Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

and General News Notes.
Gov. WfNANs has signed and filed
with the Secretary OF State all bills left
him by the Legislature except two, which
we're pocket-v toed, tie time for signing
the bills having expired without receiy-
ing his signature. One OF these bill:
amended the law granting aid TO yeter.
ans outside OF the soldiers Home He
objected TO IL because II practically gives
unlimited power TO tho county comm's-
sioners In the matter OF determining wno
Is entitled to aid. The other was joint
resolution providing for the compilation
OF "Michigan and Its Resources, 5000
copies to be printed.
THE Supreme Court filed an opinion
declarn g w. Il. Lennon, who resigned as
Alderman OF West BAY City to become
chief OF police, ineligible for the latter
Office in that his term OF alderman was
for two years and the statutes provided
he could hold no other Office by appoint
ment during tho term for which he was
eected. The opinion also quoted from
the State Constitution and declared that
members OF the Legislature were also
ineligible 10 appointment during the
term for which they were elected7
RED JACKET Congregationalists are to
have a $4,000 church.
Boon has no medic and the people
want one, because whisky and quinlne
will not cure all the Ills that Boon is
heir to.
TWELVE families of Jews have settled
three miles north of Bad Axe and call
their settlement New Bethlehem They
have rabbi and expect many more
Hebrews to join them soon.
MASIsTEE officers are after men who
have been selling whisky on a beer
license. Sixteen complaints and several
arrests were made.
IT will cost between $40, 900 and $780,
900 to run Bay City's schools during the
ensuing year.
MUIR, Ionia County, has cider mill
that will consume 500 bushels OF apples
every day this summer.
j. L. BosTwIcK. the pioneer druggist
of Alpena, has filed over 10000 pre-
scriptlons, and has been doing some fig
uring over it. He finds that II the papers
in which the prescriptions are written
were laid end to end, they would extend
over seyenty-sfx miles of territory.
THE ladies OF the Episcopal church at
Alpena recently held trade carnival on
which they cleared $4,000.
-DxY-CrrY men are shipping quantities
OF ice to Cincinnati.
LESLIE is to have grlst mill to cost
about $4,000.
KALAMAZOO prisoners are compelled
to NOW the public lawns.
PLYMOUTH has three factories manu-
featuring air-guns and they have all the
orders they can fill.
THERE is a man living in Mason town
ship, Arenac County, that insults old
soldiers by calliLg them w .gQYeFawapt-
A BAND of gypsies are reaping q har-
vest at Au Ores, Arenac County.
The Salvation army has been do
clared a nuisance at Cheboygan. ,ui.
FIFTY miners have been set at work
at the Sebewaing coal mines. There
are twenty new houses at the mines: 81
THE Pontiac knitting works We're
damaged S25, 900 by fire. --~r~ -. 4
A. L. Farnam, a prominent man OF
Hillsdale- died suddenly of heart disease
LOUIS MIX, aged 2s, fell of dock at
Manistee and was drowned.
JOSEPH SALoNDE, Of Essexville, was
drowned while fishing.
THE Rev. j. II. Andrews, of Bad Axe,
recently donned white flannel suit and
started out to study the beauties of
nature as found In the woods. He proved
a target for vicious bull. and narrowly
escaped with his life. The white fan
mel suit was comp etely wrecked by the
reverend gentleman's frantic efforts to
climb over burned logs to avoid the
enemy.
VIM KINNEY, a farmer of Ossineke,
Alpena County, started out to look for
cows, and didn't return A searching
party found his dead body in the road
1t is supposed he was victim Of heart
hereafter with but one hand he went
to sleep alongside the 4. a. p. NJ track
in Saginaw. and allowed one hand to rest
on the track. A train passed over 1t.
For the month of June the Calumet
and Hecla mines produced 4,126 tons;
Quincy mine, 56011 tons; Atlantic. 214x
tons; Franklin, 203 tons; and Peninsula.
so tons.
FRED BUTLER was pet OF St. Johns
best society until year ago. when he
went to Ionia and made the acquaintance
of Lena Beattie, the comedy assistant
postmistress, and became enamored, but
she spurned his proffered love AID at
tentions. Miss Beattie left the Postoffice
for home at the usual time the other
night, but failed to arrive. The search
ing party found her by the roadside un-
conscious, with big cash in her head.
She was taken home and said that young
Butler was her assailant. Sheriff Walner
and Deputy Smith found Butter In bed
hv hn on
grabbed 10 oliver from beneath the
pillow and sent a bullet into his head,
causing death instantly. Miss Beattie
is badly injured, bit will recover. %
THE nay cry canning TaeT55ry WIN
soon begin operations. Its first trick
will be to put up 10000 cans of huckle-
berries, and after that IL will jam away
at different kinds of truck until 500, 600
cans are put away at the end OF the
season.
The constant smoking OF short clay
pipe Is given as the reason why William
Syriss, a Clear Lake farmer, has lost
one half Ct his lower jawbone. A can
Ger formed and necessitated the removal
OF the lone to save his life.
TnE Bay City police have declared
war against the cvclers who ride on tho
sidewalks, and will arrest all violators
of the law. The police justice says he
will fine tho first man 81, the second S.
~, third one SO, and so on up TO $40.
THE +. & p. NJ Railroad Company IS
widening It's road bed on the sand Beach
Division.
In making twenty-five tons of cheese
last month Saniac County used $50, 600
pounds of milk.