Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-07-12
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

The Baptist Church at Leslie has
new $l25 chandelier.
1t is said the hucklebe my crop will
supplement the seasons large yield of
strawberries with an abundant harvest.
Three thousand dollars have been
raised in Stockbridge for new Catholic
Church.
The Wyandotte gas we'll is down
something over 600 feet and cased to that
depth, the drill working on dry bottom.
The farmers in the vicinity of Bad
Axe have commenced harvesting their
clover.
The body found in the river at Che
boygan has been identified as that OF DIR.
Payne, who disappeared some days ago
from the East Side.
The waterworks pumping station sent
s5,O7O,943 gallons of water to the doors of
thirsty Lansingites during June.
"A massasauge snake having seven
rattles bit the x-year-old daughter of
Albert Burson, Of Schoolcraft, on the foot.
A twelve-y -year-old sister OF the wounded
girl carried her home on her back, a
distance of nearly half mile, and large
poultices of onions and salt, Immediately
applied, with copious doses of whisky,
given promptly, saved the child's life,
the doctors say.
"A 3-year-old colt belonging to W. M.
Rolfe, of Vevay, committed suicide by
walking into a creek where the water was
two feet deep and lying down.
AT session of the First Presbyterian
Church of Mt. Pleasant it was decided to
formally call the Rev. Melvin Fraser, of
Elgin, ILL.,, to become their pastor. Mr..
Fraser has delivered four sermons before
the congregation, and all unite in saying
he gives promise of faithful and efficient
work, and that his sermons have the right
ring in them. The official call has been
signed by the trustees. Mr.. Fraser has
returned to Elgin, and has the call under
advisement. Mt. Pleasant and community
will rejoice when that field is again occu-
pied by an active pastor.
"A number of pretty little birds have
appeared in the vicinity of West Brancl
that have never been seen in that latitude
before. They are called Scarlet Taneger
and are said to be very fine singers.
S. Keifer, of Detroit, recently i'm
ported an English bulldog that wa
warranted never to open its jaws whei
once they had closed on an enemy. HI
would swing at a ropes end by his teetl
for hours if irritated enough TO take 1t II
his jaws. Mr.. Keifer was very proud o
his purchase, and exhibited it frequentl
4 80 s-s.-aslest--si-~iS--ef- % -s-;---l----R RAeantl
the dog was given a corner in the stabl
where Mr.. Keifer also kept a fast pacin
horse. The other morning Mr.. Keife
locked the two animals in the barn, an
went away on an excursion. In the af
ternoon, when he returned and opene
the barn door, his eyes almos
started from his head. There lay tn
horse on the floor nearly dead, Will
hanging to its under jaw, from which th
flesh had been torn, leaving the bone al
most bare, was the bulldog, alive bu
badly bruised Mr.. Keifer called
his friends, and at once set
work relieving the horse of his terr
BILE antagonist. The dog was choke'
kicked, pounded, burned with hot iror
and q wedge driven between his jaws, b'
all to no purpose. He would not relea'
his hold. Finally an ax was procure
and the dogs head chopped off. Then
} was difficult to loosen the awful gri
| The horse was got to his feet and I
examination made. His skin was to-
I, from his body in many places where Il
bulldog had evidently tried to fasten b
teeth, and he was SCARED from head
r foot. The dog had evidently had o.
| hold on the horses breast, for there
D large piece of flesh was torn out. II h
8 been a battle royal. Probably the d
/: after breaking his rope, had wander
into the PAGERS stall, and, coming I
Z near his heels, had been kicked. He I
taliated with his teeth and the fight
/ gan. There was hardly whole bone Il
in the dogs body, and the horse will Il
Q be good for anything even If he lives.
: Madam Morel de la Durantaye, n
! tive Acadian, has teen one of Jackso
I distinguished visitors.
n The big hotel at Omer, called
L Arenac House, has been sold to j.
Q Belknap, merchant OF that town, W
: has torn down and remodeled it for N
= store. Weaver Il Miller, the old piopr
q tors, go into business at Bay City.
Mrs. Emma l.. Harrington, widow
y Detroit wholesale grocer, has announ'
her engagement to Frank Mann, her coa'
. man, % years old and of alleged unsav'
reputation. Her friends believe that
q violent death of her husband in an eleva
{. accident less than year ago has unb
N anced her mind.
- The Ann Arbor Sporting Club
fitting mp their camp on Rush Lake
grand style. s. Gregory, one of the cl
is building an $500 house for them. Tr
Df are being planted. From the camp no
q four lakes can be seen in the sum-
,r time, and before the foliage is out
IL lakes can be seen. The club has ten be