Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-05
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

- Aifefe ID an earnest enort ABOUT 20 DO
uc:'s 10 secure union depot for Bay City.
There IL quite boom in the building
residences in East Saginaw this season.
Clinton County marketed 1879 bush
els Of wheat at six elevators in the county
last month.
The Adjutant- General has issued the
ficiGl order for the encampment Of State
troops at Maclinac.
Peaches and other fruit In Jackson
County have been but little injured by the
resent severe weather.
Two elevators, each capable Of storing
| 100000 bushels of wheat, are to be erected
at once at 81. Ignace.
Peach buds in Pulaski, Jackson Coun-
ty, are reported to have passed the winter
without injurious effects.
The Bay County Agricultural Society
will decide upon the location of their fair
grounds at their April meeting.
twenty-five years in tie penitertiar,
Is the sentence of William Gallagher, mem
Der Of gang of burglars at Jackson.
There are fears of destructive Aoodsin
some parts of the Upper Peninsula. on ac-
count of the immense accumulations Of
snow.
-Ex- Supt. McElroy, of the State School
for the Blind, has received o fatterinR offer
to take charge of the Illinois State Insti-
tute for the Blind.
| The ice is all out of Grand River on
the rapids, and is moving all along the
river from Jackson to Grand Haven. Nc
ico jam this year.
DIR. A. G. Barry, for years q prominent
Universalist minister in Michigan, and from
1853 to 1858 Superintendent Of Public In
struction, died recently at Lodi.
Railroad Commissioner Rich has is
sued an order for the use OF the Dowling
automatic car coupler on Michigan rail-
roads. This makes nine patent couplers
now in use in this State.
One ofthe Jackson public schools was
dismissed recently on account of an OBJ
struction in the sewer: it was feared that
sewer-gas might accumulate in the build.
ing and injure the pupils.
Apples are sea ce In Jackson. A gen.
tleman said that he went to six grocery
stores one day before he found single
apple, and even then he could have bought
more tropical fruit for the same amount Of
money. Yet this is q famous apple growing
country.
The meeting held at Concord, Jackson
County, to form an agricultural and sale
society, was attended by about thirty gentle-
men. A temporary organization was
formed with Col. H. G. Hodge as Chair
man, and A. W. Mason, Secretary. 1t was
decided TO organize a society to be known
as the Union Agricultural Society, with 100
shares at $40 each, embracing the town.
ships of Concord, Pulaski, Homer, Albion,
Parma, Sandstone, Spring Arbor and Han
over.
"A Ras-ftter in the employ of the jack
son Gaslight and Fuel Company named
George Briggs was overcome by gas re-
Gently. He was at work in DIR. Robinson's
dental Office, connecting the pipes with
those in Devlin's Business College, and,
after sending his helper stairs to steady
the pipe, got on the top shelf Of closet,
where he attempted to make q connection
with the main pipe without shutting of
the gas. The room being small one,
enough gas had soon escaped to put him
under its influence. and the helper, discov-
ering the strong odor and getting no re-
sponse to his call, went down and found
him unconscious. Shortly after exposure
to the fresh air he regained consciousness.
-"Cop" is the name of large st. Ber-
nard dog who several months ago Joined
the Alpena fire company, says a verac.ous
Alpena paper. He is 18 months old and
weighs 12O pounds, but, Notwithstanding
his tender years and limited experience, is
fast becoming an acting member Of the
company. At the recent FIRE in that town
his actions were particularly noticeable,
following the fremen into and through the
burning building, and at times dashing
into smoke so dense that he could not be
seen, but each time he returned, bringing
out something of value, and endeavoring,
in his canine manner, to be of use to the
brave men to whom he has become so
strongly attached.
-Ex- Senator Jones, Of Florida, attended
the bar meeting in Detroit which adopted
resolutions on the death Of Chief Justice
Waite, and at which special addresses were
made by some Of the leading lawyers OF
that city. After several had spoken, Mr..
Jones arose, and amid the most profound
silence, spoke at some little length. aston
ishing the gathering with the eloquence Of
his manner as much as his words. In
view of the sensational reports about the
ex- Senator being of his mental balance,
his address attracts considerable attention.
! II was noticed that his personal appear
ance was considerably improved, and the
shabby gentility was almost forgotten az
he proceeded. II made his hearers half
inclined TO believe the ex- Senator's Oft
made declaration that he was the victim Of
q political conspiracy, and that he had
really suffered as he asserts. His address
on Chief Justice Waite was voted one Of
the best made at the meeting.
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, The committee appointed to select .
p,'manent site for the Big Rapids District