Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-11
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.
The Cheboygan Ts-i6une appess In .
handsome new dress.

Justice Gale, at Corunna, has just
bound over for trial Hank 6ehaffer, who is
charged with having put paris green IN tho
pump of Bob Berry.
Edwin Il. Clarke, Of Coldwater, VIII
build and donate to the city $15, 900 build
ing constructed of brick and stone. for the
use Of the free public library.
Richard Young, Of Carolltown Town
ship, fell dead in front of the National
Bank at Hastings, of heart disease. The
deceased was a pioneer Of Barry County.
"A malignant form Of epizootic has been
raging among horses at Maple Rapids. In
some cases 1t very closely resembles gfsn-
ders. Steps are being taken to prevent its
spread.
The jury in the case of Fred Foote,
charged with the murder OF Andrew y,
Brink, q sa1oon-keeper at Fenton, on thS
evening of December 10th last, brought In
verdict of murder in the first degree.
The doors of Louis Van Ness & Co.,
who run q general store at Mendon, have
been closed by the Sheriff. The firm is
on old one, and thought to be sound here.
tofore. Liabilities are about $35, 900; as
| sets unknown.
The Governor has appointed r. 81.
Fosdick, Of Mic, Agent of the Board of
Corrections and Charities for Oscoda
County; also, Hon. Watson Beach, of Lex
ington, Sanilac County, Judge Of the
Twenty fourth Judicial Circuit, in place Of
Levi X. Wilson, resigned. Watson Beach
is a lawyer, and also editor Of the SaaiLdc
Je6ersonian, published at Lexington.
| When w. j. Carveth, convicted of
mingling poison with his wife's medicine,
in order to kill her, was brought before the
| court at Hastings for sentence he made q
pitiful play for mercy, asserting that he was
wholly innocent of the crime. He declared
that his love for his wife was still the up
permost thought of his heart. The Judge
sentenced him to eighteen years in the
States prison at Jackson.
| WIN. Mason and wife, farmers living
five miles north of Adrian, were struck by
the west-bound express on the Michigan
| Central at the Whitmore Lake Road Cross
ing. The wagon was demolished. Mason
had some ribs broken and received other
bruises, and his wife had deep cash cut
over her left eve. The horses were unin-
| jured. The couple were taken to the Uni
versity Hospital, where their injuries were
| pronounced severe but not fatal.
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! 1i,N T-;nl Tnan-,n. hoe ~r.r-~:--A~I A. f-ii--
ing Board of Council for Michigan: Isaac
| Marston. Michael Brennan. Thomas p.
Tulle, Patrick Dee, and John Hyde, of De-
troit; Edward Duffy, of Ann Arbor; T. A.
weadock, of Bay City; John E. Tyrell, of
Jackson; Capt. James Walsh, of Grand
Rapids; E. Ryan, of Hancock; O'Brien j.
Atkinson, of Port Huron; and Timothy
Nester, of Marquette
The statement is made in the Peninsu-
lar Record, the official organ of the Knights
| Of Labor at Ishpeming, that an assembly of
the order has been working at Calumet
for nearly a month. The officers of the
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company gave
notice last October that any of their en-
ployes joining the Knights of Labor would
be discharged, but it was thought then that
an effort would be made to organize not
withstanding the action of the companys
officers.
| The wives of George p. Glazier and
John r. Gates of Chelsea, thwarted what
would have been heavy bank burglary the
other night. They were going home from
the sick-bed of a friend at midnight, and,
in passing the Chelsea Savings Bank, saw
burglars at work. There were four men.
| One of the quartet was on the lookout and
| threatened to shoot the women, who ran
away terribly frightened. They determined
to prevent the robbery if possible, and
aroused several of the citizens, who started
| for the bank, when the burglars fed.
The school-teachers of lower Michigan
assembled at Ann Arbor, last week, TO or
| ganize mutual benefit association. Sew
enteen instructors and high school teach
ers were at the meeting. Several teachers
| from the northern peninsula sent letters
of acquiescence. The Michigan School
| Teachers Association was organized under
| the law, with l.. G. Hull, of Detroit, as
President; A. G.. Hugner, Of Lapeer, Vice
| President; and V. Spaulding, Secretary.
| There are to be three meetings annually
held at Ann Arbor.
The Grand Council, Royal Templars Of
Temperance, of Michigan, elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: Grand
| Councillor, Mrs. p q. Whitfield, of Grand
Rapids: Grand Vice Councillor, L. r. Run
nell, of Bay City; Grand Chaplain, Mrs. A.
NJ. Cooper, of Battle Creek; Grand Secre-
tary, G.. NJ. Hasty, Of Lansing; Grand
Treasurer, A. S. Partridge, of Flushing;
Grand Herald, o. w. Brundage, of Kals-
mazoo; Grand Deputy Herald, A. Harshaw,
Of Alpena; Grand Guard, r. j. b. New
combe, of Manistee; Grand Sentinel, t. E.
Sharp, of Whitehall Grand Director, for
three years, II. l.. Bower, of Greenville;
Representative to the Supreme Council,
Mrs. p. b. Whitfield, of Grand Rapids.
The next meeting Of the Council will be
held on the fourth Tuesday in February,
| 1887.
An East Saginaw young lady became
vexed at the kitchen clock the other day