Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-14
CITIES AND VILLAGES.
The weather crop bulletin
Michigan weather service saws:


Michigan weather service says:
The reports indicate that the weather
conditions OF the past seven days have been
very unfavorable TO corn, oats and pota-
toes on account of the continued dry
weather. These conditions still continue In
the southern section, and especially in the
southwest, whore there has been little or
no rain during the past two weeks, and the
effect on the oats has been to prematurely
ripen them and to dry up the corn and po-
tato crops. In the other sections that re-
ceived sufficient amount OF rain TO
moisten the ground, the crops are much I'M
proved. The wheat harvest Is about fin
ished and thrashing is now In progress
Yields of from five to forty-three bushels
per acre have been reported, which shows
the spotted growth of the wheat crop
the southern section, ana the harvesting
viii be general next week. Unless good
rain occurs in the southern section during
the next week the condition of corn and
potatoes will be materially reduced and the
yield lessened to a considerable extent.
The big fairs of the State have made
circuit this year quite similar to the
circuit made by the various racing asso-
Citations. The Detroit Exposition leads,
Aug. 26 to Sept. 8; the Michigan State
Fair at Lansing, Sept. to 10; Port
Huron Fair, Exposition and races, Sept.
Is to 10, followed by the Northeastern at
Saginaw, Sept. % to 26. Following
these will come the county and district
fairs. This arrangement will aid ma
terially in securing better exhibits and
more exhibits, enabling exhibitors to
cover wider range of country and reach
probably 100000 people.
Bay City hose houses are being put
in order preparatory to the fall fires,
which arc expected but not longed for.
"A hose contest for the championship
of Northern nr1cnIgan VIII pc one or Jne
features of the soldiers reunion at Reed
City, September 10 to IL.
Mrs. Margaret Fisher, of Port Huron,
has begun $4,000 damage suit against
Marine City for injuries received in fall
ing on a defective sidewalk last May.
Klein, Heisner & Co.'s stave and
heading mill at Gladwin, was burned,
with loss of $4,000; partially insured.
The fire broke out in the engine-room,
and is supposed to have been caused by
ashes.
The State Convention of Prohibition
lists at Lansing, consisted Of 400 enthu-
siastic delegates, and the following State
ticket was nominated: Governor, A. S.
Partridge, Flushing; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Henry /. Allen, Schoolcraft; Sec
retary of State, L. s. Palmeter, Hart;
Auditor, Gen. i. ii. Ives, Mason; Treas
urer, A. p. Coddington, Lenawee County;
Land Commissioners, Carlton Rich, La
peer; Attorney General, James ID. Adsit,
Traverse City; Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, David Howell, Lansing;
Member of Board of Education, Prof
Charles Scott, Hope College; Justice Of
the Supreme Court, Noah w. Cheever,
Grand Rapids. Tho platform demands pro-
hibition of the liquor traffic, the issue of
money by the Government direct to the
people, establishment of postal savings
banks, the readjustment of the tariff and
an increase of specific taxes, the passage
of per diem service pension bill, Gov
ernment control of railroad and telegraph
lines, the Australian system of ballot,
improved civil service, equal suffrage
without sex distinctions, prohibition of
speculation in margins and formation of
trusts. IL Is against alien ownership of
land, and for declaring OF all unearned
land grants forfeited. There was long
fight over plank urging the loan of legal
tender money by the Government upon
reliable security. The nominee for
Lieutenant Governor is the Master
Workman Of the Michigan Knights Of
Labor.
DIR. William Brodie, aged 67, ono OF
the best-known physicians in Michigan,
died at his home in Detroit last week.
Hugh Parker, years old, fell out Of
a boat near Grand Haven and drowned
before help could reach him.
John Matthews and Isaac Monroe
fought near Cassopolis over q trifilng
matter, and the former was killed.
Monroe claims TO have done the cutting
in self-defcnse.
Cornelius Cooper, aged 10, was
drowned while bathing in Muskegon
Lake at Muskegon: