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00 45 Grand Rapids Morning Telegram. VOL. 40. GRAND RAPIDS, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1885. PRICE 2 CENTS THE GREAT MARDI GRAS THE OPENING FESTIVITIES Royalty on the Mississippi" Realized Yesterday -Over One Thousand People Present.

New ORLEANS, Feb. and his reti. nue arrived here to-day by the Illinois Central. He came as King Charles the Seventh, of France, and proceeded to the City Hall where the Mayor turned over to him the keys city. After a parade through the principal streets with his courtiers and menat-arma the party took fifteen large steamers for the Exposition grounds.

One hundred thousand people assembled to welcome him. The procession proceeded to Music Hall where Rex held a royal court and received callers, Speeches were made by a number of prominent gentlemen. The Mexican National Band furnished music throughout the day. There were fully one hundred and twenty-five thousand people at the grounds. The city is full of strangers, the number being variously estimated from 000 to 100,000.

To-night the annual Mardi Gras pageants were begun by Proteus, the god of transformation and hi- followers. This year Proteas Tien Aze, (the sOn of heaven.) and his pageant illustrated by tableaux the celestial story of the Chinese crea tion and the reign of the Chinese deittes. The streets along the line were filled to overflowing. The usual wait caused no inconvenience, the crowd being good-natured. and spending time in examining numerous brilliantly illuminated business houses.

Shortly after the appointed time, a Chinese lantern, twenty feet in height, was seen in the distance slowly approaching. This transparancy was borne on the backs of four white elephants and WAR covered with brilliant lines down its sides, narrating subjects chosen for presentation. The car of Proteus followed. His majesty, dressed as Tien Aze, bestrode Tong Hoang, the Chinese which is familiar to every one 89 the great yellow dragon, made of crystal, F. silver and precious stones.

Follow ng Ported- me tablearx the first ear ret reseating tie car of Ponankon, the first being who was hatched of the earth. A sphere was floating through chaos, and seated on it was Ponan Kon, dressed in the prevailing Chinese fashion of 276,000 years ago, which became the style again in Adam's day. ab'eau 1-The Tower of Fakein reprerented bar al of Buddhah and gave an excellent ilea of the "Porcelain tower," once one of the wonders of the world, but which was raised by De Cadesago. The tower was eight stories high, and built exclusively of porcelain. Each story had a gallery, from which were suspended thousands of bells, Which rang merrily as the car passed.

Tableau Ill -The good and evil spirits of Bad thismn are Lai and Asseiri. The first inhabits searce and odd heavens situated in the center of Mount Mi En Mo, 30,000 miles straight heavenward, while devil is very comfortably housed beneath the mount. This tablean was an excellent illusion. En Tabla wa IV representation of Mausak um of the Tartar kings of China, showing the splendid rites of the Chinese sepulcure, far exceeding those of most enlightened naLions. 'Tableau is seen the heaven of the mese with its principal deities of worship.

Unlike other nations they locate heaven in a vast cavern, whose roof is studded with brilliant Tableau VI. -Represented the magnificent palace of the Grand Lama of high priest of Buddhism. The palace is built upon a rugged mountain, and consista of many temples, the chief of which, overlooking the othera, has a dome of gold. Here the representative of Baddah sat surrounded bv priests. Tableau birth of Kong Fau Igia, or Confucius, the Chinese law-giver and teacher was the subject of this tableau.

Tableau festival of lanterns formed the subject of this tableau. Down Hoangbo, the Blue river, came a Chinese Junk apon whose prow, clad in richest vestmenta stood the Chinese prince and princess and attendants and crew. Tableau Hi, son of the daughter of Ti, lord, was seen in this tableau. His body of a dragon and his head that of a ball. he is represented as eminent in elevating instructing the Chinese.

Tableau distinct feature of the Chinese religious worship was shown in this picture of ancestral hail. However old a man or woman may be he is subject to his parenta, must reverence them and venerate his ancestors. It is New Year's day and the Emperor is represented as visiting the hall Attended by all monarchs tributary to his male. Tablean XI-Konan Ti is a Chinese god cf WAr. His chariot, drawn by winged horse in mid- air, was the subject of this tableau.

