Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

nks NOUN rnut-Sctote EeFncFs As"-~,
IL Very Costly.
Ntes go From Ear and Near.
J sT. IGNAcE and Newbefry liquor
dealers have organised.
IA WEST BAY CrTY's police force In
going TO drive all gamblers out OF town.
ONE ward school has been closed at
West Bay City on accountof the prev
aience OF diphtheria. t'
A ScIorA man lost 400 bushels OF
potatoes last week. A cold night did IT.
The man couldn't find time to dig them
THE crop OF clover seed In the Thumb"
turned out splendidly. A Bad Axe firm
paid 500 for six bags OF clover seed last
week. fa
SEVERAL attempts at incendiarism
have lately been made at Vernon, and
people will now engage a. night-watch-
man.
PRoF. M. o. GRAVES was at Cheboy-
gan bound over to the Circuit Court on
charge OF falsely certifying to nom
nations.
GEORGE LRINISGER, a German reeid-
ing near Mt. Clemens, took q dose OF
strychnine In fit OF dependency. He
was 70 years OF age. -
d. M. NEALE, an Australian, now
visiting Bay City friends. has In his
possession the watch worn by Lord
Nelson at the battle OF Trafalgar.
THE Gratwick, Smith & Fryer Lum-
Der Company, of Oscoda. still has
enough lumber In that section to keep
the concern busy cutting till Aug.
next.
Ex-Gov. SwINEPoRD says he would
not accept another appointment as Gov
ernor OF Alaska, unless backed by petit
lions extensively signed by Inhabitants
Of that territory.
JAMES MCDONALD, prisoner In the
Sault jail, tried to commit suicide by
the laudanum route. He may recover.
He has been In jail about two months
on charge OF larceny.
AN old soldier near Harbert Is train
| ing turkey for the Worlds Fair. He
has already accomplished so much that
| IL will drop over and play of dead, and
dance all the latest dances.
WHILE sweeping, Mrs. w. H. Frie-
link, of Kalamazoo, knocked a leg out
from under a red-hot stove. The stove
| struck a child's head In falling. The
infant was badly bruised and burned.
AT Escanaba, IL was reported by cap
i
| OF the steamer Gilcher. which foundered
In the recent gale, has been washed
ashore at High Island in Lake Michi-
gan.
| THE Calumet and Hecla Mining Co.
at Boston declared dividend OF SIS per
share, payable Dec. Is. This makes
! $4,000, 900 paid In dividends this year,
and total Of dividends OF $3S, S5O, 900
to date. 1tr
HURON COUNTY boys will be taught
that 1t doesn't pay to have fun" in
church. A deputy sheriff arrived at Bad
| Axe with four kids from Huron. They
were arrested on charge Of disturbing
religious meeting.
w. & A. MACARTHUR, of Cheboygan.
have just purchased enough timber in
Canada to run their mill ten years.
This Is one Of the best points on the
lakes to cut Canadian timber into lum-
Der, as RATS are not exposed to the
fury of Lake Huron more than twenty
four hours in transit.
GEORGE SToCKBURGER.f five years ago
left his home at Marine City for the
West Four years ago last August he
sent a letter from Washington stating
that he was going to the interior of Ore
son. and his relatives mouIned him for
InaI, anu me- ~ II YonnG nf
Centerville, Idaho, subscribed for q
Marine City paper. 1t now turns out
that this was a friend OF George, who
got the paper so as to keep him posted
on affairs at home. He has now re-
turned, but offers no explanation Of his
conduct.
MOST shocking accident occurred at
the Richardson paper mill, Monroe.
49, ~ "a a
learn the cause OF the irregular motion
OF the machinery, when to their horror
they found the body of a man whipping
around the main shaft and striking the
floor at each revolution. An alarm was
; given and the engine stopped, when the
Victim was found to be Rainey Novarre,
the engineer. The legs were whipped
off at the knees, the arms and several
ribs were broken, and bruises were
found on the head. Novarre was mar
ried and leaves a family. 44
HOLLYWOOD. .Gladwin County, is to
. have a boom. tract OF 80 acres has
been plated and will be added to the
. town.
> ]. d. BENNETT and wife, who for the
past six years have been missionaries In
. Africa, have returned to their old home
In Mundy.
DANIEL FINCH, ageu 30, was picheu
!. up at Saginaw after he had slept out OF
!: doors for three nights. He halls from
!; Grand Rapids.
!; AUGUST WETT, aged 26, died at Sag
1 NAV from the effect OF being struck In
: the abdomen the other morning by q
!, slab flying back from a saw.
}, ALoNzo STONE, employed In an AL
!, pena mill, fell from train. striking or
!, his head and shoulders. He was dan
7, gerously injured internally.
. AT Lansing, Mich, Nov. 22, Luthe
: Ripley, aged 81, former State Organizes
:, OF the Patrons of Industry and Stats
Lecturer OF the Farmers Alliance, dice
= from suffocation incident to tumor.
i ISAAC BACKMAN. who seriousl,
!, stabbed Finlan Ter in saloon at tn
! Atlantic mine, was convicted Of assault
to do great bodily harm less thar
murder.
NOTHING has as yet been heard o
n John Braniff and John Soderstrom. tn
two missing Grand Marais fishermen
}" and it seems certain that they wer
drowned.
i The Methodist Episcopal Colleg
Presidents Association met at Detroit
J. to discuss higher education and the bes
methods OF promoting 1t. Among tn
subiects discussed were the following