Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

| NouhsS ny Iolhnucf, was the tatncr or
eighteen children.
i. b EMER, OF Bay City, who lost an
arm In planning mill, sues the mill
proprietors for 5000.
ii. III. PIERCE and Allen Leei, who
run drug store at Climax. are charged
with selling whisky by the drink.
Mr.. and Mrs. SAMUEL BRANDT's' p
year-old child had its eye burned out at
Saginaw with red hot poker with which
IL was playing.
| SAGINAW BAY fisherman are losers
through theice which carr ed away their
nets, one man having 500 worth Of fish
\ Ing apparatus ruined.
| BURNED saw mills are now rarely re-
| placed In the Lower Peninsula. but the
DESTROYED Hotchkss mill at Bay City
viii be rebuilt with improved machinery.
| THE gum chewing habit has struck
Government employees at Port Huron
and the citizens have postponed the an
neaation OF Canada until the deplorable
practice Is weeded out
j. l. HAYES, former circuit Judge, be-
fore whom the somewhat famous YUM
case OF Newcomer VS.. Van Deu-en was
tried, became violently insane at Kala-
mazoo, and was removed to the State
/ asylum at tnat place.
LEWISTON is a new hamlet In Mont
morency County. There is big saw
mill there, and lumber enough In the
vicinity TO keep 1t running ten years,
200 men are employed, town lots are
selling for $500 apiece, and 1t is expect
ed to have population of 500 families
by spring.
ONE of the peculiar things one often
sees in every day life at Alpena occur
red when Polandcr drove In from the
country with a bundle of blankets
| bounding around in the bottom of the
wagon. He halted in front Of an under.
takers establishment and, taking the
bundle inside, unrolled it and exposed
the corpse of a 6-months- old child. He
had the remains inclosed in coffin,
which he put back in the wagon, and
proceeded to the cemetery.
| THREE boys, viii Peters, Ben Smith,
and VIII Cushbury who have been dis
| posing Of goods at a secondhand store
In West Bay City for some time past,
excited suspicion by the miscellaneous
character Of the articles they offered for
sale Investigation showed that they,
had been pursuing systematic course
| of thieving, and they are now In Jail.
A Flobert rifle, clothes-wringer, rubber
coat, crow5ar, handsaw, a quantity Of
chain, and a shovel were among the
things they sold
| W. R ADAMS has Qualified as receiv-
er of the Kalamazoo City and County
| Street Railway. This is the second time
the road has been in the hands Of re-
ceiver. This action is taken because 35
per cent. of the stockholders are unwill-
ing to bear their share of the expenses.
Mr.. Adams has been authorized to issue
$4,000 of receivers certificates, amply
securing creditors Indebtedness, said to
be about $3.50. Mr.. Adams promises to
improve the service He does not think
the road will pass into other hands.
JAMES B. KNIGHT, Inspector of Mines,
in his fourth annual report to the Board
of Supervisors of Menominee County,
stated that there had been in operation
during the year forty-two shafts, four
OF which were more than quarter of a
mile deep, besides many exploring
1 shafts. The number OF men employed
was 4,206, OF whom twenty-seven met
their death while mining. He suggested
that it would be good departure If
coroners' juries in mining accidents
were composed Of only practical miners,
as the juries would then be sure TO visit
the spot IN the mines where the acct
dent occurred.
AT Gladstone the $500" Line transfer
elevator caught fire from sparks, and,
together with its contents, 10000
bushels of wheat. was destroyed. The
fire extended to the flour sheds and con-
sumed 10000 barrels of flour From
here II was communicated 10 the coal
docks upon which were 40, 900 tons OF
coal belonging to the Lehigh Coal and
Iron Company and the. Pioneer Fuel
4 company or Mfnneapolis a large
amount OF this was destroyed before the
fire was brought under control. The
elevator and docks were the property Of
the $500" Line, and the original plant
cost 81, 600, 600 The damage will be at
least $3.50, 900, partly covered by insur-
ance. The Pioneer Fuel Company is the
same firm which lost so much coal at the
Duluth docks early last month.
JOHN IDALsKI, who pourde VIM. Ha-
gen with maple club at Hagensville,
Pressure Isle County, and Caslmir Keal-
easzewskt, who helped throw stones at
him, were captured by Sheriff Max Kuhl-
man at a wedding party In Posen.
| Neither had heard of Hagen's death.
| Idalski is a hard case who has been I'm
| prison In Ohio, and who was Jailed at
Rogers City once for beating his own
father and mother. He was burned out
recently and at that time the man whom
he afterward murdered gave him 1000
shingles to help him rebuild. Fred Ha-
gen, son of William, also contributed
| IS. Idalski has wife and five chill
dren. Kea'easzewki was married but a,
short time ago. Hehas had a good repn-
tation In the past
WILLIAM RICHTER, of Bay City, had a
private museum containing manv rare
and interesting relics, and when il burn
ed he claimed the fire was due to the
carelessncss Harper. Heisner 4 Co, who
occupied the adjacent building He sued
them for damages and obtained verdict
Of SC, 500.
THE Worthwhile globe factory hands
hold prayer meetings for few minutes
after the bell rings for dismiss.on at
might There is probably no other'
factory in the United States that has
such large percentage Of employees who|
are Christians.
THE Western Union Is laying an Isl
conductor cable through the Port Huron'
tunnel. There are at present three'
cables under the river in that vicinity,
but all will be taken up in the spring'
and all telegraphing, both of general
character and tina, concerning railroad
business, will be done over the tunnel
wires.
AT Cheboygan, Grummond's wrocking
tug. the Leviathan, was comp ctely
destroyed by fire. The crew had barely
| time TO jump ashore, and lost g, cry
thing. The los, Is est mated Mt between