Konan Ti was shooting invisible arrows at a tribe of carbariana found by the Chinese when they first came to China. The battle, as seen, was life-like, the barbarians seeking to scale the clouds, and destroy the martial god, these aid is given to their enemies, the invading Mongolians. Tableau was presented the famons temple to Buddohai at Canton. At the front of the edifice was a porch, supported by granite pillars, leading up to the grand pave, at the end of which were three golden representing the trinity of Buddhah, Dharma and Sing. Before the altar were priests paying homage to Diety.

Tablean represented Gin Jonng and his eight brothers seated in a misty chariot drawn by birds. He was the first Emperor of China and the reign of his progeny extended over the space of nearly 50,000 years. Tableau -The Chinese "Hymen' is Nina, and she was represented as having the body of a reptile and the head of a bull. Tableau XV. -Was a beautiful representation of the Buddhist paradise, in which are all things calenlated to add to perpetual enjogment of oriental.

Tablean hell of the Chinese is a curious conglomeration of dame and ice, in different sections, to which the wicked are consigned according as they are warm or cold blooded. This was the last scene, and the knewe disbanded at the French opera house and prepared for the grand ball. Five thousand invitations were isened. This ball, wiN that of Comas and Mongus, are the of the year. The Fleet of Rex renched the city to-day, and will give a grand pageant to-morrow, followed by Mongus at night.

The Brig Anita a Total Wreck, CAPE MAY, N. -The brix ashore at Cold Spring inlet proved to be the Anita, from Jindada, Bolivia, loaded with hides, coffee, deer skins, ete. She is now rapidly breaking up and the cargo washing out to sea. The crew were all saved by the life- saving men from Cold Spring harbor. Dynamite Stolen.

New FORK, Feb. cases of dynanite, enough to blow np a hundred buildve Le natolen from a magazine of the Dynamite Company, at Bay Ches. Testehester conaty. An effort is being and the thieves LABOR AND WAGES. A Review of the Situation in New -York City.

New YORK, Feb. World prints today an elaborate review of the labor situation in this city, which shows a total of 75,850 unemployed people, a loss in wages of more than $1,000,000 a week. Every trade and nationality is affected. At the Castle Garden Labor Bureau there are 500 men waitfor work, and along the river shores dreds ment, of not more 'longshoremen than 1,500 cannot being find employ. supplied with work.

Throughout the city the employ. ment offices are swarming with wen and wo. men every day, and one of the agents said to-day that he could supply 2,000) men to a railroad or mine within forty-eight hours without using any method of advertising. Of the people in enforced idleness there are 30,000 Italians, women, 10,000 3,000 cloakmakers, 'longshoremen. 5,000 tailors, 6,000 1.500 artificial flowermakers, 4.500 bricklayers, 1,400 carpenters, 1,500 framers, 400 plasterers, 2,000 stone 3,000 furniture workers, Stutters, iron workers, 1,000 printers, boat builders and calkers, 500 shoemakers, 6,00 cigar makers, 800 bakers, 1,000 waiters and 2,500 scattered in the smaller trades.

In Sixth alone, where the Italian population is 11,200 there are 000 workingmen and women idle, most of them living in a state worse than miserable. Every night the police stations furnish shelter to 2.000 men and women. Organized labor and the skilled trades are suffering as severely as the Italian street cleaning class. Strikes and bickerings of many sorts almost put a stop to building last. fall and early in the winter, and in addition to this the country labor attracted by strikes daring the summer has all remained here.

This is especially true in the printing trade, which runs 6,000 men, and while only 1,000 are absolutely idle more than 2.000 others get not more than two days' work per week. Daring month of January the Workingwomen's Protective Union had 000 applications for work. The clothing trade in this city, in the busy season, employs 52,000 men and women, and not more than one -half this number are at work now. Some of the heaviest manufacturers are running on spring and summer clothing now, but are only making thirty per cent. of their usual stock.

