Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-09

"A Milan hunter in two weeks killed
thirteen dear.
There is only one inmate in the En-
met County Poor-house.
"A bar library will soon be established
by the legal profession at Grand Rapids.
M. d. Campbell, who will be Governor
Luces private secretary, is q resident Of
Coldwater,
"A scheme is on foot to reorganize the
judicial circuit composed Of jackson and
Ipgham Counties.
--Petoskey is anticipating n building
boom next season. A new block of stores,
with a large opera house, is icing planned.
1t is rumored that Grand Rapids will
have a new hotel which will be larger than
any in the State, and will contain 25o
rooms.
Nathan Slaxsnp Of HieLe-..- -c~.-~-~--
being TOO i'll to work, his neighbors invaded
his cornfeld and husked and cribbed the
entire crop, the yield being over five hun
dred bushels.
"A Kalamazoo cart company have re-
ceived recently orders for their carts from
Mexico and Italy. They have within
short time shipped carts to seven or eight
foreign countries.
George Semon, who lately moved to
Hastings and started confectionery shop
and restaurant, has gone to New York 10
bring back 100000 left him by an aunt
who lately died in France.
Albert Spratt, of Concord, left by will
$1,O0O,0OO worth of property, consisting of
1900 acres of pine land, and $4,000 in
money, notes, and mortgages. The lega-
tees are oil residents of jackson County.
An effort will be made to have the next
State Legislature pass a bill providing for
the lowering of Thornapple Lake, in Barry
County. This improvement would redeem
thousands of acres of land which are now
a swamp, being overfowed every spring
George Schill, Michigan Central
switchman, was killed at Jackson. Schill
had just left a switch stand, and as the en-
CINE was backing toward him he attempted
to jump on the foot-board but slipped un-
der the engine and received injuries which
he survived but an hour. He was thirty
FIVE years old, and leaves wife and five
children in destitute circumstances.
-"What do you want?" shouted citizen
Of Fort street east TO person knocking at
his door at midnight. "Wanter (hic) come
in" was the drunken reply. Now you skip,
YOU loafer. Police! Police!" 'Zactly,
my friend" said the drunkard, as he sat
down on the steps. "Pve been drunk ofen
'nuff to know l can't outrun 'em, and I'm
going to sit here and wait. Shorty to dis
turb you, old fel. but wish you'd wake me
up WIENER wagon comes. Detroit Free
Press.
The Detroit Trades Council and Dis
trict Assembly Of the knights of Labor,
repre- senting about seven thousand men,
bers, have put boycott on the beer brewed
by the Voight, Cling, Stroh, Gobel, and
Hauck Brewing Companies, the object be-
ing to break up the Brewers Association,
which has been engaged in long war with
the Brewers Union. The employing brew
ers talk of arresting some OF the most
prominent inst'gators of the boycott for
conspiracy.
William Dennam some two years since
moved from Au Sable to the State of Kan
sas. A few weeks since the idea flashed
upon his mind that Michigan was the better
place, after all, and, once convinced of this,
he was not long in making preparations
for speedy return. He ignored railroad
trains, and packed his goods on two wag-
ons, and with his family-four persons in
all-started for Au Sable, q distance of
about 900 miles. He passed through Bay
City Friday on his way 10 the Sable.-BGy
City Tribune.
Mai. Norman, of Boston, we'll
capitalist, has offered TO buy the Grand
Rapids water works system from the city,
run the plant at his own expense, furnish
the city IFS hydrant supply free, and supply
water to private parties at the same rates as
prevail at present. Though the works are
at present losing money 10 the city, and are
in need of repairs that will cost about
$500, 900, the Colonel, who has had extern
sive experience in such matters, claims that
by better business management than mu-
nicipality can give such an enterprise he
can make handsome profit off the plant
and keep it in better condition than the
city would.