Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-11
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.
STATE AaRIcULTURA1 BOARD.

bOAltD.
When the annual meeting of the
State Agricultural Board was held in De-
troit on January IA last, Senator Thomas
w. Palmer, the newly elected President,
was absent in Washington, and twas de-
cided to defer the appointment of the nee
essary committees and the transaction OF
considerable additional business until
such time as he could meet with them in
his official capacity. The other day the
officers of the society, together with the
business and transportation committees,
met in Detroit. President Palmer occu-
pied the chair. Other members of the
board present wero: Secretary j. G.
Sterling, of Monroe; Treasurer A. j,
Dean, Of Adrian; ex-officio members OF
the board, A. o. Hyde of Marshall, and
George w. Phillips, of Romeo; members
of Business Committee, Franklin Wells
of Constantine, John G. Sharp of Jackson,
andJ. II. Butterfeld of Lapoer; Transpor-
tntion Committee, E. Fiield of Bay City,
William Ball of Hamburg, and John Less
tier of Cole. The following committees
were appointed: TO receive propositions
for permanent location for the State
Fair and report to the Executive Board at
Jackson, April 20-Messrs. A. ]. Dean, A.
o. Hyde, John C. Sharp, j. II. Butter
field, William Ball, and w. l.. We Der.
Committee on Legislation-Messrs. james
NJ Turner and William Ball. On Busi-
ness-Franklin Wells, John G. Sharp, j.
H. Butterfeld. Transportation - James
M. Turner, j. G. Sterling, Eugene Fifeld.
Reception = William Chamberlain Of
Three Oaks, A. o. Hyde and Ii. o. Han
ford of Plymouth. Programme-George
w. Phillips, j. ii. Butterfeld, John c.
Sharp. Printing and Advertising-A. j.
Dean, j. c. Ste ling, Franklin Wells.
General Superintendent-H. o. Hanford.
Executive Superintendents- j. H.
Butterfeld; horses, G.. w. Phillips;
sheep, D. w. Howard swine, NJ j. Gard;
poultry, j. @. A. burlington; micellnne-
Gus, F. H. Smith, ant and music, NJ. P.
Anderson; needlework, William Chamber
lain; manufactured goods, Henry Fralick;
Agricultural, A. f. Wood; Machinery, II.
r. Dewey; Farm Implements, j. p. Shoe
maker; Vehicles, +. l.. Reed; Bees and
Honey, N. j. Kelsey; Forage, John Lessi-
ter; Horticulture, l.. B. Watkins; Gates,
William Ball; Police, A. o. Hyde. A
committee was also named to take charge
of the matter of looking up a satisfactory
temporary location for the State Fair of
1889 A. o. Hyde, of Marshall, was ap-
| pointed to act as President of the board
| during the absence of Minister palmer in
| Span. deputation from Lansing ap-
peared before the board aud offered n
| sixty-ac tract of land, suitably located,
including a half mile track and all the
necessary buildings, without money and
without price, in case the State Fair was
permanently located at the Capital City.
Among those present to urge the avail
ability of Lansing were President j. E.
Warner. Of the Central Michigan Agricul-
tural Society, and Secretary J. ]. Baird,
of the same institution. After many
speeches and much discussion, the offer
was referred to the Committee on Perma-
nent Location for consideration.
Tho one great necessity of Alpena at
present is frst-class Touring mill. The
home market requires about 10000 or
$1,000 barrels per year, and nearly all that
is used there is imported from other places.
The loss of Alpena people is between
| sac. 900 and $50 600 n vear.
Justice Crawford, of Pontiac, held
Moses Dennis for trial in the Circuit Court
for stealing $50 rifle from the barn of
Daniel Heath, in Pontiac. In default of
is co,ored man, and bears hard name.
While in Jail there last year lie tried TO
hang himself, but was prevented from
doing so by the jaiIer.
| Port Austin is desirous of develop
| ing rs q summer resort Naturally, il is
we'll adapted for resort; in fact, it has
more and finer picturesque scenery than
any point on Lake Huron, and all that
aeems TO be needed is little enterprise in
the matter.
But few days ago Elmer Finkbiner,
of Watertown, Clinton County, got his
legs entangled in a rope attached to alive
ly steer, by which he was dragged dis
tance of at least eighty rods, when the an
imal halted from exhaustion. To lie down
in his perlous trip he considered would
result in his death. He was enabled tC
keep q sitting posture the entire distance
by striking the ground with his hands as
he slid along Nearly two square feet Of
skin was raked from his body and in one
place the flesh was worn through to the
bone. While the young man is doing az
we'll as could be expected under the cir.
cumstances, some grafting will undoubt
edly have to be resorted to before he is I
perfect and full sized man again.
The furniture factory of Ring, Brad,
q Co. burned at East Saginaw, including
SIS, 900 worth Of manufactured stock ant
zoe, 900 feet of oak lumber in yard. Loss
$4,000; insurance, $500
I'm fire at Bay City loo, 900 feet O
lumber on the Myers mill dock wal
burned. The lumber was owned by Moshe
& Fisher and Tously & Turner jointly
One hundred and fifty fe,t of dock wal
also burned. Loss, nearly $4,000; vel
insured. An earlier FIRE burned Bertsche'
extensive hog pens, six miles east OF Bay
| CITY. with 100 large hogs and 2 900 buebel,