Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-10


Fool tho Spectators.
From Far and Near.
CORNELIUS DoHERTY, the lasr indie
terminate sentence prisoner at Jackson,
has been discharged.
Mrs. CHRIS HEINzMAN Of Bay City
was terribly burned, pan OF boiling
ointment which she was preparing being
overturned.
BARABA GUNDERMAN, of South Bend
Indiana, Is visiting a large number, OF
Michigan towns looking for l3-year-
old sister.
A COUPLE OF trappers at HubbelI
Junction, Mackinac County, are said to
have killed seventy deer this winter, be-
sides several hundred otter, marten, and
beaver.
l.. HILLIcKER was seriously wounded
at Owendale by bolt which was hurled
from a saw and hit him in the face, tear.
ing away his cheek bone and breaking
his jaw and collar bone.
CADILLAC kids, "co-eds, too, must be
home before p. m. They don't use a
warning bell but, blow big, ugly.
screechy steam whistle that has none Of
the poetry Of the old curfew bell.
FITZGERALD BROS, Of the Dry Dock
Iron Works at Port Huron, have
purchased 200 feet frontage on st. Clair
River and will begin to erect large
building as soon as the weather Is favor
able.
DIR. +. s. KIMBAIG, prison physician.
reports oil the convicts at jackson re-
covered from the attacks of la grippe
There has not been death among the
800 odd who were at one time or an
other down with the disease. 4
1T is suspected that J. d. s. Hanson,
| former prosecutor, and ID. E. Mcclure,
who have purchased and consolidated
two Hart papers, are In this action ar
ranging the preliminaries for booming
Judge Fred Russell, Of Hart, for Con-
| gress.
A MOST remarkable marriage took
place In Jackson. William II. Plumb,
| aged 21, was married to Mrs. Amanda
| Bentley, aged 81, of Grand Rapids.
| There is no romance connected with the
match, as il was q business matter and
brought about to perfect the heirship to
valuable property in Canada.
SOME Of the not-so-competent In
dians Of Isabella County, although I'M
| able to sell their lands, have been SELL
ing their timber in one big lump. Uncle
Sam does not sanction this, and F. w.
| Worden, special Government timber
agent, is on the ground, and the pur-
chasers will be out what they have put
in, for the not-so-competent noble red
will never pay white man back.
THE following interesting statistics
are taken from the Superintendent OF
Public Instructions tabulation Of the
annual reports of the officers of the
$500 whole and 1921 fractional school
districts In Michigan for 1891 These
reports show the whole number of chill
dren between the ages OF 5 and 20 years
to be 666,391; between the ages Of 3 and
IA years, 1885, between and 20
years that attended school during the
year, 445, 939; between the ages Of 3 and
IA years that attended, 245, 028; number
of nonresident pupils, 1908; number
of days school during the year by quali-i
volumes added to district libraries
during the year, 36,S32; whole
number of volumes in district
Libraries, 719,243 number of stone,
school-houses, IL; brick, 1877; frame.
| 1854; log, 404; number of pupils
that can be accommodated, 564, 1885,.
value of school property, $14. 534, 203;
bonded Indebtedness of districts, 81, 767, =
1876; total Indebtedness, 81 1868, 956. SO;
amount due to districts, $218, 087 ~;
number of qualified male teachers en-.
ployed, 3,4S8; females, 1881. Finan-,
cial statement-Money on hand Sept. H.
1890, S1,067 ,705.04; received from one-l
mill tax, $633, 432.08; from primary,
school interest fund, SS75, 1880; from
nonresident tuition, SCI ,778.S1; from
district taxes for all purposes, So, ass, y,
1914; from loans, 1904, 494.31; from all
/ ~ A. 4Nfo
sources for the year, Sc, 682, 1856. 40. Ex-
| penditures-Male teachers, $942, 951 .74;l
female teachers, So, 489, 1877 .28; buildingl
and repairs, $685., 350.38; library books
and care Of libraries, Sc, $685. S; principal
of Indebtedness, 1904, 574.77; interest on
loans, $104, 114.43; for all other pur-l
poses, 81 900, 1853. %; total, S., 1888, 436. 81 :.
Amount on hand at close of year, 81 Il
118, 940.25.
THERE is still good sleighing up
Cadillac way.
INeHAM COUNTY people are agitating
the local option question.
GEORGE NILSSON, Of Alpena, for
stealing DR.. Dunlap's vaiuehlA brood
mare and getting caught at it, will spend
five years at hard work in Jackson
Prison.
JOHN MCDERMIcK, a farmer living
near Blackman Station, Saginaw Coun-
ty. disputed the right of way of the rail-
road company and drove along the track.
Both of his horses were killed, but he
he will recover.
INVESTIGATION Is going on as to the
practicabillty Of railroad from Cadillac
to Hammond's Bay, by way of Grayling
and the Ocqueoc River route. Such a
road would open one of the best lumber
districts in the State.
SCHOOL district near Lapeer has
had but two weeks of school since
Christmas. A teacher had been engaged,
but it was found that he had certificate
which was no good in Lapeer County.
and nobody seemed to be willing to UNI
dertake the job.
COUPLE Of 13-year-old boys, con-
structed on the plan Of the young Lam
sing desperate, began shooting at their
teachers desk, near Shelby, while at
tending spelling school. The building
was vacated by those present In short
order. The school board settled the
matter by compelling the boys to pay
SIS damages.
In the Sebewaing Coal Co.'S mine,
two Polanders named valenski were
getting ready to blast, when cartridge.
which was imbedded in the coal, was
prematurely discharged. Felix Valenskl
was terribly lacerated and cannot re-
cover, and the other received serious
though not fatal injuries.
The fishing business at West Bay
City is very quiet and the catch small.