City Brevities for April 18, 1902

The annual meeting of the Eaton county teachers’ association will be held at Charlotte Saturday, April 3. The price of beans took a little jump this week, and it is possible but not probable that they may go higher.

-Local republicans have received letters this week from Justus S. Stearns announcing his candidacy for governor.

-Miss Ida Fox is erecting a dwelling house on the lot on Pleasant St., purchased by her from Winslow Johnson.

-John Berry, who has conducted “The Hobson” the past year, has moved to St. Johns where he will engage in the same business.

-Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, whose sermons have been one of the features of the Independent for so many years, died at Washington last Saturday.

-Fred L. Brown has purchased from the Isaac Brown estate that part of the farm lying in Eagle township and Glen D. Patrick the land located in Watertown.

-Grand Lecturer L. B. Windsor, visited the Masonic lodge last Monday night. Visitors from Mulliken, Wacousta, Lansing and Potterville were present and were much interested in the lessons in initiatory work given by Mr. Windsor.

-Those who intend visiting the World’s Fair to be held at St. Louis, will probably have to wait until 1904 for the trip. It is claimed that it cannot be held next year, the time is too short, but everything will be ready the following year, 1904.

-On election day James Fish of Eagle purchased a new hat which apparently fitted well and gave good satisfaction. The day following he exchanged it for one two sizes larger and now his friends say it was all on account of his election to the township clerkship.

-Lou Stark came down Bridge St., last Sunday accompanied by a pet goose which is a genuine curiosity. The bird is trained so that its actions are very funny and at the same time, sedate. She appears to be possessed of more brains than some men and if Lou ever goes broke he can go on the road with his goose.

-There is a strong probability that the canning factory building will be purchased by a stock company and transformed into a creamery. Negotiations are about closed with the promoters of the new company and if all goes well a first class brand of butter will be turned out by a Grand Ledge creamery within a short time. The machinery used by the canning company will be sold to outside parties and will be removed at once.

-The experiment station at the M. A. C. has received a box of potatoes illustrative of an experiment in storage, from the Chatham station. The box contained three lots of the same variety. Some had been stored in common cellar fashion, some had been wintered in pits, and others had remained in the hill, not being harvested until April 2. Those that were wintered in the field are of superior quality and are considered by far the best of the lot.

-It will be welcome news to farmers, as well as to postmasters and carriers that the committee of postal experts who have been investigating the question of letter boxes on rural free delivery routes, recommends that after July 1 the public in all rural free delivery districts throughout the United States be allowed to use any box whatever, subject only to simple requirements regarding a standard of size, shape and materials. The only boxes now permitted by the government are those issued by 14 manufacturing establishments approved by the department.