Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-22

OF July, August and September They
show that In July there were In the
State three accidents, In August three
and In September four. which have all
been officially affirmed BY either board
Of health officers or oil inspectors as due
TO kerosene. Eight were lamp exDlo-
sions, one OF which resulted In the death
Of a child. The board also has reports
of two accidents In August and four In
September. which are not Officially con-
frmed. In one of these Grand Rapids
boy lost his life. being burned TO crisp,
and another was the sad accident In
which Editor Montgomery, or the Re-
public SUM- lost his life.
AT Saginaw Frank Newman and
Robert Black, of Carrolton, were each
fined $50 or thirty days In jail for shoot
ing quail out OF season.
DURING fight between Hubert and
VIM. Burke, two brothers, of Bay City,
Hubert was so badly injured that he
died. William is in jail, charged with
his murder
WHILE repairing an oil tank. at De-
troit. 5. A. Burlingame, an oil dealer.
placed red hot iron to its surface. The
tank exploded, blowing OF the top or
Burlingame's head and killing hip in
stantly. q. 5. Duncan, helper, was
so horribly burned that he can not re-
cover
THE Cogswell Single Mill at Pincon-
ming was destroyed by an incendiary
fire. The next morning small dwell
ing house In the village suffered the
same fate, and two days latter Caikins
& Estey's saw mill was burned in the
same mysterious manner. Short work
will be made OF the incendiary IL he Is
caught
Two LANSING children played with
lime and got some of IL in their eyes.
Their parents, who are ignorant and in
poor circumstances. a lowed the white
caustic to burn in the chiidren's eyeballs
for twenty-four hours, when the terrible
agony of the sufferers impellei neigh
bors to send a physician. One Of the
children has an excellent prospect OF
remaining blind during life.
IT is estimated that the publishers OF
the recent portrait and biographical
album Of Clinton and Shiawassee scooped
| about $l2, 900 out of the two counties.
The purchasers paid all the way from
SIS to 500 for the book, according
to the extent Of patronage bestowed.
And now that it is all over with and
growing colder. there is a good deal OF
kicking, both on the part of the seller
and the sold.
FRED BALDwIN's thresher engine fell
through bridge into a stream in Sat-
River Township, Isabella County. There
was still good deal of pressure In
the boiler and the heated metal and es-
Gaping steam so raised the temperature of
the water OF the creek before the engine
was got out as to kill about two bushels
| ~ CHI ho xUoo lnL rQ a
mile below the bridge, and further up
some of the fish taken out were discov-
cred to be cooked to a turn
THERE was a frightful runaway at
Popple, Huron County, the other day.
A threshiDg crew had just finished work
at farm and were pref airing TO leave,
when the horses attached to the porta-
BILE steam engine took fright at some
| thing and ran away. Wow! but that
was q runaway which will come back TO
the threshers in nightmares There
was full head of steam on in the en-
CINE, and as the plugging horses tore
along at terrific pace the safety valve
blew off, the roar OF the cloud OF escap-
! ing steam increasing the animals terror.
A coupe of miles down the road the
engine was overturned and with wheels
in the air the dome tore great burrows
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the team galloped away to their owners
| home.
DIR. II. d. BRONSON, who had resided
in Michigan since 1910, dropL ed dead at
Jackson.
GARDNER WAITE, 90 years cd, neigh
Dor of Jud Crouch, in Jakson County,
hanged himself.
GEORGE LABADI, a three year-old, fell
into we'll at West Bay City and was
dead when taken out
FRANK BAR who had his skull
crushed through being thrown from a
vehicle near Mason, is dead.
SCARLET fever is raging in ChesGning,
and the public hools have been closed
on account of the dread disease.
CHIEF OF POLICE PETIT is authority
| for the statement that eight Port Huron
young society ladies and young swell
visited an ice cream paror and ordered
dish of Ice cream and nine spoons.
THE Attorney General has got move
on him in the matter of the Wild fowl
Bay marshes, which Kidney Cure War
nsr claims. AT Bad Axe q suit in eject
ment has been commenced against Kid
ney Cure.
In the Birmingham cemetery the sen
ton mows only the lots OH VIII ch the
dues have been paid. This Is probably
all right, but the owners, on the balcon-
| les of heaven, smile as they think that
the scythe Of time will not make any
distinction.
Nor many days ago gentleman
stopped on the street to have a social
chat with Justice Stonehouse of Esca-
naba. In the course of their converse
tion the gentleman said "Sam. | have
good notion to get married one OF
these days; what will you charge me?"
~Oh," said the justice, thinking the man
was simply joking, seeing tits you, Ill
charge you nothing" That ended the
conversation. and Sam thought he'd
| hear no more aboutit, but the very next
evening he was surprised to see the man
enter his Office, accompanied by lady,
| on q matrimonial miss on. To be brief,
Sam spliced them, but he was as good as
his word; he did 4: for nothing.
Mr.. IA. l.. HIBBARD, book agent,
met with serious accident while i'm
Fowlerville. He trippcd and fell beside
a moving locomotive and his hand was
crushe beneath the whee 5. A S12, 900
accident insurance, however, will in
measure console him for the loss o, a.
hand.
PLEASANT VALLEY religion SITS decided
last spring to erect a tabernacle. The
lumber and other building material was
bought but quarrel arose about the
site and now the lumber, etc has been
Sold proceeds divided pro rata and the
/ good people will say their pra, ers at