Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

An Interesting Summary OF tho More I'm
portant Doines OF Our Neighbors-Wed-
dlngs and Deafhs-Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
THE Saginaw Bay tributaries will fur
nish the following amounts OF logs: The
| Tittabawassee, about 800, 900, 900 feet;
Cass River, 1000, 600; Flint and Bad
Rivers, 1000, 600; Kawkawlin, $500, 900;
Saginin, 10000, 600; and the Rife and
| Au Ores, so, zoo, 00o, making total or
3s2, 900. 900 for tho streams this season,
against 3S6, 100000 last season. But the
logs brought in from outside points will
be much in excess OF last year.
The trout stories have not yet started
and so Monroe duck-hunter wants TO.
get In his work early and this is how he
says he captured flock of wild ducks.
The birds were diapers, and every time
he shot they would dive and dodge. The
hunter and liar says he lighted cigar
and pulled just as rapidly as he could.
In this way he kept the whole flock down
until 1t was drowned.
OsCEoLA CoUNTY's Court House war is
ended, and three Cadillac toughs are
bitter against Reed City, because, after
going there and voting for the removal,
they were not given even a dinner. Os-
ceoa's vote was larger by several hum
dred than ever before, anyway.
AT Bay City, Robert Smith, who shot
his brother Jude, has been convicted of
murder in the first degree. The jury
was ont sixtoan- hours Jude and Robert
Smith were farmers living near Lin
wood, Bay County. The tragedy hap
| pened on Saturday evening, Dec 9, and
| resulted from a quarrel between the two
men over a stick OF timber. Robert told
| linda mt m do IN fraOU ~ m hfa a
He then went into the house, and, re-
turning with q shotgun, fired at his
brother when less than twenty feet
away. Jude died instantly.
THE Michigan Gazetteer for 1891 has
| just come from the presses of r. L. Polk
| Il Company. The volume is great i'm
provement upon its excellent predecessor
and IL has 2, 100 pages full of matter per-
tanning to the State. 1t contains rail-
! road map OF the State, a comprehensive
history of Michigan, the product of its
chief industries, State officers, Senators
and members Of Congress, the Judiciary
of the State, ali State institutions, their
boards and officers, all State associations
and boards, agricultural societies, coun-
ty seats and county officers, bank and
bankers, newspapers and postoffices,
telephone Offices, steamboat lines, rail-
| roads, express offices, and classified di-
y i
I recrory or Michigan business men.
THE contract for building the north
ern extension OF the Chicago and West
Michigan Railway has been let to Nc
Lain IL Co., OF Coldwater. The work
must be finished within a year. Work
will be begun at once and 800 men will
be employed.
FRANK SAvARIo, a Malta Italian, who
stabbed Saginaw girl to death recent.
| ly, had armed himself with an mprovis-
ed dagger and plotted to kill the turnkey
as soon as he was lodged in jail. He Is
now at jackson on a seven-years stay.
THE little pill doctors held their annu-
al State meeting at Grand Rapids, May
10, 30. The papers will be on ophthal-
mology. GEOLOGY, laryngology, gynaco-
logy, p9dology and other light, breezy
topics OF current interest.
MANY West Michigan farmers are
contracting their peaches at 81 per
bushel for their entire crops The yield
is expected to be simply immense
THE forest fires in Iosco County were
extinguished By heavy rains.
DR.. HENRY c. BAKER, OF the State
Board of Health, has been elected Treas
urer of the National Society of Boards
Of Health.
A. O. GoRMLEY. the university student
who won the first prize in an oratoricai
contest among the big colleges of the
Northwest, is paying his way through
college by sticking type during his spare
hours.
ITHACA will reflect itself by electric
lights.
Mrs. BENJAMIN ID. WITBEcK. OF KaIa-
maZoo, sues the Michigan Central for
900 mn for EillinU hor Io.a
cember.
SHARP frosts visited many points in
the fruit belt, and early peaches and
small fruits suffered considerable
damage
A MOST tragic situation growing out
OF the forest fires was found at Mann's
Siding. The flames were being driven in
front of terrific wind, and before they
were aware OF any danger schOo! teach
er and her little flock were completely
cut off from escape. The flames on all
sides were shooting from thirty to fifty
feet i'm the air, The little crowd rushed
back into the school house, closed the
door and wooden blinds and were ready
to be sacrificed. This was Tho situation
when posse of neighbors rushed
through the fire and reached them.
THE coroner's Jury at Monroe placed
no blame upon Turnkey Tehrer, who
shot two tramps fatally the other day
when they made an assault upon him.
The officer testified he carried his re-
volver in the front pocket of his panta-
looms, and this saved his life The mo-
ment the negroes jumped upon him they
made dive to get his gun from the hip
pocket Before they discovered what
was being done, one was shot dead and
the other quickly followed.
AT Kalamazoo Elliott Moore, boot and
shoe dealer, was knocked down by three
men and robbed of 500. He cannot give
a description OF the men.
JOHN JOHNSON. who was hurt at Reed
City by thu -hnrstinR- az an emary- wheel,
died. 1t was found that the pillow point
which he was grinding was driven
through his liver, crushing it to jelly.
WHILE fishing at Spring Brook, Thos-
Dorgan, a well-known resident of Kala-
mazoo, died of heart disease. live
trout was found in his basket
BURGLARS broke into Hugh Logan's
safe at Seney and stole $1,000 and six
gold watches They escaped on hand
car
KID SMITH, one Of the burglars whom
the Monroe turnkey shot, has been ship
ped to Ann Arbor to give the medical
boys chance to see what sort of stuff
desperate criminals are made Of
RoBT. SMITH was found guilty by