Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-23
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

An Interesting Summary Of the More I'm
portant Doings OF Our Neishbors-wsd
dings and Deaths-crimes. Casualties.
ana General News Notes.
THE dead body Of Chas. w. Lehman
was found in hay-loft at hotel barn.
In Gladwin. At first II was thought he
had suicided because of family trouble.
But the doctors say II would have been
almost impossible for the man himself to
have fired the shot that killed him.
Moreover, there was no weapon found
near by, and death undoubtedly re-
suited within three minutes, at most,
from the time the shot was fired These
facts poiut strongly TO the suspicion
that he was murdered. A letter was
found In his pocket from Mary Mosher.
Detroit written In German. She said
she had S975 In her possession belonging
to him. She also spoke OF other prop
erty in small way. Mention was made
OF the interest his money had earned
The letter indicated a mild love affair
with Mary. Three years ago, at Cole
man, Lehman took paris green, but was
pumped out. He has two wives living,
and and 1t is not thought that had
divorce from more than one. Ho got
one by correspondence from Lowell and
was too small and she would not live
with him.
IT is now figured it cost the farmers of
Michigan $1,471, 1915 more TO raise their
wheat crop in 1889 than they got for IL. .
1t cost to produce the crop SIS, 200, 32a.
and its value was but $40, 1913, 500. The
total cost of the corn crop was S1c, 239,-
032, and the total value 81, 254, PAS. or n
loss of IS, 014,7S7. The cost OF the oat
crop was $40, 1870, 254, and its value 81, $780,
06o, loss of 80, TAO, 1os- total loco
on the production of the three crops of
SO, 226,51O The value of the hay crop
in the State was 7.02 per cent. of tho
value Of the land on which 1t was grown.
The total value of all crops from the
best data available for 1889 was $54, 499,-
cal, hay being second In the rank, S14,-
GIG, 1914.
II. c. POTTER resigns the vice-presi-
dency of the Flint and Pere Marquette
road General John M. Corse, OF BOs-
ton, is said to be his probable successor.
Mr.. Potter had charge of the admins
tration OF this line for nearly score
years. :
AT Reed City Blanchard Davidson, a
dissipated character committed suicide
by shooting. He had been lying on the
bed with his wife, and while she was
asleep he got revolver from an adjoin-
ing room and fired the fatal shot. The
rannSt ssrai,a-.~I L. 80 "a Li--- tho
side of the bed dead, with his head rest
| ing on his hands.
KALAMAZOO, according to the poll
| list, has 20,00 people. Last year her
revenue was S1S3.330, and expenses
| S179, 3S3. She has total debt OF $780,
3s4.s4. Taxes yielded as follows: Dogs.
S77O, water, S16,622; saloons, $40, 435.
The fire department cost $14,630; the
total loss by fire was S17,734; net loss
$1,246. The city used and wasted 1885,
1874 gallons Of water, at cost OF
S.. 40 per million. Twelve policemen
cost SO, 1856, the chief getting 81, 200.
There were 36l deaths, PC from con-
tagious diseases The town has six
sidewalk damage suits pending. The
principal occupation OF the citizens is TO
brag about the fire and police depart
ments, the buggy factories, and the
celery bottoms, all of which beat the
world.
Mr.. AND Mrs. ALBERT w. RAM, OF
| Morrice, celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary of their marriage. and large num-
Der of relatives and friends gathered at
their residence Among the presents
were gold-heGded cane and china tea
! set. q
Mrs. w. r. HALL is Secretary of the
| Manistee County schools and she makes
the tours of the schools afoot. They
| say she averages six miles an hour, over
the hills and sand, rain or shine.
THE Treasurer-elect of st. Louis,
when assured of his success, did not put
cigar box under his arm, but he passed
| oh 20 hA 70,
one loaf of bread"
FRED MEYER, five years from Care
| County, will be released from the Ionia
House of Correction under the indeter-
inmate sentence law. He will be on
parole and cannot leave the State.
IT is said the Michigan Central is now
arranging to extend its Caro- plug line to
Sand Beach.
WILSON TOWNSHIP. Alpena County.
votes to build $4,000 stone road to
Alpena. The bonds will be limited to
per cent and will run fifteen years.
AN Indian who was fighting drunk was
brought into court the other day at Pine
Ridge. Roscommon County, bound hand
and foot "Ah," said the Justice. who
was an old sailor and knew how it was
/ himself, L sec billS 10 ~ ChSb vi ~ bitu
You struck bar, and like many another
weak vessel have stranded In = place
that is rocky. You should have steered
a course where there was plenty OF
water, but not fire water, and In order
| to teach you the value OF this advice you
are consigned for ten days to haven OF
rest prepared by provident community
as dry dock for total wrecks; and II
| you don't find it dry before your ten days
are up I'll eat my shirt"
HENRY HoUK and Daniel Pomeroy,
each "a years old, were two conspicuous
figures at the Worthwhile polls election
day.
| MAY DOUGLAS, little Bay City girl,
had fit, and as she fell TO the floor she
caught hold of boiler of hot water.
She was alone in the house at the time
and was most frightfully burned. The
top of her head was cooked, so that the
scalp and hair peeled off in patches.
| II. G.. PETERS, of Manistee, Is carrying
| on his lumber business In almost as OK
tensive a way as before his big failure
He has put in $1,000, 900 feet OF logs at
Eastlake this spring, and will haul in
| 80, 900. 900 feet more this summer by rail.
| The creditors now begin to think they
| will get 100 cents on the dollar.
THE new Michigan salt trust will have
the handling of 100000 barrels of salt
each year.