Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-09-16
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

"A shooting association has been formed
by the young men Of Bronson.
"A bed factory at Flint turns out two
hundred beds and mattresses every day.
The hotel and opera house recently
burnt down at Hastings are being rebuilt
Frank Washington, formerly Of Romeo,
committed suicide at Oberlin, Ohio, last
week.
-Alpena this year paves part Of Dock,
Water, River, Third, and Chisholm streets
with cedar blocks.
"A Deputy Sheriff found horse thief,
for whom he was hunting in Linden, at the
bottom OF q well forty-two feet deep.
-Boyle's cooper shop, Of Nashville, is
rushing business, 100 barrels being turned
out daily. 1t is expected the force will be
increased to tnrn ont 150 psr day
-Oren Stone has purchased the cotton
and woolen mill at Flint, and after lying
idle nearly three years it will be put in op-
Grafton, giving employment to thirty hands.
Miss Belle Walcott, who for few
years past has been recognized as the finest
singer in Southern Michigan, died at the
home of her uncle, j. S. Walcott, in Cold
water.
The young ladies Of the Three Rivers
Presbyterian Church got up bee last week
and painted the basement room Of the
church, both ceiling and sides, and they
1nif INT L.
of young ladies to have in q town.-Free
Press.
Christopher Schray and wife, of Wa
terloo, called togethera jury of their neigh
bors and informed it that they wished TO
separate. The jury heard both sides of the
case, and then agreed upon terms Of sep
aration, which were accepted by the hus-
band and wife.
An armed mob visited the Jail at Lake
City, intent upon Iynchng Mrs. Bross and
her paramour, Craft, imprisoned for the
murder of the woman's husband, but the
smooth talk of the sheriff Modified the
crowd, who retired without accomplishing
their purpose.
Mrs. Bush, mother Of Chas. B. Bush,
Division Superintendent Of the Michigan
Central at Jackson, and Isaac Bush. OF De-
troit, died Friday, aged 81, at Ypsilanti.
She was the oldest resident in the city, hav-
ing moved there when il was wilderness,
over sixty years ago.
"A good substantial foundation for the
new freight offices and warerooms of the
Michigan Central Railroad Company is
we'll under way. If the structure is in
keepin0 with the foundation. and those who
have seon the plans suy it is, il will be the
finest freight depot in the State. The pay
roll of the men employed on the structure
amounts to $4,000 per month.-Kalamasoo
Gazette.
John Whaley, an eccentric and wealthy
widower living near Morenci, disliking
banks, has kept large sum Of money con-
cealed in his bran bin. His housekeepers
daughter, Mrs. Aaron HOLDEN, got q
knowledge of the place of deposit, and q
shoIt time ago abstracted about 81 900 in
greenbacks. Her husband took the money
and started north to buy farm. Tuesday
the woman was arrested, and confessed,
and HOLDEN was captured at Lyons.
Prosecuting Attorney Blair, of Jack
son, has secured evidence that the Crouch
tragedy was the work of assassins, one Of
whom is now q convict in Jefferson City,
Mo. They were hired TO commit the mur-
der for $4,000. He says it is q matter OF
certainty that the murderers Of the Crouches
were piloted to the homestead by Jim Foy,
who has committed suicide since the trage-
dy, and that he knows who concealed the
bloody clothing and jewelry found few
months ago near the scene of the tragedy.
-Leander Merrill lives at Oakley,
Saginaw County. Within the last two
months he learned that the records in the
Register Office showed two mortgages on
his homestead, one for $500 and one for
500. Foreclosure proceedings we're begun
on one of the mortgages. Mr.. Merrill says
they are both forgeries. Each is signed
with his name and the name Of his wife.
He claims his wife cannot and never could
write her name. The matter has been
placed in the hands Of Prosecuting Attor-
ney limerick, who will bring the parties to
justice if evidence can be obtained. Mr..
Merrill will take the necessary steps in the
courts to clear his title.
Kalamazoo Gazette: The peach har-
vest in the great "belt" of Michigan is 30
prolific that figures are astounding. Among
those who own orchards is Mr.. B. 8.
Williams, of this city, who has 200 acres,
largely composed of young trees. Mr..
Williams has just returned from Douglass,
where he has been attending to the ship
ping from his orchards. He says that
Saugatuck shipments are immense. Six
teen boats constantly run between that
port and Chicago and Milwaukee, and
little steamer runs up the Kalamazoo
River as far as Richmond. Last Tuesday
was but an average day, and ~, 900 bushels
were shipped. OF these 80, 900 come from
Douglass and Saugatuck, $4,000 from
Fennville and Richmond, and $1,000 from
Pier Cove. They were mostly of the
Crawford and Barnard varieties. Chicago
secured GO, 600 bushels Of that days ship
ments, and Milwaukee $4,000. The peach
interests are increasing through this Sec
tion.
Henry w. Newberry OF Detroit having