Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-15

Ions Of water day.
-Carrollton has fire department with
thirty-eight members.
ID. J. Sprague, "a years old, Of Bron-
son, is said to be the eldest member of tho
Grand Army of the Republic organization
in the State.
The marriage fever has broken out
with considerable severity at Manistee. It
is proving particularly fatal with the bach
elors at present.
jason Jillett, an old soldier of CO.
runna, has just been awarded $40. 900 back
pay and a pension of $72 month by the
Government. He is totally blind.
Michigan fifty years ago, when it was
admitted into the Union, had population
Of only 100000; it then stood twenty third
in rank of States as to the number of it's
people; now 1t holds the ninth place IN the
great sisterhood, its population having in,
creased ten fold.
Mr.. Hor, of Lansing, has completed
boring a well for the County Poor Farm
that promises to be one of the finest in
Ingham County. The well, which is lined
with twenty -four inch tile, is fifty eight feet
deep and has twenty six feet of water in il.
The water is like crystal in its clearness aud
it is said the supply is sufficient to run four
large mills.
DIR. Stowell, of Ann Arbor, has gone
to Petoskey to escape the heat, and those
bloody shirts found in stump on the
Crouch farm near Jackson will not be mi
croscopically examined until he returns.
Bay County has fifteen and one-half
miles of stone road, costing $8OO,000. The
Committee on Roads of the East Saginaw
Business Mems Association has been down
there 10 look over these roads, and pro-
nounces them an unqualified success.
Saginaw County will soon move toward the
permanent improvement of her main thor
oughfares.
During the removal of the remains of
Francis Richard from the old st. Annes
Church, in Detroit, to the new church re-
Gently erected by the French residents,
relic-seekers crowded forward and robbed
the coffin of several mementos. One of
the thieves, a lawyer, even went so far as
to steal a inger-joint. The indignation
over the sacrilege is SO intense that it is
thought steps will be taken to punish the
rascals.
Elmer Holloway taught school for
term of eighty days in Ogden, Lenawee
County, year and a half ago, but as he
gave the children vacation ON three holi-
days during the term the School Board
paid him for only seventy seven days ses-
sion. He sued for the balance, and the
Supreme Court has just decided that he is
eighty days.
Police Justice Miner refused to accept
the excuse of "masher" that he was drunk
when he insulted woman on the street.
He also fined the "masher" $5 and gave
him wholesale talking to. 1t was well
deserved, and Justice Miner should have
the thanks of the community for putting
his foot heavily upon one of the wretches
that make it unsafe for respectable women
to walk the streets.-Free Press.
The High School Rsflector is the latest
at Jackson. 1t is published annually by
the graduating class. ave are young and
inexperienced, and do not attempt 'to sup
ply long-felt want in the community but
our object is to have some souvenir of our
youthful productions, a reflector, as it were,
of our happy school days together" runs
the introduction. AS reflector it reflects
no little credit on the publishers. They
may well be proud of their efforts.
Irwin Miles met with horrible death
on Edwin Blackmore's farm, near Rives
Junction. Miles was boring a we'll and
had reached the depth of twenty FIVE feet
when the banks caved in, burying him.
Strenuous efforts were made to effect his
rescue; long iron pipe TO give air was
forced down to him, but he was unable to
clear off the dirt. He talked with those
around the living grave for an nhour or more,
feebly imploring aid, but without avail.
In the conflict between Umpire Gaff-
ney and the Chicago Basel Ball Club, the
umpire is unfortunately handicapped by
the gift of flowers from some indiscreet
admirers in this city. An umpire is q
judge, and gift to judge or his accept
ancs of IL always complicates and embar-
rasses, no matter how innocent the affair
may be. The removal Of the umpire TO st.
Louis was the probable consequence of the
flowers and applause. Such signs of ap-
proval are absolutely certain to provoke
suspicion, and those who like an umpire
most should, for his sake, desist most rig
idly from showing it.-Free Press.
The Ithaca New York; correspondent
of the Chicago Inter Ocean has q pleasant
word to say of President Adams, of Cor
nell University. He declares that he is
popular among faculty, students and towns
people. He was the choice of ex-President
White, which is pronounced a" "happy one."
He makes an excellent executive officer"
keeps the trustees in their place" "holds
the reins of authority with strong and
steady hand" "mingles with the studentsv
socially, goes to their balls, and is already
pronounced "a model President of a great
American University" This viii be pleas
ant to his friends in Ann Arbor and the
graduates Of the University.