Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-16
NUMBE
The Petoskey Independent vouches
for the truth Of the incident recounted
below:

Tuesday morning a well-known Petoskey lady
bade good-by % number OF friends at the de.
OF instructions to her husband, such as to be
sure and lock the door, and not to let tho house
Sh iShs and to leave the KEY over the the window Of
the sitting-room, and to be sure ana shut mp the
stove when he went out, and to take good care
of himself and be sure to write often, ETC. etc,
etc. and after remarking to her lady friends
that ~these mon arc so forgetfui," went in
and seated herself I'm the chair car just
as the conductor cried -al aboard" she
rushed out and exclaimed: "Hold the train.
where's my husband? I've forgotten my pock-
ot-book Run and get IL quick u Why, In my
bedroom Yes, In the bureau. Yes, yes, yes J
in the bureau drawer, my pocketbook with all
my money and some checks and draftsl Run
Hurry Quick III And run he did, while
crowd at the depot was amazed To see one Of
our most digni6ed citizens tearing up the plat
form like mad, his coat tails fapping, his neck;
Tie loose his collar unfastened, desperation and
perspiration ON his brow and q pocketbook
waving in his appraised hand Just as the train
ana aa ssd SS5 @R IA Nsss TfS
her n farewell.
In October, 1884, Mrs. Josephine Fla
dung presented petition to the Bay City
Common Council asking damages for in
juries received from a defective walk.
The City Attorney, to whom the matter
was referred, reported that the woman
had no claim against the city because she
was injured on sidewalk in front of q
private residence and not upon cross
walk. The recent decision of the Su-
preme Court has given the woman's at
torney new hope and suit has been
commenced against Bay City for $4,000
damages.
The eleventh annual exhibition of
the State Poultry and Pet Stock Associ-
alton was held at Bay City last week. The
display of poultry was larger than year
ago, and the exhibit of other stock was
up to expectations.
The State Board of Agriculture has
accepted the new 81 800 agricultural lab
oratory at the Agricultural College. The
board has instructed the college farm
managers to adopt stringent measures
against tuberculosis, which is affecting
some of the thoroughbred cattle on the
farm. One especially valuable imported
shorthorn COW was ordered shot.
Hon. William S. Tennant, for several
years Circuit Judge of Saginaw County
and for many years practicing attorney,
has been sent to the Eastern Asylum for
the Insane at Pontiac. His mind has
been unbalanced for some time.
Nathaniel Kellogg is Bay City man
with one arm and hook. The hook
ofttimes proves the more dangerous of the
two. Kellogg got into an alteration with
a saloonkeeper, and in the racket he fast
ened the hook into the saloonkeeper's
cheek. literally tearing that part of his
anatomy away.
-Saginaw's new electric motor has
been officially tested, ana pronounced
perfect.
The little fishes in Thunder Bay are
still tempting the active fisherman with
his gill net.
-Michigan's fire. insurance adjusters
assembled in annual session at East Sag
inaw last week.
Henry Hamilton was killed in the
woods in Gladwin County recently by the
falling of tree. He was 80 years old,
had been Major in the Confederate
service, and had no relatives in that part
of the country.
-Pansies have been found in bloom
in some of Alpena gardens this year.
Wheeler & Company, of Bay City,
have just contracted to build another
steel steamer.
Gilman Eberbach, of Ann Arbor, has
been roappointed member of the State
Board of Pharmacy.
Monroe County Supervisors will leave
the subject of a new Jail to be settled at
the spring election.
The laborers in the Bay City ship
yards are being laid off,. awaiting the
coming of snow. 1t is impossible to get
tho timber into the yards.
-Belva A. Lockwood is tearing up and
down the State with the question: "Is
Marriage Faiure?"-
r. A. Montgomery, Lansin lawyer,
defended the Crouches in the famous
Jackson murder trial, but was never com
rensated therefor. A few days ago he
got judgment against Byron Crouch for
$7O3, the full amount due.
--Saginswletter: Lumoermen are not in
pleasant frame of mind. Nearly every
firm operating in the woods have cutting
and skidding nearly completed and
millions of feet of logs on the skids, but
there is no snow.
Two boys who have been camping
out near Black Lake for the purpose of
hunting ducks had quite lively tussle
with a large bald-headed eagle, says the
Detroit Free Press. They saw the bird
sitting in tree, but did not know what
it was. At the first shot they succeeded
in bringing il down with q broken wing,
but when they attempted to capture il
they found it was not a very easy matter.
Whenever they approached the bird would
make savage plunges at them, and they
had all they could do to keep out of the
way Of its fierce claws and beak. Find
ing that they could not capture it alive,
they shot it, but only succeeded in kill
ing it after having fred half dozen
shots at close range. The eagle meas
ured almost seven feet from tip to tip of
its wings, and was Of the bald-headed
variety.
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