While more than 75.000 workers are unemployed in New York City, the immigrant ships are landing 5,060 poor people at Castle Garden every week, of whom at least fifty per cent. join the army of idlers and are in no way able to take care of themselves. THE HOYT WILL CASE. Miss Mary Irene Refuses a Compromise For Her Claim. NEW YORK, Feb.

Mary Irene Hoyt has notified her counsel that she will not compromise her claims to two-thirds of her father's estate. The settlement proposed was to pay her $100,000 outright and give her an interest of $1,650 for life. Miss Hoyt already holda an undisputed million and a quarter through her father's fortune, but in an angry letter to her lawyers to-day she claimed that that was nothing compared to her rights which she intends to assert to the last. Miss Hoyt says emphatically it is not money she is after but her rights. She believes that her father, had he been to follow his own mind, would have left her his property as he did in the wills of 1870 and 1873, giving her the bulk of it and leaving his brothers the rest, instead of reversing the bequests as he did by the last will.

The whole estate is worth between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000. HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH. Seriously Affected by a Severe Cold and the News from the Soudan. LONDON, Feb. is rumored that Queen Victoria's illness exceeds the announce ment made from Osborne yesterday that her majesty was suffering from a severe cold and had been unable to leave her bed for two days.

It was stated by persons familiar with the Queen's household that her majeaty during the last month has been exceedingly anxious and continually worrying over the affairs of the government, and especially as to the outcome of Soudanese expedition. Notwithstanding the fact the news of the fall of Khartoum and the murder of Gordon sorely distressed her majesty, she insisted on doing her full share of the consequent work which Egyptian affairs has entailed upon the government, and the result was a strain on her nervous system which made rest imperative. The Election Conspirators. CHICAGO, Feb. the conspiracy trial the chief defendant, Mackin, resamed the stand for cross-enamination.

He denied all knowledge of fraud and that he ordered any bogus tickets printed and delivered to him as testified in the prosecution. J. J. Sallivau, a printer, who testified Saturday that on the day before election he printed bogus. Republican tickets, identical to those found in the stuffed ballot box, was to day arrested charged with perjury and lodged in jail in default of bail.

A warrant is out for Charles H. Gilmore, of Saturday's witness for defense. is also charged with perjury. Sharon Hopelessly Defeated. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.

the Sharon divorce suit, Judge Sullivan to-day gave his final decision, awarding Sarah Althea Sharon, the plaintiff, $55,000, counsel fees, and $2,500 per month alimony, dating from July 10, 1884. Geo. W. Tyler, chief counsel, gets $20,000, and Associate Counsel Terry, Flourney and Levy $10.000 each. and Clements, advisory counsel, $5,000.

From this decision is no appeal. Sharon is given until March 9 to pay the money. Mrs. Sharon is absent from the city, traveling through the State in company with David 8. Terry, one of her counsel, who rumor says will soon marry Mrs.

Fair, his now wealthy client. Snow-Bound Actors. CHIcAGo, Feb. were no performances in six Chicago theatres to-night, on account of the failure of the billed combinations to arrive. Barry Fay, and Halten Hart are in a snow bank between here and Cincinnati.

The former were to anpear at the Academy of Musie and the latter at the Olympic. Neil Burgess's Company was to have opened at the Standard, but are now snow bound in a St. Louis train, five miles from town. Baglies Kennedy' "Bright Lights" disappointed the audience at the Peoples'. They are still in Michigan.

"In the Ranks" Company, which should have appeared at the Criterion, are on the way through the snow from Minneapolis. Ten Years at Hard Labor. CAMDEN, N. Feb. -The young negro, Noah Powell, on trial for criminal assanit on Miss Emma Johnson in this city a few months ago, was convicted to day and setteneed to ton years at hard labor.

