Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
From Far and Near.

from rapid, unhealthful growth.
OLIVER BRAY, aged so, Shelby
pioneer and bachelor, was found dead.
sitting on a log which he had cut.
"CABBAGErowN," a suburb Of North
Vile, Is to be rechristened. A popular
vote will determine the new name.
1T Is reported that the cut OF lumber
at Cheboygan this year will be 20 per
cent. greater than that OF last year.
NEAR Alger, Nicholas Causley, Of
brakeman, fell from a car OF logs, strik-
ing on his head and sustaining serious
injuries.
after whom the newly organized town
ship In Pressure Isle County was named.
will donate $1,000 for a town hall In the
township.
GEORGE DAVIS, OF Lansing, has re-
Fellows Mutual Benefit Association.
He will be succeeded by s. Andrews, OF
Williamson.
ABRAHAM SMITH & Son, shipbuilders.
OF Algonac, are building a large tow
barge for Comstock Bros, of Alpena.
She will be ready to launch in two or
three weeks.
John MIcHIGoT," a De Loughary
Indian, will be sent to the insane
asylum. He threatened to kill his
grandmother, and is supposed to have
burned several houses.
AT Lansing. Christian FROST was con-
victed Of having his saloon open on
Sunday, although he was out OF the city
at the time. Some unauthorized person
had'entered the place with duplicate
key.
A BIRMINGHAM man went out coon
hunting. He didn't get his game, but
was knocked senseless by the limb OF q
/ tree. The first words after he regained
consciousness were: Where is that
coon?"
The Holly man who took his family
out of town and compelled the members
OF 1t to live In dry goods box. has
taken heed Of the threats made against
him and has brought the family back to
town.
AT Waverly, Harley Hungerford, a
6-year-old boy, fell into a deep well
through a hole which had been cut In
the ice in the we'll. The boy managed
to hold on 10 the remaining Ice and was
rescued.
AT Claybanks mad horse attacked
James Scoby. The latter had neck
| yoke in his hand, and when the horse
came to him, he tapped 1t on the head.
| The equine 10 now In the realms where
neckyokes are not known.
The receiver Of r. G. Peters per-
| sonal estate has filed his second annual
| statement In the United States Court
at Grand Rapids. The receipts during
the past year amounted to almost $780,
600, and balance Of ST, 1888 is left.
JUSTICE near Morton will. be called
upon to decide whether a father has a
| right to punish 16-year-old daughter.
Lilly r. Welnette had Ter father ar
rested ON charge OF assault and bat
terry. The latter claims she told him a
lie and that he then slapped her.
GEO. LABIDEE and Isaac Duby, Of
| Monroe, have tken from the lake a
| large iron kettle. supposed to belong to
the ship Favorite. that was lost off there
some time ago. The kettle weighs
| 1000 pounds and is four feet in diame-
ter, with capacity Of four barrels.
JAY NJ. CIRCUIT, the widely known
| Michigan Bohemian oats schemer, is
dead. Orcutt operated in the country
from 1888 to 1885. The scheme was to
| sell fifty bushels OF seed. oats to fifteen
| farmers in each township at $40 a
bushel, taking one-year Z FER cent.
notes In payment, the sellers bonding
| them selves tosell double the quantity
| OF crops at the same figures, keeping
| % per cent. 1t Is estimated that the
Bohemian oat scheme netted 100000
profit, CIRCUITS share being about $685.
900. He was extravagant and spent his
money as fas. as received. 10
LOUIS ScHILLING, one Of the best
known business men in Kalamazoo,
was found In his meat market with his
throat cut. 1t was evidently murder.
but the criminal escaped. Mr.. Schilling
had for nearly thirty years kept a meat
market on Portage street and had a lu-
crative trade. At noon Walter Schil-
ling, his son, wentt to dinner. leaving
his father alone in the,market About l
o'clock VIM. Servass, employed next
door, went into the market and, finding
no one. went into the office at the rear,
Here he found the body of Mr.. Schil-i
ling lying on the floor. The body and
floor were covered with the blood, yet
warm, flowing from the wounds. The,
body was lying in a cramped position,
as IL having fallen from the high STOOL
at the office desk, two feet from the
stove, and the theory is that Mr.. Schil-l
ling entered the Office room to get
warm, and was sitting on the stool
facing the front of the market. the
window opening into the market being
the only one In the office. He had
evidently just lighted his pipe when
the assassin entered from behind, deal
ing him how on the top OF his head.
crushing his skull and rendering him
unconscious. The fiend then finished
his work by cutting the old mans
throat, making the Job doubly sure by
cutting twice across the throat, making
a ragged wound. The dead mans
pocketbook, in which he commonly car
ried considerable sum of money, was
gone, but the money in the till was un-
touched. No knife or other weapon
was found In the back room. No clew
to the murderer was fonud. Mr.. Schil-
ling was highly respected. He was go
years of age and leaves a large family.
A reward Of $500 has been offered for
the arrest and conviction of the MUIR
derer.
PETER PAGAN, the only heir OF the
Holly misers, is dead, aged "a.
IT Is reported that Cleveland ore
firm ranking among the heaviest lake
shippers will this season get all its ore
shipped via the T., A. q N. M. to To-
ledo, IL being transferred to Frankfort
on the new ferries.
IRON MOUNTAIN capitalists have
caused the Introduction OF a bill in the
Wisconsin Legislature for damming
Pine River at its mouth, 1t being the
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