Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-05-23
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.


hood and has since lived continuously in
Detroit. He was City Clerk of Detroit
over thirty years ago.
One of the curiosities of Detroit is o
purely white Indian.
The clerks in the Detroit dry goods
stores and their friends have inaugurated
general movement TO receive Saturday
half holiday during the summer months.
The bronze bust of the late John J /.
Bagley his received the final touch and is
now only waiting for permanent home,
says the Detroit Free Press. 1t will prob
ably be set up in the Campus Maitius.
Edward Vandeck Perg, of Detroit,
has been missing since April 27, and is
supposed TO be victim of the Hamilton
wreck.
The earnings of Michigan railroads
for February, 1880, were S., 3s,00l,
against $3.50, 3O4 for February, 1888.
For January and February the earnings
were $ll, 1876, ,95l.3l, an increase of $l7S,-
294. "a over the corresponding months Of
1888.
-Four Austrian miners were terribly
burned by an explosion of dynamite at
the Osceola mine, Ishpeming. Joseph
Rosett had his skull fractured, John Turk
had his right arm blown off and was 9TH
erwise mangled, Antoine Zuaruztk had
his left arm partly blown of, and the
fourth man was painfully wounded. The
first two may die. The accident was
caused through the carelessness of the
men injured.
The earnings of the Michigan rail-
roads for February we're $5,73S, ,00l; in
the corresponding month of 1888, $780,
3O4; increase, $l87, ,697. The earnings in
January and February were $ll 5,95l;
same period of 1888, ll,OO7. csc; in
crease, Sl7S, 29i. Per cent. of increase,
1.6 per cent
The committee of the Michigan Press
Association, to which has been intrusted
the preparation of history of Michigan
newspapers, ask that every Michigan ed
itor AID publisher furnish, if possible be-
fore June /, history of the paper with
which he is connected, stating particu-
larly the dates of any important changes
in the ownership, editorial management,
name, or politics. etc. Such information
should be addressed to w. 1. Davenny,
care Journal, Detroit.
While unloading pig-iron at United
States Senator McMillan's steel works, in
Detroit, pile of iron overbalanced and
instantly killed Joe Piscotte, O Pole, and
severely wounded four others, some of
whom will probably die All are ex-
tremely poor and have large families.
A Bay City constable went to serve a
commissioners notice on a woman of
that place, and she threw cup of hot
tea in his face. He fed.
The city authorities of Ishpeming
have begun war of determination on all
peddlers, fakirs, and agents of all sorts.
They will be refused licenses and prompt
ly arrested when caught ut work. The
peddlers and hawkers for the past three
years.
Representative Stohet's bill for the
relief at their homes of soldiers who do
not wish to go to the Soldiers Home at
Grand Rapids, also for the relief of their
minor children and wives and widows,
which has passed the lower house of the
Legislature, directs Supervisors to levy a
tax not to exceed three of mill on
the dollar of valuation for the purpose OF
a relief fund. judges Of the Probate
Courts are to appoint three commission
ers, two of whom must be ex-soldiers, TO
distribute the fund. Township Boards
and City Councils must annually prepare
list of all soldiers in their respective
municipalities entitled 10 receive relief
end to choose one of their number to
meet with the Relief Commissioners on
the last Monday in May, decide upon the
amount to be awarded in each individual
case, and cause the samo to be paid
monthly to those entitled to receive. The
same commission has authority to afford
relief in cases of emergency not provided
| for in the annual list.
I'm Traverse City on great occasions
the entire police force parades in body.
N. B., Traverse City has only one police
man, and he is also fire warden and
poundmaster.
Miss Mary Ann Gallagher, we'll
known young lady, aged 25, living near
Cheboygan, was missing several days
when her body was found short distance
from her home in pile OF burning brush
literally burnt to q crisp. 1t is said her
parents objected to her keeping company
with a certain young man and that this
unsettled her mind and she committed
suicide.
Gov. Luce has issued circular letter
with reference to the distribution of the
appropriation of $4,000 for the trans
rortation of the participants in the battle
of Gettysburg to that point June IL, an
nouncing rate Of one cent per mile, and
that the fare from Lansing would be
$l2.90, from Grand Rapids little more,
and from Detroit little less. No more
than the amount for transportation will
be allowed. Those not belonging TO the
organization will have TO apply TO the
Il Gnvarnor dtract