Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-29

-Diphtheria has been raging at Negau-

Lansing printers have organized a
union, with thirty-two members.
--Missaukee County has decided to build
$4,000 brick jail at Lake City this season.
st. Louis has q $4,000 Episcopal
church edifce and but two male commune
cants in the society.
The superintendents and engineers OF
the Sault Ste. Marie Canal are to appear in
uniforms this season.
An effort is to be made to change ths
location of the county seat of Arenac County
from Omer to Standish or Sterling.
"A. G. King died at Adrian recently OF
pneumonia. He came to the State in 1884,
became q leading iron foundryman, and
held many public positions.
Mrs. s. Tisdale, Of Sterling, has just
fallen heir to $3S, 900 in cash by the death
of a relative in an Eastern State. She is
unmarried and about 60 years Of age.
Robert Young, who went TO Georgia
to inspect the gold fields in the interest Of
st. Johns capitalists, says there is gold there,
but, in his opinion, it will cost IL .25 to get
dollar out Of it.
The elegant residence of Judge McCur-
dy, at Corunna, has been destroyed by fire,
at loss of $4,000, together with a valu-
able library, the collection of lifetime,
including many valuable Masonic manu-
scripts.
IA sohoolteacher named Arthur Pretty,
teaching in Tuscola County, was arrested
on charge of beating one Of his scholars
named Isaac Taylor in the face with his
fist, breaking the bones of his nose, and
causing them to protrude through the skin.
Pretty says the boys had arranged plot to
throw him out of doors,
Eugene Lamphire, sentenced 1877 from
Lenawee County to twelve years for assault
with intent to kill, and to three years addi-
tional for larceny, has about completed his
first sentence Cthat is, deducting "good
time" he has made), and his attorney thinks
he ought to be liberated until the expiration
of the actual twelve years before entering
upon his second sentence.
The Public Library, which was OPEN
ed at Jackson about Feb. /, has proved a
success from the start. The Reading Room
Committee have reported in favor of open
ing the reading room Sundays from TO
o'clock p. m. The matter of opening the
reading rooms Sundays has been agiiated
for some time, but no action has been taken
b1fUre.
1t is thought that the fire which almost
H. Mcconnell, at Jackson, recently, origin
ated from some one lighting q pipe or ci-
gar and dropping the fire on the floor,
which was soaked with oil. Insurance,
$4,000 on the building and $4,000 on the
stock. Mr.. Mcconnell had no gasoline
permit with the insurance policy, which
causes speculation as towhether he can col
lect the insurance. The delivery wagon,
standing in the rear of the building loaded
with cans filed with gasoline, caught fire,
nearly destroying the wagon, and scorch-
ing the horse considerably.
In a lecture before the Political Science
Association of the Michigan University,
Judge Thomas M. Cooley gave particular
attention 10 the labor question. He op-
poses despotic remedies, and believes that
strikes, having evil consequences, stand in
the way of progress. Each party should re-
spect the object of employment, thus max
ing it mutually beneficial. Law suits are
to be avoided, as breaking the spirit of con-
fidence which should exist. He considers
arbitration the oldest and best remedy, al
though it is most successful in foreign
governments, and does not always please the
democratic independence of the American.
He advocated permanent board of con-
troll, such as is in vogue in England, 10 be
made up equally from both clnsses.
AT the annual meeting OF the Michigan
State Merino Sheep Breeders and shearing
festival, held ON the fair grounds at Ann
Arbor, the main hall was used fo- the ex-
hibit and shearing, and was filed with inn
provised pine tables for the shearers and
sheep pens. The object of the society is 10
raise the grade OF Merino sheep by public
competition, he'll annually, of the differeut
sheep breeders of the State. The shearing
process is done in public, the feeces being
baled and weighed by the Secretary Of tho
society. The sheep are sheared by those
who own them. A record is made of the
weight of the sheep before and after shear
ing, and the wool, after being thoroughly
secured at woolen factory agreed upon, is
put on record as to its relative weight and
quality, and certificates issued to the exhib-
itors accordingly. Between one hundred
and one hundred and fifty sheep have been
entered at this meeting from the southern
section Of Michigan. No graded sheep are
allowed to be entered, the entries being al
lowed to only registered and Thoroughbred
Merino nnimals. The heaviest fleece taken
from any ram during this meeting weighed
thirty and one-half pounds, from a flock
owned by G. M. Thornton, of Worthwhile.
A eve owned by A. A. Wood, of Saline,
sheared twenty-five and one-half pounds,
being the heaviest eve fleece of the meet
ing. The sheep exhibited there were esti-
mated to be worth $4,000. An Ohio spoc-
ulator was present, negotiating for heavy
purchase Of sheep to be sent to South
America.
-Owosso proposes to take care Of eight
thousand troops at the big enclmpment,