FOR BREAD OR BLOOD. A MOB INTIMIDATES LONDON. Three Thousand Unemployed Work. men Demand Relief, and Rejected Create Great Disturbance. LONDON, Feb.

16. -A serious riot occurred to-day in the vicinity of Parliament street. A procession, composed of 3,000 unemployed workmen, accompanied by bands of music, and carrying banners inseribed with legends denouncing the Government and demanding work, marched to the buildings occupied by the local Government board in Whitehall. The delegation forced its way into the of. fives of the board and demanded that means of relief be afforded them by the establishment of public relief.

works. The official present gave the delegation a cold reception, offering them no encouragement whatever. This so incensed them that they gave groans and hisses for the Premier and the entire Liberal Cabinet and roundly denounced them for their negligence of the workingman and his interests. Loud cries of "Bread or blood" were raised. The Cabinet was in session on at the time, and the endden as.

sembling of the mob caused the members great alarm. Gladstone, it is said, at first thought the mob intended to sack the building and offer personal violence to him and his colleagues. In the meantime the police was heavily reinforced and the mob was finally drived from I the street, not, however, until it had made an attempt to storm the admiralty and home offices. Both buildings were freely pelted with all sorts of missiles. The affair caused intense excitement throughout the city.

TROUBLE FOR GROVER. The Silver Question a Perplexing Problem for Him. WASHINGTON, D. Feb. most perplexing problem that Cleveland will have to deal with at the very commencement of his administration--more perplexing even than the formation of his Cabinet--is the silver question.

It is known that Cleveland is radically opposed to coinage the silver dollar, and mentions has already been made in these dispatches of the influences that are being brought to bear upon to change his position. It is learned tohire from a member of the Appropriations Committee that Cleveland is desirous of learning the sense of the House on this subject, and that one of two methods will be adopted, probably this week, to that This will be done secure, an amendment to one of the appropriation bills to strike out the appropriation for the coinage of the standard silver dollar, or by a provisiod in the Sundry Civil bill providing in express terms for the suspension of the coin- age. THEIR CRAZY SERVANT. Attacked in Bed by a Girl Who Had Gone Insane. NEW YORK, Feb.

Rev. Leo Koenig and his wife of 80 West Twelfth street, retired at their usual hour the other night, but were rudely awakened at 2 o'clock on Thursday morning by repeated heavy blows upon the door of their chamber, which were continued until the door was broken open. They then saw a woman clad in a night-dress and evidently insane. Mr. Koenig and his wife sprang from their bed just in time to escape the assault made upon them by Regina Netuner, their servant.

She rushed upon Mr. Koenig, saying that she had been commissioned to kill him and his family. Mr. Koenig tore himself loose from her grasp, and, with his wife, ran out of the room, alarmed the other inmates of the house and sent for a policeman. Returning to his room that the girl had torn the covering from the bed, broken some of the furniture and ornaments, and was starting down stairs.

taken to Bellevue. A Destructive Fire. Special Dispatch to THE TELEGRAM. POTTSVILLE, Feb. explosion of a lamp this afternoon set fire to the hardware store of J.C.

Bright, and as the fire plugs were all frozen up the flames were soon beyond control. A terrific powder explosion followed, scattering the burning timbers everywhere and injuring three men. The fire spread, destroying Bright's store, the Miner's Journal stationery store, J. Wingent's drug store, and the Merchant's hotel, a large brick building. The lose will amount to $100,000.

The Michigan Not Heard From. Special Dispatch to THE TELEGRAM. GRAND HAVEN, Feb. sitnation in regard to the boats remains the same. The Michigan is still in the lake and has not been heard from in jast a week.

Some anxiety is beginning to be felt. The Wisconsin is off Muskegon and can't get in. There is ice for miles on the shore. A Fire Lighted by Water. Special Dispatch to THE TELEGRAM.

FALL RIVER, Feb. fire tonight in the American Print Works, cansed by the overflow of water upon chemicals, resulted in $50,000 loss, The Flood at Elkton. EtRTON, Feb. giving way of the ice gorges in the Big and Little Elks to. day caused the town to be partially inundated.

