Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-27
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS Is.

been raised to $4,000. 'f- ''8' q.
AT Mason, Gideon Brown (colored)
shot and killed his wife. e'.Ht
The eleventh annual fair Of the St
Joseph Agricultural Society will be held at
Centerville June 2, 3, and 4. tA
| The aged widow of the late Judge
Tiffany died at Adrian last week. She was
the mother Of George Tiffany, the in
| ventor. r sr ua1 aa -.
| -Gladwin County has lost her only grist
mill by fire, and good opportunity is open
for the right man to build another in that
fourishing locality.
I'm the case of the Lenawee County
Savings Bank, Judge Howell decided, at
| Adrian, that taxes may be levied on the un-
divided surplus in the bank.
Adrian has pony express" whose
driver is over eighty years OF age, and who
is daily on the streets carrying passengers
to and from the depot, and delivering such
parcels and goods as are intrusted TO him.
Not sod has been turned on the Mar
quette, Houghton and Ontonagon extern
sion to Ontonagon, and the time for com
pletion is July 4. This means the prob
able forfeiture of the unearned portion of
the land grant.
"A newspaper called the Opera House
Reporter, has made its appearance in the
Penitentiary, at Jackson, convict printer
heinn the editor a,ad t.ep.iotOI. Ti.~ V~4-a-
ments on the management of the prison
have excited the ire of the warden.
Truman Smoke, of Clio, who was
poisoned by having the end of his finger
punctured by the fangs of dead rattle
snake while building fence some four
we olss Ae,o, AAa- seaarosel f-e,-- Al. .ass1s,
but is yet unable to follow his vocation. He
has shed his skin from the roots of his
hair to the bottom of his feet, and his
hands are yet tender. His hair. has begun
to fall out, and his finger nails have be-
come loosened and are giving place to the
growth of new ones.
Nathan Tubbs, a resident of Novi, at
tempted to shoot his sister at Worthwhile.
He then returned home, told his neighbors
what he had done, and said he meant to
commit suicide. They tried 10 dissuade
him, but he persisted, eava noishbor
$1,000, and when deputy sheriff came to
arrest him for his Worthwhile crime he was
locked up in the barn. AS the deputy ap-
preached the barn shot was heard and
Tubbs was found dead inside, having
blown the top of his head off with sh t.
gun.
Tim Pangburn, at Michigan Center,
was exercising colt, having rope about
Forty fvet le-e "ttootsol 60 the b-ilie. o.Ae
of Tins legs is lame from the effects of
rheumatism, and he is not as active as he
used to be. In some manner the rope be-
came wound about his sound leg and he
was thrown to the ground, which startled
the colt and it ran, dragging Tim for several
rods, till it was caught by one of his neigh
bors. DR.. Turner was called and found no
bones broken, but he was bruised from head
to foot and strained in several places, and
will probably be laid up for some time.
Over fifty Polish families of Detroit are
luhhluB DlCpuIuJiOubl W JUN uOuci hOHtSiH-
ski in Minden, Oak. Kolasinski has charge
of parish there, and his representations Of
the cheap land, good soil, and general adj
vantages for poor men have induced many
of his adherents to follow him. 1t is be-
lieved that large number of other Polish
families will emigrate to Dakota in the near
future. Father Joseph Dombrowski. the
priest appointed to fill the vacancy in st.
Albertus Church occasioned by the remoy-
al, has left. 1t is expected that Dombrow-
skis visit to Rome will result in a final set
Element of the church troubles in Detroit.
He will be absent about three months.
An embryo Justice of the Peace in
Missaukee County delivered the following
charge to the jury in the trial of his first
CASE Gentlemen of the jury, charging
jury is a new business to me, rs this is my
first case. You have heard oil the evidence
as well as myself, and you have also heard
| what the counsel for the plaintiff has told
you. If you believe it, your verdict will be
| for the plaintiff; but if, on the other hand,
you believe what the counsel for the defend
ant has told you, your verdict will be for
the defendant. But if you are like me,
and don't believe what either of them have
said, then Ill be - if know what you
will do. Constable, take charge of the
jury"
| If you ask almost any saloon keeper
what book beer is he will tell you without
hesitation that he does not know, but that
there is no extra charge for drinking 1t.
Other saloon men affirm, however, that all
there is of it is that more malt and hops
are used, and that one glass of book will
cause the deadly effect that two glasses Of
ordinary beer would-this being clear
saving of five cents every drink. Others
again claim that the warm spring weather
| makes the beer become book; and still
others that the difference rests entirely with
the colored Autographs in the windows
representing goat going it. Finally. 1t is
claimed that book beer is brewed TO cele-
brate the invention Of beer, some time about
! the year 1. A man is permitted to drink
the beer and believe anything he chooses
about it as long as he planks nickel on
the counter. Detroit Free Press.
AT st. Louis an intoxicated mau named