Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-02-19
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.
An Interesting Summary OF tho More I'm
portant Dolngs OF Our Neighbors-Wed-
dlngs and Deaths-CrImes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.


her three times, stabbed her seversl
times in the breast, and nearly boat her
head of with monkey wrench. He ls
In jail at Baldwin, under the protection
OF the Sheriff and several deputies, and
a bowling mob outside wants to lynch
him. The murder Is said TO be uhpros
voked by any action OF the woman.
THE Grand Trunk freight house at
Romeo is In ashes. 1t will cost the COM
pany about $4,000.
A TAwAs CITY mother wrapped her
baby so snugly in its cot that 1t was dead
next morning from suffocation.
Rev. Mr.. Cook got the attention OF
the Senate once during his prayer the
other day by asking Providence to make
special dispensation and spare Michi-
gan from murders for just one "a hours.
THE jury in the Palmer murder case
at Saginaw has disagreed a second time
This is the case where a brother shot his
brother before witnesses, but IL Is inn
possible to get jury to render verdict
THE January crop report shows that
wheat is In an exceptionally good condi-
tion, despite the lack of snow in the
southern part of the State. Thirty
seven per cent. of last years crop has
already been sold.
HOWARD LIBBEY, of Pittsford, bored
hole in q big log and filed IL with
dynamite, and hid behind a tree to see
the thing sawed into four-foOt lengths
in an instant. The fuse was slow and
Howard peered into the hole to see what
was the matter. He will recover, but
his face, hands and head are terribly
lacerated.
GEO. w. SLADE, OF Saginaw, has a
standing joke that cant-hook is a null
ley cow. The witticism is going the
country over, and the other day he re-
ceived by express from Pittsburg wag
a diminutive toy bovine without horns,
and now he is lying awake at night
planning an adequate form OF revenge.
Mrs HIRAM ATWOOD, two daughters
and her father, Mr.. Watterson, ate
custard made from cornstarch a few
evenings ago at Mt. Clemens, and short
ly afterward were taken seriously i'll.
On examining the starch 1t was found to-
contain arsenic, which probably came
from the paper wrapper The family is
still confined to bed.
THE Mt. Pleasant Business Mems Ex-
change Is taking steps to improve the
city charter. 1t has just discovered that
the life-saving, life.giving clause-the
power to bond-is not in the wording.
WM. JOHNSTON had an examination
before Standish justice the other day,
and he acknowledged he pulled gun on
himself with suicidal intent; but, being
so awkward with the first shot and 1t
hurt him so, he gave 1t up. He was dis
charged.
Gus STRAsBURG, a wealthy and we'll
known Saginaw hotel man, was arrested.
charged by Frank Piggott, foreman of
the Feige-Silsbee furniture factory, with
adultery Strasburg was severely pun
ished by Piggott, who discovered him at
his home.
MARY, the fifteen-year-old daughter Of
Andrew Walton, a well-known banker of
Bay City, received letter signed "Bert, I"
asking her to meet the writer at a certain
street corner. She showed Ii to her father,
and under his instructions an appoint
ment was made for another place. Mary
went to the place OF meeting, while her
father and others waited near. Bert
Oberneau, lumber inspector, appeared
and Papa Walton thumped and kicked
him with his No 10 boot until he could
nOb up OOtlntau udS Ottn
fined 10 his bed since.
ALLAN NJ. MURPHY is arrested at Phil
ade'phla. He says he is farmer from
near Baraga, this State, and that he has
been swindled out of S30O,OOO by green
goods men.
AT Manistique a whole block was de-
stroyed by fire; loss, $4,000.
THE Pontiac school teacher man
slaughter case, where a pupil is alleged
TO have been whipped to death, has gone
over again, and the farce will not be
heard Of again until May.
CLARENCE J. TooT, who stole lot of
money from an express company, at
Grand Rapids, and then fed to Europe
and South America while people dragged
the river and secured the country for his
body, and then returned for punishment,
has been released from the Ionia House
Correction. His time was up.
MuLARD SMITH, of Manton, was ar.
rested for stealing a heifer, upon in
formation furnished by N. A. Waugh
Smith says he did not steal the "critter"
and a jury now says his social and
financial standing has been damaged
5000 worth. Waughl
BRONCHITIS, influenza, rheumatism,
neuralgia, tonsilitis, and consumption,
in the order named, are the most preva-
lent diseases in the State at present
Diphther!a, scarlet fever, measles and
whooping cough are present very slightly.
THE attempted suicide of Silas f. God
frey, of Grand Rapids, was almost d.
rcctly due TO the annoyance and poster
ing on the part OF proposed plaster
trust Mr.. Godfrey, with his brother,
owned the only large mill out of the
syndicate and proposed to fight the
trust But the promoters went to Flor
ida, secured the brothers signature TO a
contract, and when Mr. Godfrey saw It
he went completely to pieces. Fortu-
nately, however, the wound he inflicted
will not prove fatal.
THE father OF Edward Garfield, who
killed Nellie Griffin, was sent to prison
thirty years ago for killing his wife, but
was pardoned because he was victim
OF consumption. His son now occupies
his old cell.
w. G.. CLARK, of Saranac, an old citI-
zen, bought frisky young colt, and, as
a memento of the first breaking lesson,
carries broken arm and crushed hand.
SALT manufacturers at Saginaw had a
meeting to fix up the old salt trust.
They also had fight, failed TO agree,
and went home.
JUDGE SrEERE refuses to run the
court for Chippewa County on credit,
and says that no more jury Justice will
be dealed out nor witnesses subpHnaed
until the county raises its bankruptcy
md gets some money into the treasury 10
pay the bills