Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-08
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

IL ne erectlon OF U Darrel tactOfy ~ uu@
Ter contemplation at Salt River.
-Houghton County is going to build q
bridge over the branch OF the Sturgeon
River.
The Methodists Of Manistique will
erect $4,000 church building the coming
season. at y WA
--Kalkaska Is noted for its oddities, her
latest addition being young girl with long
hair all over her face. n1
A stock company has been formed at
Royal Oak to sink test we'll. Oil or high
pressure gas is expected. fn
Mr.. Charles Lansing will erect new
brick hotel at Litchfeld, TO cost 5000, the
citizens 10 give him bonus Of $500.
1t is estimated tn at four hundred pu-
pills Of the schools at Lansing are confined
TO their homes by epizootic or rose colds.
DIR. II. A. Baker, of the State Board Of
IIealtL, 20 convinced sL..t A O. c--;.L, -
Pinconning, has had an attack of genuine
Asiatic cholera.
The decoration of Representative Hall
in the Slate Capitol at Lansing has been
completed by the contractors, and is pro.
nounced good.
Edward Cliff, of Onondaga, while ut
tempting to board moving freight train 10
the Central yards, at jackson, was thrown
against switch and severely injured.
A majority of the National House Ju-
dietary Committee has decided in favor OF
Bay City for the holding of United States
courts, minority favoring East Tawas.
Colonel A. V. Berry died recently at
Jackson, aged 50. He was one of the first
to explore the mining districts of Northern
Michigan, and erected the first reduction
works at Marquette.
"A son of Mrs. Chas. Heinrich, who
died suddenly at Detroit last January, hav-
ing testified 10 his suspicious duplicating
his father, the father has brought an action
for damages for slander.
In the Iron County perjury case coun-
ter-charges have been filed by the arrested
township officials against those furnishing
the first information, and it now looks as
though the whole of the new county officials
would become embroiled.
The Bay View camp-meeting near
Petoskey will begin on July 20 and last
three weeks. The chapel at Bay View will
be enlarged, and the new dock at the
grounds for the landing of steamers and
iLa farrv ;s ooDoDlafa
"A Ridgeway woman has kept track of
her baking for year, and finds the score to
stand thus for family of six: Cookies,
4,9O5; pies, SOP; cakes, 1853; fried cakes,
tess jimmy yvuA-s, snUrIcuKes, puucahos,
and puddings.
The Petoskey Democrat, which has
been in litigation for some time between
Mr.. and Mrs. Roselle Rose, has been sold
to syndicate of Petoskey Democrats.
John G.. Hill, an attorney, assumes editorial
control until permanent management is
arranged.
Ramsay Gregory, son of John Gregory,
prominent builder, was shot down in
frolt of his own house at Bay City. On re-
turning home, lie found a thief carrying off
some property from his fathers stable, and,
after brief struggle, was shot through tn,
heart. The revolver was held so close that
his skin was burned. When the report of
the weapon was heard, Mr.. Gregory came
ont and found his son on the lawn. He died
in a few minutes.
"A most scandalous charivari took place
in Owosso the other night. j. Nixon, who
had just been married, was the victim. His
house was surrounded by about hundred
men, all armed with shot-guns and rifles.
They fired into the roof of the house, doing
J considerable damage. Nixon was called
upon to treat the crowd or they would take
him and the "old woman" (his wife) out
and roll them in the mud. This he refused
to do, whereupon they broke the windows,
threw clubs against the house aud went away
saying that they would come back and fix
them.
An old lady named Caroline Steffanski,
living at Raisin Center, who has a son at
the Reform School, at Lansing, decided
a few days ago TO visit him and
sold her COW TO raise money for that pur-
pose. She arrived at Jackson, and bought
} ticket for Lansing and stepped aboard the
train. While standing in the aisle Of the
car, man crowded against her and picked
her pocket, securing $2l.80 and her ticket.
She Immediately gave the alarm, pointing
TO the man, but although number of pas-
sengers were in the cor he was allowed 10
: escape.
, Miss Nellie Cook and Timothy Bres-
nahan, Of Detroit, were married. as they
supposed, by the assistant pastor Of the
Lutheran Church. The nuptals were the
, result of an extended courtship, which had
greatly displeased the groom's father,
/ Maurice Bresnahan, as he was Catholic
, and Miss Cook Protestant. The day af-
ter the ceremony it came out that the al
, legged minister was peddler, disguised for
the purpose of celebrating mock marriage.
The bride accused her father-in-law Of
putting up the job, and claims that he re-
piled by calling her vile names. The couple
were afterward duly married, and Mrs.
, Bresnahan begann slander suit against hel
father-in- law for S5, 900 damages.
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