The flood swept everything before it. Large quantities of Inmber owned by Win. Singerly, of Philadelphia, was carried off. Boat houses were crushed like egg-shells, A sloop was set down in the center of Water street. The town is in darkness owing to the gas works being drowned ont.

The Cold and Railroad Traffic. zero in Chicago during to-day. Death of James E. Gowen. CHICAGO, Feb.

16. -The severe snow storm of Saturday night and yesterday, following that of last week, and encceeded by the intense cold weather has again serionely interfered with railway traffic in this section. There are many delays and great irregularity. The mercury was from six to fifteen be- PHILADELPIRA, Feb. 16.

-James F. Gowen, brother of Franklin B. Gowen, and one of the gereral counsel of the Philadelphia Reading Railroad, died this afternoon at his residence in Mont Airy, this city, after an illness of several weeks, He was one of the most distingnished members of the Philadelphia bar, THE STATE CAPITOL. The Bills Introduced Yesterday in the Legislature. Special Dispatch to THE TELEGRAM.

LANSING, Feb. but the introduction of bills occurred in either House to-day, owing to the small attendance. Senate bills were introduced as follows: To amend section 8,085, Howell's, relative to garnishees; to amend the act relative to offences against property; to regulate the incorporation of societies to hold and manage property for religious purposes; to organize the county of Alger in the Upper Peninsula; to amend section 9,468, relative to exclusion of witnesses and spectators at trials before magistrates, and to provide punishment for public officers, their agents or servants, who knowingly appropriate public money for private ases. In the House the following were intro duced: A bill to regulate the compounding of physician's prescriptions and the sale of drugs and medicines; to amend the act to protect logs, lumber and timber, while floating upon the waters in the State; to provide for the election of a Solicitor General, the payment of his salary and to define his duties; to provide for the inspection and management of stationery and portable boilers, licenses of engineers and appointment of inspectors; to amend the act relative to offenses against persons and to prohibit all fishing with nets in Black River lake, Black River and tributary streams in Ottawa County. Mrs.

Minister Lowell Seriously Ill. LONDON, Feb. Lowell, it is now learned, is suffering from brain fever, and her condition is serious. The physicians are in almost constant attendance. Death of a Respected Lady.

After a protracted and painful illness, Mrs. Laura Whittemore died on Sunday night at the residence of David Arnott, 71 Broadway. Mrs. Whittemore had made this city her home for more than twenty years and doring that time had won a large circle of friends who esteemed her noble qualities of character. She was 59 years of age and leaves a daughter, Mrs.

Arnott, two sisters, Mrs Clark Russell, of Grand Lodge, and Lucinda Hazeltine, of Ohio, and as many brothers, Worthy Perry and L. Perry, of Bay City. The funeral will be held at the residence of Mr. Arnott afternoon o'clock. TRADE AND FINANCE.

OFFICE OF F. V. TAYLOR, Sweet's Hotel, GRAND RAPIDS. Feb. 16, Cables from Liverpool and London quoted dull and heavy markets for breadstuffe, and little or no activity in English or French country marketa, Chicago receipts were again very small owing to the storm, amounting to 69 cars wheat: corn, 147 cars; oats, 41 cars.

Markets raled dull all day and present no special features: but, the tendency of such trade as was done, was in the direction of higher prices. Pork has shown considerable strength and appears to be "fixed" for higher prices. Wheat- Open. High. Low.

Closed. 78 78 April. May. 41 OatsMay $18 $13 $13 25 LardMay. 7 20 7 20 7 7 20 New York.

NEW YORK. Feb. 16. Money closed easy, at 1 per cent. Exchange closed firm: postal rateed actual rates, 4.8314@4.831 for 60 days, and 4.86⅓ for demand.

Governments closed firm: enrrency 6'8 125 bid; compons do bid. Pacific railroad bonds closed as followe: Union firsts, bid; Land Grants, 109 bid: sinking funds, 118 to Centrals, to 111. NEW YORK, Feb. 16. FLOUR- and without material change.

