Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-06-10
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

| pihuI III OperatlOn.
"A Mancelona factory ships carload
of wooden dishes every day.
The paving in front of the State Cap
itol will be completed July /.
"A nitro-glycerine factory is about to
commence operations at Negaunee.
A railroad will probably be built from
Caro- to Marlette in the near future.
Several energetic citizens of Luding-
ton are endeayoring to secure a marine hos
pital.
Several prominent young ladies of
Pleasant Lake have organized a brass
band.
A Jackson grocer has $50, 900 worth Of
unpaid accounts, which he is willing to sell
for 5000.
Adrian citizens are thinking of organ
izing society for prevention of cruelty to
animals.
"A Milan florist has a shrub which
grows flowers of two colors and kinds, but
on different branches.
Cecil Smith, of Milan aged ninety -one
years, died last week, leaving widow of
ninety-five summers.
The Harbomaster at Bay City was
called upon to act in his official capacity
only three times last year.
The congregation of the Presbyterian
Church at Mason have extended a call to
Rev. j. A. Barnes, of Clinton, at salary
of 200.
The Manistee School Board offers $500
reward for the arrest and conviction of the
incendiaries who burned the SAC, 200 school,
house in that place.
james Curry, aged Is years, fooled
with a dynamite cartridge at Pulaski re-
Gently, when it exploded, mutilating his
hands and hip badly.
The announcement that one of the
combatants in the recent prize fight was
almost killed, will be received with genuine
regret.-Free t"ress.
| Bay City bricklayers say that there are
more of their number now in that city than
can secure work, advertisements to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
Henry Wilson, negro who killed his
daughter last April by pouring carbolic
acid down her throat, was sentenced to
prison for life at Detroit.
"A Mt. Pleasant farmer of experience
declares that there is more money in grow
ing wool at twenty cents pound than in
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Bay City has curiosity in the shape
of an English nobleman who looks like a
tramp and lives the life of hermit, with
only his dogs for companions, and yet is
wealthy.
An explosion wrecked Kimbark's fac
tory at Quincy, several persons being
bruised and scalded. Two have died of
their injuries, and others are not expected
to recover.
Mrs. John Bierd. of Milwaukee, was
taken with a fit while walking along the
street, and tumbled over into small pool
of water, where she was drowned before
help arrived.
The Jackson Patriot declares that the
food furnished the prisoners in the peni-
tentiary is below the standard. The prison
authorities are said TO be boycotting the
Patriot for this declaration.
Gov. Alger has presented a fan TO each
girl inmate of the Industrial Home, at
Adrain, who was perfect in department for
the month of April, and a clock to each
girl who had perfect record during April
and May.
Mrs. DIR. Gunsolus, of Dundee, has
received from Virginia an old family relic
in the shape of q clock. II is about 1926
years old and was first the property of her
great grandparents, and has since been the
property of the various generations of the
family.
John Kalousky, aged 26, an employe
Of the Peninsular Stove Works, Detroit,
while returning home from dance was as
saulted by four men, one of whom plunged
knife into his right side, injecting fatal
wound. Louis Grywezsky, who had threat
ened Kalousky, has been arrested on sus-
picion.
A communication which we would very
gladly print goes to the waste basket be-
cause the author failed to give us his name.
This brief mention will apprise him Of the
reason for the appearance of his note.
If it also apprises him that it is extremely
discourteous-to say the least-to send an
anonymous letter 10 a newspaper, even
when the letter is courteous and proper, we
shall be glad.-Free Press.
--Kitchigami, the largest eight wheel 10
comotive in the United States, is now doing
regular duty in transporting rock from the
Calumet and Hecla Mine to the mills. The
"Kitchigami" is a daisy" as Engineer
LainR expresses it, and with sufficient rock
cars would not be required to make more
than four or five trips day to supply the
full quota of Leavitt Founders in the two
mills. Then il is said that the mammoth
locomotive will do the same work with full
third less fuel. Don't have TO crowd
"she," as it were.-Torch Lake Times.
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Secretary Kellogg, of the Michigan
State Fish Commisaion saws that ur,dar fha