Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-22
The following Michigan pension.
have been gra. ted:


Chas. w. Van slyke, Mason; Chas. lie Isles
Allegan; Henry Collins, Charlotte; Edwin II.
Smith, Casnovia; VIM. Koch, Benton Harbor /;
Gagetown; Geo. Whelpley, Pine Grove Angus
tine Steger. Chelsea; Andrew Gillian, Browns
vile Henry H. Nash, Ashley Henry p. Hoag-
Sitter, Almo; Philip Hartman, Jackson; |;
Elisha Dawley Gal ssburg; Richard p. Harris,
Ada; John ok, McDcnlld; Jesse Cults, Cairo
water; S.W. Keasey. .Wasepi wolney Clark, Mill
Grove; George r. Bennett, ST. Joseph; George
w. II. Tuttle. Cincinnati; Ellis McGary Kala-
mazoo; Austin Calhoun, Muskegon; Frank J.
G. Ellis. Detroit George Goodnoe, 0nondaga; ;
Jacob Showers, Marshall John NJ. Gilbert,
Dufield; Henry b. Olmstead Eaton Rapids |;
Smith A. Hunt Fowler; George T.. Mcclure,
Grand Rapids; BENJAMIN wescott, Saginaw ;
James Dempsey. Detroit Edgar A. Stevens,
Glare; Jonathan Gordon, Flint; Thomas j.
Fenton Robert Abbott. Muskegon; Joseph II.
1hrasher, Wasepi; William Moore, Vermont
VILE; George A. Zimmerman, Harrisburg; John
Fitzmorris Grand Rapids.
Internationally Carchle, St. John s John
Mcdonald, Adrian Stephen M. Snyder, Three
hIyersl Erzslon Mason, Westoni Rufus x.
Rice Creek; Daniel N. Pierce, Cedar Greek
Frasler II. Sprague Nashville; James A. Moore,
Gaines Station; Samuel Rogers, Marletto ;
Theron j. Spores. Conklin; Orrey E. Barrett,
Adrian; Wm. Lefever. Marshall Beniamin +.
Marsh, Cassopolis Ransom M. Rowley, MOUNT
Clemens Monroe Gowan, William ston Lorenzo
ID. Abbott, Frontier; De WiGt G. Myers, Caro- !;
Edwin Crook, South Lockwood; Geo w. Smith,
Woodvlle; Edward Kenney Shelby; Harmon
Campbell, Bailey; Orel G. Warmer, Ltchfield /;
Moses Nor gan, Allen Creek Henry w. Rose
Grams, Iosco Jesse De Wees, Jonesvile ,Jaccb.
II. Mosher, Ellington; James McAllister, Eaton
Rapids; George w. Record, Stanton; Nelson I.
Hazen, Azalia.
Reissue-WiIliam Fisher, Richland; David L.
Havens, North Adams Edwin Nixon, Grand
Sister, Muir Hanford e. Todd, Flint; William
Miller, Factoryville Ezra Bertram, Jr, Rome
Center !; Smith c: p. Williams. West Bay City.
Reissue and Increase-Alfred White Bloom
ingdale; William Watson, Blissiold.
Original Widows, Etc.-Rowena A., widow of
Eugene Rowlson, Hillsdale; Nancy Graves,
M, widow of Ezra Sweet, Wales; minors OF
David Blakemore, East Saginaw; Christina,
widow of John Hendrie, re.roit Adlia, widow
OF Charles N. Rowland Viii .ehan.
The following articles OF association
were filod with the Secretary of State at
Lansing during the week:
The Cheboygan Brewing and Mailing Com
pany, Cheboygan, $50, 1000; Cooperative Mercan-
tile Company, Grand Rapids, 10000; Western
Harrison Portrait and Picture Franc Company,
Grand Rapids $4,000; the Riverside Storing
Company, Bay City, $4,000; the United Fuel
pendent @ nth Fuel Gas % COMPANY LANSING 50 1 600 @ Ooo
Ithaca Milling Company. Ithaca, $4,000; the
Jonesville Pickle Company, Jonesville $4,000;
ID.
the Oak Grove Sanitarium, Flint 100000; the
Farmers Milling Association, Perry, so, 600; /;
Detroit Mining Company, Detroit, $4,000
The Senate has passed the following
House bills granting pensions to Michi-
gan people,: Helen A. Moore. widow of
Capt. John S. Moore, of Company E,
Second Michigan Volunteers; Mary Dock
ham, mother of Charles w. Johnson. cor-
poral Company q, Tenth Regiment Mich
iRan Volunteers; Malvina p. Fletcher,
widow of John z. Fletcher, private Com
pany d, First Michigan Engineers; Pat
rick Culhan, of Detroit, who served in
Eoohe, Of Midland, Who Osst served in 4 the the
Fifty seventh New York Volunteers;
Julia E. Phillips, of Battle Creek widow
of two soldiers; Ida l.. Martin, who was
a hospital nurse.
Lansing pays its Mayor 81 every
year.
John Butler, a farmer living near
Detroit, was thrown from his buggy. He
struck in ditch filed with water and the
buggy fell on him. the dashboard CATCH
ing him across the back of his neck and
holding his face in the water until he
was drowned.
"A case of considerable interest was
begun at Saginaw last week by the filing
in the Circuit Court of declaration in a
suit for $4,000 damages against the De-
troit, Lansing aud Northern Railroad
Company. Joseph Manning, travelling
alesman, desired 10 travel between Alma
and st. Louis. three miles, and not hav-
ing purchased ticket tondered the con-
ductor ten cents as fare. This was re-
fused on the ground of a higher rate
established by the company for non
ticke:ed passengers, and Manning was
put off the train.
Lansing dispatch: The seventeenth
annual convention OF the Superintendents
of City Schools in Michigan has ended.
Several able papers were read. Professor
O'Keefe of Saginaw urged the establish
ment of training school course in con-
nection with the high schools for the
benefit OF graduates who might desire to
become teachers. The greatest obstacle
in the way of progressive improvement
in the schools to-day, he argued, is the
lack of professionally trained teachers.
The following officers were elected: Pres
ident, ID. A. Hammond of Charlotte; Vice
President, II. Nj. Slawson, Coldwater;
Secretary and Treasurer, E. w. Russell,
Battle Creek.
Two hugo enterprises, one with q
capital stock of $4,000, 900, aud the other
with q capital stock Of $4,000, 900, have
just been incorporated in the Office of the
Secretary Of State at Lansing. The first
is the United Fuel Gas Company. The
headquarters of both of these enterprises
will be in Lansing, but are incorporated
under different names for the purpose of
operating more conveniently in different
sections OF the country. Their purpose
is to make plants for the manufacturers
OF fuel gas, and it is claimed that by
their process fuel gas can be supplied to
the consumer at 40 per cent. of the cost
of coal. The incorporators include John
ID. Cameron and Robert Laird, two New
York capitalists, and Secretary Skinner
and President Hollister, OF the Lansing
Street Railway Company. Lansing citi-
zens are jubilant over the fact that the
big enterprise is to be located here.
The Michioan weather seryice weeklv