Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 10, 1903, Page 8

News Gathered ‘During the Week ‘Auditor Farrell is in St. Paul. J. Feeley, the cruiser, Was m town Thursday. Buy a ticket to the firemen’s dance which will be given on the goth inst. M. J. Sheliey, of Minneapolis, was among the guests at Hotel Pokegama during the week. Mr, and Mrs. J. S. Gole returned from a visit with relatives and friends in Adrian, last Saturday. R. -H. Bailey, who is doing some _ Jogging on Prairie river, was in town ‘Tuesday looking for men. W.’J. Kelly has been in town for a few days, having come down from his homestead in 149-27, Jobn Rellis left on Tuesday for Saginaw, Mich., to visit his aged mother and other relatives and friends, Alfred Kiley came up from Duluth ‘Thursday for a brie! visit with his parents and friends, Real estate bought andsold. Spe- cial attention given to village piop- erty.—J. S. Gole. Charles Lewis, who conducts a stopping place and_ store at Diamond mine, was in Grand Rapids yesterday. W. E. Neal returned yesterday from Oberlin, Ohio, where he spent the holidays with his family. ‘The Independent office is now per- manently located on Fourth street just east of Weitz:!’s taxidermist insutution. C. E. Seelye is one of the busiest men in Grand Rapids‘ these days with his logging operations and cord wood business, A. B, Clair returned last Monday from his former home in New ‘Bruns- wick, where he was recently called by the sad announcement of the death of his aged father. Dave Cochran of Waubana, was here the first of the week, He re- ports good progress in his logging operations. Capt. J. H. Hasty, the prominent loggers and farmer ou Balsam lake, has been a guest at the Pokegama _____ 5% during the week. The Grand Rapids voleenteer fire department wiilentertain with a dance "on the 3oth. . They cgrtainly should be liberally patronized! 4% Ed Logan, now one of the promin- ent business and council man in the ™®ew town. of Nashwauk was here the “fist of the week. A. D. McGill, our former townsman, now representing a Duluth wholesale house in North Dakota with head- quarters at Minot, was here daring the week on business.” Mr. Henry Baker, teacher of the Blackberry school, was a visitor in the village today. He reports an enrollment of twenty-one pupils, with a satisfactory attendance as to rezu- larity, - M. J. Taylor, editor of the Itasca News, was among the interested visit- ors at the county board meeting. “Me and Murray” will have the privil ege ofprinting the news gratus during the year. President Gunn of the village coun el says he confidently expects the new electric lignt plant to be in oper- ation about the 2gth inst. The dy- namos were shipped from New York ~ on the third, Ole Larson -and Albert Thornsen were each fined ten dollars and costs “or ten days in the county jail for drunkenness, Both are guests of Sheriff Hoolihan. in default of the ready money. - In the case of the state ys. Wm. Hanson, arrested by Deputy Game Warden’ McCormick, charged with the illegal killing of deer in 60-24, tried betore a jury peaitatiy in Justice Huson’s court, a verdict was “returned of not guilty. Mr.S. C. Murphy, organizer for the A. O. U. W., arrived in town this week, and conducted the installation of officers for the local lodge. Mr. Murphy has been in the southern part of the sta.e in the interest of the order | & and reports excellent success, > Thomas catch, former head _ elerk in C. H. Marr's store, arrived Jast week from North’ Dakota, and alter a brief visit. with his family left r iJayton, Ohio, where he has ac- pted a pxsition in a dry goods .« A Good Village Deal Recorder King made a good deal for the village recently. He got flgures ‘on two carloads of coal froma Du- lath firm at $4.25, which he accepted ' wire. The price today on the aine article is $9.50 per ton. NEFECTIVE PAGE A. Q. U. Instailation. . At the regular meeting of Greed Rapids lodge No. 271, A. O. U- Ws; the following officers were installed: B. Claw, P. MeAV.; J. S. Gole, M ; Edward Burke, Seren: Ww. P. slg overseer; Wm. Wheaton, re- corder; J, N Brown, financier; W. Sandretzky, receiver; Hugh McEwan, guide; J. S. Long, I. W; Frank Swihel, O. W. A. B. Clair was elect- ed representative to the grand lodge to be convened in Minneapolis on the, thiggjfuesday in February. Deputy. Murphy, who organized the lodge three months ago, performed the 1n- stallation ceremony, He was. very much pleased by the progress the lodge is making, and predicts forit « very successful career, “Weekly meet- ings are held and as’ a ‘result’ of the active interest which the olficers anc members take in. the work the lodge is constantly adding to its. membership. IN OLD BILBAO, | Most Ente-prising Sdaniacty, Exeept the Catalans. Among other places along the Span- Ish coast the queen regent of Spaia visited recently on board the royai yacht was Bilbao. . Tnis