Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-07-26


The Grand Trunk train going east
stopped at Mt. Olivet, the new cemetery
a few miles from Detroit the other day.
The train did not halt long. The bag
gageman placed upon the platform a
small black coffin of the plainest and
cheapest design. A woman alighted
from the car. The train moved on. One
OF the cemetery employees came and took
cemetery. The mother followed. She
was the only mourner. 1t was q touch
ing incident.
Macarthur Brothers, of Chicago, have
been awarded the contract for building
the water-rower canal at Sault Ste.
Marie. Work will begin soon, and will
cost $500. 900, and be completed within
one year. The Water-P Power Company
vii improve 100 acres with mile of
water frontage for free mill sites. Sew
eral large mills will be built rs soon as
the canal can furnish power.
Parma is within $3.50 of a local Trot-
ting and Fair Association. Going to
have fifteen acres of land and half-mile
track.
The Saginaw City Turn verein will
build 81 800 hall.
The weather for the last week has
been all that the most exacting agricultur-
ist of the State could ask for, and work
in the hay and harvest fields has been
weeks have not changed. Wheat is com
ing out much better than expected. Hay
has yielded largely corn is coming up to
every expectation, oats are good, potatoes
are abundant, and the Colorado beetle has
been much less obnoxious than heretofore.
-Grayling's best hotel, the Grayling
House, has been destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000.
The First Michigan Infantry will
hold a reunion at Jackson September H..
Nearly 400 invitations have been issued
The railroad deputation appointed by
Mr. Potts, of the Potts Railroad Com
pany, called on him at Au Sable. Mr..
Potts is negotiating with some Eastern
parties for about ~, 200, 900 feet of stand
ing pine on the Oqueoc River, in Presque
Isle County, and if he closes that bargain
satisfactorily he will continue his road
through Hillman to that vicinity during
the present season, and if not he will
build the road at any rate to Hillman for
small bonus. There is no doubt what
oyer, from Mr.. Potts conversation, that
Hillmqn can have his road with con-
nection at Beaver Lake before snow flies.
-Lansing's Common Council will be
asked to appoint milk inspector.
-Manistique is to have public Ii
brary.
Farm hands are in demand at good
wages.
"A 800, 600 -bushel elevator is being
built at Gladstone.
The Lansing Reform School Hospital
hasn't patient at present.
-MOuul Il leuSduI IIOulDltlOnlStST Tulbeu
pole fIom which floats a Fisk and
Brooks streamer. The indications are
that strong Prohibition vote will be cast
In Isabella County this year.
John NJ. French, of Lansing, has cell
ebrated his Goth birthday. He is hale and
hearty, was member of the Legislature
in 1912 and has been resident of Lans-
ing for twenty three years.
Maynard Il Co., is the name of the
firm that has commenced the manufac-
ture of the Maynard rifle at Mount Pleas
ant. The industry will start with twenty
| five men who are TO turn out IA rifles q
day.
AT dance in the south end Of Bay
City boy named Edward Parker shot
and seriously injured one John Mccoy,
aged FL. The shooting was the result OF
a misunderstanding which took place be-
| tween the two few minutes before, in
which Mccoy struck Barker in the face.
| The bullet struck the sixth rib and passed
called was unable to locate it with probe.
Barker claims that the shooting was done
in self-defense. One of the peculiar fea-
lures of the shooting il that after being
wounded Mccoy entered the house where
the dance was in progress and Continued
| playing the violin as if nothing had hap
pened.
Tony Robinson, an employe of the
| National Illuminating Gas and Fuel Com
| pany, at jackson, met with serious ac-
cident. lie and man named Richard
Ogden were engaged in laying drain-pipe
in trench seven feet in depth, leading
from the cellar of new building being
erected at the works. Robinson was
bending over when the whole bank gave
way and buried him out of sight and Og-
den up 10 the arms. II took some time
to dig Robinson ont, as he was lying al
the bottom of the ditch, with the bulk oi
the dirt urol his boly. He was taken
out in an insensible condition, and physi.
clans summoned. On examination sew.
eral ribs were found to have been broker
and his body badly squeezed, causing in
ternal injuries, which will probably result
fatally.
Tho Cheboygan County Teachers In
stitute will be held in Cheboygan, com
mencing August 20. Prof. Putnam, o.
the State Normal School, will be the con