Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-19
From Far and Near.

Incendiarles at AIpena-
From Far and Near.
BAY CITY has been treated to a minia-
ture cyclone In the shape of whirlwind
which carried boards to height OF 400
feet.
The new saw-mill of the Kern Manu-
featuring Company at Bay City has a
capacity of 100 900 feet of lumber, 40 900
lath and &c. 900 shingles per day.
BURGLARS blew open the safe in the
Office Of the Hort Milling Company at
Lansing. They executed a clever lob.
but the safe did not contain either
money or valuables, and the thieves
went away empty-handed.
THE Martel iron furnace at st. Ig-
mace. which has been shut down for a.
year, has gone into blast again and will
employ seventy men. The st. Ignace'
barrel factory has also resumed opera
tons with force Of fifty hands.
THREE Alpena boys named Walter
Pepler, John Cook, and Richard Stod-
dard have been arrested for setting fire
to the Lockwood School In that city.
The boys had grudge against the
principal, and took this means to get
even. Upon preliminary examination
they confessed their crime.
AT Jackson, A. w. Black was elected
President Of Trades Council. The Coun-
Gil decided to extend financial aid to the
striking wheelmakers OF the National
Wheel Works. They will also get money
from the American Federation of Labor
and from the local unions and expect
to make hot fight from this on.
AT Kalamazoo, Miss Minnie Hill, Is
years old, daughter of John Hill, Of
Laporte, Ind, was married as Miss
Minnie M. Jurnt to Harry L. Hagen
buck, OF Logansport, by Rev. j. A.
Johnston. They are both OF we'll
known and wealthy families, and their
elopement has created great stir.
THE walls of a large brick building at
the corner of Capitol avenue and Wash
tenaw street, Lansing, owned by Mrs.
Bessie A. Rogers, of Battle Creek, col
lapsed with terrific crash. No one was
inside the building, which was not quite
completed when the crash occurred, and
the damage is only to the building itself.
The loss to the contractor, w. III. Sell
lers, will be upwards of ST 900. The
cause Of the collapse was due to the
action OF the rain upon the foundation
walls. which were not thoroughly dry.
THE Michigan Salt Company reduced
the price OF salt ten cents barrel at
all Western agencies, including Chica-
go, Milwaukee, and st. Louis. This
cut Is to meet New York and Ohio COM
petition. The cut brings the price at
Chicago to seventy cents; which, with a
twenty-cent freight rate from Saginaw
Valley, will make the product not less
than fifty cents barrel to manufacture
ers, although on salt sold in the valley
there is no reduction, fine salt being
quoted at fifty-five cents barrel.
The weekly crop report, cooperating
with the United States Weather Bureau,
shows a daily mean temperature
throughout the State of 3.5 degrees
above the normal The rainfall is also
reported above the normal, being es-
pecially heavy in the southern and CEN
trail tier of counties. While heavy rains
have fallen generally in all sections Of
the State. the effect has been to improve
the condition of grasses, wheat, and
oats on sandy soil. Flowing for corn
and other small grains had to be sus-
pended, and all outdoor teamwork re-
mains at standstill, except in one
county. In some localities, in the CEN
trail and southern counties, the low
lands are entirely under water, and
warm sunshine is needed to dry out the
ground. Fruit prospects are reported
excellent.
Two MILLION whiteflsh were planted
at Alpena last week.
The wool market has opened In q
number Of Michigan villages and cities.
WILD CATS are thick north OF st.
Charles, two being killed with clubs last
week after desperate tussle.
A FAMILY named Haak. consisting of
a father and sons, hold all the township
offices Of Glencoe Township, Lake
County.
FIRE destroyed the residence OF Rob-
ert Osler, at Oscoda, and his two little
children were saved with difficulty, each
sustaining severe burns.
AS FRANK PERRY, of Tyron. was
alighting from a wagon the horses
started and he fell upon his head. He
has since become violently insane.
THE body of man named Perry, who
was drowned from the schooner Vulture
last fall, has just been found half buried
in the sand at Chequamegon Point.
MADAME MARANTETTE's manager, d.
H. Harris, is preparing race course on
their farm to speed their horses. The
madame is preparing for a vigorous
campaign.
GEORGE GREEN, the Oakland County
farmer who first betrayed and then mar
ried his step-daughter, was sentenced at
Pontiac to the State Prison at Jackson
for ten years. The girl was under the
age of consent.
QUITE a number of Port Huron citi-
zens are on the qui vive just now, owing
to the presence in the city of two Gov
eminent detectives who have been look
ing up the method OF smuggling clothes
over from Sarnia. 1t is a well-known
fact that a great many OF our citizens
have their clothes made to order In Sar-
MIA and then smuggle them over. Sew
eral weeks ago couple of detectives
were sent to look after the matter, and
succeeded in getting string of evidence
against certain people. A detective has
also been working in several tailor
shops in Sarnia, and there secured the
names of the Port Huron customers,
with samples Of the goods OF which they
had clothes made, which now make their
appearance to the great discontinue of
the wearers OF the same.
MRS. JAMES MAYHER went to Jack
con from vermontville six months ago
with two children and has supported
them by wearisome toll She says her
husband drove her away by abuse.
Mayher came and by trick separated
the mother and children and sneaked
the latter to the depot. She learned Of
ha nh In 40 ha