very import- ant town is the capital of Biscay, one of the four sister provinces. It is beautifully situated along the banks ot the river Nervion and surrounded by high and partly wooded hil's. ‘The old town is very uninteresting, with its ugly houses, many stories high, and badly paved streets. There are one or two fine churches, and the quaint, much-venerated shrine of Begonya, perched ‘high wp on one of the hills She Bilbamous would never forgive Maria Christina if she did not take her youthful son to hear mass in that miraculous “basilica.” The new suburb ef Bilbao—Ensanche—is very modern and can vie with any other European capital, with its fine buildings and well laid out parks. The principal drive is by the water- side, along which coquettish villas ex- tend. Where the river flows into the sea aré two small suburbs called Por- tugalete and Las Arenas—seaside re- sorts,with a fine huteis and bathhouses. A splendid iron bridge, invented by a Spanish engineer, connects the two, banks; so high is it that vessels pass underneath. Vessels of 3,000 tons can go fa> up the river to the wharves where they take in their loads of the rich iron ore from the mines of Prea- nera, Goldames, Friana and Castro. Last year alone 5,000 vessels, mostly English, entered the port, carrying away 6,000,900 tons of iron ore. Many of the mines are worked by Englisk companies, and in some aspects Bil- bao reminds one of an English sea- port. There is a very large British colony in Bilbao, the consul holding one of the most impurtant posts in Spain. A quict, restful looking ceme- tery nestles on the bank of the river and the great vessels, as they pass, al + ways dip their flags in token of respect to this tiny corner of British terr‘- tory. The English sailors’ home has been a great boon, as yearly it’nelps to keep 60,000 sailors out of mischief. The Bilbamous, as, the people of Bilbao style themselves, are, next to the Gata- jians, the most, enterprising of Span- jards. Since the war with the United States they have bought seventy for- eign steamers of more than 2,000 tons each and have registered them in Spain, in order to undertake the carry- ing of their own-ores to foreign coun- tries. " The same enterprising spirit ts shown in their foundries, their manufactures of every kind and in the network of broad and narrow guage railways al] aroud Bilbao. Unfortunately there is an equal ac- tivity “displayed by, the extreme so- cialists in the rural wistricts of’ Bis. cay and in the industriai and mining rountry, almbst to the very suburbs of Bilbao. Ih ‘the sitburb of Deuste is tbe open-air ball game ring, wnere thousands of socialists assemble on frequent occasions to denounce eapi- tal and the powers that be.—J. Wright in Chicago Record. Blelr 1¢: G590,000, Robert E. M. Cocper, formerly « ‘prominent newspaper izan ani ;aiite clan, has fallen heir to $500,000. The estate was !eft to Coone:-by Jehn ©. Crego, a miser hermii, who recently died at Cripple Creek Years ago Crego lived in the Panhondle country of Texas. Cooyer made a tour of that regisn. Crego was not inclined to make acquaintances, but Cooper found Aim about to drown ina river and cisked his own life to save the miser. That rezgulted in a friendship Cocper. ‘eturned-to Springfield, Mo. and_be- came prominent. He kept up a cor- ‘pondence with Crego for some years te they finally lost / track of each her. Crego left Texas and was 5 tadees brospector at Cripple Creek. e cleaned up $500,000 and quit. There- ter he lived in absolute seclusion far as he knew Cooper was still in vinefeld, and a few days before he he sent for Justice Martin, and a vas ¢rawn up leaving everything « Uooper. s sanernenoonanoaaaneracaaciontt é Cora es ea few days. ago was a ‘well-educated pleasant-mannered son of India. J _had been at the hotel several times be- _ fore, always ordered the best, and paid his bills without complaint. On this | occasion he paid for his room in ad- vance and seemed to have plenty of money. When he was ready to depart, | however, he confided to Clerk B. A. Smith that he had lost his pocketbook and was withouta cent. He didn’t ask to borrow money, but when he men- tioned that he had friends in Palti- more who would help him Mr. Smith offered to lend him a couple of dol- lars, The Hindo was profuse in his thanks and promised to return the money as soon as he reached ths Maryland city. Yesterday Mr. Smith received a postal card from thé man in India, upon which was written: “I herewith send you $2. Thanks very much, I appreciate your most | noble kindness.” Mr. Smith looked on first one side and then on the other of the card, and finally split it in two, but could find trace of the $2. He is now wondering if the. Hindoo is possessed of an abnormally developed bump of humor, or whether one of those Indian tricks of magic is being -performed, The latter theory is the niore inviting, end he