Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-20
From Far and Near.

MRS. JOHN GEoPFERT committed sui
eide at Bay Port by hanging herself
with her apron and shoestring.
OcEANA COUNTY is sending eight and
ten cars OF peaches to Chicago daily,
Shelby alone shipping an average OF
10000 baskets.
GEO. M. GERMAN, of Ontonagon
County. was nominated for State Sena-
tor by the Democrats OF the Thirty third
District at Hancock.
Por HUNTERS, with dogs. are after
the deer In the southern part OF Che
boygan County. and deputy game
wardens are after the transgressors.
EAST TAwAs went into the ice BUSH
ness the other night. 1t wasn't thick
enough for good skating. but IL made the
boys eyes sparkle in anticipation Of the
good time coming.
REV. WAY, of the NJ. E. Church,
preached his last sermon at Chesaning,
Sunday morning. He and mis- wife will
remove to Leslie this week. and he will
retire from active service in the minis
try.
EDWARD MOORE. young sailor OF
Mt. Clemens, while helping to load his
boat with lumber, met with a serious
accident. A large pile Of lumber fell
upon him, breaking leg and an arm.
His physician thinks he will recover.
MARGARET MARoNEY, 20 years Of age,
was sentenced by Judge Person at Lam
sing to six months Imprisonment at the
Detroit House of Correction for lewd
ness. Dexter Crisher was taken to
Ionia for the same length of time as the
party to the crime.
Hon. w. S. LINTON has received from
the great camp X. o. T. NJ. an elegant
gold badge, bearing the inscription, Nv.
s. Linton, 1890-1S92." 1t is one Of the
handsomest badges of the kind ever CIV
en- to a Past Grand Commander, and Is
an especial mark of honor.
LIGHTNING struck the barn OF Con-
rad thinner, a mile east of Sebewaing,
and the barn and sheds, including 200
bushels of wheat, 200 bushels of oats.
and other crops, were consumed, and
also 500 bushels OF wheat belonging to
William Haase, who worked the farm.
The total loss is $4,000; partially in
sured.
ANDREW FOSTER, well-known busi-
ness man of Port Huron, dropped dead
while returning from dinner. He had
been in perfect health, and the cause
evidently was heart failure. The de-
ceased was a pioneer merchant OF the
city, having been in the shoe business
for over twenty-five years. He was
about sc years Of age.
EIGHTEEN months ago young mar
ried man OF Grand Rapids, was con-
victed OF obtaining money under false
pretenses and was sent to the peniten-
tiary for five years. Saturday his young
wife appeared at the prison with their
child born since the fathers incarcera-
ton. The mothers poverty had pre-
vented her visiting her husband and
Saturday was the first time he had ever
seen his little one.
PLATT butcher, a very old and
highly respected resident of Mt. Clemens
passed peacefully away at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. ..Dorr kellogg, Tues
day. Mr.. butcher was born in Dover,
N. Y, Sept. 10, 1899, thus making him
at the time of his death 90 years of age.
He had lived an upright, Christian life.
and had ever had the welfare OF others
at heart; so much so that he was given
the name OF Peace maker.
SECRETARY BAKER, OF the Michigan
Board OF Health, said that in view OF
the conflict Of authority between the
State ard local boards of health over
quarantine regulations the State Board
would, at its next meeting, take steps
to determine the authority of the board
under the existing statute. II the law
was not broad enough to enable the
board to protect the State against the
presence OF infected immigrants, the
members want the next Legislature to
change the law before the consequences
become more serious.
THE Executive Board of the State
Teachers Association have decided to
hold the next meeting of the association
at Representative Hall in Lansing, COM
mencing Wednesday,, Dec %, and con-
tinuing until Friday. DR.. B. A. Hens
dale, of Ann Arbor; Commissioner E.
s. Palmer.ee. of Iapeer; and Miss
Georgia Baco, OF Grand Rapids. were
appointed a committee to prepare pro-
gramme.
MAYOR BROOKS caused q special meet
ing of the Jackson Common Council &c
be held In order that it might be ascer-
tanned what had become OF the 5000 OF
the city's money that was voted to pay
a claim OF ST. ,450 against the city. The
money was voted to liquidate claim Of
Kate Fuller. After the matter had been
settled by a committee recommending
the allowance of the claim, the woman
made affidavit that after the attorneys
had been paid $500 was given to q dis
interested party.
THE Michigan crop report for October
shows the wheat crop OF the State for
1892 to be "a, 140,767 bushels. The
average yield for the State was IA. 66
htno halc Tho nnoIifxy tc
the kernel being badly shrunken. The
average weight of the measured bushel
is $50 pounds. The total number of
bushels reported marketed in Septem-
Der was 1,692,S35. The average yield
of oats for the State is 1929 bushels.
Corn is estimated to yield so bushels OF
ears to the acre. Owing to there being
no frost up to Oct. 1. late potatoes have
matured finely and are estimated to
yield So per cent. of an average crop.
Winter apples will yield Is per cent. In
the southern, 43 In the central, and so
in the northern counties. Late peaches
are estimated at co per cent. in the
southern and central and "a in the
northern counties.
w. G. LEWIS, cashier Of the Peoples
National Bank, jackson, died, after an
illness Of ten days, from stomach trou-
BILE. Mr.. Lewis had been connected
with the same bank for twenty-five
years, and was one OF Jacksons most
estimable citizens.
TIE body Of woman was picked up
about three miles below Goderich, Ont.
It wss identified as that of Mrs. Capt.
d. Sheppard OF Brockway Center, who
accompanied her husband, the captain
of the Nashua, on the last trip OF tho