Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-28

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A HIVE of the L. o. T. M. was or
ganized at Pinnebog, Huron County, by
Miss Bina M. West, State organizer.
JOHN NJ. MINER, an old and very we'll
known pioneer OF Pittsford, died or a
complication OF diseases, aged 70 years
A BURGLAR entered the residence OF
George l.. Watrous, at Saginaw, and, 1t
Is supposed, chloroformed him, after
which he escaped with $50 In cash and a
gold watch.
IRON MOUNTAIN merchants are dis
couraged over the outlook. The Chaplin
Mine has laid off 500 men, the -Hamil-
ton Is idle, and the Ludington prac-
tically closed.
TRAMPs have been sleeping In the
vacant capsule factory at Kalamazoo,
and they set it afire. 1t was destroyed,
together with b. X. Dewey's residence
adjoining. Loss, $4,000.
THE National Conference of State
Boards of Health will meet in Lansing
June and z, and the Michigan Board
of Health will hold special meeting
for the study of the various methods OF
work introduced at that time.
BRANDY SUMMERS, of Mt. Clemmens,
was great admirer OF bulldogs, but he
isn't any more. A couple Of them got
into his barn and chewed up valuable
2-year-old trotting stallion. The horse
is so badly injured that he cannot re-
cover.
PROF. A. j. Cook, for the past fifteen
years professor of zoology ut the Agri-
cultural College, has resigned to accept
the chair OF zoology at Pomona College,
California. His resignation takes effect
In August. He takes high rank In his
profession.
MANLY SHERMAN, druggist and
grocer OF Okemos, Ingham County, was
bound over to the Circuit Court for
trial on charge of soliciting and taking
out an insurance policy on the life OF an
aged relative in company not author
lied to do business in the State, said
company being of the so-called grave
yard variety. The policy was taken out
about the 1st of Septe mber, and the in
sured died within the month.
In the various insane asylums in the
State 1902 inmates are reported, with
an average of 1896. OF this number
1872 are confined in institutions main
TUNED by the State, 1872 in the county
or town institutions, and 1862 in private
asylums. The estimated cost of main
tanning those confined in State institu-
tions, excluding construction, is $685.
101.17. No insane persons are
boarded out at public expense, and the
insane who are in the care of the coun-
ties or towns are maintained in poor
houses, except in Wayne County, where
there Is good asylum building with 1o7
inmates. The Michigan asylums for
the insane are more than full. The
whole number of poor persons aided by
Ind fnf
year is reported as As, 1874, and the cost
of the maintenance $50, 722.63. The
number aided by indoor relief in poor
houses, almshouses, hospitals, etc, is
5,265, with an average of 2,087, and
at an annual expense of 1855, 400. 20.
This includes 1876 insane persons, and
1896 under 16 years of age. The whole
number receiving outdoor relief is
1859 and the cost of the same is
$410, 321.57 The total number of de-
pendent children in institutions or
boarded out for the year is reported as
l,244, with an average Of SIP, and tho
cost OF maintenance, $63,OO0. The
average number In State institutions is
1874. There were also 3l8 children sup
ported by private charity during the
year in homes for the friendless and
orphan asylums, and the report adds
ported by churches or Endorsed by them,
so far as the secretary's knowledge
goes. In the various prisons, reforma-
tories, warehouses and jails there
were confined during the year Is, 500
persons. The average was 1907. The
cost of maintaining the same is es-
timated at $3.50, 10S.20. The average
number in State prisons Is /, 167, and
the cost, over and above their earnings,
to the State, is S14, 431.4 The aver
age number in reform schools Is sos
boys and 233 girls. These juvenile Of
tenders cost the State S66, 216.26 over
and above their earnings. The average
number of persons in jails. work
houses and county prisons Is 1904, sup
ported at cost of 1929. 460.50.
A COMPANY with $500, 900 capital is
being organized in Saginaw, which will
engage in the manufacture of beet
sugar.
AT Brighton Mrs. VIM. Davis took
razor and cut the arteries in her legs.
She nearly bled to death and the doc
tors think she will not survive.
JACOB STAUBER, a wealthy pioneer of
the Saginaw Valley, committed suicide
by shooting himself at Saginaw. He
was SO years old, and leaves a widow.
CHARDES BOULTER, supervisor OF
Hamilton Township. Clare County, dur
ing 1891, was arrested at the instance of
c. E. Wheeler, superintendent for the
Lansing Lumber Company, whose mills
are at Dodge, in that township, charged
with forgery to the amount OF $4,000.
The company use coupon books, which
they sell to their customers and which
are worth 81, s. and SO, and the cou-
pons are good for their face value for
merchandise. 1t Is alleged that Boul-
ter, through fictitious name, purchased
a large number of these books of the
publishing house, and by removing the
cover and placing upon the coupons q
cover from a genuine book which had
been properly countersigned by A.
Woodmancy, cashier for che company,
traded at their store TO the above
amount Boulter gave 81, 900 bonds TO
appear for examination May 16. He
claims to be entirely innocent Of the
charge.
The Kalamazoo jury impaneled to in
quire into the cause of Charles b. Jones'
death returned a verdict that he died
from the effects of morphine adminis-
tered by himself. George Hannol \,
clerk ut the City Hotel, and Dr. c. p.
Sayles are strongly censured by the jury
for neglecting Jones while sick.
THE fine residence of Jerome Butler
at Brown City was destroyed by fire.
The flames originated from n defectiva