Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-03-13
9, MICHIGAN, THURsDAY MARoH la, 1880
according to letter from Detroit. q
prominent clergyman Of that city has
drawn fat prize in the Louisiana
lottery:

a sporting resort In this city and squandored (.
IN Louisiana lottery tickets. getting one-fo urtl
| OF No. 409l9 The day following the drawing
! the shepherd of souls dropped Into the place
and was horrifed to discover that the ticket II
| which no was Interested had drawn so, 900, ant
that he was therefore entitled to S12, 500. The
| parson had long talk with the ticket sellel
| and closed with this offer Il will give you the
best watch i can buy in Detroit IL you will
offer doesn't satisfy you I'll give you $3.50 ca sh.
| The ticket dealer accompanied the preacher tC
the American Express ofice and tried to ar.
range Tor the transmission OF the ticket and
the money incognito, but Express Agent Reed
insisted lr upon the gospel expounders name
| but assigned his ticket TO Mr.. Iced, and the
money was collected in bis name. Saturday
the preacher received his little fortune. He Of
iered to pay Reed for his share in the transac.
tion. but the latter refused to accept auy
gratuity. The ticket seller who helped the
grcacner IN MS dilemma received his gold
chronometer, however, and is wearing it to-day.
AT ST. Clair. while large number Of
boys and girls were skating on Pine
River, Miss Helen Soils and Jay Cox
broke through the ice. While endeavor-
ing to save them three other boys got in,
the ice being thin and breaking around
the whole. All were rescued except q
colorei boy named Henry Lewis, who
lost his life by rendering assistance to
others.
Col. Worden, Government Trespass
Agent. was at T orch Lake last week look
ing for the I47, 900 acres of land which he
says was wrongfully pat nted to the NJ,
H. q o. Railroad.
Two hundred men cutting ice at Cad
lilac struck for higher wages, and were
promptly discharged.
"A Manistique preacher refuses to
read announcements from his pulpit for
the reason that Manistique has two good
newspapers, and advertisements should be
given to them. That preachers future is
assured.
M A. L1point has been appointed
Postmaster 1T Erie, Monroe County; W.
Ii. Rogers, at Palmyra, L enawee County;
ID. Sullivan, at Phoenix, Keweenaw Coun-
ty; M. Chandler, at Shaw, Presque Isle
County.
The Agricultural College is open
again, after an in;ermission OF fourteen
weeks. There were 10 students in ut
tendance on the opening day, aud nearly
as may more were expected within two
weeks. The number includes four stu
dents from JaI'an aud one from Burmah.
During the vacation the fine new agri-
cultural laboratory has been finished, the
dormitories thoroughly repaired and
renovated. and 500 volumes added to the
library.
from the Soldiers Home Board because
his private business made the step neces-
sary. Gov. Luce says he thinks Wells
resigned to prevent an investigation.
Tho last Legislature appropriated
liberal amount of swamp land for the
construction of State road through
Delta and Alger Counties. to be known as
the Bay de Nocquet and Lake Superior
Road. The Board of Control of State
Swamp Lands has accepted four miles of
the road. but the survey on the remainder
is SO Inaccurate that the board postpones
action until a more thorough investi-
CATION can be made.
The earnings statement OF the Mich
igan railroads for December shows the
total to be S7,459, $50. an increase of
$993,557 over the corresponding month
in 1883. Total earnings from Jan. l,
1889, to Jan. ], 1890, SS5, 35s, ,O3S.52. In
crease for 1889, S4.53S. .42l-7s: nernant-
age OF increase, 5.6l.
The State Military Board has de-
cioed to equip all the companies Of State
troops with new cvercoats. The board
is allowed by the Government an annual
appropriation of about $4,000 for cloth
ing, ETC., for the troops, and this sum
will probably cover the entire expense.
The fund will not be available until next
July, but the overcoats will le ordered
soon in order that they may arrive before
the date of the next State encampment.
The Baptists held State convention
at L'nsipg last week. DR.. Jameson, of
Lansing, delivered an interesting address,
in which he pleaded for consecrated
teachers. DIR. Holmes, of Bay City, urged
doctrinal teaching in the schools. A
number of strong, helpful papers were
read.
The Carp River furnace at Marquette,
idle for four years, has been put into
blast and will turn out fifty tons of iron
per day. Steps are taking to start up the
Northern and Grace furnaces.
One pleasant day last summer Frank
Pratt hired horse at Brown City and
eloped with the horse and Miss Annie
Rupert. The couple went to Wisconsin,
but Pratt forgot to marry the girl and she
got mad. Recently she returned to her
home, and the man who owned the horse
has had her arrested for completely in the
crime. At present Miss Rupert is in the
Sanilac County Jail.
I'm q fit of temporary insanity, Mrs.
G. f. Knill, at Port Huron, drove her
family out of doors with a revolver. The
police were summoned, when she fred q
shot at Chief Petit, but missed her aim.
The Bay City and Battle Creek Rail-
way Company has placed on file in Bay
County mortgage for $500, 900, which
runs to the Metropolitan Trust Company,
of New York. The mortgage is to secure
loan Of $3.50, 900.
Mislald.