Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 19, 1898, Page 1

Voit VI.—No. 29. Grand Rapids ry + ticle dtd tates eiadadaecie deeded i id RE REE RE ERE RE REE RE Me RE RE Re ee mE REE ERE REE He MERCANTILE COMPANY, ee Re ee eee eae Me ae a ae he ae Re ae ae ae ae eae ae: ee 2 * Don't You Know? 2 * | ?Don’t You Know‘ ; ey H 2 2 * : : — = ‘hat the Itasca Mercantile Company is the : | = 2 os sy: * | $ largest concern outside the large cities, $ * 2 * | = and it is the placeto do your trading for we : = ‘ * {| H carry everything handled by general dealers. * = H | # : | \ = We have just what you want. : * } j Prerererer irr eet | QOS Hae EO a a ea aaa # ick? 2 % ?Are You Sic : = H 2 % : : : or at once to our Drug Department and = F % = +c = get the doctor’s prescription filled. .We # = / * ‘ <9 : = also carry a complete line of Patent Medicines, = & : . a . = w F Druggist’s Sundries, Toilet Articles, Soaps, = = & = * O. s Lotions, Sponges, etc. : Sesesesee eee e EE er COUNCIL THE NEW ' —— xe Considerable Business Transacted at \Y Their First Meeting Monday Night. | HEN you go to a store and Ws tion of s dealer, tae | ithome and use it, und find APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE } it altoge: ifferent from what % you expected, and then to have ms ; ihe deater refuse to give your money back— IT * CUFFS Selaries Fixed for Ensuing Year and the Cash Basis is Continued as i Inaugurated by the “Labor League” Council of 1896. We don’t do things that way. he” The members of the new counci | buy a ic ‘om us and fi i it is not * t ser nat le tes, yonare Pariecharyeirrs endl ' assembled at village hall Monday Vv, . : evening and began their duties in the ' We never intentionally management of the affairs of Grand misrepresent an article law * Yor the purpose of making a sale. o right 4 ice ight, and wo be- Revethae Wiven'a man parts ith his money ne is intitled to satis5actiun—and ho getsit here—every the village ec anal failed. | | W.J. & H. D. POWERS. ed by | QV BOVIS | on for another We offer our line of Twelve Dollar Frieze Coats for a oe LS | Aise a nember of Overecats food Warm Feavy Coats tor $4.00 to $8.00. | BARE AL — >a | C. H. MARR.| In all lines of winter goods. “| would work done in St. Paul, the council very wisely concluded that the Herald-Review’s bid was in fact the cheapest and safest so faras the gen- eral interests were concerned. The correct publication of legal matter is very :mportant and it would be very | unwise to entrust it to an irresponsible sheet. In the generosity of its mathe- Matics our contemporary states that if its bid had been accepted about e year just closed only amounted to $109, and there is no reason to believe that a greater sum will be required for that purpose during 1898. But when once a man in the pmnting business becomes a “rat” he no longer has any regard for the truth or any other virtue. Another matter that grieved the Magnet very much was the ap- pomtment of G. T. Robinson as vil- lage marshal. The salaries to be paid ind | were first fixed at the same rate as Rapids for 1898 in a business-like} (hat paid since the organization of the manner that indicates satisfactory re-| village, $50 per month—after which sults to all classes of citizens except] applications were considered. Fred those who hoped to get something at} Collette made application for the The | position and offered to serve at the economical and rational policy adopt- | rate of $40 per month Mr. Collette the much divided ‘“Labor| evidently did not expect to receive League” council of two years ago and | the appointment and made the proposi- again succeesfully followed during}tion for the purpose of embarrassing the past year, was unanimously voted} the members. Officers are generally as the financial basis on which the}selected for their fitness to serve the affairs of Grand Rapids shall be carried | public and if they be competent are year. Very little} certainly entitled to reasonable com- money will be expended for street or | pensation Mr. Robinson has given ex- other work and expenditures will be} cellent satisfaction as night-wachman made as light as possible with a view | and his services entitled him to the to the payment of our present floating] position to which he has been assign- indebtedness and the re-establishment/ed. The marshalship of a village of the municipahty onasecure finan-|should not be delegated to any cial footing. The splendid majority}man because of his cheapness that endorsed those nommated at|or willingness to “keep out of the public caucus will have no reason,|sight” at starvation’ wages. The at the expiration of the present term.