Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-01-19
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

Rev. Charles Watson, of Menominee,
has been fined for violating the game law.
Secretary Stone says there are 11C
business mems associations in this State.
Gov. Luce has appointed Alonzo M.
Harper official stenographer for tLs Eight
eenth Judicial District.
Mrs. Woolicutt, an estimable widow,
aged 20 years, dropped dead recently al
her home in Bridgeport.
The annual meeting Of the Kalamazoo
County Husbandman's Club will be held
at Schoolcraft, Feb. and 2.
-Muskegon's street cars are now drawn
by two horses. There is very little about
Muskegon now that is one-horse.
The Ann Arbor City Council have
elected retiring Circuit Judge Chauncey
Joslyn to be City Attorney to succeed Judge
elect Edward d. Kinne.
Newaygo County, was instantly killed by
falling tree, which split and, kicking back
ward, disemboweled him.
Mrs. Fayette Depuy went coasting
with her children, at Clinton, and on going
home to get warm was taken with heart
disease, and died in her chair.
sold Joe Logan" trapper and
hunter, died recently on Mackinac Island,
on the day and in the year in which he
should pass away. He was 80 years Of
age.
Prosecutor Morgan, of Adrian, has
warned police and other officials that un-
less the liquor law is enforced he will take
action to have them punished, in accord
ance with the mandates of the statute.
Ralph Jones, aged IL, had his scalp
iA--ihiv ant and his lao hrnkan whila nnast-
ing at Jackson. His recovery is considered
doubtful. Others were injured with him,
but not SO seriously.
Concord has now five general stores,
three drug stores, two grocery and three
jewelry stores. 1t is fast becoming live
ly business place. The knitting factory is
doing a thriving business, about ninety
hands being employed.
The report of the Prosecuting Attorney
of Hillsdale County to the Attorney Gen.
eral shows that there have been 100 con-
victions for crime in Hillsdale County the
past year. OF these seventy two were pun
ished by imprisonment and fifty eight paid
fines.
The cider makers and fruit manufac-
turers of this State will meet at jackson
January 25 and 26. This promises to be
-i...~.s-si4.ss meeting .-@a -~4Ai ao.staesv
be largely attended. Programmes are
ready and will be mailed upon applica-
tion TO W. A. Herring, South Allen.
W. H. Tallman, of Hillsdale, has been
presented with cane made from lumber
put in the Court House at Coldwater forty
years ago. Mr.. Tallman was resident of
Coldwater at that time, and is remembered
by old pioneer friends in the distribution
Of the relics of the old time Court House.
M. NJ. Lemke Of Menominee, has
already sold for spring delivery over 900
cars of paving posts, 100000 of which 60
to Kansas City and 25O,0OO to Mime
apolis and st. Paul. Kansas City pur-
poses to have twenty miles of her streets
paved next summer. The greater portion
OF the cedar will be shipped from the
northern part of Michigan and Wisconsin.
Shipments will be made from points along
FIVE lines of railroads.
An epidemic of typhoid fever has
broken out at the State Prison at Jackson,
and investigation shows that during the
past few weeks over thirty prisoners have
come down with the fever and are now in the
hospital. Several free men are also down
with the disease, and large number of
cases are reported in the city. A thorough
investigation at the prison failed to dis
cover the cause of the trouble. The Board
of Health is of the impression that the
milk used is the real cause, and is having
an analysis made of all the food used.
New commissions we're issued from the
Adjutant Generals Office recently for the
following officers Of the State
troops: Company G, First Regiment, Mus
kegon, Geo. II. Armstrong as Second
Lieutenant; Company II, First Regiment,
Jackson, Edward l.. Lennon as First
Frank M. Drumm, Second
Company B, Second Regiment.
Grand Rapids, William s. Kinney as Cap
tain, Jacob Schroeder, Second Lieutenant;
Company Fl, Second Regiment, Manistee,
G. H. Crane as Captain, John L. Thorburn,
First Lieutenant, ]. V. Mcintosh. Second
Company X, Third Regiment,
Houghton, Ed f. Douglass as Captain.
George Miller. Second Lieutenant Certif-
Gates of reelection we're issued as follows:
John A. Tyrrell. Captain, Company H, First
Regiment, Jackson; W. w. Staley, Cap
tain, Fred Shubul, Jr., First Lieutenant,
Andrew Purcell, Second Lieutenant, Com
pany E, First Regiment, Lansing; Geo. Z.
Childs, Captain, +. A. Aldrich. First Lieu
tenant, Chas. S. Martin, Second Lieuten-
ant, Company A, Third Regiment. Flint;
Joseph w. Kerns, Captain, f. ]. Schmidt,
First Lieutenant, II. @. Thurber, Second
Company e, Third Regiment,
East Saginaw; Chas. Dupont. Captain,
Geo. w. Corns, First Lieutenant, Henry
b. Lathrop, Second Lieutenant, Company
d, Fourth Regiment. Detroit.
During the past year Pitts q Cranage,
Of Bay City, have cut from their timber
fract near Ooemaw I9 900 OOO feof Thaaa