Superfine State, $2 00; round hoop Ohio, $3 50; St. Louis extra, $3 40: Southern flour steady and in moderate demand; common to choice extra, $3 75. WHEAT Options were moderately dealt in and prices were irregular; the close was firm and to higher. Spot sales of ungraded red. 8544 No.

2 red winter, ungraded red. No 2 red state, No. 2 red winter, March do April. do May. CORN -Options were only fairly active, but at times the dealings were attended with considerable excitement, especially in February, which at one time showed an advance of The other months were only fractionally higher.

The close was firm at a alight reaction in February. The other months retained the early advance. lots quiet but firm and per cent higher. Spot sales of ungraded mixed, 51 52c: No. 3, nograded yellow, 50: do April, OATS -Options were quiet but firm and closed steady at a fractional advance.

Spot lota closed firm and slightly higher. Spot salee of No. 2 white state, 880: No. 2 mixed February, 37e: do May, Western, 6862700: State, 70271440. BARLEY -Nominal.

PORK--Firm: mess quoted at $14 25. LARD Closed firm at a slight advance: $7 340 86 March: $7 4167 42 April. SUGAR- Quiet: fair to good refining. BUTTER- -Quiet bat firm: western, 2c: state, 1647 28c. KaGe -Dull.

Grand Rapids. WHOLESALE MARKETS. TELEGRAM OFFICE. Feb. 16.

GRAIN- -Corn, 40c. Oate, 3 retail 88c. Wheat: Clanson. 76: red long berry, 80; shori berry, 80. Rye, 56 lbs, 506.55c.

FLOUR AND FEED -Pastry, $4 70 wholesale: $5 80 retail: patent. $5 70 wholesale, 60 retail; mid. dings, per ton, $16 00 wholesale. 900 per ext. Bran.

per ton. $14 00 wholesale: 1 8 ic per ent. Meal and feed. per ton. $20 wholesale: $1 10 per ent.

PROVISIONS- per side, $6 00626 50. Venle $7 Lambe $5 00676 00; mutton. Dressed hogs, $4 7565 00, Pork: Per bbl mess, $13 00; hams, 14c; shoniders. smoked beef, 16c: bacon. Lard: Tierces, kettie, 10c.

BETTER AND CHEESE- Butter: Tube and jars, 164 18c: creamers, tubs, 25c. Cheese: 0 POULTRY Dressed, 106 11c. Turkeys, droesed, 116212c. Dneka, dressed 116212e. -Frash.

lote, 1962 20c. Onions: Per ba, yellow, Me: silver skins, 80c. Beets, per bu. 85c. Cabbage, per hundred, $4 5 00.

per hundred, 732100. Tarnine, per ba. 25c. Celers, per doz. 30c.

Cranberries, $5 25 per ba. FRESH FRUITS -Apples, per ba. 856 500. HONEY- White clover, dark. 56276: strained.

Be. SALT harrel, $1 $1 10. SEEDS -Timothy, sells at $1 80; clever. peg $4 85 Red Top, sells at $1 SHEEP PELTS Shanelines or Summer skins, per. piece, fall pelts, Winter pelts, Thie.

TALLOW HAT- baled 814 per toe 808 MEETS INSTANT DEATH. UNGUARDED RAILWAY CHOSSING A Man and Horse Killed by a Fast Flying Train Within the City Limits Last Evening. A terrible accident occurred at the intersection of College avenue with the Detroit, Grand Haven Milwaukee railroad, in the Fourth Ward, about 6:35 o'clock last even. ing. Louis A.

DeGrast, a teamster, single and 24 years of age, procured a bale of hay and a bag of feed for his team and started for his home at the corner of Lydia and North Union streets. He was driving north on College avenue, and, unconscious of any danger, drove pon the railroad track. He had no sooner driven upon the main track before the through mail from the east struck his team and sleigh, killing himself and one horse almost instantly. The train is due here at 5:10 p. but owing to a delay of forty minutes at Owosso Junction was belated at this place this amount of time.

