Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-20


Earle.
Citizens of Grayling are forming a
stock company for the purpose of build
ing an opera house.
Mrs. Hattie >Ansley, aged 46, an asy-
lum patient at Kalamazoo, hanged her.
self with her stocking placed over the bed
post.
Citizens of Berrien Springs have form
ed company with $4,000 capital to dam
the st. Joseph River to secure water
power.
Thomas Carroll, native of Ireland,
and for many years Waterman for the
Michigan Central at Kalamazoo, died,
aged SO years.
The parents of Martha Beliska, of De-
troit, said to have smallpox, drove away
the health officers with shotgun and
boiling water.
Jacob Halter, who for years was one Of
the most prominent jewelers. in the State,
died at Ann Arbor. The deceased was
II years of age.
The monthly crop report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture shows that the aver
age yield of potatoes in Michigan is GO,
against 70 last year.
A young child of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Tanning, of Pulaski, was kicked by a
horse and before medical assistance ar
rived the little one died.
Kalamazoo celery growers are now of
the opinion that considerable damage was
done by the cold snap of about month
ago to the growing celery.
The dry goods house of w. Nj. Bennett
a, th.,. l. ILL.,
in Jackson. discontinued business and
closed its doors for all time.
The coroner's jury in the case of Fred
Summers, who was found dead near Car
land, Shiawassee County, found he was
killed by his horses running away.
Michigan liquor dealers want the Legis-
lature to increase the tax on drug stores
from $500 to $500, and Grand Rapids
druggists will oppose the movement.
Robert Webster an aged farmer living
near South Haven, set fire to his barn and
shot out the eyes of Eugene Keasey,
neighbor who liberated the animals in it.
The trial at Owosso of Mrs. Ursuma
Burpec, charged with boiling the feet of
her foster son so that amputation became
necessary, ended in n disagreement of the
jury.
The congregation and members Of the
First Presbyterian Church Of Bay City
have in the past four years subscribed
and contributed $1,000 to the church
funds.
A Fenton boy while skating on Silver
Lake saw through the ice, in about TWEEN
ty feet of water, q bicycle. He fished it
out, and if an owner doesn't turn up, will
be a wheel ahead.
Andrew Denike's 14-year-old daughter,
of Boone, while walking up an aisle at
school, slipped and fell. Her head struck
on the corner of Il seat, inficting wound
which proved fatal in few hours.
Judge Lane. of Adrian, has announced
that he is not candidate for the nominal
ton for Justice of the Supreme Court, be-
lieving that with Judge Kline in the field
the district ought not to divide it's inter
ests.
The Michigan Board Of Health has re-
ceived n communication from the South
Carolina health department asking for in
formation in regard to the method en-
ployed in the State of dealing with tuber-
culosis.
The furniture men of Grand Rapids will
tons of extravaganza at Ionia prison.
They will try to convince the Legislature
that the State cannot make furniture at
a profit, because skilled artisans are re-
quired and all convicts are crude work
men. They destroy more than enough to
balance the cheapness of labor.
Maj. N. S. Boynton has let off a bomb
in the camp of his enemies in Grand Rap
ids in the retaining of Claude II. Buchan-
an, young lawyer and Maccabee of the
valley city, as his counsel. Buchanan is
a member of Valley City Tent and knows
all the plans Of the Boughton faction up
to date. He says the major has instruct
cd him to begin injunction proceedings at
once against Valley City Tent and other
members of the order, restraining them
from sending out any more circulars
against him.
Charles A. Jones, of Tawas City, has
been paid $1,000 by the Detroit, Bay
City and Alpena Railroad for his little
girls foolishness last spring. She lived
near q railroad crossing, and with other
children near the spot was in the habit
of standing on the track before approach
ing trains Until the engine was almost
upon her, and then jumping to the side
and laughing at the engineer. She did
il once too often, however. and her foot
caught in the track and held her fast.
The train was too close to be stopped,
and ran over her foot, cutting it off. The
father brought suit against the COM
pany for damages and secured a verdict
and the company has settled for 81 900.
The body of Mrs. f. Frankenstein, clad
in snow-white linen and placed in n rude
box, was buried at Detroit according to
the Jewish rites i'm vogue 1000 years be-
fore Jesus restored Lazarus from the
tomb Mrs. Frankcnstein died Saturday,
aged los years. She was the oldest wom-
an in Detroit and had remarkable his
tory. Born i'm Poland in 11S6, she was a
child when her country became part of
Russia, and remembered the fall Of Kos
ciusko. She also told vivid stories Of the
march of Napoleon through Poland on the
retreat from Moscow, and had the dis
tinction Of cooking the Bonaparte
breakfast in her little home. She emf
grated from Poland when 80 years old,
coming directly to Detroit to the home Of
her son Peter, who is now 81 years old
She has two other children living, both
daughters; one is 60 and the other GO.
Fifteen grandchildren and eighteen great
grandchildren survive her.
A Homer lady the other day opened @
can of peaches which had been put up
thirteen years ago. The fruit was in as
good condition as if ii had been in retire
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