Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-12-11
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

THE embarrassment" of the J. i.
| Potts Salt and Lumber Company has do
velOped into an absolute failure, and an
assignment has been made for the bene-
| fit OF creditors Not being satisfied with
the appointment of David Tisdale, Presi-
| dent and almost absolute owner Of the
company, and Henry A. Harmon, as
trustees, or receivers, to take charge of
the affairs OF the company in the inter-
est of the preferred or mortgaged cred
itors, general assignment for the pene-
| fit OF both preferred and unsecured
creditors has been filed at Detroit. The
assignment Is made by the j. K. Potts
Salt and Lumber Company to William s.
Waugh, Secretary OF the company.
WILLIAM BAER and n man named
Bruegmann started out from Maniseee
on hunting expedition, having agreed,
should they become separated In tho
woods, to shoot twice when ready for
home. Toward nightfall Bruegmann
heard two shots and went to the road.
Not finding Baer he came to town. Baer
not returning during the night, search
Ing party went out, and found Baer's
body lying between two logs. He had
evidently been climbing over the logs.
dragging his gun by the muzzle, which
discharged its load into his right side,
making terrible wound Death must
have been immediate. When found the
body was frozen stiff.
WHILE fremen were fighting fire at
Scotten's tobacco works in Detroit, a
wall fell, burying four men under the
ruins. Pipeman Robinson was taken
out dead, and Lieutenant Robinson was
so badly crushed that he died within an
hour. Pipemen Cullen and DE May were
seriously hnt not fatally injured. Tho
big building was destroyed, with loss
Of 500, 900, while 5000, 900 more in stock
and machinery were lost
EDITOR SIDNEY CoRBETT, of the De-
troit Critic. gay society journal, was
the victim Of q Gaming the ether day.
Mr.. Corbett recently married daugh-
ter OF Millionaire Mabley, but has pro-
fount contempt for society. He is re-
ported to have written in a sighting
manner of Miss Lillian Thompson,
daughter of ex-Mayor Thompson. Mr..
Thompson called on Mr.. Corbett, and
'ow ensued, in which the Mayor struck
Corbett across the face with a cane, fol-
lowing 1t up with repeated blows, until
bystanders interfered and separated the
combatants. Thompson says IL the
Critic does not let his daughter alone he
will horsewhip Corbett on the streets.
FERGUSON MINKLER was a successful
merchant in Ionia thirty years ago, but
I'm the shuttle since that time he has be-
come so poor that Ionia, Mich, and I.v7
vrs, ~. r., nave Deen trying TO thrust
him upon each other. The Ionia County
Poor officers claimed that his residence
was in New York and paid his fare
there. He was sent back to Ionia by
the New York Poor officers, and this
shuttlecock game was kept up till they
nearly wore out the little remaining
spark of life in the poor old man. 1t was
fine thing for the railroad company.
Ionia County finally gave in and sent
him "over the hills"
A sIx-YEAR-oLD child of Leander
Mackey was burned to death at the
home Of its parents in Manistee. The
child was left by its mother with a
small child of a neighbor while the
mother went into an adjoining house.
The children lighted torch with
matches and marched up and down the
room. The lighted torch set fire to the
clothing of the Mackey child, burning its
body fearfully, from the effects of which
1t died in few hours.
MARoUErTE's new opera house is near
non. s.Intia,,
MINERAL statistics of the Upper PEN
nsula will be gathered by Richard A.
Parker, Of Marquette, for the Census
Bureau.
VAN WINKLE & MONTAGUE own 35,-
BOO acres of land in Bay dc Noque,
Delta County, and are after more.
IONA citizens have subscribed $50, 900
toward 800, 900 wagon works.
LUMBER shipments from Saginaw in
1890 amounted to 423,O13,OO0 feet;
shingles, s4,957, 900; in 1889, lumber,
1872, 1870, 600 feet; shingles, 9s,997, 900.
LUMBER shipments by water from Bay
City during the past season amounted to
.s6,611, 900 feet; shingles, As, 137, 900;
!ath, 9,6e2, 900. 1t is q remarkable fall
| ing off from the figures of last year for
lath and shingles, but in lumber the in
| crease is not so great as was expected.
| I'm 1884 the shipments OF lumber from
Bay City amounted to 93,612, 3S2, and
| there has been a steady decline since,
| except In 1883, when there was a slight
| increase over 1887.
A CONTROVERSY has arisen between
the officials OF the Second National Bank,
Bay City, which was robbed by three
men of IS, 400, Sept. 10, and the Prose-
cutting Attorney. The officials are mod
erately sure they have proof that the
robbers we've Rufus Miner, George
| Thompson and William Stetson. The
| President of the bank applied TO
| the prosecutor for warrant, but that
worthy refuses to have one issued, say
| ing that the evidence is not strong
enough to convict. The President OF the
| bank says he has a score of men who will
swear that they recognize the picture Of
Thompson as that of one Of the robbers.
A NEW sport was introduced at Bay
| City Road House. A number Of rabbits
we're let loose in the road, the hunter
killing the most In a given time to get a
prize.
THERE have been 220, 900 bushels of
potatoes shipped from Traverse City this
season.
THE ease with which the bank pro-
| iectors raised $50, 900 I'm Manistee has In
duced them to make the capital stock
500, 900 instead OF $4,000, as was first
contemplated.
THERE Is contest on between the
| United States and State Courts I'm regard
/ to the Peters case at Manistee. The
| State Court claims Jurisdiction, but a
| Chicago creditor has brought suit In the
| United States Court TO have its own as
| signee appointed. The lawyers are di.
i vfded "a To which has authoritv