Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-08-29
CRAWLING MICHIGAN, 1885,
Elder Edward Swift, an aged and
wealthy man, was trampled to death by a
runaway team near Lansing.


james Lewis. q cook in Swans res
taurant, Detroit, met with singular and
horrible accident few nights ago.
Everybody In tho restaurant was startled by
the sound OF something crashing down the
dumb-waiter shaft. The walters who ran to the
shaft found Lewis doubled up and standing on
his head on the dumb-waiter. As the aperture
through which they could see him was too mar
row to get him out, IL was necessary to tear of
one side of the shaft, which was dono quickly.
Lewis when released was bleeding profusely
from a wound on the head He was taken to
the hospital where DIR. Mulheron found that the
mans skull was fractured. The physicians
state that the chances for life death are
about even. Lewis had been drinking beer with
friend in the kitchen on the third floor and
sitting ON the ledge of the shaft and. while
asleep, fell backwards and down tho shaft, a
distance OF fifty feet.
AT East Saginaw Philip Harsch, a
brakeman on the Flint and Pere Mar
quette Railroad, was caught between a
fat aud box car and his head crushed to
jelly.
The Flint anG Pere Marquette Road
has commenced running standard guage
trains over the Port Huron Division be-
tween Saginaw and Yale, formerly Brock
way Center, distance of sixty-six miles.
The road will be completed into Port
Huron in October.
-Horatio Gage, aged 20 years, is serv-
ing sentence in the Bay County Jail on
the charge of vagrancy. Two years ago.
while living in Arenac County, he lost
his wife, daughters and other relatives
by death. The shock drove him insane
and he was sent to the Pontiac Asylum.
Having been discharged as cured he re-
turned to Arenac County. Homeless
and penniloss he wandered around until
he was arrested at Bay City.
-Thirty-two brass bands and $4,000
visitors made the fifth annual reunion of
the Michigan and Ohio Band Association,
at Monroe last week, une IargesG anu mo5I
successful in the history of the organic
alton, and surpassed any demonstration
of the kind ever attempted in Michigan.
The thirty-two bands played In unison in
the grove during the afternoon and their
parade through the principal streets of
the city at 6 o'clock, consolidated into one
and playing in concert, were features of
the occasion, which passed off without
any accident of any kind. The next re-
union will be held at Adrian.
"A Mackinac Island clubhouse cook
has won $4,000 in lottery.
The Ontonagon Herald is now ground
out by steam and on a new Campbell
press.
The energetic East Saginaw Rifles
propose. to blow in S12,0 or $l4, 900 on
new armory.
Alex A, Harrington. of tho Alpann
National Bank. has been appointed cash
ier of the State Treasury.
The Lansing Common Council hat
compromised $4,000 damage suit
against the city by paying the plaintiff
Mary Dundas. 81, 500 in cash. She fel
through defective sidewalk.
Lansing dispatch to the Detroit Ere,
Press: "Col. George p. Sanford has lef
for Chicago to purchase an outfit for {
printing Office, and will launch the Stat
Democrat as weekly paper in Lansing
later on. 1t will be Democratic.
The graduating class of the Stat,
| Agricultural College this year number
forty -three-the largest in the history o
the institution. Appended is the list:
David +. Anderson, Berlamont, Van Burel
| County Ray S. Baker, st. Clair Falls, Wis.
Arthur ID. Baker, Lansing Birtley X. Canfield
CLEVELAND ohioi George L Chase, Detroit G,Si i
HghSnd Hig6a stStii2n q4aRSq 45aS A. HGhtonR RdS dH
Rapids Will Curtis Hatch Grove, Wis. Gage
G. Davis Cortland, 0hioi William Il. Davis
Wacousta; John w. Earle Albion, Ind: Gee
l.. Flower, Detroit; David A. Garfield Albion
Mich Ellsworth A. Holden. Oviatt Perry G
Holden, Oviatt Oliver @. Hollister, Laings
burg; George J. jerks, Sand Beach Williar
Lightbody, st. Clair; Ernest g. Lodemar
Ypsilantf; Alfred l.. Marhoff. Galesburg; Harr
| A. Martin, Lawrence; Thos. McGrath, Dennison
Alex. Moore, Fort GratiOt; Frank J. Nishar
der, Blumfield; John w o BaDnon, Terra Coupe
| Edward N Pagelson. Grand Haven; Frank
Paine, Lockford: Walter s. Palmer, Napoleon
Lindsay w. Rice, Grand Rapids; Waldo f. Rot
merit, Detroit Orlando j. Root, Mason; Wn
L. Rossman Portland; Frank M. Seibert, Fr'
mont. Ohio; Hobart A. Stewart, Flint; Mar
Smith, Agricultural College; James w. Toume.
Lawrence; Chas II. Todd, Wakeman, Ohio
VIM. II. Van Devort Agricultural College How
ard f.. Weed, Lansing; Robert II. Wilson, MI
son; Arthur G. Wilson, Mason.
The degree of Master of Sciences wa
conferred upon three candidates, namely
Fred G. Miller, of Grand Rapids. grat
uate of the college and the builder G
Wells Hall; G. e. Smith, Schooloraft
and Chas. s. Crsndall, Of the Agriculi
ural College.
AT Sault Ste. Marie DR.. Brown
Sequard's elixir of youth has been admir-
istered by Drs. Harrison and Richardso
to several aged men with most marvelor
results. Iu one case pancrobilin va
added to the preparation before injectc
under The skin, making it easy 10 assim
late. Uncle Solomon, pauper, aged o
almost wholly blind, rheumatic, and al
parently on the verge of the grave, WI
given thirty drops of the preparation,
, in a few minutes he exclaimed that
could see He walked without crutch
; for the first time in twelve years; b
: hearing was much improved, and his pull
was made faster and stronger. The n
4 markable part of the experiment is tn
! the good effects continue. The case b
: attracted much attention from physicial
and others.
Cadillac News and Express: Fort
. four bodies have been raised and remov'
r from the old cemetery site to the new, al
the search for more is still in progress. "
Fully I5O delegates were at the four