Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-10-25

WILD strawberries are In blossom
In the woods in the vicinity Of White
mere.
| WORTHWHILE business houses have
agreed to close at p. m. until April
| /, 1875.
ELLIOTT e. Co., Grand Rapids gro
GERS, have led mortgages amounting
to a5,1le.
A SPRING LAKE man got nearly 200
pounds OF honey this sumner from two
hives OF bee,.
| Now has 1:-year-old boy who can
pick up a barrel OF apples and throw
1t into wagon.
| DEAD minnows floating In Black
River. Port Huron sewerage Is too
much for them.
The new Methodist mini ter at
Worthwhile Is an expert bicyc.e rider,
as we'll as an expert preacher.
LARGE quantities OF fine pine lumber
have bee drifting ashore a. Eag o
River since the recent storm.
MRS. ALFRED ELFTMAN, OF Bliss
field, was fatally injured by the acct
dental discharge OF a revolver.
JOHN p. WINDOEs, of Kalamazoo,
has filed chattel mortgages on his
whlplash factory amounting to 81 440.
A CERTAIN Mount Clemens hotel is
| said to have kept two professional
gamblers all summer in the guise Of
walters.
THIRTEEN Muskegon schoolma ans
were turned down at the recent exam
nation. Who says Is ism an unlucky
number?
The truckmen and lumber pliers of
| the Diamond Match Company at On
tonagOn struck for an increase in
| wages.
The Presbyterian synod at Alma an
proved the action of the Cadii &C
Presbytery in deposing j. F. Hooper
from the ministry.
LAKEvIEw was nearly wiped out by
fire a few months ago. The other day
the citizens voted down a proposition
for increased fire protection.
AT Mt. Clemens motion was made
for new trial in the case of Alfred
Willett, who was convicted recently Of
the murder Of Nellie Van Zant.
JOSEPH BOUGHToN's bond as record
Keeper OF the Michigan Maccabees was
rejec ed and Thomas Watson, of Ros-
common, was appointed to the place.
RED JACKET feels much stuck up
! over its first bootblack. Every ody in
town is shedding ten cents day, and
the pioneer sinner reaps the benefit
FLORENCE CAMPBELL, a 2-year-old
girl, of Grand Marai5, got no of q
bottle of carbOlic acid and DRINK some
OF the contents. She lived but short
time.
WILLIAM TREACHLER, aged 10
years, OF Au Gres. was killed by the
accidental discharge OF gun in the
hands of his uncle while the two were
hunting.
The Osborne House, Mt. Clemens, is
to be enlarged. 1t will be 80 feet long,
have a sun parlor," and in general
become one of the bigges hotels in
Michigan.
IT is understood that Morgan, Drexel
q Co., of New York. will bid in the
Bay City and Alpena Railroad and
buy the Alpena and Northern, extend
ing the latter to Cheboygan.
IT is estimated that 40. 900 bushels
OF peaches have been shipped from
Western Michigan to other States this
fall-that Is, from the G. & w. M.
Railroad points and lake ports.
LEWIS RoBB says he ha mt confessed
the shooting of Mayor Hobbs. at Ben
ton HarCor, nor has he declared that
Alex. Vance, now serving twenty
year sentence, Is an innocent maj.
The house and contents of Mrs.
George Willard Parker, of Hanove-,
were burned. The fire was caused by
her son, aged Il, dropping lighted
match on the carpet. No insurance.
-
Springs, cut open the stomach of his
dead dog, and found there a piece Of
| meat tied up in a paper. The poor
animal cOuldn digest the paper and
died.
DURING the past year 1857 men were
employed in the mines OF Dickinson
County. There were only six fatal ac-
cidents. At the pre- ent time Il more
persons are employed than at this ,ile
last year.
Two ECHO town fellows got drunk
in Bellaire hotel and proceeded to
fered was terribly beaten, and before
long nea ly the whole town va, in
volved in the fight. The toughs were
arrested.
CHARLES CHAMPION was found dead
LII WIG nay lOib VI thC
House barn at Schoolcraft. He was SO
years OF age, and lately returned from
Dakota. He was without n oney and
despondent. Everything points to
case of suicide.
THE Michigan State Board of Health
proposes to take radical action for the
prevention OF consumption, which has
been clearly demonstrated to be
communicable disease. 1t will ask the
next Legislature to pass bill pro-
hibiting any person from teaching
school or acting as profes ional nurse
without having a certificate from a
reputable physician st ting that the
proposed teacher or nurse is free from
any communicable form of tuberculosis.
1t will also ask for law to prohibit
mi kman from selling milk in city
unle he has license from the State
Live Stock Commission, showing that
his cows have been examined by
competent veterinarian and found to
BE- free from tubercult SIS, the tuber-
culin test icing applied in case Of any
doubt. 1t will also attempt to fir me
rule under the present law that will
effectually provide for inspection OF
immigrants and distinction OF bag
gage at the Gan allan border, to take
the place Off . recently declared un-
ccnstitutio al by the Supreme Co lrt.
FRED REsoH was sentenced to four
L. d. l.