Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

I'M, I6ll lrOm the uhylOIt upon buOfJ
pitchfork, and one Of its tines passed
directly through her heart. Another
penetrated the breast and q third passed
through her neck. She was killed In
stantly. -,,-. .ts 800
MAYOR LINTON, OF Saginaw. wired
Mayor Jackson, Of Bay City, extending
the stricken people OF the burned dis
trict the sympathy OF Saginaw and Offer
ing help. Mayor jackson replied that
when outside assistance was needed the
kind offer would be accepted.
AT Lansing, fire broke out in G. L.
Wright's drug store, from supposed
spontaneous combustion. utterly de-
stroying a stock OF drugs valued at
So, 900, upon which there is an insurance
of $1,000. The building was damaged
to the extent Of about $1,000. II was
the most destructive fire which has &C.
CURED In Lansing for several years.
The case Of John A. Brooks vs.. The
Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railway
Company, which was recently instituted
In the Supreme Court TO compel the
company TO sell 1,00O-mile tickets good
for any member OF the purchasers
family, as required by the statute of
1887, was discontinued by stipulation.
Michigan roads will hereafter sell such
tickets to oil who apply for them.
AT Jackson, four tough Parma burg
lars and George Bench, a highway
robber who was brought back from
Pennsylvania. made their escape from
the county jail. They digged through a
wall In the upper tier into a ventilator
stack at the rear, dropped down, and
ora tula d at a
bottom. They were discovered by
domestic and an alarm given, and, after
a chase of a mile, two were captured.
Bench was overhauled half mile fur
Their on, but the other two, Sullivan and
Smith, arc still at large.
THERE'S one OF the old Roman, or
Connecticut, mothers still living In the
vicinity OF Lambertsville. Her small
boy came In from the field and told his
mother that the hired man, who had run
afoul of yellow jackets nest while
moving. had "swored a great big naughty
swear word. The matron took down
the carriage whip, went out among the
clover blossoms and told the malefactor
to get down on his knees and ask Gods
pardon or stand up and,take a whipping.
He chose the whipping and she striped
him like a zebra.
DISTRICT and independent fairs for
Michigan, with secretaries' names, dates
and average attendance are announced
as follows: Brighton Market, b. T. o.
Clark, Brighton, Oct. Al, 5000; Cedar
Springs, j. b. Callahan, Cedar SPRINGS,
Sept. 1915, 1000; Dowagiac Union, W.
II. Palmer, Dowagiac, Oct. Al; Hills
dale, j. F. Fitzsimmons, Hillsdale, Oct.
81; Morencl, Jas. H. Turner, Morenci,
Sept. 14-16, 1000; Plymouth, J.. NJ. Col
lier, Plymouth, Sept. 1880; Romeo, II.
s. Evans, Romeo, Oct. At, 5000; Stock
bridge Union, w. G. Nichols. Stock
bridge, Oct. as, 5000; Sturgis, F. w.
Wait, Sturg.s, Sept. 1924, 1000; Union
Agricultural Society, l.. B. Agard.
Litchfield, Oct. lila, 1900; West
gon), Grand Rapids. Sept. 1928, $4,000.
dates: Allegan, G. H. Adams, Allegan,
Sept. 27-Oct. /, 10000; Branch, z. A.
Greenamayer, Coldwater, Sept. 1880,
5000; Glare, A. R. Garfield, Harrison.
Oct. Az, loo, Eaton, Geo. A. Perry,
Charlotte, Oct. Al, 10000; Genesee,
F. H. Rankin, Jr., Flint, Sept. 20-23,
5000; Hillsdsle, J. F. Fitzsimmons,
Hillsdale, Oct. 81, $4,000; Ingham, Col
l. H. Ives, Mason, no fair; kalamazoo,
j. n. Stearns, Kalamazoo, Sept. 1880.
10000; Kent, Jas. Cox, no fair; Lenawee,
E. L. Mills, Adrian, Sept. $3.50, 50, 900;
Mason, j. Edwin Smith, Ludlngton,
Sept. 1915; Midland, Byron Burch,
Midland, Sept. 14-16, $1,000; Oakland,
H.. "A. Wyckoff, Pontiac, Sept. 27-30,
l2,0cO; Otsego, Henry Whiteley, Gay
lord, Sept. 21-23, $50; Washtenaw, F. E.
Mills, Ann Arbor, Sept. 28- Oct. 1, Al, GOO;
Central, Of Hubbardston (Dist.), W. H.
Gill, Hubbardston. Oct. 20. 5000.
SANILAC COUNTY farmers are in the
midst of harvest, and the yield is far
above the average.
A PROPOSITION will probably be SUBJ
mitted to jackson people this fall to
build "a new court house.
A MONSTER bear chased an Elmer
City, Sanilac County, resident out Of
the woods the other day.
MILFORD is to have the new eleva tor
so long wished for. 1t will be locat ted
in South Milford, opposite the depot.
Work has been begun ard it will he
pushed rapidly to completion.
MARLETTE wants and will furnish a
good business for brickyard and a
stave-mill, Good clay for the former
and large quantities OF the timber for
the latter is 10 be had near at hand.
JOHN ABERN. of Port Crescent, was
drowned at the docks OF that village. 1t
is supposed he went alone to take a
bath and was taken with cramps. He
was the son of Daniel Abern, prosper
Gus farmer of Hume, was about 20 years
of age and unmarried.
THE Michigan Weather Service re-
ports that the weather the last week
has been favorable to growing crops in
the northern and southern counties,
while in the central portion of the State
the drought was beginning TO have a
damaging effect on potatoes and corn.
The dry spell. however, was broken te-
fore much damage was done, and the
last few days potatoes and corn are
looking better. Wheat harvesting Ia
progressing in the central counties and
is mostly at an end In the southern tier.
Oats are looking fine and will be about
r 'ady toiharvest the coming week. In
so localities more rain is needed "a
insure agooi corn and potato crop.
,xgHxsCentrhl Michigan Normal scboo,
AMI business Institute being now a GER
tainty at Mt. Pleasant, the demand for
houses has increased till there is not n
vacant one to be had for love or money
In the city. Several men are talking az
building tenement houses to supply The
MRS. JOHN f. HUMPHREY, who re-
sides near Bridgeport, was thrown ont
OF her buggy while driving down Gem
esee aven ne, at Saginaw, through her
horse running away. She struck the
70 violently that for ao,,,S