Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-02-18

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The school at Carleton has been closed
because Of scarlet fever.
Ed II. Freeney's store, at Wise Station,
was destroyed by fire recently.
The contract for the construction Of
new hotel in Hastings has been let.
The State tax in Monroe County this
year is the highest ever known.
Abraham Percival, an old resident of
Pontiac, died in that city last week.
WIN. Schneider suicided near Harvey.
U. p, by cutting his throat from ear to ear.
The Bay City Academy of Prof. II. Is.
Scott was greatly damaged by fire the other
night.
The Monroe Ice Company has finished
harvesting a crop of ice that will last two
years.
In 1885 $2S9, 900 worth of goods were
manufactured at Worthwhile, and $91 400
paid out in wages.
Mrs. Frank Grubaugh, of Washington,
is under arrest, charged with conspiracy 10
remove her husband.
Dwight Johnson, an old resident Of
Shiawassee County, died recently, and
leaves quite large family.
The business men at Eyart have fund
with which to entertain strangers wko go
among them looking for place to locate.
The city of Detroit has placed $4,000
Belle Isle bridge bonds, bearing 81 per
cent. interest, at premium of 4.263 per
cent.
Garland Depot, on the Toledo, Ann
Arbor and Northern Michigan Railway, ten
miles north of Owosso, has been destroyed
by fire.
A daughter of Conrad wisaman, of
Hillsdale, was accidentally shot in the
back of the head with a revolver in the
hands of her brother.
The Salvationists of Corunna propose
to make a raid on Vernon, having rented q
hall there in which to hold meetings on cer-
! tain evenings of each week.
-McKenna, Fuller & Cowles, of Mar
quette, claim to have quartz prospect Sc
lected in Alaska, the specimens of which
assay as high as 81, 900 to the ton.
The Hillsdale Water Works are COM
pleted, and the first water was let into the
pipes last week, and is now in full opera
ton. The. people of Hillsdale are de-
lighted.
by invitation of the South Carolina
Bar Association, Thomas M. Cooley, of
Ann Arbor, will deliver the annual address
before them at Columbia, S. c., next De-
cember.
The Springwells Dry Dock Company,
Detroit, recently increased hours of labor
from nine to ten daily without increase Of
pay. The men, however, struck, and the
company yielded.
William Barnes, at Mackinaw City, was
chopping ice from his house door when the
ak struck torpedo which had been dropped.
The pieces passed through his clothing,
ears, and probably put out his eyes.
William Snyder committed suicide near
Harvey by cutting his throat. He had been
sent home from the insane asylum on the
ground that he was not crazy, and his
friends had abandoned their close watch of
his movements.
The fully completed figures Of copper
production by the Lake Superior mines for
1886 have just been finished. The total pro-
duction Of smelted copper was 71,15O,O0O
pounsd. This is only 1,85O,OO0 pounds
more than the product of 1884.
Judge Brown, at Detroit, decides that
it is competent for a vessel-owner to show
that he delivered all the grain laden on his
vessel, despite the terms of the bill of lad
ing, and that master has no authority TO
bind the vessel or her owners for cargo
not laden on board.
The Sturgis Furniture Manufacturing
Company's works, with contents, have been
destroyed by fire, caused in peculiar
manner. A workman was standing in front
of the stove, when the back of his coat
caught fire. From the coat the flames
seized ON infammable oils and the building
was soon on fire.
Things look as though the university
boys would not get even the brief apology
for gymnasium which they have been at
tempting to boom at the roller rink. Presi-
dent Angel, Trustee Of the gymnasium
fund, some 80, 900 in money made at ths
field day exercises and entertainments, says
that he does not feel that he could part
with any Of IL to be used off the campus.
The students asked for $3.50.
AT the Farmers Institute at Rochester,
Prof. r. @. Carpenter, of the Agricultural
College, read his paper on the Reclamation
of Swamps," in which he showed that The
first step in Improvement must be drainage,
which will fit most swamps for pasture or
meadow lands. Top dressing of manure
or lime is essential on many swamps and
for crops generally. The element of time
is also necessary; muck must be allowed to
decay. The celery and peppermint are es-
pecial crops that do well on muck. Grain
will do well after some years of cultivation,
but not at first.
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The funeral of Col. Thompson, at Flint,
notwithstanding the extremely cold weather,
was very largely attended. The banks and
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