has placed ths card in a glass case axd is watching it closely to see if by some mysterious means it will not transform itself into a $2 note, payable at the treasury of the United States——Washington Post. Ox Races in Germany, An’ox race is held annually in many of the provincial districts of Germany Yhe entry fee for the race is very small, but each ox entered must be ridden by its owner. Furthermore, the rider is not allowed to have eithor whip or spurs and he must ride his animal bareback and depend entirely upon his voice to guide the beast. It Is here that the skill of the rider comes into ‘play, as everything depends on the training of the ox and ‘the ability of the owner to direct its movements, despite the distracting noises of the other competitors and spectators. As the oxen do not race on a track to direct them is no easy matter. The cider who can force his . lumbering steed to go ina straight line is cer- tain to win. Superstitious Mother's Cruelty. A curious case of gross superstition, which led to the practice of barbarous eruelty to a little boy, was revealed the other day in a local police court court in British Guiana. A woman named Ashby of Uitvlugt, a sugar es- tate, the defendant in the case, scated that she had dreamed of a way to cure her little son of certain faults. It con- aisted of koiling an egg and, putting it while still hot into the boy’s hands, Next morning she proceeded to put the suggestion of her dream into exe- cution. When the egg was boiled she compelled the unfortunate child te clasp his hands tightly over it, the inevitable result being that the palms of his hands were badly Nurned. , Samp es, “Sumptzous performance? Well, ‘ guess, You remember the svene where the villpin ‘discovers he doesn’t cut any ice?" hs perfestty.” they wse real fa waht te know’ IRISH HERALDRY. Knowledge of It Not Monopolized by People with Eazlish Ancestors. Knowledge of heratdry, which occu- pies people with ancestors from Eng- land and the continent, is not monop- olized by them. The Irish in this eountry have crests and coats of arms more authentic and elaborate than many we see on carriage doors and fashionable note paper. Every Irish surname of any account, whether of she milesian stock—the “Macs” and ‘O’s”—or the Anglo-Norman or of the Elizabethan reign, has its insignia, During Ireland’s years of oppression these were lost, and many are utterly unknown to the descendants of the original bearers, says the New York Telegraph. The fats] battle of Augh- ‘tim, fought on the property of ths «ounty Galway, was doom to the an- eestral pomp and glory of the O’Kel- tys, and they scattered all over Hu- ‘rope, went into the continental. ar- mies and outfought the natives every lime. The Kelly crest is a weird ani- mal, called an enfield, having the head of a fox, the mane of a horse, chest ef an elephant, forelegs of an eagie, body ef a greyhound and tail of a lion. The motto in Latin is “God is to me a tower of strensth.” Forefather of the Shea family had a swan for his crest and underneath a white shield dotted with red fleur-de-lis. The | Burkes were a Norman-Irish tribe Their flag was of ermine, white, span- gicd with black, like the trimmings of a judicial robe: In the center was a large red cross, im the upper lef. quarter a black lfon and in the oppo- site corner a black hand. The, name Burke comes fram the same ront as “burgh,” meaning town, ai§ the tribe eriginally descended from Norman settlers in Ireland of the goodly French name De Burgho, meaning “of the town.” The Ryans and MacNamaras have coats of arms more authentic and far more beautiful than many of the folk with “Van” before their names. That of the R¥ans, or O’Mul- rians; as they were joriginally called, is especially fine. Holly leaves and | griffin heads were distributed over a blood-red shield. A horse rampant was the crest, while there was a flow- | ‘Ing motto signifying a prefereace x pS ci January 5th, > The richest, rarest and best harvest for busy, careful bargain seekers. Price is exercising a mighty influence here to make a rapid clearance of winter things. s Wojnen' 8 viet Coats for $15.00 12.00 + 18 50 me “10.00 iy 10.00 = 7.50 iY 8.75% ae 6.50 Misses’ 12.00‘ «9.00 88 O00" 5: 8* ie 7.50 7 ‘ “ gan © 6.00 . 4.50 My BOOT HG 18 No better time than now to buy a coat while the prices are down twenty-five per cent discount on Winter Waists. Big saving on Dress Goods for one week. $2.00 Suiting at $1.60. $1.75 Suiting at $1.40. $1.50 Suit ings at $1.60, $ .25 Suiting at Bt.oo. These com prise all the latest weaves and colors. Nothing re- served. ( Remnants of Dress Goods, Calicos, Perca'es, Sateens. Cretons..Ginghams, Crash, Table Linens, Flannels, Silks and-almost everything else. Also odds and ends to clase at about half price: In this table will be found some of the most de sirable goods, +: = John Beckfelt, meee oe Grand Rapids REMEMBER