Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

JUDGE or PROBATE GLEAsER, of Es-
canada, has been officially asked to re-
turn 5000 salary overdrawn during 1884
1890.
MISS EVA CUsIcK, who is holding a
revival meeting In Chippewa County, Is
meeting with great success. She has
started a campaign on the Sault.
SALLIE DoNKLIN, Of st. Ignace, was
found dead In the howell In which she
had lived for about year. Nothing was
found In the house except a half-eaten
turnip.
@. & w. M. GROSS earnings during
1881 were $l,75O,924, an increase Of
Sl44, 800 over the previous year. The
ID. l.. a n. earnings were ST ,252, $50, an
increase of ,416.
ALPENA has a furniture and under
taking establishment run on the INSTALL
ment plan. In undertaker's goods one
ought to pay 81 at death, and the ball
ance on resurrection Monday.
AT Gladwin, two blocks of stores
burned. Total loss, $1,000. The origin
of the fire is unknown. The local fire
department saved sufficient property
to pay the entire cost OF the water
works.
THE projected railroad which Is to run
southeast from Negaunee, striking Lake
Michigan at Manistique, is said to have
a right smart chance of being built and
to have already started the work of
securing right of way.
JAMES E. BURGER, of Sebewaing, a
12-year-old-b boy, has been consigned to
the Reform School at Lansing. Though
so young he Is a thief, we'll known In
the whole country, and his parents were
utterly unable to do anything with him.
THE Michigan Wheel Company, at
Lansing, elected the following officers:
President, w. X. Prudden; Vice Presi-
dent, ]. w. Edmunds; Secretary and
Treasurer, w. E. Clark. The capital OF
500, 900 has all been subscribed In full.
NELSON EVERETT and Dexter Briggs,
two of the Oldest inhabitants of North
vile, died a few days ago. Now two
more old pioneers have passed away;
Mrs. Almina Dobbins, at the age of ~;
and Mrs. Lucinora Smith, at the age OF
81 years.
THE Otsego, Crawford & Roscommon
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, has
gone the way of all flesh. 1t has exist
ed one year and a half, and In that time
there have been more fires in that vicin-
ity than in the ten preceding years. A
receiver has been appointed.
The barn of F. A. Beach, a wealthy
farmer living ten miles west of Port
Huron, was burned by the explosion of
a lantern, together with thirty head of
cattle, eighteen horses, 1000 bushels OF
oats, sixty tons OF hay and 1000 bushels
of wheat. Loss about $4,000.
THE season for fish and snake stories
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man call this, from the Cheboygan News:
A Pullman car was pulled from Macki-
nav City. to Cheboygan off the. tracks
the entire distance, and the conductor
never discovered the truth until the end
of the trip"
THE Southern Michigan shorthorn
breeders met at Jackson and changed
the name of their society. Unfortun-
ately the name isn't any shorter than
the old and is, Improved Live Stock As
ISOLATION of Southern Michigan" w.
II. Kennedy, of Liberty, was elected
President.
AN 11-year-old boy at Saginaw, who
so far has been a charge on his rela-
tives, has received a snug little fortune
from Uncle Sam. His father, John
Phelps, had been a soldier during the
war, and died when his son was very
young, his mother having died before
the father. The little boy has just re-
ceived a pension of $14 a month and
200 back pension.
THE Michigan Salt Company, held its
first annual meeting at Saginaw. Dur
the year 3,000,0 900 barrels of salt were
handled. A resolution was adopted
against putting salt on the free list.
T. L. Cranage, Bay City, was elected
President; f. G. Stone, Saginaw, Vice
President; ID. G.. Holland, Secretary,
and G. A. Rust, Treasurer.
LANSING horsemen are raising $685.
600 for a kite-shaped track.
CHARLES JORDAN threatens to sue
the State for the illegal retention OF his
new-found wife at the Industrial home
for period of four years.
FRANK ADAMS, OF Kalamazoo, charges
Officer Theo. Merrill with illegally COM
polling him to have his picture taken for
the rogues' gallery, with taking letters
from him, and with conspiring to send
him to Jackson without due cause.
AT Kalamazoo, Marshal Cobb raided
room where ten young men were
quietly manipulating chips for dimes
and dollars on So limit basis. The
block has borne good reputation and
so have the men. The place is broken
up, and those in it were given their lib
erty under promise that they would do
30 no more.
AS JOSEPH WORTH and young man
named Allen, of North Lansing, were
out hunting, Worth got between Aliens
shotgun and a rabbit just as Allen made
up his mind to bag the game. After DR..
Mum had extracted about sixty shots
from the rear portion of Worth's anato-
my the latter felt some better, but still
resolutely refuses to sit down to his
meals.
The famous Gregory Golfer libel suit
at Menominee ended in a victory for
Gregory. 1t will be remembered that
Golfer accused Gregory of outraging a
14-year-cld girl; Gregory In return
horse-whipped Golfer on the street and
in return for that was shot by Golfer.
Gregory began a libel suit after his re-
covery.
A FARMER got stuck on the railroad
track while crossing near Boyne Falls.
Seeing that he could not go on, and not
being able to get help anywhere, he un-
hitched his horse and tried to flag the
train, but too late. The engine moved
on without pilot, while his load of logs
few in different directions.
LAST May Patrick Hamon began
working for Gebhart a Esterbrook, OF
Saginaw. AS was their custom, they re-
tanned Is cents of his wages every day,
to be paid at the close of the season
When his father died he left them, con-
trary TO their desire, and he sued for
back wages. Jury disagreed.
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