Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-17
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

An Interesting Summary of the More I'm
portant DoIngs of Our Ncighbors--Wed-
dings and Deaths = Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
Judging from the following dispatch
from Detroit, il looks as il the big In
glish syndicate was about to m ke fail
ure of its brewery speculation in this
country:
When John Peter Grant, the English specula-
tor, came to Detroit aud secured an option ON
the Goebel, Mann. Endriss, aud Michenfelder
breweries for Si500)) ths idea gained ground
that the British would soon own Detroit. Grant
represented, aad perhaps supposed, that there
were millions in tho Detroit deal The English
company was started with flourish OF
trumpets. The people who bought stock sup
posed that they would mako IL per cent. on
their investment, H. seton-Ka mem
land, was elected Chairman" OF tho Lon
don board. August Gosbel, william b
Moran Joseph b. Moore, Frederick Brady,
and Ralph Phelps, Jr., were elected Detroit
directors. Colonel August Goebel was ap..
pointed manager at n goodly salary. He retained
Messrs. Charles Endriss, JacDb Mann and
Bernard Michenfelder also on salaries. as over
seers Of their respective breweries. Chairman
II. Seton-Karr, NJ. r., has been In Detroit for
couple OF days. As matter of fact he was ne
gotiating the transfer Of the Detroit Breweries,
Limited" to the Detroit directors, headed by
James b. Moore, Ralph Phelps, Jr., and w. b;
Moran. The transfer was made last night, aud
H. Seton-K -Karr, NJ. p. winged his way westward
on a Wabash train. The deal was made because
the Detroit Breweries, Limited" was not max
ing any money for the English syndicate.
Following is a summary of the last
crop bulletin sent out from Lansing:
The condition OF wheat on April l. compared
with vitality and growth of average years, was
in the southern four tiers OF counties, 40 In
counties, S. These are the lowest averages re-
ported on April since the o reports have been
publ shed. In 1889 the condition In the south
ern counties was reported at 50, in 1883 at 81,
condition in 1889 o. in 1888, 80, and 1897, "a.
Wheat is In better condition in the western
and southwestern counties than elsewhere in
the State In nine of these counties, viz, OF
tawa, Kent, Allegan, Van Bursn, Kalamazoo,
Berrien. Cass. st. Joseph. and Branch the con-
dition ranges from 80 to 81 per cent. OF an acre
age St. Joseph leads at 90, followed by Cass
o. and Berrien 90. OffJurteen reports received
from st. Joseph, one shows the condition TO DO
IS ono 80, and all OF the others 90 or higher. In
the FIVE count s Barry, Calhoun, Jackson
Washtenaw and Hillsdale-tha condition ranges
from II to a., in Monroe It is TO- Wayne %, aud
in Ionia and Lenawee %. In the other counties
OF the southern four tiers it ranges from 40 to
65 The weather has been unfavorable most o..
the time sirce seeding
marketed since August is l0,496,503. OF this
g. ,593 bushels was marketed in the southern
counties. 1,530 4S5 bushels in the central coun-
ties and 7S 425 bushels in the northern counties.
Clover meadows and pastures severely in
jured. The average condition in the southern
counties is 75 in the central H. and in the north
ern 92. These figures show the condition much
lower than one year ago.
Live stock are in fairly good condition.
Tie outlook is favorable for a fair crop OF all
kinds OF fruit except peaches.
Detroit Free Press: A new method
of disposing of the dead is about to be
introduced into Detroit, and there is little
doubt that it will be readily adopted by
those who have been seeking a desirable
medium between cremation and earth
burial. company has been formed in
New York for the introduction into every
leading city in the United States of a
sanitary sepulcher in which the dead can
be entombed without detriment to the
living. 1t will be called the new mauso-
leum, and will be located on site especi-
ally chosen for the purpose. The build
ing will be made of concrete with trim
mings Of stone. The roof will be OF
gl IS with iron girders. The interior,
made of concrete compartments, can be
us IlCnly ucCOIdlCu Win ihoCbhuShAOAc
material as the tastes of the parties de-
sire. There will be single compartments
at the same price that is paid for one
grave in cemetery at the present time,
and family vaults that will be sold al
prices ranging from $500 to $4,000.
"A. X. Holmes, of Menominee, is tc
be Congressman Stephenson's private
secretary.
DIR. George Thurber, who was pro.
fessor OF botany and horticulture in the
Agricultural College from 1860 TO 1868
died in Passaic, n. j., last week.
-Dollarville is located in the Northern
Peninsula, but during the past winter
the mercury dropped below zero only OF
eighteen days.
-Stetson's Uncle Toms Cabin Com
pany gave an exhibition at st. Ignace the
other night, and had made arrangements
to be transferred to Mackinaw City by
the steamer st. Ignace after the perform
ance to catch the morning train for th,
south. When they went aboard, how.
ever, the weather had become so bad that
Capt. Boynton refused TO make the triI
until morning. Some of the members
then became abusive and wanted to
fight. The crew were all asleep except
Capt. Boynton and Second M ate A. r
| Graves, and, as there were eighteen ol
the barn -stormers, they had everything
their own way. Capt. Boynton was
struck several times with club and his
arm was broken, while Graves was twic
struck in the head with q beer bottle
knocking him senseless. Officers wer
sent for, but by the time they reached tn
boat il was impossible to identify tn
men that struck the blows. Graves i
not expected to live.
AT Saginaw, last week, Charles H
Dixson, formerly Deputy Treasurer o
Saginaw County, who was recently ar
rested in Chicago on chargs of EN-
bezzlement, he having appropriated 4
his own use several thousand dollars II
money belonging TO the county, was pu
on trial, convicted, and sentenced to nv
years imprisonment at hard labor in tn
i State prison at Jackson.