Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17

BAY CITY has decided tohbuy Q
S25,OUc fire tug. ~
HALF OF Escanaba's ninety-five az
looms have gone out OF business.
THE new directory Of Grand Rapids
says the town has 100000 inhabitants
THERE are over forty bicycles in La
peer and the craze Is only half grown.
MAYOR FISHER, OF Grand Rapids,
has urged the reduction OF all city sal
aries.
JOHN GLEASON walked out OF Onto
nagon jail. Turnkey left the door I'M
locked.
THE farm house of Charles Will
Jams, near Flint, was de troyed by the
high wind.
ISAAC NOBLE, deaf Indian, was
killed by an excursion train, near
Charlevoix.
w. w. KINCH's residence at Alma
was entered by burglars and $50 worth
OF jewelry stolen.
CONsTANTINE's high school has
been placed on the list of schools ap-
proved by the university.
THE Wierengo Hotel at Muskegon
was flooded by the high water, the
whole basement being filled.
The postotfice safe was blown open
at Onondaga and q number OF stamps
and some money were taken.
HARRINGTON Is dreaming dreams OF
connection with Detroit by an electric
road. The distance is only eighteen
miles.
A QUARTER OF million logs belong
ing to Filler e. Sons at the head Of Man
istee Lake were destroyed by fire.. The
loss will be heavy.
MILFORD'S council has been told by
Prosecuting Attorney Smith that they
must accept responsible saloon binds
men, Notwithstanding their previous
refusal.
AT Holland, 5-year old daughter OF
George Nash fell from chair, strik-
ing her neck on the edge OF q tub.
When found she was dead, her neck
having been broken.
DIR. AND MRS. WIN. HUNTINGTON, of
Howell, celebrate their tiftleth we'd
ding anniversary the other day. The
happy old couple have spent the entire
fifty years in the village whore they
now live.
JAMES LAPREE, Moorland farmer,
stable. The poor man was subject to
| fits. and recently said that before he
would have another he would kill him
self. He cannot live.
GRAND MASTER PHILLIPS, of the
Michigan T. and A. M, has accepted
an invitation Of Bay City to convene
the Grand Lodge at that place May. 30
and conduct the ceremony OF laying
ths. Cifu HILL onrpor-afnna
MATTHEW HARRIS, of the Pewabic
mine, lost both hands by the explosion
| OF giant powder. his skull was shat
| tered, his jaw broken and he was other
| wise injured, but he has survived 1t all
and is now on the streets as usual.
AT Durand an unknown man was
killed while attempting to board fast
train. Both legs were cut of. In the
mans pocket was found diary con-
tanning the address Of A. o. Harrison,
1874 Harrison street west, Chicago.
THERE Is still in the hands OF the re-
| lief committee of Ypsilanti about $b7
that was collected for the suffering
poor in the Upper Peninsula. 1t win
be forwarded to Iron Mountain ii the
reports from that place continue to be
bad.
EARL HART, son OF l.. G. Hart, of
Benzonia, died very suddenly. The
deceased was a young man, not quite q,
and had worked all day in his usual
health. He hadn't an enemy In the
whole world, and was esteemed by all
who knew him.
| INFORMATION from the dissecting-
room OF Michigan University Is to the
effect that the body OF Sophia Keller.
Bay County. who died at the insane
! asylum at Kalamazoo. was not claimed
by relatives and that the body was
used for dissecting purposes.
FIRE broke out in the Cadillac
Handle Company building and in less
than an hour reduced 1t to ashes. The
| fact nv building was entirely de-
stroyed, and large amount of manu-
featured stock in the dry kilns W az
also burned. The loss will amount to
| $4,000. There was $4,000 insurance on
the factory, but none on the stock.
The cause OF the fire Is not known.
This factory has been of thu best in
dustries in the city, and will undoubt-
edly be rebuilt.
| A BANCROFT man who has "got re-
| ligion' makes the following confession
to a local paper: Il humbly confess
before the public that was the means
| of leaving anonymous notes around the
prem SO, OF +. A. Wilcox and also left
one in his house last winter and raped
| at his door and run and rang the bell
| in the night. triel hard to blame it
| to his nearest neighbors, but failed. II
was on account of an old grudge. con-
| fess before God and man, and l have
confessed privately, but that will not
| undo the wrong l have done him. l
have had no peace since have been
converted till now. l.. A. M, one of
your subscribers. p. ST. also confess
writing an anonymou, letter to Mrs.
| A. b. Stone.
| TwENTY-EIGHT years ago the little
| daughter OF Mrs. Martha Barnes, OF
Saranac, was spirited away by her
father, and disappeared as IL. from the
face of the earth. The woman, whose
| former name was Martha Train, after
wards married Mr.. Pimperton. A
short time ago Ida Williams wrote
from British Columbia inquiring about
Martha Train. 1t was proved hey ond
question that Mrs. Pimperton was her
mother, and the long lost daughter
started for Michigan. She got here
| in time to stten Ia funeral, for the ex-
element and JOY over her. daughters
| restoration was too much for Mrs.
| Pimpertori., She died suddenly. and
| thus the romance that was to end in
| Joy and happiness ended in gloom and
| death. 9h"iH 'f
JAMES BUTTE, treasurer OF the Lit