Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-04

and General News Notes.
The forty-fourth annual commence
mont of Michigan University took place
at Detroit last week. More alumni were
present than at any previous occasion in
the history of the University. Speeches
were made by President Angel, ex-Gov.
Jerome, DIR. Currie, DIR. Hurd, and the
Rev. DIR. Dickie. of Detroit. There were
4SS graduates, lis of whom took degrees
in the literary department. Yeijero Ono,
a japanese, took the highest honors of
the c'ass. There were so medical and LAT
law graduates. Honorary LII. d. degrees
were conferred upon Chief Justice Hor-
ton of the Supreme Court of Kansas,
Prof. E. w. McKinsLrey of the Hastings
College of Law at San Francisco, and the
Rev. M. l.. D'Oage, Phi. D., of Ann Arbor.
The medical faculty of the State
University at Ann Arbor have adopted
resolution asking the regents TO appoint
a committee of their own body to investi-
gate the whole subject Of the University
Hospital.
j. G.. Battelle, political editor of the
Lansing Republican, has rendered his
resignation.
"A dispatch from Lansing says: Prof.
George Barnes, of Howell, has been re-
lieved from his position as superinten-
dent OF the School for the Bl nd, and his
first assistant, James Z. Kirkland, will
also go. Mr.. Barnes took the place last
June on one years trial, and while the
board of control is reticent about the
matter the trial has not been altogether
the institution, has been offered and ac-
copied the superinte ndency, and will also
continue to hold the position of steward
and bookkeeper.
The annual meeting Of the Associa.
tion of Mich gan Music Teachers was we'll
attended at Detroit, aGd the very elaborate
programme was carried out to the letter
Gen. Frank Wheaton, U. S. A., has
been visiting his relatives in Detroit.
Gen. Wheaton has been identified with
the regular army for thirty-Line years.
His wife is the daughter of Mrs. Morris
S. Miller. Mis-. Miller's father was Gen.
Alexander Macomb, who commanded the
army of the United States in 1885, and
was tho immediate predec,sso of Gen.
Winfield Scott
The Dotroi, Dry-dock Company VIII
immcd. .ately commence the construction
of two monster composite steamships at
their yard at Wyandotte. They will be
300 feet keel, extreme beam a feet, and
nodded depth 23l feet and will carry
$500 gross tons on fifteen feet of water.
John Davids by died at Melbourne,
Saginaw County, and the body was laid
ont with lighted candles surrounding the
coffin. The mother lay in an adjoining
room, seriously ill. BY some accident
one of the candles tipped over and set fire
TO the coffin trimmings, aud although the
mother made earnest effort she could not
reach the place 10 extinguish the flames.
Her cries brought assistance, but the
woman had tainted, and all attention was
directed to reviving her. She was carried
into the open air, and when Mr.. David
under ook TO return TO put out the fire he
found the house wholly enveloped in
flames and the tody Of his dead baby
burned 10 a crisp. Mrs. David will die
fIom the shock
"A letter from Ann Arbor says that
Prof. f. w. Kelsey, who has been called
to the position vacated by the death of
| Prof. Elisha Jones, is a scholar of estab-
| lished reputation, and will bring to the
university strength not only in the de-
partment of Latin, but is a man of broad
character and high ideas of education.
He is said to be teacher of unusual
power, and the university is fortunate in
securing him."
Under the excellent management of
Prof. Sill the Normal School at Ypsilanti
is making remarkable progress, the COM
mencement exercises of which were held
a few days ago. 1t never had so large an
attendance at any time in its previous
history. There we're enrolled this year
l,O79 students as ag inst 94S last year,
showing an increase of l3l.
We print below the text of the new
libel law, as passed by the Legislature:
Section l. In actions for libel, II there is no
| proof of express malice, or the Court or jury
/ shall find there was no such malice, then no ex-
emplary or punitive damages shall be awarded,
| but such malice may be Inferred from the nat
ure and tone OF the statements claimed to be
| libelous.
Sec 9 No exemplary or punitive damages
shall be recovered unless the plaintiff shall be-
fore bringing suit, give notice, by mail or other
wise to the defendant, TO publish retraction
| of the libel, and allow the defendant q reason
| able time in which TO publish such retraction,
| and make such amends as are reasonable and
| possible under the circumstances of the case
| proof of the publication of any such retraction
| or correction shall be admissible in evidence
under the general issue the question of the
good faith of the defendant, aud in mitigation
and reduction of damages. Provided, that the
| and I'm the same editions Of the paper as the
original libel, aud so far as Is practicable I'm the
same position.
The Legislature having passed the
Consolidation bill, making Saginaw city
and East Saginaw one, hereafter the twin
cities will be known as Saginaw, and will
be the third city in population in the
State.
"A Kalkaska man has a rare curiosity
in the form Of a duck with four feet.
"A Lansing dispatch says; "The weekly
crop report bulletin gives the tempera-
ture and rainfall both slightly above the
average for the past week, and the aver
age amount of sunshine, and all crops