Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-15
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

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An Interesting Summary of the More I'm
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-we
dings and Deaths - Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
The schooner Georger has gone into
winter quarters at Detroit.
Captain Grummond has laid up the
tugs w. A. Moore and Oswego and the
schoonor Swallow.
1t is reported that Captain Laughlin's
schooner, the Seaton, is total loss at
Port Elgin, Ont, where she went ashore.
The new Michigan Central ice-crush-
er for Detroit has been launched at
Cleveland, and when she arrives will
doubtless be queen of tho Detroit River.
Her length over all is ESQ feet, As feet g.
inches beam, IL feet 3 inches hold, and IS
feet from outside to outside of guards.
The latter are such additions that they are
to furnish quarters for the officers Of the
ship. Her deck between guards is of such
width as to afford room for three railway
trucks. For the purpose Of running cars
and engines into her decks she has square
ends. Her pilot-house is on bridge at
the forward end of the vessel, and is
nineteen feet above the deck. Her bow
is peculiarly shaped in order to make her
thorough ice-breaker, and has beel
stffened with keelsons for the same pur-
pose. So much attention has been gwen to
her with this end in view that it is esti-
mated that she could break through ice
three feet thick without injury, and
could be sailed through ice one
foot in thickness at speed of seven
miles per hour. Her screw wheel is nine
feet in diameter, and her side wheels are
shod with heavy steel facings to assist in
breaking ice. The power which is to push
her through the water or ice OF the above
thickness is in four steel boilers IL feet
inches, l6 feet long, or Al feet longer than
the ordinary boilers on the lakes. These
boilers have two domes 20 feet long and
AZ inches in diameter and one dome 10
feet long and feet in diameter. These
boilers will furnish steam for six cylin-
ders; two 2Sx4S inches on each side for
side-wheel engines, and two cylinders
2Sx36 inches for stern wheel engine, each
with separate condensers. Cylinders are
double low pressure with horizontal en-
gines. The latter have two steel spur
gears l6 feet in diameter, all cut teeth, and
two steel spur pinions feet inches in
diameter, also all cut te tn. The whole
cost of this remarkable steamship is
1925, 900. She is TO be finished up ut the
Cleveland port, and is expected to be
ready for sea aboat the middle of next
January. She will then leave Cleveland
for Detroit regardless of the amount or
thickness of ice on Lake Erie.
Annie Hacking asks the Wayre
County Circuit Court for authority to de-
mand from her husband John G. Hack
ing, who has an action against her, the
sum of So per week temporary alimony
and $25 solicitors fee
The seed sown by the howl of dissat-
isfact'oa that went up fiom every one
when it was learned that the League base-
ball club had been sold has borne fruit,
and new base association has been
started at Detroit. Among those who re-
sponded to the call for meeting of those
interested in baseball were George C..
Chittenden, one of the owners OF the Rus
sell House; NJ. b. Mells, a prominent
real-estate man; George II. Barbour,
wealthy merchant; Judge f.. o. Durfee, |
Robert Ii. Leadley, the manager of the |
old club Ex-Plesidont Stearns and Di- |
rector George NJ. Vail, of the old National
League club, were not present, but sent |
word that they were heartily in accord with |
the object OF the meeting. 1t was decided |
TO put strong nine into the International |
League the coming season regardless of |
cost, and committee was appointed to
receive stock subscriptions from many of |
the prominent merchants who have ex-
pressed desire 10 have financial interest |
in tho new club. There is no doubt of the
success of the scheme, as George NJ. Vail
is willing and ready to take the entire
block of stock if allowed. He will not do |
SO, however, as organizers think best to
lot in the merchants who desire an inter
est, and thus place it on a solid financial
basis by having many working for the
success Of the club instead of one man.
The par value of the stock will be $50 per
share. Po1 Leldley will be the manager
of the new club, and thu International
League next season will be composed of
Detroit, Toledo, Buffalo, Toronto, Lon
don, Syracuse, and Roche ter, and, os-
sibly, Ham'lto Ont
The Cutler Il Savidge Lumber Com
pany have begun sut in the Wayne
Circuit Court against Edgar II. Durand,
George Hendris ct nj. for 81, ,OlO dam
ngos, claiming mechanics lien to the
amount of $2,526.l0 on tie property
Of the de:endInts.
Thee aIe two me in j il nj Mic who
may be taken ont and lynchel IL the
townsr eople do o. cool down. They are
Joseph Rossi, q wood MAJ WHO pounded
John Fowler of Fairview so that he NAV
die. and Albert Bea1le, also a woodsman,
who assaulted Pauline Burcleff, a German
girl. Her recovery is doubtful. The
officers have taken unusual precautions to
guayi their prisoners.
Murphy & Dorr viii bank 6 ZOO. 900
leet of logs on the Molasses, in Glad
win County. Il. f. Dorr & Co. will put
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