}unanimous opinion of the entire to regret the choice. community endorsed the council that The full proceedings of the meet-|retirec on the sixth of March, Even ing are officially published in another} the Magnet raised its weak voice and column of this issue of the Herald-| proclaimed that it was good and wise. Review and need not be repeated. That body voted a salary of $65 per Every member of the present board} month to the engineer at the water- has had previous experience in a like} works, having :taken into considera- capacity and are not strangers to the} tion the fact that the engineer is com- needs of the village. pelled to be on duty no less than Our juvenile contemporary on the| twenty-four hours per day. The vote alley is unable to discover any virtue|for che ensuing. year fixed it at the in the present board simply and solely |sanie amourt. A competent engineer because the present board was unable|is very essential. Mr. Prescott has to discover any virtue in the juvenile.j given excellent satisfaction and it 1s The Magnet is very much engrossed] probable that he will be reappointed. with H. R. King’s system of finance,|‘There may be those who would un- viz: to cut down salaries and com-|dertake the werk at $50 per month, pensation of every actual resident/but 2 cheap mechanic is an expensive whose money is spent in the village; luxury at best, and the small amount and county while making heavy con-| thus saved raight be lost a dozen times tributions to outsiders in the way of|over ina single year through the tax abatements and other jobs. breeking of machinery. The Magnet submitted a bid for; Few people really understand the the village prinung at a pmce that/amount of work mvolved in the office scarcely pay for the com- | of village recorder. The two hundred position of type, while the Herald-| dollars paid for the services rendezed r jpeamount paid for printing dunng complete line of Canned Goods, Dried Fruits, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Vegetables, Pick- les — infact everthing one would expect to find in’a first-class Grocery House. 8 8 a Dress Goods and Wraps for the ladies, and kinds of Clothing and (frnishings for the gen- tlemen, Also boots and shoes. SES a a a exvald Revi Granp Rapips, Irasca County, Minn., Sarurpay Marcu 19, 1898 | HISTORICAL SOCIETY, cho, Two Dotuars a YEAR ia chaciaaeatacledlesladhashasiasiadiaabasiaeaiaaiaaischashashsshashashosioalaslegidssizsiashasiosloslesloalesdaaealealaslaalasiasiadlasiadiadaalasiea“4 Are You Hungry? E carry, in our Grocery Department, a (I Ee a ee ee: Seeeeseesesensensees EME RE RE ES AE RE AS ee ee a RE a aeeneseeee Are You Cold? fie! visit our Dry Goods and Clothing De- partment where you will find all kinds of A A A a ae ea ea ae a a ea ae ae ae Cd THE COMMISSIONERS MEET. Organized by Electing “Mr. Wilder Chair- man for the Year. On Wednesday of this week the county commissioners held an im- portant meeting at the auditor’s office and continued in session until about 1 o’clock Thursday night. Many sub- jects of importance were seriously considered and policies inaugurated - to bring-about an improved condition in the county’s finances. : The three commissioners were pres- ent—A, E. Wilder, C. W. Robinson and B.C. Finnegan. Mr. Wilder was chosen chairman. One of the first actions taken was the passage of a resolution revoking the appointment of Auditor King as purchasing agent for the county. His graft in that capacity has been strong and the newly appointed com- missioners realized that the county could be more securely served through their direct orders. Hereafter all officers who desire stationery or other supplies will be required to make ap- plication directly to the commission- ers, and it was further agreed that in- stead of sending to St. Louis or St. Paul for work it should be done in Itasca county. The bill of the Grand Rapids Mag- net tor printing the tax list was re- duced about $22 for errors that occured in the printed list as turned out in St. Paul. The most important matter was the proposition to place the county ona cash basis and hereafter follow the policy originally adopted in the — vil- lage of Grand Rapids by the Labor League council. It was proposed to set aside a contingent fund for this purpose and reduce all expenses to the lowest possible figure. All the county officers ageed to accept a re- duction except Auditor King and Treasurer Kremer. The latter was not present, but the auditor ventured the information that Mr. Kremer had arrangements with the banks whereby he could handle his orders at par and did not need to make a reduction. The auditor also had a private deal by virtue of his office whereby he could drive a thrifty bargain and he could not see his way clear to grant any discount. In