Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-03-20
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EvENTs AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

a
LATELY OCCURRED.
An Interesting Summary of the More I'm.
portant Doings OF Our Neighbors-wed.
dings and Deaths = Crimes, Casualties
and General News Notes.
-Followingis is a summary of the Marcf
crop report issued from the ofios of the
Secretary of State:
Four hundred and forty correspondent in the
southern four tiers OF counties and 126 IN ths
central counties report that wheat was injured
during February, while 123 in the former section
and % in the latter report that IL was not in-
juied. The weather conditions during the
the plant was injured. The average temperature
for the entire State % degrees, six degrees
above the normal. In the southern and central
sections OF the State, where 9S per cent. Of the
wheat crop Is grown, the average temperature
was degrees above the normal. In these SEQ
tions the average day temperature was degrees
ereaa heIow the freosing point. The iotai num.
Der OF bushels OF wheat reported marketed In
February was 5l7,29l. The total number OF
bushels marketed from August to the end OF
FeDruary was IL, las, ,6o4 or 81 per cent. OF the
crop. Lave stock is in fairly good condition.
The figures for this State are: Horses, 81; cattle,
20 sheep, 90; and swine, T comparison being
with stock In good healthy and thrifty condition.
In December an investic ca ion was begun to as
certain the number Of purely bred cattle, that
Is, cattle that were registered, or entitled to
az ii 6 ss e foSo~s Inc r nuSeT is geporsso
Ayrshire, 81; Devon, 164; Galloway, 9s5
Guernsey. 58 Hereford s62 Holstein- Fri sian,
i,SOO; Jersey, 1855; Norfolk Suffolk 90; Short
horn, 6,6e4; Swiss, 10.
Attorney General Trowbridge is not
insane, but is troubled with chronic
biliousness. We copy the following from
the Lansing journal:
We are glad to be able to announces that the
report that Attorney General Trowbridge is in
sane Is totally without foundation. Mr.. Trow-
bridge is simply a sick man. He ia troubled
with chronic biliousnCss, and has been an acute
sunerer from this cause for over two years. 1t
has naturally slightly impaired the clearness of
his mental Vision, although he is far from being
an intellectual wreck Inde ID, there is no doubt
trnst1e imas m ,iS, MIN rest ana proper medical
and mental vigor which distinguished him up TO
the time of his election as Attorney ,neral. 1t
was an fnexcusably cruel thing to rake his
sickness t. Q pretext for publishing sensational
report that he is incurably insane.
The Grand Lodge of Michigan
knights of Pythias held its annual meet
ing at Saginaw last week The fol owing
officers we're elected for the ensuing year:
Grand Chancellor, Miles L. Curtis, Battle
Creek; Grand Vice Chancellor, d. c.
Page, Petoskey; Grand Prelate, H. J.
Footlander, Muskegon; Grand Keeper of
Records and Seals, j. w. Hopkins, Lam
sing; Grand Master OF Exchequer, II. c.
Hau, Hudson; Grand Master at arms,
w. II. Loomis, Ionia; Grand Inner
Guard, George A. Reynolds, Saginaw;
Grand Outer Guard, DR.. A. H. Dolan,
Ionia. The next meeting will be held at
Grand Rapids in March, 1891.
The Capital Investment and Loan
with q capital stock of $780,
mn nna-- -h~~-i,-~-. s-----r--L-I-I----
W. Turner, Of lansing, is the President;
G. l.. Potherick, of Detroit, the General
Manager; aud Elmer S. Avery the Secre-
tary. The Vice Presidents are: A. w.
Wright, of Alml, and j. w. Longyear,
Of Marquette; and the directors are;
Perry Hannah, of Traverse City; Il. +.
Davis and II. A. Farrand, of Lansing;
Messrs. Turner, Wright, Longyear, Avery,
Dresser and Petherick. These names in
clude some of The wealtniest men in
Michigan. The general Offices of the COR
poration will be in Lansing.
The State Board of Geological Sur
vey has authorized State Geologist Wads-
worth to order the republic tion of the
volume containing the reports of Dr.
Douglls Houghton; also to publish
volume five Of the Geological Survey, 10
include the work of State Biologists
Roninger, Wright and Wadsworth, bring
other interesting matter as can be con-
tained in volume of 500 pages.
Mrs. d. Carlisle, an aged lady living
near Marysville, st. Clair County, while
fixing the FIRE in wood stove, iRnited her
in some way. She tainted and
the clothing was burned from her body.
Her husband was the only other occu-
pant of the house, but was powerless to
help her, as he is a paralytic, and can
move neither hand nor foot. The un-
fortunate woman died the following day.
The calendar of the University of
Michigan, just issued, shows that the
faculty consists Of President, AZ full
professors, III assistant professors, 6 lee
turers, 20 instructors, and 81 assistants
aud minor members, making q total of
ll6. 1t is in point of numbers of stu
dents that the present calendar shows
the great growth Of the university, it now
at the head OF all other institu-
tions of this country, being seventy four
ahead of Harvard, its nearest competitor.
The let number of students enrolled at
this date is 2,l53. BY the statement it is
shown that the university is not only
national institution but that it is world
Students are enrolled from
OF the States and Territories
Of the Union and from fifts en- foreign
"A man started out from st. Tgnace
TO cross the Straits with a team, and
when about two miles from shore his
horses Lroke through and we're drowned.
The driver and one passenger succeeded
in saving themselves.
The lumber mills at Cheboygan are
being put in readiness for the most pros
porous season ever known. Most of the
mills will be lighted by electricity and
run day and night. Several large con-
tracts for cutting could not be ful6lled
on account of the business on hand.