Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

authorizing the State to borrow money
| for this purpose, and, as an out
| growth OF these measures, a communica-
tion was recently sent to Attorney Gen
eral Ellis, asking II, in his opinion, the
State could issue more bonds for the
purpose OF paying bountles. The Attor-
Dey General replies that the Legislature
has no power to borrow money to now
pay bounties that were not promised or
| authorized In time OF war. The Attor-
ney General suggests, however, that the
State can still issue bonds to the amount
OF 1904 200, that amount OF the total
| Issue OF bonds authorized I'm war times
| having never been issued, and in addi-
| tion the State can devote TO the payment
| of bounties the $500, 900 which IL will
soon receive from the General Govern
ment as its share Of the direct tax levied
during the war and now about to be re-
| funded. This course will probably be
adopted and over million dollars be
distributed among the veterans who vol
unteered early in the war and received
nothing from the State, while those en-
listing in 1864 were paid liberal boun-
ties.
/ AT Saginaw James Nau-qua -chic-a-
/ rung, chief of the Chippewas and well
known, has gone to the happy hunting
grounds, consumption claiming him as
its victim. He was 4s years old and
leaves wife and two daughters The
deceased was born near Sebewaing and
has lived most OF his life on the Cheboy-
gaming Creek. His father was noted
Indian and visited Washington one time
in the interests Of his people. He died
in 1874, aged 90 years.
JOHN MCLEOD, proprietor OF the At
lantic House, Saginaw, broke his leg
above the ankle while wrestling in his
bar-room.
PROF. THOMAS WEAVER, a fve-yearer
at Jackson from Saginaw, for charging
Farmer Horn $1,000 for clalrvoyantly
locating a gold mine on his farm, is after
a release. He claims he was not tried
on the charge upon which he was extra
dited from Pennsylvania and therefore
is illegally held.
THERE is enough pine on the banks of
the Menominee river to last the mills
twenty years and pay good interest on the
investment Of "a, 600, 600 which is now tied
up in numbering outfits at Menominee.
w. ii. CLARK, one of Saginaws lead
| Ing business men, Is dead. He was a
high degree Mason. and had amassed
quite a fortune, besides S45, 900 life in
| surance.
THE Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
road is trying to buy site near Munising
for an immense summer hotel.
BELDING has gained 1000 people in
| the last year. 1t claims to show the
largest increase of any town in the State.
TIE Bailey Stave Works, at Leslie, are
in ashes. The loss is about 81, 900.
FowLERvILLE proposes to be a phoenix.
There are eight brick stores to be built
| at once.
THE Flint & Pere Marquette line has
begun to widen its Sand Beach division
into standard gauge.
MANoAH KNIGHT, of Kalamazoo, took
| arsenic and successfully accomplished
his end. He left family.
JOHN ABBOTT, ex-pOstmaster OF La.
peer, has a son who was born Feb. 8,
| 1864. He was not named right away.
While Sherman was making his way
| toward the sea, quoth Mr.. Abbott TO Mrs.
Abbott, "If Sherman gets through all
! right we'll name the boy for him." GEN
eral sherman reached the sea and the
boy was named VIM. Sherman Abbott.
| When young Abbott's 21st birthday was
| approaching he wrote to General Sher-
man, telling him of the incident and
stating that he wished to know at Just
what place the General was on the day
OF birth. General Sherman wrote Mr..
Abbott pleasant reply, answering his
question, and added, "That was my
birthday, too"
| JOHN MCGUIRE was found dead in a
snow bank, near Crystal Falls. He
started across the country to visit a
mine OF his and perlshed in storm. He
was Republics Democratic postmaster,
and the discovereT of the Interior Range
mine.
A LOT of sea captains had feed at
Bay City, and some joker put leather
sandwiches in place of the regular ones.
The old sea dogs shivered their timbers,
heaved hard to, took reef in the pro-
ceedings and went after the joker with
an AK. They had, however, eaten most
of the nice tender leather before the
| joke was discovered.
| AN ore chute fell at Escanaba, struck
Jacob Schimberg on the head and killed
him instantly.
| WEST BAY CITY was assessed S55, 700
worth Of taxes, and the delinquent list
shows that S2S, 500 are yet unpaid This
Is the largest delinquent list ever report
ed. and {. Is said to be an Indication OF
the hard times this winter.
THE coal hole at Bad Axe hLJ failed
to discover anything but dirt, and the
test will therefore be discontinued and
the expense charged up the cause OF
science.
| ANTONIO GTACoMELLI. a daeJ, stabbed
A. Franciscan, at Iron Mountain, and
the man hurt will not recover. The still
etto did the work, and true to the GUS
tom of his country, he drew It from his
bootleg.
| THE winters log product in the Au
Sable district will be so per cent. of last
years yield. The weather has been IA
vorable, but the timber Is on the decline.
A NEW $4,000 brownstone company
will open a quarry near Rock River.
WELLINGTON X. BURT, Of Saginaw,
says he Is confident a new State salt as
sociation will be organized, and pos
sibly n national trust upon very broad
basis will be formed.
A MINER, at Negaunee, was told by
fortune teller that II would be absolutely
useless to make any arrangements to
live after March IA, as that was the date
OF his call to go hence. He resigned his
job and has been getting the most out OF
life ever since, and asked his friends in
on the date named TO see him die. The
programme was found TO have been a
mistake. and now the laborer is looking
for the man who thus lost him month
time.
JOHN LYNCH, boy Of near Gladwin.