view of this fact it 1s hardly likely that the reduction plan will be carried out. The auditor was authorized to advertise for bids to let the county poor farm fora term of five years to the best. possible advantage. ‘Three townships were added to the school district of Lapraine. It has definetely decided to allow no more rebates of taxes and some applications before the board were rejected. Ssint Patrick. Review's bid was identically the same asthat paid lact year—-a reduction from the maximum legal rates of 1§ percent. Inasmuch as the Magnet had been awarded the printing of the county tax list by the con- missioners and made an illegal pubti- cation of a large number of descrip- tions, and also owing to the im- adequzcy of the Magnet plant ‘the publisher was coripelled to have the is well earned, as especially so in the} Although St. Patrick has been the case of Mr, King, who leaves none of | patron saint of Ereland huadreds of his duties undone. The Magnet years, very little is known about him. could nct withstand the temptation to! His own story of his life is the only misrepresent the truth, however, and | record historians have of it, and that stated the salary had been fixed ati is lacking in such details as his ante- |$250. The recorder receives $50 per! cedents. He says in his confessions annum as collectcr of the water rents. | that he converted freland to the ‘The salary for the village attors.ey | Christian faith, and was the first bishop was fixed at $zoc and #. F. Price re-jsent there, but he is contradicted by ceivedithe appointment. Prosper of Aquitaine, who says that Pope Celestine made a certain Pal- ladius bishop of Ireland and sent him there to convert the natives of that country. Prosper gives no credit to St. Patrick for the work which the lat- ter claims to havedone. But, in spite of Prosper of Aquitame, the Irish people have always credited St. Pat- rick with having mtroduced the Cath- olic religion into that island, and now historians agree that he is entitled to all the honor that is accorded to him. As nearly as can be determined by his confessions and other documents, St. Patrick flourished from 372 to 492 A.D., according to William Bullen Morris. He accordingly lived to be 120 years old. He isbelieved to have been a native of Gaul, and to have led a gay hfe in his youth. He re- proaches himself for his worldliness, and says that he became converted through remorse for his self-indulg- ences. He went to Ireland, where he found the people in a state of bar- barism, and he set himself the task of converting them. In that way he thought he could atone for his own sins. But when he began to preach he was seized by the people and im prisoned six years. He considered such treatment only as a_ natural punishment for his former wickedness, and accepted it with resignation. St. Patrick’s bearing under persecution commanded the admiration even of his enemies, and he was released. He set about then to extend his work, and enlisted others in his cause. He had a number of followers, whom he ordained, and over them he became bishop. St. Patrick believed in educa- tion, and when the time was propitious he established schools and places of learning in Ireland. He erected churches and monasteries, and at his death he left the island wholly Chris- tian. There is not a place in Ireland that St. Patrick did not visit. Some who have looked into the matter think that St. Fatrick and Palladius are one and the same person, but Prof. Schaef- er, of the Seminary of St. Paul, in this city, who is recognized as the fore- most Catholic historian in this coun- try, believes they were different in- dividuals, and that Palladius 1s not en- titled to much credit for the conver- sion of Ireland, which belongs, in his opinion, to St. Patrick. William Bul- len Morris, in his-life of St. Patrick, also says that St. Patrick performed many miracles. He resuscitated the dead; healed lepers; cured blindness, deatness and other ailments; made the lame walk; he destroyed idols and images, and, in the place of druidical temples erected churches, In fact, his hfe was an unceasing round of ac- tivity. At last, in 492, St. Patrick found his end approaching, and re- ceived the sacrament from Bishop Tassach, and on the 17th of March he died. His body was wrapped ina shroud woven by St. id, and lay unburied twelve days. During that period it was attended by angels, and at night a bright hght shone about it. When the time for burial arrived there was a dispute between the men of Ar- magh and the, Ulidians as to who should possess the body of the dead saint, and the dispute was settled the Uhdians, who carried it off buried it i Downpatrick.—Globe. vansnmnatoaniatenlamen “|