Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-18
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.


and General News Notes.
Frank G.. Wheeler, an aged and re-
spected citizen of Marquette. committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
head. Mr.. Wheeler was 81 years old, and
in comfortable circumstances. On June
he voluntarily resigned the Office Of
Overseer of the County Poorhouse, which
Office he had satisfactorily filed for
twelve consecutive years. No one can
assign any motive for the terrible act.
During the day he had been in an excep-
t!onhlly happy mood.
st. Ignace Watchma7: ~Men have
cormenced work on the cave and 10 has
been demonstrated that st. Ignace has a
veritable curio sity. Several new sub
terranean passa ges have been discovered
the workmen, and it is only ques-
Il of time and money to develop an at
traction that will induce thousands to
visit this favored spot during the ensuing
summer. The interior of the cave view
ed from the first landing has q weird and
uncanny appearance, and it requires a
little stamina to descend to the second
landing, where the innumerable staIac-
tites CLINT and glisten under the sub
dued glare of bull's-eye lantern"
The monthly crop report, issued
from the State Department at Lansing,
last week, is somewhat encouraging.
The report is compiled from reports received
from 9ll Correspondents. Upon these the first
estimate for this years wheat crop is made.
The acreage in crop is based upon returns of
at tSNphPsa SRa Su s Se ncfe
is in southern tier counties 1903 central, 15.45
northern, 1893 and for the State 15. - bushels
21 ,663,000 bushels. The area of wheat
reported actually harvested In 1883 was l0,-
600 acres less than that reported on the
ground in May of that year aud the total yield
for 1888 slightly in excess Of % 900 900 bush
els. Damage to wheat from winter killing in
sects, and otherwise is about 10 per cent. That
from grain "aphis" can not be estimated until
the grain il thrashed, but the prospects are in
favor OF its being much less than anticipated.
The amount of wheat reported marketed for
June vas 382, 776 and for eleven months, from
August to June, H789,0 ,03G bushels. The con-
dition OF corn is So oats, 30 potatoes, 05 clover
meadows and pastures, "a timothy, S3 clover
soNn this year, 93 per cent. Tho prospect for
average crops of apples is 40, and OF peaches II
per cent.
--Oscoda Saturday Night: Among the
visitors to town on the Knights of st.
John excursion from Alpena was Moses
Charboneau, the A pena it, MN. Moses
weighs considerably over 200 pounds, aud
looks very far from being dead man,
yet, while visiting the battlefield of Get
tysburg at the late reunion, he had the
somewhat unusual pleasure of looking
ut his own grave ana reading tho in-
scriptiol on the tombstone, which re-
corded that Moses Charboneau lay buried
there. The inscription also gave his
company, regiment, etc. Mr.. Charboneau
was wounded at Gettysburg and was sup
posed to have been killed, which accounts
for the stone erected to his memory.
After decorating the grave with flowers,
he turned it over to the care of veteran
who lives in Gettysburg, and who also
hls grave of his own in the soldiers
GENE cry which he tends with greatcare.
-Rudoll l. Haller, employed in shin
gle mill, met with horrible accident in
Bay City. He was clearing refuse away
from the boiling saw when the sleeve
of his jacket was caught by the set screw
on the shaft and he was drawn through a
small space between the shaft and the
saw bearings. He passed through twice,
when his clothing, which had been torn
from his boy, loosened and lie was
thrown above the saw. In descending his
right foot and left arm came in contact
with the saw. The foot was cut off about
midway between the ankle and toes. His
arm was severed just below the elbow
He was stripped of oil his clothing except
portion of his underwear.
: Tho Central Michigan Agricultural
Society, by vote of 2ls to 5, formally
decided to turn over their grounds to the
State Society. A large representation OF
farmers, n majority of whom held life
membership tickets, were present, and
had an earnest discussion over the ques.
tion as to whether the State Society
should or should not be required to issue
life membership tickets in place of those
now held by members OF the Central
Michigan Society. Able speeches were
mado in favor of pursuing generous
policy toward the State Society, and the
matter was left to a committee consisting
of Jacob Sleight. Bath, and E. II. Whit
ney and j. ]. Bird, Lansing. The trans
fer of the grounds is to be made with the
provision that the same shall revert tC
the Central Michigan Society in the event
of the State Society failing in any Year tC
hold ON exhibition on them.
"A big lawsuit over Michigan timber
is on trial in one Of the Chicago courts.
The Troy Lumber Company, Of West Troy II
suing A. Cartier for $50 0O0. Cartier was n lum
Der dealer in Ludington, and In 1888 the Troy
Company entered into n contract with him Il
sell him the logs aud timber ON large tract o
land I'm Newaygo and Lake counties. By th'
amount of timber fell short OF $1,000, 600 fec
the company was to give him n rebate o
S5 900 and in addition thereto allow him re
duction of 81 IS per 900 for the shortage. Tive
estimators were chosen, who spent ten day
figuring ON the amount of lumber and their re
port was that the forest contained 90, ,G65 a.
Iect Ihe Troy Company accepted the estimati
and allowed Cartier s5s, 900 tor the alleged def
cisucy under 50.0oO,0O feet The company nov
claims that the actual number OF feet Of timbe
was nearer 5000 900 than % 100000, and tina
Cartier bribed the estimators-that of the Tro,
Company as we'll as his own-to place the mini
mum estimate ON the capacity of the forest.
AT Blackmar, Saginaw County, Chas
Blackmar, while dunk, shot his mother
IS years old. A grandson of the woman
seized the gun and discharged its con
tents into Charles breast. Both injurie
were mortal. A. T Blaokmar, husban,
~ fha xvonao and foundor of fha r,1ac