Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-01

-Pontlac has voted against the water
works by majority of ffty-six.
The capital stock of the Cheboygan
Broom Company has been oil taken up.
Marshall Fisher, aged 90, a pioneer o
Jackson County, died at his home in
Hanover.
Two farmers near Parkville recently
sod l 200 pounds of peppermint oil at $3.50
per pound.
Making maple sugar by steam Is q new
enterprise which Ben Ransom, of Algansee,
Branch County, has started.
Jackson County marketed Sc, 1852 bush
els of wheat in February, being the second
county in the Stite, Branch alone exceed
ing with 56,3l7 bushels.
A. ]. Patterson, proprietor of the Ma
tional Hotel, Owosso, gave $500 toward the
$4,000 to be raised to obtain the soldiers
encampment at that city August 28.
Miss Oracle Whitcomb, of jackson,
niece of Postmaster General Villas, and
daughter of wealthy parents, accompanied
| friends TO the depot in that city recently
and unaccountab.y disappeared.
Hans Peterson, miner, fell down No.
6 shaft at the jackson mine, Negaunee, re-
Gently, sustaining fatal injuries. He is the
second man who has been fatally injured at
Jackson by falling down a shaft in the past
| few months.
Mr.. A. N. Brown, of the Mt. Pleasant
Tribune, was not whipped, as recently re-
| ported, and as to his "notoriety," he claims
] that il consists in having all the best citi-
zens of Mt. Pleasant and Isabella County
arrayed on his side.
"A Coroner's inquest ou the body Of
Aaron Palmer, found in a swamp near
Tecumseh, shows that he perishod by his
own hand, firing shot through his head,
either in his drunken desperation or fear
ing the vengeance of the mob after his
mnrdGrous shooting of he Anderson
brothers.
The construction company of the Gin
cinnati, jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
held n meeting in jackson recently, and it
was decided to abandon the enterprise.
The result of the meeting is undoubtedly
for the purpose of inducing the city of
Jackson to subscribe 100000 toward it's
construction.
West Bay City, where he disposed Of yoke
of oxen. Next morning he went TO East
Saginaw to collect about 81 200 on a log
| ging contract. He intended TO return to
west bay CITY TO collect the money for the
oxen the same day, but has not since been
| seen or heard from.
| In view of the number of fatal mining
accidents that have happened in Marquette
County in the past four months there is a
strong sentiment among the people in the
county in favor of the appointment of a
Mine Inspector, whose duties shall be the
same as those of the Mine Inspectors ap-
pointed in Pennsylvania and other mining
Sta.es.-Free Press.
Michigan State Fair meeting in jackson rep
resentatives from all principal cities in the
State were present. Kalamazoo offers to
sell the State Fair Society its grounds and
buildings for $4,000. Detroit offers 10
donate the use of the Hamtramck grounds
forte years. Lansing will give its grounds
If the society will assume $4,000 mort
e"se' J"Oh50H vn0IS 60 give vutrIgut nrty
acres and $4,000 in cash.
AT the trial OF Father Kolnsinski, the
cOnfumapioue Dn1iob rr;aot a. not.o;4 A.
jury gave verdis in ejectment in favor of
Bishop Borgess.. The trial had many ex-
citing incidents. The priest will appeal
from tie finding of the jury, and, as the
case cannot be reached in the Circuit Court
for some weeks to come. the situation in
st. Alberts parish will remain unchanged.
The State dentists, recently in ses-
sion at Ann Arbor, elected the follow
ing officers: President, L. L. Davis, Eaton
Rapids; First Vice President, II. Cowle,
Detroit; Second Vice President, H. G.
Cons, Detroit: Secretary, J. b. McGregor,
Port Huron; Treasurer, II. X. Lathrop, Jr.,
Detroit. j. A. Harris, of Pontiac, was re-
elected three-year member of the Board
of Censors, and temporary appointment
made TO fill q vacancy on the University Wis.,
iting and Consulting Committee. The next
meeting of the association will be held at
same place in the month of March, 1887.
The famous Mamie Garland litigation
has been settled by compromise. On July
%, 1880, the steam yacht Mamie, carrying
acolytes of Holy Trinity Catholic Church,
collided with the ferry steamer Gaila ID,
having an excursion party on board. Seven
persons werc drowned, and suits for dam
ages were begun by relatives against the
two boats. During the past six years an
immense amount of litigation has been
carried on, the matter bsing fought through
the Canadian courts and the State and the
United States courts, one suit reaching the
Supreme Court. There wCrs in all forty
eight suits pending when settlement was
reached. The surplus of the company.
after certain previous obligations are paid,
will be paid over to the plaintiffs. The
suits in the various courts were discon-
tinued.
NAmong the collection of Indian curl
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