Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-10-03
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.


An Interesting Summary of tho More Inn
portant Doings OF Our Neighbors-wed-
dings and Deaths = Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
"A letter from Frankfort, Benzis
County, says
The case OF Charles t. Wright the slayer Of
Thurber and Marshall was called at special
Gession OF court Thursday morning at Ben
zonia, before Judge Aldrich. Wrtghts ~ torneys
made an appeal to court for change OF venue,
presenting affidavits from leading citizons Of
Benzie County that 1t would be impossible to
get fair trial that the whole section was an
tagonistic to him. The case was taken under
| advisement. Later on, Wrights attorneys
asked that the trial be held ut next regu-
lar term OF court which convenes In January
Judge Aldrich granted the latter request, d
| Wright returned to Traverse City Jal forty
a.ass va e@Srioad ruuss accom painted by n
heavily armed guard of deputies. During the
night fierce gale prevailed, telegraph wires
being blown down, and the storm drove the
vigilantes out OF the woods, and the party
reached Traverse City Jail In safety. II. L..
Wright, the veal ,hy lumberman OF Merrill
Wis, sat beside his manacled brother during
the journey, and was determined 20 protect him
TO the bitter end in case of the expected attempt
at lynching.
Prof. Benjamin e. Nichols was killed
at Ann Arbor while trying to stop a run
away horse.
Chief of Police Bergman of Detroit
ordered the arrest of all suspicious char
acters on general principles while the fair
was open. Jim Brady was apprehended
under the orders, but was released on a
writ of habeas corpus before Judge Brady.
He was rearrested as soon as he regained
his liberty on the same general charge of
suspicion. an act which Judge Brady con-
strued as contempt of court, and he
summoned Chief Bergman TO show cause
why he should not be committed for con-
tempt. The Chief stood on his dignity
and was ordered into the custody of the
Sheriff for imprisonment unless he paid
800 fine, which he declares ho will not
know whether heir police force is organ
lied to protect the city or whether the
courts of law are running to protect the
criminals.
Blackwell Bros. & Nicholas, general
merchandise dealers at Gladstone, have
been closed up on chattel mortgage.
The sparrow must go. The Plymouth
air gun factory makes guns by the car
load, and now an air gun factory is to be
started at Worthwhile.
-Gladwin yearns for an express Office.
Goods sent by express are billed to Pin
coming, and then the railroad company
charges 25 cents extra per package to take
them to Gladwin.
Gladstone o tizons arc { n leov oring TO
raise bonus of $4,000 with which to
procure roller -four mill, aud also large
furnace and steel works which will en-
ploy 500 mon. All but SIC, 900 is already
subscribed.
Robert Humes, of Marquette, met a
bear in the woods few days Ego. AS
Mr. Humes only had light shotgun, th G
bear had the best of the argument until
| Humes let silver and filled the brute $
eyes with bind shot. Then Mr.. Humos
fed.
Will Emmert, of the Chefs a Stand
ard says his circulation is $50 copies, his
books open to inspection and he dares b S
hated rival to fhow up. 'Sdoath, twill
be merry war.
The Au Sable and Northern Railroad,
known as the Potts Railroad, has been
opened for general traffic from Au Sable
| to the vi lapa nf Potts on +he A. CO.
River, in Oscoda County, distance of
about forty miles in straight line. The
| village OF Pots is the headq 1arters Of the
| Potts Salt and Lumber Company, and
from a supply sore for camps has grown
in a short time to a village of 500 popula-
tion, with sawmill, large hotel dry
| goods stores, drug store, machine shops,
ETC.. s hool with seventy-fve pupils,
and an interesting assortment of places
not so creditable TO it as wolld be few
Sunday schools, ETC.
The State Board of Health has re-
Gently published paper by its Secretary,
DIR. H. b. Baker, in which he asks the
question how much the average city or
village can afford to pay its health officer.
He answers this question in this way:
Statistics which can not lie questioned
prove that in those localities in n Nichigan
where the recomme n lations of the State
| Board of Health are carried out, about
80 per cent. of the deaths from diphthe-
ria and scarlet fever are prevented by the
thorough isolation of all infected persons
and the thorough disinfection of all in
fected persons, things, and places. Sta
tisticians usually value person in the
prime of life as worth to the community
about 81 900. DR.. Baker thinks that in a
village of 800 inhabitants n health Off
Ger can easily save the lives of two chill
dren and one grown person in each year,
aud he concludes that such village can
well afford to pay its health officer 80, 900
for the prevention and restriction of scar
let fever, diphthorla, and typhoid fever
and make money by the transaction.
Ex-senator Ferry has gone TO Utah to
visit his brother, Edw ri p. Ferry.
"A Polish Catholic church, 10 cost
$4,000, is to be built a. Bay City.
"A young man, namo unknown, while
out shooting deer at the Ildian camp,
near Quinniscc, shot and lied himself
accidentally. He lived in Lon Noun
tain.
bay City is getting modest. The
Press says: Tho directory of Bay City
| places our population at over Al, 900, and
| there is not soul in tho city who will