Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-03


Couldn't Wait Forty Days.
ANOTHER prisoner made his escape
from the State Prison at jackson by
| SAILING the wall William Smith. q
negro, sentenced to three years from
Oakland County for breaking into a
| store, was the convict He went out OF
| the west wing Of the prison, scaled the
| wall by means OF atwelye-foot pole with
| hook In the end, and took 20 hts heels.
| but forty days longer TO remain In prison
before his time would have expired.
A BOY named Van Houton was fatally
injured during the running races at the
Saranac farmers picnic, falling under
| horse.
A SMALL tornado swept several town
ships In jackson County, a number OF
houses and barns being damaged and
other injury inflicted.
PETER TRoMBLEY was hauling a load
OF logs at Black River when chain
broke and the binding pole hit him in
the back. He died In few minutes
FoUR boarders at the Mcdonald
House, Saginaw, we're bitten by the
same dog whose bite caused hydr0pho-
ba In Mr.. McDonald's COW, and they're
scared.
Two OF the big TEN wheel locomo-
tives which have heretofore been built
on contract, are being constructed by
the Michigan Central In their own shop
| at jackson.
JOHN LEM had small saw mill on
Pine River, twenty-five miles from Bay
J City. Thieves came along the other
night and carried the whole shooting
match away.
ALVIN FRENCH was swinging out from
the platform OF an electric car In Sag
NAV, when he was struck by car pass
ing In the opposite direction, his skull
being fractured.
TEN miles of the Baraga and Waters
meet Railroad In the Upper Peninsula
| will be completed this fall The road
will furnish an outlet to pine estimated
at billion feet.
| THE rain and hail storm that passed
over Isabella County was the most se-
we're ever known in that locality. Corn
and oats were laid fat, potatoes up
rooted, rail fences scattered, but no loss
OF life recorded.
EDWARD HUM, horse-trainer of
| Parma, attempt d to lead vicious mus
tang from a barn at jackson The ami
NAL jumped on him, or shing HUM TO
the ground The physicians say the
skull is fractured and that there are in
| juries TO the chest
JOHN HOOKER, of New Baltimore, is
said to have the largest wool clip OF any
farmer in the State. He owns 1,734
acres of land and has 1 APO sheep. from
which he obtained 10, 1877 pounds of wool
this season, an average Of over seven
! pounds to the fleece.
SHERIFF PADDOCK, OF Ingham County,
| Ia mat mt M Lob
Jeffreys, who escaped from the Mason
Jail last March Jeffreys Is charged
with taking goods that didn't belong to
him from a freight car, and, IL convicted,
he'll be sorry the Sheriff found him.
/ CLARENCE PURsEL d ed in Schoocraft
at the age of 90. He was born in
Northumberland County, Pa, and joined
the Masonic fraternity when 21 years old
| paying with the first money he ever
earned the prescribed fees He was be-
lievcd TO be the oldest Mason in Michi-
| gan.
The captains of two pleasure steam
ers plying on Clam Balce,ta t Cadillac,
| wonder why business is not profitable,
| yet when IL is suggested that they spend
S12 or SIS In dredging out the channel
leading TO the Big clam, so that they
| could take their passengers into that
would cost too much. But where score
now enjoy traversing the little lake, a
hundred would love to float upon the
bosom Of its larger twin.
| GoGEBIc range mines, which have been
idle so far this ca on, are starting up.
JOHNNIE MCCovETT, 81 years old. was
instantly killed by train at Ironwood.
THERE are 700 men engaged on gov
/ 81 iuAo ha
Sault.
SHIPPERS who sond stuff to the Worlds
Fair will have to pay So car in addition
to the Chicago rate.
| CAMPS are already being started Ia the
Georgian Bay district and it is esti-
mated that 100, 600, 600 feet Of lumber
to Saginaw Valley mills
HEAvY rains have flooded tn, streets
| in Saginaw valley cities. raised the water
the river to the highest point reach d
season. and wet hundreds OF acres
of oats In the shock in the surrounding
country.
A FEMININE pa sengcr with a baby was
| q out to take the cars at Bay City when
| the gatekeeper discovered that the little
one was dead 1t had expired unknown
to the mother while she was waiting for
her train.
PARsoN ARNEY'S star trotter, jack
gave fine exhibition of what minister
al training will accompli h, a. the farm
ers' picnic in Saranac He out distanced
all OF the other flyers on the track, and
IL Is alleged that his driver, badge, pur-
posely held him back to prevent him
| from being barred out Of the 3-minute
| class. r q. Peters, the Manistee lum-
herman, who has had his eye on the
h rse for some lime. succeeded in driv-
| ing bargain with the parson immedi-
ately af, er the Ia o, and planked down
| So, ZOO as the pur,h base price. Arney
still has four likely colts on hand.
l.sa4Nsa NJ Hoss-s sor lsea.,a sskes.h erd.Asonaa
seasons ago planted some West India
coffee berries and has used the same
each year In his family, instead OF store
coffee This prolific year he harvested
seven bushels and Is furnishing seed to
his neighbors All around the -crick"
they like II botter'n prize package stuff.
THE Michigan Worlds Fair Commits
sion held srec' al meeting. 1t was
practically decided to instruct build
ing in Michigan OF State produ Is and
ship IL to the EXPO ition grounds for