De Graaf and one horse were found dead beneath a freight car standing on a side-track and just west of the beaten track of the road. George C. Cole, who resides at 22 Grand avenue, was walking east upon the railroad track in returning home from his labore, and WAS A witness to the accident. He reporte that the train was stopped and backed to the crossing, when the train hands viewed the disaster and promised to send some aid from the depot. Cole then went to the grocery store of Walker Farnsworth; 197 East Bridge street, and telephoned the fact of the disaster to police headquarters.

Sergeant Johnson and Detective Connolley in the patrol sleigh were driven bastily to the scene. Coroner Braddish, who had also been summoned, soon arrived with a lantern. The persons made an examination of the surroundings as best they could. These gentlemen found one horse dead, lying upon its side beneath the center of the freight car, and DeGraaf, also dead, lying near it. His brain was crushed in and a part of the scalp torn back 80 that 8 portion of the brains were visible.

The nature of 1 the wounds show that he was thrown with triffic force against some solid and sharp object, probably the freight car. One horse es. caped with slight injuries. The sleigh was a perfect wreck, and pieces of it and the harness were found scattered about in all directiona. The officers present took charge of the remains, which were taken to the residence of H.

T. DeGraaf, father of the deceased, where young De Grasf also resided Undertaked George Van Houtum then took them in charge. The gentlemen, who took a somewhat careful survey of the scene of the disaster, report that the car under which the deceased was found was standing its fall length in the street proper, and that it was attached to several others. Had the train approached from the west a reasonable explanation of the accident could be given, but the track east of this point is comparatively straight for some distance and there WAS seemingly no obstruction to the view in this direction. Mr.

Cole also reports that the train sounded its whistle for the crossing. The track is a slight down grade from the east, bnt there is nothing to show the train was making more than the ordinary speed at this point. Louis DeGraaf is described 88 a hard. working. industrious and temperate young man; the chief dependence of his aged parente, and the blow which comes to them 80 sudden is a most sad one.

Coroner Braddish will empanel a jury this morning and the inquest is expected to begin to-day. THE SNOW AND THE RAILROADS. A Pretty General Blockage of Travel and Traffic. The movement of trains on the railroads was very much interfered with again yesterday. There were no trains either way over any of the roads leading out of this city, except over the Detroit, Grand Haven Milwankee, and north on the Grand Rapide Indiana.

On the Michigan Central three engines and a snow-plow were stalled at Dutton, the second station east of this city, and the Detroit express, leaving here at 6 a. m. yesterday, was last night lying behind the engines and plow. The Pacific express, due here at 6 a. m.

yesterday, is lying in the SnOW near Charlotte, but it is expected it will be able to start to-day at noon. The Detroit, Grand Haven Milwankee trains made their regular runs, but were delayed from one to two hone at junction points. The Lake Shore and the Chicago West Michigan had no trains either out of or into the city yesterday. MR. TOZER AS A POSER, Some Poetical Work by Our Police Court Clerk.

The Detroit Times in its Valentine Rhymes had this to say on Saturday: Alfred B. Tozer is also a poser in rhyme as well as in story, and his visions uniqne with the rhyme-loving clique have woh him a good deal of glory. His Police Court duties Are absorbing the beanties of his chaste and elegant measures, and, by making him clerk for such prosaic work, Grand Rapids has lost many pleasures. The following stanza is fertile bonanza of beautifn! thoughts finely attered. bat Alfred soon found that ne'er got round on the side of his bread rhyme was buttered: book- wise sindent.

1 hated the worldMany proofs that 'twas bad had 1: Ont of door life had gone with the summer Cheerless clonde made the only sky. "A skillful touching of ivory keys A song in a girlish voice 0 the memories stirring the pages A second before my choice. "Out of doors the winter is bonnily The air her an action like wine Salt bine abows millions of miles then' the The singer is mine for all time" Lowell Mills at Work. Feb. 16.

