Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-11
oHiGAN, THURSDAY. sEP4EMBER II, 1890
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.
An interesting Summary OF the Moro I'M
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Deaths-crlmos, Casualties,
and Gcncrai News Notes.

portant Doings of Our Neighbors-w
dings and Deaths-Crimos, Casualties,
and Gcncral News Notes.
ROGERS CITY, Prcsque Isle County, is
to have the Pennsylvania tannery works
and 600 new inhabitants In connection
Herewith.
PoRT HURON has a chronic criminal in
the person of Dick Forbes, who has been
arrested moro than fifty times, and
keeps half the police force watching
him. He has spent over half his life In
prison.
w. +. VIcToR, Of Alpena, pulled a
five-pound black bass ont of Long Lake
a few days since, the largest one ever
taken from Its waters. -.--
THE Alpena 'longshorcmen have de-
cided that fifty cents an hour for work
at loading lumber vessels Is the amount
OF pay their services are worth.
FRANK DRULARD, of Harrison, Clare
County, cndeavorcd to keep a ram away
from him with the butt end of his gun.
The ram escaped injury, but the unfor-
tunate man was instantly killed by a
charge of shot penetrating his lungs.
LANSING dispatch to Detroit Free Press:
The coming State Fair will be the big
gest event in the history of the State
Agricultural Society. The livestock en-
tries are awe-inspiring in number. Sec
retary Sterling has footed up the totals,
and finds that there are 6l0 cattle
entries, SOS horse entries, 612 sheep en-
tries, 531 swine and 6s1 poultry. The
number of entries In the other depart
mcnts is correspondingly large, and
includes exhibits from Michigan, Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Vir-
ginia and Canada. The conveniences
for handling stock will show marked
improvement over last year.
nIns. A InUsiAs II. ON,S..sssH, ''IrO- ~
the Chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, died at Ann Arbor
recently, aged 60 years. The cause OF
her death was cancer of the stomach.
Mrs. Cooley was nearly as well known
as her husband throughout Michigan. AS
early as 1880 she was appointed mem
Der of the Board Of Managers of the
State Industrial School for Girls by Gov.
jerome, and continued 10 serve as Pres
ident of that board continuously since.
She leaves six children.
MIR. GATES, whose mill was recently
burned out at Bay City, estimates his
loss at $4,000 and says he will rebuild.
WILLIAM RICHTER, of Saginaw, has
succeeded Harper, Heisner & Co., of Bay
City, for $4,000 for goods destroyed by
fire which is supposed to have originated
by bonfire started by the defendants.
JOHN s. MCGRATH, of Manistec, have
built clock with an eight-foot face and
sent it to the Milwaukee Exposition.
The striking arrangement is unique
affair and StrilSeS.-th nuartcrs of the
IT cost Mrs. Golden, OF Bay City, just
81 TO slander Mrs. Goldsmith, a neighbor
LABOR DAY was very generally OBJ
served in the larger towns of the State
CAPT. SIMMONS, of the Bay City police
force, is "dead sore" on gambling places
and recently raided the whole crowd OF
them and captured a lot of chips, faro
layout, etc.
DETROIT dispatch: There has recently
been large increase in the number oi
pensions in Michigan. From August l.
$780, TO September /, there were pre-
scnted SOB new claims. In addition tC
this number, increases were allowed IN
733 cases, making a total increase for the
month of 1895. Tho total number o1
pensioners now on the rolls is 1886, the
largest ever known in the history OF tho
office. As yet no claims have been pre-
sented under the new disability bill
which Mr.. Harvey expects will ulti
mately add 10000 names to his roll
During the past three months the Office
has paid claims aggregating $1,000, 900
and during the next quarter the amount
will be increased TO S2,UOU,0U0.
THE Tunnel House, large frame ho-
tel at the entrance to the st. Clair River
tunnel, was burned tho other night, anC
one of the female employees, unable Il
make her escape from one of the uppel
rooms, was burned TO death. Two mel
who were in the house at the time can
not be found, and IT is feared that they
also met their death in the flames.