Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-13

From Far and Near.
LEO GRANDY, a 5-year-old tot living
at Saginaw, drank kerosene and died.
WHILE driving a we'll at Linwood q
vein Of soft coal two feet thick and one
OF hard coal six and one-half feet thick
were encountered.
REV. u. HUNTER, for many years I'm
charge OF the Saginaw City Mission
has accepted cell from the plymouth
Presbyterian Church.
OTTO SAsTREw, aged IL years. was
struck by lightning on the premises OF
Karl Schmidt, ct Hemlock, Saginaw
County, and instantly killed.
A BARN on the farm of William Coyle.
near Hemlock, Saginaw County, was
totally destroyed by fire, involving
loss Of several hundred dollars.
AGENTS for the fruit driers, who have
been making contracts throughout the
State, report that while the apple crop
OF Michigan Is far below the average, 1t
is much larger than they anticipated.
SAMUEL HENRY, a wealthy farmer.
and his wife were thrown from buggy
at Bay City, while returning from the
county fair, a dray running into their
vehicle. Mrs. Henry was badly hurt.
1 FIRE at Beech destroyed the house OF
George A. Creaser. the Detroit, Lansing
4 Northern depot and freight building,
Towers milk depot and ice-house, and
number OF neighboring dwellings,
| The total loss Is $4,000; insurance,
$1,000. 4
MISS FLORENCE STEWART was brought +
to her home In Saginaw from Chicago
| quite severely injured through being
| struck by a stone thrown through one or
the windows of the train in which she
was travelling and which struck her
| upon the forehead. ,s>'1'--
THREE of Oxford's youths OF tender
age arrived in Pontiac and applied to
Sheriff Bloomberg Tor position on the
detective force. The youths had been
reading up in nickel library literature
and were locked up by the Sheriff and
their parents notified.
AT Monroe Judge Kinney sentenced
George Weldon to two years in State
prison at jackson, for larceny from
dwelling in the day time, and Emil
Karut to five years at the State House
OF Correction at Ionia, for breaking and
entering a dwelling in the day time.
The men are both tramps.
THE conductor on the Cincinnati,
Jackson, and Mackinaw Railway put
Alexander Zagelmeyer off the train be-
| tween DaRlndW anu Ddy OAby OCCduoo
he had neglected to buy ticket and re-
fused to pay 10 cents in addition to the
regular rate. Zagelmeyer brought suit
and circuit court Jury awarded him
$500 damages. 1t is the first case OF the
kind ever tried in Michigan.
BURT WEBB, the young man who was
recently arrested near Mason for whole
sale thieving, pleaded guilty in the, Cir
cult Court and was sentenced by Judge
| Person to three years imprisonment in
the State prison at Jackson. Webb's
peculations have been the cause OF con-
siderable newspaper comment, and IL Is
thought that his conviction will break
up the gang of thieves which have for
years been operating in the vicinity OF
/ Mason.
JUDGE PERSON, OF the Ingham Cir
2 cult, read lecture to the law breaking
saloon keepers of Lansing which they
! will not soon forget. b. Nj. Osgood.
! Mcn pFaAEGtge gard, Fiaele .Kjpzle had
1 LIQUOR laws by disposing of beverages
[ on Sundays and legal holidays. The
!. Judge fined the first two Offenders SlSU
each, and the latter 500. On imposing
: these heavy fines Judge Person took
occasion to say that the liquor laws
were made to be enforced, and that ne
is on the bench to enforce them.
OvIp's new depot is nearing comple-
! tion and everyone is smiling.
OVID now has large Youmans Club
and they are getting ready to hustle the
h other people.
Il IT is believed the steamer Nashua,
q with fourteen men, foundered off X ettle
n Point, Lake Huron.
IS A BIG crew of men were put TO work
Glol~ W
1t will be in operation by the time snow
flies.
q GRAND preparations have been made
by the Turner's Society, OF Saginaw,
g for the fest in that city, Oct. IL. Socie-
lie ties attend from Grand Rapids, Muske-
II gon. Manistee and other cities.
lie ,syEAK thieves entered the house Of O
Leonard citizen the other night anC
10 carried away 100 cans OF fruit, which
- the housewife had worked hard Il
put up.
- AT Trenton lightning struck the GA
{. r. hall, going completely through it ant
es instantly killing Charles Neff, who wa
s. sittinr on the porch in front of thu
building. The side of the building wa
is considerably damaged.
a. MRS. ELIzABETH ARMSTRONG died a
r. Springfield on Saturday OF dropsy, ageo
- SO years. She weighed 400 pounds, AM
W measured 6 feet A inches around tn
e1 waist. Her arm measured 2S inche
lg around, and her height was feet.
III A CALL has been issued for Stat
Convention of Liquor Dealers to b
he held in Saginaw, Oct. IL, 49, The In
n tention is to take part in the campaign
NO sink party lines, and vote solidly 10
,s representatives to the Legislature tina
- will favor the dealers most in the matte
e+ of legislation.
of AT Howell fire swept one whole bloc
with the exception OF one building
Several were injured by the fallin
ne building. William Isaacs was struck
lift pole and died. A. l.. Cook and job
he Culver are seriously hurt. Two bodie
his were found One was identified. as
I'D q. Hickey, the other as L. ID. Wines
mt 1t Is believed that other bodies are
20 the ruins. g.
,ss WORK on the Federal building
- Lansing has been abandoned by Coz
IcI tractor Bassett until next spring. s
much delay has resulted from chang
of in the plans that ii was thought uselei
ed to attempt to finish the structure tn
yea winter.
ho THE barns Of George c. Fraser, net
ny Port Sanilac, we're struck by Lightning
We burning them to the ground, togeth'
sn with 1000 bushels OF grain, fifty tons