so, perhaps, will the Charlevoix savings bank.
A two-year-old son of Frank Hines of Charlevoix turned a bottle of carbolic acid into his eyes and mouth. Life saved, but eyes, perhaps, badly injured.
The Friant, Clara Belle and Gazelle and perhaps other boats will run on East Jordon and Charlevoix routes next summer--if the ice goes out.
ANTRIM COUNTY
GENERAL ITEMS
A. Landon has bought the harness business of M. Alpern, Elk Rapids.
Bellaire's $1,800 new congregational church was dedicated without debt.
Stephen Eldred of Bellaire has received a check for $1,080 back pension.
The Mancelona broom factory employs 25 men and turns out 50 dozen brooms a day.
John French, with a force of men, has got out 5,000 cords of wood for the Iron Co., this winter.
Chas. McLain and Ben Keeler robbed S. W. Gates of Elk Rapids of $40 in money and $700 in notes.
C. S. Edwards, talking to the Michigan Tradesman of Mancelona, says: "We are bound to have a business boom the coming season, and nothing short of the ending of the world can prevent Mancelona taking rank with Big Rapids, Reed City and Traverse City before many years. We have got the soil, we have got the timber, and -- last, but no means lest--we have got the business men to develop both branches activity. All our manufacturing industries are now in a flourishing condition. The Oval Wood Dish Co., now occupies four buildings, each 40x100 feet in dimensions, and will erect a fifth structure, same size, as soon as spring opens. The factory is using three million feet of elm per year and is turning out 150,000 butter plates--equivalent to a carload--per day. The Mancelona Handle Co., has lately built a large kiln and is adding considerable new machinery. More & Stow have but in their usual million and a half of maple
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logs, and will start their mills about April 1st. Wilcox & Willits, the other saw mill firm, are doing a good business. Snyder & Harding, proprietors of the handle factory at Wetzel, are also doing a profitable business. John Otis intends to begin burning coal next week. That man deserves a great deal of credit for the manner in which he has overcome his business reverses. and I look forward to the time when he will be looked upon as one of the richest men in northern Michigan. One of Mancelona's necessities in the shape of a grist mill is about to be supplied by A. F. Walbrecht, of Douglass, who agrees to have four run of stone in operation by July 1. Four Grand Rapids machinists are about to establish a foundry and machine shop, on ground donated by the village. Rodenbaugh Bros. talk strongly of erecting a brick building the coming season. Real Estate is active, both village property and farming lands being in good demand at considerably higher value than held last year. Give Mancelona a bank, which the demands and will cordially support, and a good hotel, and the future will take care of itself."
EMMET COUNTY
GENERAL ITEMS
Mrs. Capt. Wagley of Cross Village is dangerously sick with heart disease.
G. L. Smith, who run the first hotel at Harbor Springs has sold out and will go to Montcalm county.
Geo. Richardson has bought and will run the Globe hotel, Harbor Springs, and A. Clapp of Grand Rapids will have Emmet house.
August Kopka, and insane man confined in the county jail at Harbor Springs, hung himself to the window grating, making a rope out of the bed clothes.
I. O. of G. T. - Lodges in Grand Traverse County
No. 424 of Traverse City meets in the Odd Fellows' Hall Sat., Eve.
No. 469 of Long Lake meets in the Lake View Hall Sat., Eve.
No. 480 of Kingsley meets Friday evening in Kingsley's Hall.
No. 498 of Walton meets on Saturday evening in the Good Templars' Hall.
No. 507 of Williamsburg meets in their hall in Williamsburg on Wed Eve.
No. 522 of Green Lake meets alternate Sat., Evenings in School House for district 1.
I. O. of Lee - Lodges in Leelanaw County
No. 473 of Maple City meets alternate Thurs. Eve in the Good Templars' rooms.
No. 543 of Bingham meets Fri., eve in the School House of District 3.
Also has listings for Antrim, Benzie, and Manistee meeting places.
