Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-31
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wsd
dings and Deaths-Crlmos, Casualties
and General News Notes.
The report Of the Secretary of Agri.
culture for July contains the following
statement Of the condition Of Michigan
crops from the State Agent: The acre
age Of wheat is about the same as last
year. It's condition is nearly ten pei
cent. below an average, owing to the late
ness Of the planting season and the
prevalence of the grub worm in the sod
fields. The condition OF winter wheat
has improved somewhat since the last
report. The reappearance of the aphis
caused sonae alarm, but 40 has -douo little
or no damage. Considerable rust is re-
ported on late sown wheat on corn stub
BILE. Harvest began June 80. Oats,
though not looking quite as we'll as on
June ], promise a goo crop. The usual
acrea o Of potatoes was planted an the y
are doing finely. More interest is taken
in the planting OF beans, aud where we'll
cultivated they are found to be a profit
able crop. Glover, timothy, and pas
lures are better than for several years.
There has been decrease in the condi-
tion Of the apple crop. A complete fail
ure Of the crop from various causes is
reported from several counties. In some
instances the leaf blight has caused the
premature falling off OF fruit, in others
the failure is due to frost and hail storm
in May. Some correspondents report the
cause as unknown, but nearly all agree
that the crop will be the lightest grown
for many years. Peaches show q decline.
The following statistics have been
taken from the report of the Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction for the year
1889, which has just been issued: Num-
ber graded school districts in the State,
sos; number ungraded, 6,642; the school
census of grade districts is 329, 1874; un-
graded districts, $40, ,s8j; enrolment in
graded schools. col ,0S7; ungraded, 222,-
5l7; percentage of attendance in graded,
6l; ungraded, 7l.5; number of districts
maintaining a school, 7,O46; months Of
school in graded districts (average), 9.04;
ungraded, 7.O6; number of private
schools reported. 3l2; estimated number
Of pupils attending such, 34,l79; number
OF teachers in graded schools (men 6Sl,
women $500, 4,20l; number of teach
ers in ungraded schools (men 5000. wo-
men 8,s7D, 1854; total wages paid
teachers in graded and ungraded schools.
$2oG9, uA76J;s aSsrayS ffi0nt65- wiSgsss Of
male teachers in all the schools, SAG. 81;
of female teachers, $32. 80; number of reg
ular certificates to teachers granted,
1l,l2l; number of special certificates
granted. 1,14s; number of teachers hay-
ing normal school cestifcates, 403;
whole number of legally qualified teach
ers, ii, ,58l. an increase over last year of
637; whole number Of school houses,
7,42s frame $3.50, brick 1856, stone IL,
log 442), ON increase of 65 for the year;
whole number of sittings 5l3, 707; esti-
mated value of school property, $l3,-
1856, ,637; total number of libraries, l,6l0;
total number of volumes, AGA, ,5S2; num-
Der of State institutes held, ~; number
enrolled at such institutes, 6,597; amount
expended for such institutes, $ll. 1896. %;
total amount of primary school interest
fund apportioned. 1922, ,449.s3; per capi-
t., $l.47; number of districts adopting
the free text book system under law of
1890, 5sO. TLO.vV OF tue puDilc schools
per capita for school year ending Sept.
2, 1889, was $l2.46.
Saginaw County farmers report all
crops in good condition, with an average
yield in prospect.
Alex. Mccormick, an old resident of
st. Clair County. was working in his hay
field, when the horse, attached to hay
rake, ran away, and threw Mr.. McCor-
mick forcibly against the fence, in6ict-
ing injuries which resulted in his death.
Forty prominent Michigan millers
were present at the midsummer meeting
of the State Millers' Association in Lam
sing. Secretary M. A. Reynolds ten
dered his resignation on account OF
having severed his business connection
with the Stanton Milling Company. The
association not. only refused to accept
this, but voted Mr.. Reynolds salary OF
81 200 during the coming year in order
that he might devote his time largely to
the interests of the organization. A
number Of papers of interest to the trade
we're read aud discussed.
AS the steamer Arundel was leaving
her dock at Point Lookout, near Bay
City, A. L. McCaine, passenger from
Buffalo going 10 Alpena, was standing at
the gangway looking at crowd Of people
on the dock. The boat listing against the
spiles aud dock ice breakers caught him
crushed his head, broke his jaw and cut
his ears off, killing him instantly.
The population of the seven lsrgest
cities of Michigan as ascertained by the
late census may now be said to be as fol
lows, in round numbers: Detroit, 207.
600; Grand Rapids, 6l,O00; Saginaw
$4,000; Bay City, $4,000; Muskegon, "a,
900; Jackson, $4,000; Kalamazoo, $4,000
The Saginaw Patrons of Industry
$500 strong, are arranging for picnic o
Union Park, Saginaw, Aug. IL.
"A lad named Bushey fell into tn
river at Bay City. and was rescued ap
parently dead. II took three hours I
resuscitate him.
"A number Of homing pigeons owne