Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-03
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BERT AKIN, a 13-year-old jackson
boy, goes to the reform school for three
years for larceny.
THE space reserved for Michigan's
mineral display at the Worlds Fair 10
$4,000 square feet.
JAcKsoS's city council has appropri-
ated $40 to kill the English sparrows In
that city by means OF poison.
1T is rumored at Saginaw that the
bonds Of several city officials are miss
ing from the city clerks Office.
The Government fishery has at Al
pena 80 100000 eggs, which will be
Matched by the middle OF April.
A7-YEAR-oLD boy by the name of
Phillips, from Cairo, ILL.,, has just ar
rived at Saginaw, having made the whole
trip by himself.
JAcKsoN's Chief of Police is at pres
ent devising some scheme to run ex-
convicts out Of town as soon as they are
released from the penitentiary. The
claim Is set forth that. they usually get
into some trouble again before they
leave the city.
GEORGE M. WILSON, the horse-thief.
was promptly convicted by an Alpena
jury. John Carr, who shot his uncle at
Alpena and put out one of his eyes, was
convicted of simple ass ault, the jury
believing that he was more sinned
against than SHINING.
AT Port Huron, George Gougeon was
released after paying a fine, having
been convicted Of burglary. He had
ten cents left, which he invested In
cigarettes, and then went to the poor
master, smoking, asking for aid. Supt.
Roberts took him by the coat collar and
fired him bodily.
For several years Lewis Potts, Port
Huron capitalist, has refused to pay his
taxes, compelling the officials to seize
some OF his property. This year his taxes
amounted to $40, but he again refused
to pay. The collector came around and
carted off a safe containing all of Potts
papers, accounts, etc. 1t is thought
that the taxes will now be forthcoming.
GUY CoTTINGToN, 16-year-old Lam.
sing schoolboy, drew a revolver and
threatened to shoot Miss McHenry, his
teacher, while she was furnishing him.
Miss McHenry captured the gun and
gave the young rufflan a hiding that he
will remember as long as he lives. In
vestigation showed that thirteen Of
young Cottington' s associates owned re-
volvers, and several Of them habitually
carried them.
JACKSON lays claim to having the
meanest man in the State. He uses the
electric street railway every day, and
buys his tickets at the rate of twenty
five for dollar. When he gets on
car he will always go on the platform,
which Is crowded. OF course, the con-
-
SO this particular man will be very ac-
commodating in handing the fares of,
the passengers to the conductor, but IL
any one hands him nickel he will de-
posit it in his pocket and hand the con-
ductor one of his ticket.
DEPUTY SHERIFF PECK, of Rives, met
with a peculiar coincidence the other
day. Ed Sutton, an ex-convict, was
wanted for larceny, but couldn't be
found. Finally he heard of an Ed SUIT
ton living in Eaton, who correspondent to
the description of his man In every re-
spect, this Sutton having also been a
convict, but now a prominent farmer.
He proved to the satisfaction of Peck
that he was all right, but upon inquiry
1t was found that the Marshall officials
would like to see this particular Sutton
about forgery charge.
SAGINAW will build a new high school
at cost Of $4,000.
A soCIEY in behalf of homeless girls
in Wexford uounty has been organized
at Cadillac.
In the camps along the Ocqueoc Riv-
er, in Pressure Isle County, there are
over 200 men at present.
MARTIN NADEAU moved from West
Bay City to Coffeyville, Kas., fifteen
years ago. Recently he returned, in
tending to surprise his parents, but found
that his father had been buried two days
before.
The trouble at Saginaw relative to
mail delivery on the West Side Is not
over yet. A drop-letter mailed on Feb.
arrived at its destination Feb. Is, and
had to travel a distance of exactly six
squares.
CHARCOAL burners at Emerson thrust
a dissolute woman into a charcoal kiln,
and left her there five hours. Though
the fire was not hot enough to burn her,
the woman was overcome by smoke and
never regained consciousness after be-
ing taken out.
HARRY ALLEN, of Jackson, aged 65, is
just recovering from severe sickness.
His friend, John Herschens, called on
him, and a dispute arose, during the
course of which Herschens hit Allen a
terrible blow over the head with kettle.
Aliens skull was not crushed and he
may recover. Herschens was arrested.
THE joker with the money manufacture
Ing machine didn't get off so easily at
the Sault. He put in the white paper,
pulled out the $40 note and tried to fool
some fellow by telling him that he could
get 1t changed anywhere. The fellow
took the bill, got it changed, and didn't
show up till the joker was out OF town,
minus the $40.
A MAN whose name Is said to be Baker
broke into Jesse Ingarmells store at
Tawas City. By way of celebrating his
luck in securing about $50, he got dead
drunk, and then took walk down the
railroad track. The engineer stopped
the train just in time to pick up the
sleeping burglar. He had good-sized
bag in which there were twenty three
boxes OF cigars.
DUFF GRIsE was accidentally shot in
the lower jaw by his brother Edward at
Tawas City while they were practieing
with a rifle.
PROBABLY the only case on record
where a game warden ever died through
performing his duty happened at White
Lake. His name was Charles Peterson.
Having suspicion that some one was
spearing fish from a shanty, he went
to investigate, and while on the ice
he got his feet wet, which eventually
caused his death. He was member OF
the Order of Maccabees, and his family
will receive a $4,000 benefit from that