Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

RJftMnt DolUx4 o. VuE Nol&u UuFo- w 3M~
dIngs and Deaths Crimes, Casualties.
and General News Notes.
Or the six men who entered the sstay
awake" contest at Wonderland, Detroit,
only one man lasted out the seven days
Old Simon Townsend, the @tin-pcddler.~
lasted 1877 hours Then he leaned against
the wall near the coal stove. Tho heat
was too much and he dropped into the
land OF nod. John Cunningham staid
awake and continued to look remarks
bly, bright Even when the 1853 hours
were completed he did not go TO sleep.
but sat about the museum and talked
He lost six pounds during the week, but
his appetite was always good, and his
face looked rosy and cheerful. He was
formerly railroad man, and staid
awake once before for four days and
nights. He wins $500.
AT LOOMS, while blasting bank Of
frozen earth, a dynamite cartridge ak
ploded. terribly decorating and burning
the face and eyes OF Ma.on Buckley.
The entire loss Of both eyes is feared
THE @New House OF Israel; or, Tho
Living Temple" remarkable religious
organization, has filed articles OF asso-
citation at Port Huron. The object OF the
society is "to gather into one fold the
twelve tribes OF Israel scattered abroad,
the time being now come for their resto-
ration aud redemption.
THE oldest inhabitant cannot recall
the time when the water I'm Lake st.
Clair was as low as 1t IL now Sweets
clubhouse, near the mouth of Clinton
River. can at present be reached on foot
In its normal condition the water sur
rounds it to the depth OF from eight to
| twelve feet.
WIN. STEWART owns carriage factory
at Flint and another at Port Huron. He
desires to enlarge at one of the places
and both of them are pulling hard while
Stewart stands in the middle to prevent
slackening.
JAS. MURPHY formerly resided In Mt
| Pleasant, but found 1t convenient one
day to depart without one single fare
well. A few days ago he returned to in
| form himself Of the complexion Of mat
tiers. and was promptly arrested by
| sheriff Kane, who presented the prisoner
| to the prosecuting attorney and left him
| In that officials charge while he went to
hunt up the ex-Sheriff. The prisoner
stepped out OF the Office for minute and
vanished. The plaintiff in the matter
was young woman.
Mt PLEASANT has a land, loan and
title guarantee company, to dispose OF
lands stripped OF pine many years ago.
CAPT. JACK LAPHAM. for years we'll
known vessel commander, died at Sag
NAV. He was AZ years old. ii
| The municipal elections in the larger
cites of the State resulted in the cleo
tion Of the following Mayors: Bay City,
Geo. b. jackson, dem. Lapeer, Harry
| W Co
| Big Rapids, A. S. Hobart. rep, Manis-
tee Edward ID. Wheeler, dem; Lansing,
| Johnson, dem; Port Huron, McIlwain,
rep; Grand Rapids, Z. +. Uhl, dem;
Kalamazoo, Fred Bush, rep.
THE Vermontvile fire left fifty fami-
lies in destitute circumstances, having
thrown that many men out OF employ
ment. The town will probably issue
bonds to rebuild the furniture factory.
BAY COUNTY has paid FOR 3s,095 spar
rows since the sparrow law went into
effect, and it Is claimed that the pests
are getting decidedly scarce.
A SUBSCRIPTION of $1,000 toward the
endowment Of woman professorship in
the university has been received from
Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, Of California.
THE Port Huron Tunnel Company is
defendant in a suit for $40, 200 because a
lot of clay fell upon Richard Bolt.
| Mrs CHARLES SPAULDING, of near
Lapeer, hanged herself In the cellar OF
her home because she was unable to
longer bear great load of grief. Her
son was drowned last summer, and this
is said to be the cause Of her suicide.
| JOHN SDIKINs, a resident OF EssexvilIe,
| found dynamite cap in his front yard.
| He took IL into the house and held IL to
the fire to see what it was. 1t exploded
and blew off three OF his fingers.
SAND BEACH has organized driving
| park association, which is asking admis-
sion to the American Trotting Associa-
| ton.
REV. d. w. SHORTS, of Owosso, is
dead. He was a soldier, and served in
| the Legislature In 1877 and 1879.
A BOY named Tate was dragged under
an electric car at West Bay City. He
was stealing ride. and the sudden stop
Of the car threw him to the ground. As
the car backed he was fatally crushed.
| CAPT. VIM. BLoY, of the Calumet and
Hecla Mining Company, was killed by
| falling down the Red Jacket shaft It
appears that he rang to be hoisted to the
| surface, but failed to get entirely into
the ascending bucket. After going up
| $50 feet he lost his hold and fell to the
bottom. He was killed almost instantly.
The census figures say there are
49,, 800 square miles in the Lake Huron
basin. with a population OF 23 3 people
| to the square mile. This is nearly three
times as much as there was i'm 1870. The
Lake Superior basin is Appropriated at
| 1880 square miles, with an average
population of 1877. In 1870 it was 10.
| Mrs. CHARLES SPAULDING, wife of a
Well-to-do farmer living a few miles east
Of Lapeer, committed suicide by hang
| ing herself
| MICHIGAN wheat is reported as being
| Of per cent of what IL might be at this
time Of year. Flowing is going on in
the southern end OF the State and they
are still shoveling snow in the north.
AUGUsTIN LABARGE, of Bay City, tells
a melodramatic story how he was enticed
| to q lonely SPOT on the dock, robbed Of
S24O and thrown into the water. He
was fished out by some bridge hands.
| MARSHAL HICKMAN, of St Clair, was
badly injured in saloon fight. He
| tried to stop a row, and was struck upon
the head with a beer bottle.
J THE lifesaving crew will not 20 into
commission until May 1, thus being out
of service during April, perhaps the
most perilous month OF the navigation
season. This will give the men only
seven months service this year, and com
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