Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-02-02
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

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organize Shakspearean Club.
Addison Carmichael, Of Prattville, sui
cided recently by taking poison.
The thirteenth annual reception Of the
Jackson Guards occurs February.
There is some talk of establishing o
telegraph fire. alarm system at Owosso.
"A Farmers Institute has been organ
lied at Brooklyn, with E. I. Griffin, Of Ma
poleon, as President.
There is q movement on foot looking
to the establishment of lodge Of the Be-
nevolent Order of Elks in Jackson
jackson has raised $500 toward fund
to secure the next encampment Of the G..
A. r. Association Of Southeastern Michi-
gan.
The Smith Purifier Company, Of Jack
son, have received an order by cable for a
carload of machines to be shipped to Mel
bourne, Australia.
-Jackson's city lamp-lighter has re-
ceived notice that his services will not be
needed after January 81. Electric lights
after that date, you know.
Peter Weaver, of Jonesville, embez-
zled $23 in 1881. In 1883 he goes to Jail
for twenty days for the offense. Justice
may be slow, but it's terriblel
The annual meeting of the Michigan
State Temperance Alliance will be held at
Jackson the first Wednesday in February,
not Tuesday, as heretofore stated.
East Saginaw banks have established
clearing house. The Second National
Bank will be used, and all local concerns
will make exchanges there daily at 1890.
The State Board Of Health recon-
mends radical changes in the sewerage
ana venJ1utiou Ja~hso.. P-ss~-, -.
suit OF their investigation which was con-
cluded recently.
The Adrian Press says one Of the
questions asked by the members of the
Farmers Club up in Franklin, lately, was:
SHOW does chipmunk dig his hole with
out throwing out dirt?"
Carpenter Brown, of Sault Ste Marie.
has built himself large sleigh, secured
full team of dogs, and will set out in few
days to drive them from the 500 to Grand
Haven, distance of nearly 800 miles.
Christmas day, Clarence w. Randall,
of Mason, was kicked by horse on tho
right arm between the elbow and wrist. He
treated the injury as a severe bruise only,
until the other day, when he discovered
that his arm was broken.
The GnvArnnr hoe ne-dn--l T~L- n;
| ley and John Forbes. They were sent to
Jackson in 1884 from Clare County for
| burglary. The Board of Pardons recon-
mends the pardon. The evidence against
the prisoners was circumstantial and OF
most fimsy character.
The night train on the South Shore
Railroad between st. Ignace and Hough-
ton has been discontinued on account OF
the difficulty in making the connections
across the Straits. If the st. Ignace, the
| new ice crusher, is completed and reaches
the Straits before navigation opens, the
train will be put on again upon her arrival,
but the chances are it will not be run again
until the opening of navigation.
"A day or two ago Miss Clora Highly. of
Jackson, was standing by table playfully
scuffiing with her mother. Suddenly she
screamed and fell to the floor with her
knee out of joint, as Mrs. Highly discov-
cred on examination. The latter told
Clara to get up and she would take her to
doctor as soon as possible. Clara, in
attempting to obey, rolled over, when her
knee slipped back in place as suddenly as
it had become dislocated. She is now
nearly as we'll as ever.
Reports from the timber woods in
some portions are to the effect that snow is
abundant; in the vicinity Of Otsego Lake
it is said to be three feet in depth, and IN
other places it is sufficiently deep for ex-
cellent hauling, and logs have been pour
ing into the streams for some time back
with rush. The few cold days enabled
operators when necessary to sprinkle their
roads and put them in o solid condition,
which will not be SO easily affected by q
warm spell of weather as snow roads.
Lumbermen are quite hopeful generally
about the crop of logs to be harvested.
Pensions: Eleanor Mcbride, mother Of
Fayette l.. Allen, Bancroft; George Bar
Der, Lapeer; Lewis Gotten, Vassar; An
drew d. McKesson, Petoskey; Albert e..
Jewell, vermontville; Gary j. Mills, Pent-
water; Eli Bally, Ashley; Adam Minard.
Clifford; Zadock Gillett, Cadillac; John
Watson, Albion; George w. Vreeland,
Merrice; John s. Wilcox, Owosso; Doub-
las D. Cook, Grand Rapids; Alonzo p.
Farleman, Adrian; Irving w. Pierce, South
Haven; Charles Shoemaker, Banfeld; An
drew ]. Blyler, Buchanan; Ephraim Fran
els, Ironwood; Marc Robinson, Royal Oak;
Lewis s. Allen, South Lyon.
- The Menominee Democrat is not in
favor of feeding criminals on the fat OF the
land, as the following will show: vaR
named Casey was prrested by Ofiicer Seibel
for making himself generally obnoxious on
the street. He was brought before JUS
tice, who sentenced him to twenty days in
the calaboose, with the privilege Of exer-
cising himself shoveling snow of the side
walks. Accordingly he was rigged out with
ball and chain attachment, and with his
favorite implement in hand he entered upon
, his new occupation; but he soon grew tired
; and positively refused TO work. The ma