MORTGAGE SALE:
Default having been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made and executed by Frank W. Hagerman of Grand Traverse County, Mich., to Elias Wyckoff, dated July 31st, 1882... Liber 12 of Mortgages on page 238; $1600
Tidbits::
Adam and Eve introduced undressed kids along with the fall styles.
If "bread is the staff of life" then pound cake must be the gold-headed can of existence.
In the United States one person in every 120 is dependent upon public care. Note: Remember this is 1885
Grave injustice--The eulogistic inscription upon the average tombstone.
A corn-cob pipe factory at Washington, Mo., employs 50 men.
There are 168 school houses in Boston, valued at $7,800,000
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YOUNG FOLKS DEPARTMENT
Our Young Folks
Since last week letters have been received from:
Prudie A. Schofield, Romulus, Wayne county, MI
W. H. Darrow, Bingham
Etta May Fisher, Glen Arbor
Mary Anna Hulme, Maple City
Maud Kelderhouse, Glen Arbor
Floy and Helen Voice, Leland
Clara Truax, Williamsburg
Joseph B. Simmonds, Cedar Run
Blanche McRae, Traverse City
Hervey E. King, Mapleton
Edith M. Parmenter, Dwight, Illinois
Louis E. Barnard, Inland
___________________ Letter from Children___________________
Ovid, MI, March 9, 1885
Dear Editor,
As I see a great many letters in the HERALD, I thought I would write one also. Papa takes the HERALD. I like to go to school I study geography, arithmetic, grammar, history, reading, physiology, reading and spelling. My teacher's name is Miss Chaffee I have an organ. I am in the second grammar room. All I care about is playing on the organ and my books. I go to the Methodist church. There are four churches in this place, methodist, episcopal, congregation, baptist. I will close my letter. From Jennie A. BareSummit City, Mich., March 3, 1885
Dear Editor
I am a boy nine years old. Our school is out. Our teacher's name is Katie Adsit. I like to go to school very much. I got two prizes. One was a book and the other was a card. I read in the fourth reader and study arithmetic, geography and spelling. This is the firs time I ever tried to write a letter. I like to read the letters that the boys and girls have written. Fred DeanElmwood, March 9, 1885
Dear Editor
I am a little girl eleven years old. I see by your paper that letters are all in and that you want more letters, so I will try and write one. I am afraid you cannot read it. Now I will tell you about my pets. I have a little pet lamb. He is white. He has brown ears and brown spots. He is just the cutest little fellow you ever did see. He will jump on his mother's back and eat hay cause he is not big enough to reach the trough. Now my pet calf. I call it Spotty. It is two weeks old. It is brown and spotted white. I have another pet, my little sister. She is three years old. Her name is Flora. She and I have a great deal of fun. I will close my letter for this
time. Good-bye. From your friend, Ida Warner.Leland, March 12, 1885
Dear Editor,
I live in Leland. I am nine years old. I have been going to the English school, but now it is out and I am going to the German school. I can read nicely and can write some. I have four sisters and two brothers, the youngest is Albert. He is six months old and has two teeth. He is just full of fun. I have not many pets to tell of. We have two pigs tamed. One is Dot Sprinkler and the other is Black Pete. I have a dog. His name is Sam. We have a great many plants. We used to live in Northport before we came to Leland. I think I would rather live in Northport the best. I will close for this time and will try to do better next time. Viola A. JohnEmpire, Oviatt P. O. March 1885
Dear Editor,
I saw the invitation in the HERALD for the little girls and boys to write about out pets, so I thought I would write too. First, I have a pet pony. Her name is Jessie. I have had many a ride on her. I have a pet cow, her name is Molly. She is all red with a white spot in her forehead. I milk her every night and morning. I had six little pet pigs
but three of them died. I was very sorry. I had a pet dog but we gave him away because he was caught the hens. His name was Dash. He was all white. I have a lot of chickens. They are of all colors; they lay a lot of eggs n the summer. They lay in the winter too, but they eat their eggs. I have two pet cars, one is half white, where name is White. My other cat is gray; her name is Crossa. She is very cross. But the best pet I have is my llittle baby sister. She is just as fat and rosy as a doll. Her name is Laura. She is one year old. To-day I visited my neighbor's school. It was a very nice school. Our school was out a month ago. We had a nice term of school. I study reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, grammar, geography, and history. I am afraid I am making my letter too long, so will close. I hope to see this in print. I know I am too late for the prize. I am 13 years old. Anna Loudeman DeeringBowers Harbor, March 20
