Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-28
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

REvs. w. MoERDYK, j. Taylor. and
III. 4. Dosxer have been appointed a.
committee on establishing an additional
chair at Hope College
THE Bridgeport Maccabees have BEEN
enjoined from using the church for de-
gree work; the Judge ruling that the
goat is anything but sacrifcial one
WILL JENKINS, OF Bay City, has just
received 1000. the price of one leg the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company cut off
at Cleveland.
THE temperance ladies OF Manisteer
| have completed a $1,000 home for girls
who need reformation. The grounds be-
longing to the home cover twenty acres.
| MANY wool growers in this State have
| for several years past been in the habit.
OF tying their fleece with binding Irvine.
Eastern wool buyers have recently issued
a circular TO their State purchasers
notifying them that feeces must be tied
with wool Irvine or stand a discount of
| two cents.
THE salaries of the professors of Hope
College have been increased from 81, 900
to 81, 100
| A CONSTRUCTION train has begun work
baliasting for medium gauge on the
Sand Beach Division of the Flint and
Pere Marquette.
| PROF. DAVID SwrNo, of -etivuso, wiff'
deliver the commencement address to
the Orchard Lake boys June A.
THE Gaylord Nesos man congratulates
himself that he has issued six volumes
Of his paper, and ave haven't had to eat
sawdust, either"
THERE are 300 men working in the
! Wheeler ship-yards at West Bay City.
This is an even 1000 less than usual In
q busy season.
THE divided United Brethren Church
has gotten into the justice court at
Waldron because liberal and radical
pounded one another. Radical Smith,
In the melee, was worsted by Liberal
Double, and Justice Smith fined the VIC
tor So. He paid it willingly. a
DETROIT policeman has been ac-
luitted upon trial for not entering tire
church upon his beat in which a mad
log was creating terrible commotioE.
He swore that he thought they were
only electing q deacon.
JAMES NJ. STERLING, a prominent
business man and politician of Monrce,
He'd or pneumonia. He was 60 years
Did and had lived in Monroe over half
century.
THEY come, the merry insect train;
The borers and the clippers;
The little gnats waltz in again,
And exc the gallinippers.
The weevil and the cusyorm now
Do polish up their armor;
| The chinch bug makes his vernal tow
| In ambush for the farmer
The weird curculio setteth out
| To mad the fruit-tree tillers,
And in each garden Turk about
Ten billion caterpillarA
, -ChebOUgdn Democrat.
JOHN CASTLE, a rich farmer of Grant
Township, was shot by a spring gun
while entering the yard of Walter
Richards Castle and Richards are
neghbors and OF late stories have been
circulating connecting Castle and Rich
ards pretty wife. These stories reached
Richards, and he quarreled with Castle
and forbade him the house. Castle gave
! no heed to the order, and was on his way
TO call on Richards. when he was shot.
Caste bled TO death in fifteen minutes,
and did not make any statement. Inves-
tigation showed that Richards has set q
gun In the path loaded with buckshot,
and then attached string and lever to
the gate to shoot whoever came in He
said he was afraid of incendiaries. He
is now in jail.
goods failures in Jackson in exactly that
many years, that of John j. Tuomey
being the latest and heaviest
HILLsDALE wants a new charter which
will make the Treasurer and Clerk cleo
tive and give the city permission to own
the electric light plant.
FRANK A. ID. GEORGE is an ex-conyict.
who is attracting attention TO himself at
Jackson about these days. George orig
inally hailed from Detroit, and enjoys
the distinction OF having served five sem
fences in the State Penitentiary and at
least one In Ohio He left the prison I'm
Jackson the last time about the day
Warden Hatch lost his seat at that in
stitution, and seems to have not at all
profited by the teachings of the ex-
Warden from the reform books He is
now on trial In the Prison City on the
charge OF having Obtained 500 from a.
life convict named Sylvanus M Daniels.
on a promise so get the latter's case be-
fore the Supreme Court. George forged
the name of Frank l.. Dodge, of Lam
sing, to letter, In which was written
the assertion that the case would, i'm All
probability, be favorably reported by the
Supreme Court in day or two The
letter also contained the request that
DdHlciS az OHCc pay MI george 80 rs
clincher. Warden Davis got on to the
game and made complaint against the
ex-convict, and he has had partial
hearing.
FIRE destroyed twenty blocss of Mus
kegon business houses and residences
with an estimated loss OF $500, 900. The
flames started in Langwels livery. on
Clay avenue, In the rear of the Lang
well Hotel. The stores on the east side
of Pine street were destroyed as also
many buildings on Webster avenue. in
clnding the court house and fail Every
business house on Pine street was
burned. Terrace street was the western
terminus of the fire. The flames were
checked only at Isabella street dis.
lance of ten blocks from the starting
point. The residences burned numbered
$50. A child sleeping in the Langwell
Hotel barn is thought to have persisted.
LIVELY internal struggle in the local
organization of the Order of Egis, at.
Adrian, has caused an investigation by
The insurance commissioner, who de-
clares that this insurance COMPANY.
whose headquarters are at Lynn, Mass.
has no legal right to do business In this
State.
A TABLET was dug up in mound near
which has upon IL a lot of HER.
)glyphcs and q correct picture of an
elephant, and now antiqrarians want 10.
know where the heather who made IL.
got his idea OF an animal which is sup