Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-09-19

bell, United States Master In Chancery
sold to Henry A. Gardner, Of Chicago
the Michigan portions of the st. Louis
Sturgis and Battle Creek Railway and
the Battle Greek and Bay City Railway
for $3.50, 900 and $780, 900 respectively,
The sale was approved by Judge Brown.
Mr.. Gardner represents the Chicago syn-
dicate that recently bought that portion
OF the st. Louis, Sturgis and Battle
Creek outside the State of Michigan. II
is theintention of the purchasers to CON-
plete the road in this State from Battle
Creek to Bay City, and thus make q
through line to st. Louis, with Detroit
airline connection.
On the Fair Grounds at Lansing last
week Edward Francis, a cowboy, while
preparing for an exhibition of trick
shooting fred cartridge loaded will
shot into the crowd, wounding three 90.
pie. He was arrested and taken before
the Chief of Police, Maj. N. ]. Kelsey,
While Francis was explaining the acci.
dent his weapon was discharged again, g
full charge taking effect in Kelsey's left
leg. The bone was shattered and Maj
Kelsey will be crippled for life.
III. Wilson, who is one of the men
who has reclaimed the great Aurelius
swamp In Ingham County, expects tc
gather therefrom this year 10000 cab
bages, 1000 bushels of carrots, and ,OOC
bushels of onions, with other things by
the wagon load.
John Thompson and Andrew Ander-
son, miners at Champion, Marquette
County, fought with picks, and Anderson
Gen. AIger, the new Grand Army
Commander, intends to visit each State
encampment and devote his time to the
welfare of the G.. A. r.
The Bark River Store Company,
co-ope rative concern doing general
mercha ndise business at Bark River,
Delta County, has made an assignment.
"A cat which cost $3.50 was one of the
exhibits at the State fair.
When Judge Grant, the newly elected
member of the Supreme Court, goes to
Lansing, he will take his family with him
and live there.
james Cox, of Ionia. hired horse
and carriage with which to have his wife
drive out into the country to see some
friends, and when she came back she
found that James and their only child had
fed.
The Council at Alpena cannot all be
mistaken for calves, yet they are too ten
der hearted 10 enact that cows shall not
roam at large.
Following is summary of the last
monthly crop report issued by the Secre-
tary of State, based on returns from 621
correspondents, representing $40 town
ships:
Reports of wheat thrashed in the central
counties show the average yield per acre to be
16 and 17-100th bushels In the northern coun-
ties 1884, and in the southern 1922. These
averages, however, make no allowance for
shrunken or otherwise damaged grain, which it
is clear forms large percentage OF the crop.
The reports respecting quality are no better
than last month"; Advices from every county in
the southern and central sections show that
wheat is badly shrunken and light in weight.
Oats average "a bushels in the southern sec
tions, 80 10 bushels in the central and "a 80 In
the northern. Drought and cool nights have been
disastrous TO corn. The former has also in
jured potatoes, which are not expected to yield
more than three-fourths of an average crop.
Winter apples are about the same. The num-
Der of horses in the State May l, as reported by
the Supervisors, was 3s4 773 mich cows, 400, ,375;
SSSf;'f SSSf sttsePp,r tsepr trAys rys hSqSa Rd qhSGs c5@s
show an increase over last year, others slight
decrease. The number of sheep reported sheared
In 1888 is 2, ,035 766 pounds OF wool IL, ,447 413-
an average per head OF SIX and one-tenth
pounds. At the same average per head the wool
clip of the present year amounts to II, ,762 416
pounds.
The weekly crop bulletin of the
Michigan weather service says:
The weather conditions of the past seven DAYS
were unfavorable to corn and potatoes on ac-
count of the dryness, but the local and general
rains OF the latter part of the week have gone
far to improve these crops, while the pastures
potatoes and pastures have probably been re-
duced In yield ON account Of the recent drought,
and some OF the corn in the southeast portion
of the State is being cut The rains have put
the ground in condition for fall seeding, and the
plowing and seeding will low progress rapidly.
I'm 1882 Alonzo Hersey died in Mon
roe, leaving widow and foster child
whom he had never legally adopted. He
left considerable real estate, but as there
was no will the wife could not inherit it
under the laws Of Michigan, nor could
the daughter, Lucy Barcume. Elan
Willard frequently limited that Hersey
left a will, and by that will his property
went to his wife and should now belong
to Lucy Barcume. Early last spring Will
lard announced that he had found the
missing will and he offered it for pro-
bate. A lawyer from Massachusetts,
offered to pay Miss Barcume 81, 500 for
quit-claim deed. As the young woman
was minor, the Probate Judge refused
to sanction this move, but insisted that
the will should be probated. Willard be-
came frightened, and announced that the
will was a forgery, and that both the
body and signatures had been written by
himself in his own Office. Willard said
he knew Alonzo Hersey intended Lucy
should have his property, and that he
manufactured the will in order that JUS
tice should be done to the poor girl.
The State Board of Health has been
notified Of a serious outbreak OF typhoid
fever at Negaunee, over sixty cases having
been reported within three weeks.
"A recent telegram from Ishpeming
says: while digging we'll at the rear
of house on North Second street man
struck blue hematite ore at a depth of ten
feet. The ore is Of excellent quality and