Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-04

bay, died from the effects Of his inju-
ries. He was 20 years old.
Mr.. w. CULLISs, better known as
Uncle Billy" the first white settler In
the region OF Thunder Bay, passed
peacefully away at the ripe old age Of
80 years.
JOHN r. TAYLOR has brought suit
against the city of Pontiac in the sum
of $4,000. alleging damages In locating
the new cemetery addition on the banks
OF the Clinton above his place.
DENNIS j. SULLIVAN, OF. Port Huron,
was on Wednesday appointed Circuit
Court Commissioner for st. Clair Coun-
ty by Gov. Winans, to succeed Thomas
Wellman, who recently resigned.
A. +. CAMPBELL, OF Lansing, while
going home from the office OF the Mich
igan Condensed Milk Company, where
he was employed as bookkeeper, was
seized with hemorrhage of the lungs
and died in few minutes. He leaves
family, ..es.. y
NEAR Pontiac the barn OF Matt King
was totally destroyed by fire, together
with the contents. Loss, about $500;
partially insured. in the Citizens Fire
Insurance Company. Mr.. King and
family were away from homo, and tlze
fire is believed to have been started by
some children playing in the vicinity.
VIM. RIBBLE, a former well-known
hotel man OF Saginaw, and ex-proprie-
tor of the Ribble House, went away
from his wife and family several months
ago. being last heard OF In Canada. He
returned Saturday, and while standing
at the door Of his wife's boarding.
house fired a revolver pointblank at a
laundry emp1oye named John Roach,
who has room at the house. He
missed his man, the bullet cutting off a
lock of Roaeh's hair. Ribble was
locked up. on charge OF attempt to
commit murder.
LOUIS AND OTTO SEMMET, two young
men of Buena Vista Township, Sag
NAV County, have been arrested on
complaint 6 Adolph Peters, a we'll
known farmer. who charges them with
tying an oyster can filled with fire.
crackers to his horses tail and starting
them off, resulting in the equine clear
ing fences and every kind of obstacle as
though on steeple chase. The horse
was nearly ruined In consequence. be-
cause it was overheated In the running
caused by the fright received.
In response to circular recently sent
out by Adjutant General Farrar to the
several military companies in the State,
Company E, OF Lansing, voted unani-
mously to attend the dedicatory exer-
clses at the opening of the Worlds Fair
In October. as an escortto Gov. Winans.
The companies at Kalamazoo and Grand
Rapids are the only others which have
thus far notified the Adjutant General
Of their intention to attend. It Is esti-
mated that 10000 soldiers will be In at
tendance at the opening Of the Worlds
Fair, OF which number Michigan will
furnish its quota. The troops will be
entertained while at Chicago at the ex-
pense of the management, but the boys
will be required TO pay their own rail-
road and general expenses.
Miss ANNA AVERY, aged IA years,
daughter of VIM. H. L. Avery. four miles
from Shepherd Village, took aconite and
died from the effects.
DIR. A. E. WEED of Burnside has bought
the drug stock of H. H. Lyons & Co.
and will remove it from INLAY City to
Brown City, where he will start drug
store.
RICHARD THOMAS had both arms
crushed and received fatal internal in
juries by mass of vein rock falling in
the fourteenth level of the Tamarack
mine.
AT Bay City, Joseph Love, aged
about 40 years. took rat poison. A
doctor has slight hopes Of his recovery.
Love had been on protracted spree.
He has wife and infant child.
ADJT. GEN. FARRAR has issued a
pamphlet roster of the officers of
Michigan State troops, list OF COM
panies, their officers, and the number
Of members at the present time.
THE police OF Port Huron are making
an effort to break up a gang Of young
boys who have been committing numer-
Gus small burglaries and other depreda-
tons for some time past. Three have
been caught.
MRS. JOHN BRUsE, aged 40 years,
who lives on a farm near Merrill, fell
from the top of load Of hay, and lies
in critical condition at the Bliss Hos
pital at Saginaw, but slight hopes being
entertained of her recovery. Her spine
is injured and three ribs broken.
AT Saginaw, while bathing, Joseph
Meyerick, IL years old, and q member
of the Polish band, was drowned. His
father resides at South Bend, Ind, and
the youth was the support Of two sisters
and brother, all small. The mother
Of the family is dead. The body was
recovered two hours after the &C cident.
BAY CITY was visited Monday by the
most disastrous fire the Saginaw VAL
ley has known for years. Forty busi-
ness blocks and residences were de-
stroyed, and the loss Is estimated at
over 81 100000 Scores of people were
homeless, and many of them need aid.
One woman was burned to death.
MUzzY J. Moss, a respected and mid
dle-aged farmer OF Meridian Township,
Ingham County, was found dead in bed.
Upon retiring the night before he gave in
structions to his family not to wake him in
the morning, as he said he was tired and
wanted a long sleep. He Is supposed to
have taken a heavy dose of morphine
with suicidal intent. A note was found
by his bed which read: Il shall be dead
in three hours. Shed no tears. Moss
had been in poor health for some time,
and dependency doubtless led him to
commit the deed. He leaves o widow
and three children.
THE X. o. II. NJ. Great Lady Com
mander, Miss Leota l.. Becker, whose
headquarters are now in Saginaw, has
received application to organize 12C
hives throughout the State Of Ohio, and
will send deputies to commence the
work as soon as possible.
w. G. HEWITT, Secretary Of the
Worlds Fair Educational Committee,
has accepted a position as Superinten-
dent OF Public Schools at Oshkosh, Wis,
at salary of $4,000 per year, with three
months vacation. He has resigned his
position on the Worlds Fair committee,
and will leave for mis- new field OF work