Dear Editor,
This is the first letter I ever wrote. I am eight years old. I went to school all winter to Miss Hitchcock. We all liked her very much. School was out Wednesday. I read in the third reader and study arithmetic. I can knit, twist yarn, wash dishes, sweep the floor and play on the organ. I have three sisters and six brothers. I have one brother living in Traverse city, and one sister living at Old Mission, and one at Mapleton. My father is captain of the Queen of the Lakes. I hope you won't put this in the wastebasket. Good-bye. From your little friend. Lizzie Johnson.Almira, MI, March 19, 1885
Dear Editor
I am a littel girl nine years old. My papa takes the HERALD. I think it is a splendid paper. I read all of the childrens' letters. You wanted us to tell what we could do. I can wash and wipe dishes, sweep the floor, and cook a meal of victuals by a little aid from my mamma. I went to school three months this winter. I study arithmetic, writing, geography, reading and spelling. Our teacher's name is Elsworth Holden. He was a very
nice teacher. Since school closed I have been getting my lessons at home. I will tell you about my pets. I have four, a dog, a bird, and two chickens. My dog can do quite a number of tricks. He can sit up, stand up, roll over, speak and shake hands. When we feed him he will shake hands for it. Besides these I have ten dolls. The largest weighs four pounds Hoping this letter will not find the waste basket. I remain Your little friend Frankie e. GrayMonroe Center, March 1885
I am thirteen years old the 3rd day of May. I thought I would write you a letter. I live at Mr. Stadelbaurs. I came from the state normal school at Coldwater. I have three brothers and two sisters. My mother has been dead about two years. I do not know who my father is. We have two pets, a cat and dog. The cat's name is Topsy. He is black and white. The dog is white all over. His name is Watch. this is all I can think of at this time. Good-bye Caroline Banden
South Boardman, Mich; March 15, 1885
---PERSONAL HISTORY Dear Editor,
My father takes the HERALD and I like it very much. I will be twelve years old the 8th of next June. I go to school every day, and learn fast. I have a good teacher. His name is Mr. Morley. I study geography, fourth reader, first class in spelling and arithmetic. I was born in Oceana county, Mich., 1874. We moved to Blissfield, Lenawee county, Mich, when I was about five years old, and I went from there to Fife Lake and from there to South Boardman, where I live now. I will be glad if you print this in the paper. Good-bye, Henry Harrison Fuller Racine, Wis., March 15, 1885I am a little girl 12 years old. I saw in your paper that my cousin Minnie Waite, had taken a prize for her letter writing, and that made me want to do the same. I have only one pet and that is Sport. the dog. He is a very smart old fellow. When he wants anything he teases until he gets it. One night when I was busy he came and barked two or three times for his supper, but as I took no notice of him he got up on his hind legs and put his forepaws on my shoulders and kissed me, dog fashion. When we tell Sport to spell he barks five times. Being a water Spaniel he is a very good swimmer, and he will swim after sticks, that we throw into the water and bring them back to us; but he will not give them up to anybody but the one who threw it. We put four chairs in a row on their sides and he will jump over them and then keep barking until we give him a cracker. We hold our arms in a circle and he will jump threw them. We tell him to stay in the parlor and waits for us to hide and call him again. I have two pretty blue-eyed, curly brown-haired brothers. Harry who we call "Bill" and Georgie who we call "Puddie" because he is so fat and round that he looks like a pudding. My cousin is teaching me to play on the guitar. My cousin has a little Indian pony that I have ridden very much. I had a pony before I went to Denver and then my paper sold him. When we came back he was sold to farmer named Mr. Puffer, and once when I went past the farm I saw him and that was the last I knew of him. These are all the things that my pet
and family do. Hoping that you will print this I remain your little friend. Jessie Bliss.end of 2 March 1885
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