Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-02
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

A. rnt.restinx Summary OF the More I'M
portnnt Doings OF Our Neighbors-"sa-
aines and Dsaths-Crimes, CasuAAussS
and General News Notes.
A MAN in Wayne County thought his
ten acres of rye were ruined by lack OF
rain and he cut IL for fodder. For the
next few days IL rained so hard that the
fodder was spoiled, aud now he Is pretty
hot
THE Belt Line OF Bay City has been
given an extension OF franchise. One OF
the main provisions OF the new franchise
is that the railroad will have TO pave one
OF the principal streets which IL will
traverse.
BY the Port Huron annexation bill the.
the new passenger station will be-
brought into the city limits. The people.
OF that city are well pleased over the
passage Of that bill
Mrs. Ely KELLOGG, prominent lead
or OF Kalamazoo society, committed sui
eide by, taking nux vomica When the
doctors arrived she was beyond help, dy-
ing in few minutes The cause OF the
act was oppression on account Of private
troubles. Mrs. Kellogg was leader in
social events and was a member OF St
Luke's Episcopal Church
ARCHITECTS are hust ing to secure the
contracts for the new county buildings
to be erected at Iron Mountain. ~
JOHN Books. of Hillsdae, was los
years old last Thursday. Friday night
he died suddenly of gangrene.
EDWARD ROGERS has been found guilty
OF murder In the first degree for the
killing of Hattie Moses at Saginaw.
IN.
duce the appropriation for the Worlds
Fair from Sl25,000 TO 100000.
THE fruit-growers OF Grand River Val
ley have organized, and the object of
the society is to ascertain the amount Of
fruit in the neghborhoods where the
members live. and to try and control the
packing AID shipping.
THE chigger may CHG with all his
mite, and the hooking bird mock and
sing; but the Michigan crops they take
the cake, and corn, you bet, Is king
The cricket may crick, and the frogleti
may frog, and the farmer may chant his
strain, for the Michigan crop is Away
on top-when plenty there is OF rain
The cinch bug may cinch, and the gras9|
hopper hop, and the hot winds maj
you tire; but iI any one says there u|X
such things here. just call him hor|
BILE liar. Oklahoma may boom and IoE~w
howl, and Missouri shoot of her chuI
anu 'taIser I'm -dxera' Dig e cr5be
Greek Moon.
] SOME thought it came In ma,
To call IL .baccarat.n
While English sporting law
| Insists tits "baccaraw,n
But this idea we've got,
IT'S simply sbaccarot."
| Battle Creek Call.
A sTREET-CAR motor man at ADJ.
is said to be suffering from blood poiSiii'
ming resulting from the copper bril-
handle having worn q blister on Ssk
palm of his hand.
| THE power station of the Bay Coun'
Electric Light Company, containin
three large Westinghouse engines ant
| six dynamos, was totally destroyed, by
fire. The loss is $50, 900; insurance. SlO.-
600. Business houses. hotels, and a,
number of residences are in Darkness
as the company is the sole occupant OF
the field.
BAY City has branch Of the League Of
American Wheelmen.
PoRr Huron had nine woman arrested
for being drunk last week.
TEN years ago there were only two In
dams on Les Chenaux Islands, but now
there is fiourishing village there, and a.
lively industrial population it is
A. w. NIBLocK, of Bay City, ana
prominent throughout the Saginaw Val
ley as a business man, was taken to
Pontiac for private treatment
By special election at Plymouth it
was decided that the village was to have
water works, which were not TO cost
over $4,000.
GLADSTONE has gone crazy over a
game called "bean baccarat
In four transfers at Bay City last
week IL, 500, 900 feet Of lumber changed
hands.
A POLICEMAN in Port Huron resigned
and the city wants a white star on its
diadem because it has broken the spell
"a policeman seldom dies and never re-
sfgns