-The back of the strike of the carpet companies's 18 broken. Tre hundred out of 200 ingrain looms are running to-day. HAND-WRITING ON THE WALL PROPHECIES BEING Thousands and Thousands el Dollars Being Saved by Citizen Who Patronize Spring Com pany-4 Quarter of a Million Dollars in Merchandize Selling at the Most Astonishingly Lose Prices. Some time ago we advertised to save to the people of this section of the State as well he to everybody who might make their purchases at our store many thousands of dollars, and we call on the thousands who visit our store daily to sky if we are not carrying out in good faith our prompise6. From tive to seven thousand people daily visit our store who can attest to the assertion that never in their experience have they knows Dry Goode and Carpets sold at such astounding low prices.

We are often asked how long this sale is to 00D- tinue. In answer we can only sey it is impossible for us to determine, as we started with upward of two hundred and fifty thousand dollan worth of merchandise of all binds and while others are taking off fully one quarter from the price of their goode in order to compete with os and announce that their sales will terminate in few days, we are induced to say to our customers that the sale of goods at our store will be continbed without en ending. If it is not convenient for you to come this week come next week, or come when it is convenfor you to do so. You will henceforth find our store open and the goode will always be found cheaper than you can buy them elsewhere, even if our neighbore take off a quarter from their price. SPRING COMPANY.

Our sale of embroideries and hair goods is certainly without precedent; the entire stock is itively closed out at half price. SPRING COMPANI White Blankets as low 88 fifty cents each; better quality at sixty-two and a half cente each. How does that eound? SPRING COMPANY Blankets last year for $2.00, present price only $1.00. Last year $3.00, now for $1.50 4,00 2.00 5.00 2.50 7.00 4.25 8.00 5.25 An immense stock to select from. SPRING COMPANY.

Upward 35,000 yards Good Brown Cotton at the lowest price ever known, from 5 cents per yard and award; 25 cases Bleached Cotton, the lowest price we ever knew. SPRING COMPANY. Panic Prices on Cloaks will be maintained until all are closed out. Thousands have been sold by as this season. Thousands of ladies have been made bappy by the low price.

Only think of it: A good clonk for only $5.00. $5.00, $7.00, 58.00, $9,00, $10.00, $12.00 and so on. Thase are all fully worth double the money. SPRING COMPANY. We have opened recently a few cases of Drew Goode that surprises ds event the marvelous low prices.

Double fold Cashmeres, in colors only 15c. Splendid Cashmeres, all colors, fine, for only 25c. These goods can be found elsewhere at almost any store for double the price ore ask. SPRING COMPANY. Special Prices--Good Twill Toweling for only 30 yards good Yard Wide Cotton Cloth for only One Dollar.

16 yards good Cotton Flannel for One Dollar. Good Calico for only 4 and 5 cents per yard. 10 yarde beautiful Brocade Dress Goods for One Dollar. Good White Flannel for only nine cents. Beautiful Brocade Dress Goods, all colors, for only 10 and We cannot begin to enumerate all the articles being sold at these marvelous low prices.

SPRING COMPANY. If anybody tells you that our establishment is a dear place to trade come and jodge for yourselves. SPRING COMPANY. Our competitors have always told you that ,00 would be compelled to pay big for every thing purchased at our store. Wonder if they so any more? SPRING COMPANY.

BEFORE INVOICING February 1st, 1885, And every day for the balance of this month we will offer the BIGGEST BARGAINS -AT THEGREAT WARDROBE -IN ALL OUR LINRA Men's, Youths', Boys' and Children's CLOTHING For the Purpose of Reducing Stock. REMEMBERI -The Balance of OVERCOATS" Must go st Some Price, These Points ere for Your Advantage, at E. S. PIERCE'S UNDER TOWER CLOCK. VISITORS TO THE EXPOSITION At New will find a Assortment of Trunks, Traveling Bags and Traveling Outfits AT The Great Wardrobe..