Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

his wife, who is known to the world a.
Ida Mule, the actress Benjamin say
he does not care, as ever since he mar
ried he has been known and Introduce
as Ida Mules husband. He wanted he
to be known as Ben Tuthill's wife aht
she wouldn't
MRS LUscIA, of Saginaw, was burned
to death. The house whore she lived
was partly destroyed by fire, and, just as
the department was leaving the premises
the chief made a search of the house.
The old lady was found In a small bed
room, charred and blackened.
A FRANKLIN woman of $50 pounds has
| just tied up to young man who weighs
but ITO pounds. This is not the only in
equality. She is 3S and he is 10
CHRIS. WHITAKER, whose leg was
crushedby train, died at the Bliss hos
| pital at Saginaw. The amputation re-
| CURED the removal Of the ball of the hip
joint from the socket, and he did not re-
cover from the shock
Two Firms, at Ishpeming, fought a
| duel with axes and both were very badly
cut up. They are in jail.
ALLEN VANDIcAR, of Belleville, left
some matches where his two babies
could get them, and one was burned to
death.
PHILo CUMMINs, Of Bay City, dropped
dead at West Branch. He was Michi-
| gan Central conductor and had worked
for the company twenty years.
THE business men of Ithaca have or
ganized under the title of Ithaca I'M
provement Association. Object, fac
tories.
SHEFFIELD and Sharon are two new
places made postoffices in Kent and Kali
kaska Counties
TIMoTHEUs TAMNosIAN Is a native
Syrian student at the University. He
comes from Antioch.
JOHN NETTNEY, of Armada, hanged
himself to tree. He had been out of
his mind. He was 76 years old and left
a family.
THE leak in the Golfer dam at the
Sault has been practically stopped, only
a small amount of water now trickling
in.
JAMES BELL, of Petoskey, has just
died from the effects of wound received
seventeen years ago. A bullet lodged
under his shoulder blade.
GEORGE BOYD, a prominent man at
Boone, was crushed under falling tree.
THE State horticulture people pro-
pose to plant an orchard at the Worlds
Fair and raise fruit for visitors while
they wait. The society will ask for Is
per cent. of the State appropriation for
the show.
THERE are lot of deserted home
stead in Presque Isle County, where
faint hearted settlers built little huts.
cut a few trees, and weakened at the
back-bresking task of clearing the dense
maple forests. These claims will again
be put upon the market
SAGINAW men have taken $40, 600
worth of stock in the improvement AS
sociation, which will be ready to dis
tribute bonuses as soon as 500, 900 Is
raised.
THOMAS T, OBEY, of West Bay City, is
one Of the largest pine jobbers in the
State, and his cut this year will be
about 100000 feet, banked upon the
banks OF the Tobacco River, in Gladwin
County.
AT kalamazoo, Harriet Kellogg has
begun suit against a party named Har-
rison, of Schoolcraft, for $4,000 dam
ages. alleging malpractice in treating
her for cancer when she had a tumor.
She alleges that he burned her badly
with candles.
SAMUEL HOOKING and Fred Lawrence,
two miners, were blown to pieces in tho
bottom Of Tamarack mine, No shaft,
Calumet. Hooking was married. He
leaves widow and four children.
Lawrence was single man. The min
ers had fired one blast and had gone into
the drift to fire a second charge. The
cause OF the explosion is mysterious
GEORGE w. STUART, of Grand Blanc,
Is buying a lot of fine merino sheep to
export to Australia
THE Manistee Salt Company, to be q
company Of the Saginaw Company, in
case the State Association is not organ
lied, has filed articles. The members of
the concern say they can more than beat
the Saginaw Company, as their freights
will be much less to Chicago, the best
market in the country.
BAY CITY painters will cease painting
May l and strike, unless nine hours be
decided enough to earn ten hours pay.
Mrs. BENJAMIN VIcKERMAY, of near
WILLIAMSON, deliberately set fire to her
clothes, and was burned to death in a
few minutes. She had been mildly insane
for some time, and was only recently
taken home from tho Kalamazoo Asy-
lum. She was 43 years old.
ROBERT CADE, q log-train conductor
on Gen. Ayers railroad, was dragged
half mile and horribly mutilated on the
Loon Lake branch. He left widow and
three children.
CHAs. NEvANs, n resident OF Saginaw,
was instantly killed by cake OF ice
falling upon him at Farwell. He was 90
years Of age, and single.
THE Vinegar Hotel, at Fort Gratiot.
burned. The loss Is about IS, 200, with
81, 900 insurance. The fire started in
the kitchen and the guests were hustled
TO the streets at just about daylight, and
most sparely clad.
THE Kalamazoo asylum contains 1.021
unatics. This is the. largest attendance
over reported.
JAMES MCDONALD. Of near Ionia, has
followed Greeey's advice and gone West
James Is now % years old, and he ex-
poets to grow up with Southern Califor-
lia and amass n good fortune for his de-
,lining years.
OLE OLSEN, of Lake City, was Instant
y killed while oiling q shaft in mill.
)ne arm was completely torn from his
)ody. He was otherwise terribly nangled.
r WoLFF, of Bay City. has built him
elf $40, 900 home out of the profits of
he rag collecting and old iron business.
lie has accumulated fortune.