Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-01
A'UnUfMEsLINE tlieyes are coming in

FRANK NOECKER, ex-rember OF the
State Legislature, died at his home
near Portland.
"A MILK war is on at Battle Creek,
nj d one dealer is selling twenty-eight
quarts for 81.
TIE Y. M. c. A. OF Grand Haven are
en1eavorlng to raise $1,000 to erect an
association hall.
BELDING citizens have organized a
hook and ladder company, and procured
full outfit OF ladders.
CHEBoYGAN has sold its $4,000 issue
OF school bonds at par, the bonds draw
ing per cent. interest.
DECATUR's cornet band Is springing
full-fedped minstrel show upon de-
fenseless neighboripg villages.
EVEN on Lake Superior the ice crop
this year will be poor ore unless II
sets In colder for the rest Of the winter.
DEToUR people are eating their ham
without eggs this year. The latter
cost 90 cents d zen up there at pres
ent.
FENvILLE citizens think their pres
ent village enhances are defective,
and will have brand-new set of local
laws.
GEORGE SCOTT was stabbed to death
in a drunken row at Ivan, and
Charles II. Ferguson was arrested for
The crime.
SIXTEEN Muskegon young ladies
gave Ir duction of the Midway Plais-
ance fer the benefit of the Y. M. G.. A.
Ct that city.
REAL-ESTATE is at discount in Es-
cacata 1T present. The other day a
hou and lot which cost 81 800 was
sold for $3.50.
The Muskegon cracser factory,
which was burned a few weeks ago,
has re :umed work, having been practi-
cally rebuilt.
THE site at Lapeer for the new home
for those of feeble mind has been
definitely decided on by the board at
Lansing, Mich.
THE report that Escanaba would not
be able to take care of her poor the
rest CT the winter is denied by the citi-
zens OF that town.
| ALLEGAN wants to be incorporated
a city. and special census will be
taken to try to find the necessary num-
Der of inhabitants.
The Heine Safety Boiler Company
OF st. Louis was sued for $40, eco by the
Kalamazoo Electric Company for dam
ages on defective boiler
LOCAL scientists at Allegan have
been figuring on the matter, and have
decided that their village is exactly
70S feet above the sea level.
HEREAFTER all male applicants for
relief at Iron Mountain will be obliged
to work stated time on the city roads
before a. sistance will be given.
The Board of Kent County Super
visors now offers reward of $500 for
the arrest of the murderer or murder
ers OF Mrs. Miles McKendrick.
THE new motors for the street rail
way at Owosso have been received,
and now the general impression is that
they are too heavy to run over the
bridges.
KALAMAZOO officers are nosing
around in the belief that there is a
big nest of counterfeiters there. w.
Fl. Culp, who was arrested, will divulge
! nothing.
RESIN MESsER, a Bloomingdale, Van
Buren, County, fruit grower, lost $50
choice peach trees by fcck of sheep
getting into his orchard and girdling
the trees.
THE rattle craze has struck Cros we'll,
and almost every man you meet has a
pocket full OF tickets he is trying to
dispose Of Everything is being offer
ed, frcm house AMI lot to doll.
1T i, probable that farmers mutual
fire insurance company for Huron
County will be organized. The project
is now being talked over and the pros
pectj fer its establishment are bright.
THERE does not appear to be a rush
of recruits to the new recruiting sta
tion at Marquette. lieut.. Arthur B..
Foster and his recruiting party for the
18th infantry have been there for sew
eral days without any offers. A detail
from the United States sappers and
miners might have better luck.
Two STATE land trespass agents are
at East Tawas looking over State lands
which have been homes teaded and
partly paid for. They claim that some
parties who have taken school lands in
section Ii have not complied with the
law and have unlawfully sold pine tim
Der off the same. Some Interesting
developments are expected.
A YOUNG IN named Clifford stole a
pint of whisky and led the Alpena Of
ficers jolly chase. He ran across the
rotten ice on the river, falling through
at every step, then he caught the stern
of boat just in time to save himself
from drowning. He locked himself in
hatchway. tipped over burning
stove, brandished an ak, and was
smothered into submission by an Off
GER, who closed the hatch on him.
MICHAEL LAvINE and Herman
Berger, peddlers, STOPPED at farm
house near Harrisville, leaving some
valuable goods in the sleigh outside.
They found 1853 worth of goods gose
when they returned. The people in
tho house advanced the theory that
the big pig must have eaten the goods.
Some think the pig human che, and
the whole household has been arr este d.
ABOUT year ago w. j. Merchant.
of Cheshire, was arrested on comp amt
of his wife. cha ged with assault and
battery. Merchant was fined $25, and
his wife at once commenced proceed
ings for divorce, which was granted
last October. Several days ago the
disunited couple happened to meet ae-
ciden.ally, the old flame revived, IL
cense was quickly procured, and the
happy pair again leaped irto the matri-
monial moose.
WHEN wa'er was turned into the
new 81, 900 branch sewer at Muskegon
IL gushed and ran at furious rate, but
not a drop. poured out at the other
end. Some one had left two or three