Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-07

Dor burned. A private library of 1000
volumes was destroyed.
Several residents of Thompsonville,
Benxie County, will 60 into fruit raising
as business this season.
The residence of A. Nelson, in West
Bay City, was damaged to the extent Of
5000 Sunday night by fire.
John l.. Diegle, Jr., an employee of the
Detroit post Office, was arrested ut Ann
Arbor, charged with robbing the mails.
We believe Mayor Pingree of Detroit
could get divorce from his city admins
tration any time on the ground of nom
support
Mayor Pingrec, of Detroit, defended
his bulletin boards in message to the
Council in which he rebuked the news
papers.
Charles May, sentenced to State prison
from Calhoun County for horse stealing,
was pardoned by Gov. Rich and will be
released March 20.
Royal Ide, aged GO years, committed
suicide at Grand Rapids Friday night by
taking carbolic acid. Dependency is
said to have caused his act.
William Morgan, of Coral, was hurled
twice around line shaft. His left leg
was broken in two places, and it is feared
his internal injuries are serious.
The South Haven Pioneer Association
celebrated the twenty-ifth anniversary
of its organization with banquet to 200
of the early residents of Western Van
Buren, County.
II n L. -. - A
tica, Lapeer County, died within a few
hours of each other, both of inflammation
Of the lungs. Mr.. Wilson leaves widow
and several children.
Fruit growers in the fruit belt of West
ern Michigan do not think that the recent
heavy cold weather has injured the peach
buds, and they are looking for big crop
the coming season.
A boy named Marthey, aged IL years, in
Denver township, Isabella County, blew
into the muzzle of an old shotgun. The
entire side of his face was torn away,
and he died shortly after.
Tax Collector Eugene Silvers, of Ben
ton Harbor, says he cannot perceive the
difference between horse of flesh and
blood and an iron horse Consequently
he chained Big Four engine No. "a to
satisfy taxes due from the railway COM
pany, which it refused to pay on March
1. 1t will be sold to the highest bidder
unless the claim is settled.
A lady from Providence, II. L., read an
East Tawas mans advertisement for a
wife. Correspondence ensued, and as a
result the lady agreed to act as house
frat 20 hn StitaI N mir a Z
to make her wife, She shaved for sew
eral weeks until she fell down sick and
couldn't collect cent of wages, while
the rosy picture the man had painted of
his home proved to be badly distorted.
Now she is writing to friends and trying
to raise money enough to carry her back
home.
The attendance at the University OF
Michigan, practically complete, is given
out as follows: Literary department,
1,51S; law, 675; medical, $50; dental, 1873;
pharmaceutical, 50; homeopathic, Is,
making a total of 1852. Deducting dupli-
Gated names, the catalogue will show an
actual attendance of over $500 for the
year. The increase is about 14O over last
year, and is mainly in the literary, law
and pharmaceutical departments. The
homeopathic department alone shows n
decrease.
Thomas Sullivan, aged 20, and Bridget
Hughes, aged A, have just been married
at Muskegon, after II courtship of twenty.
FIVE years. They came to this country
about the same time, met, loved, and
would have been married had there not
been some obstacle, but they remained
friends for twenty-five years and were
even associated in business. Now they
are married, and rumor says the ceremony
is the result of a report from Ireland
that former wife of Sullivan had died
and left him free.
In May, 1853, James Hitchcock was
sent to prison from Ingham County, hav-
ing been convicted of murder. After
thirty-two years he established his inno-
cence to the satisfaction of Gov. Alger,
who pardoned him on Thanksgiving day,
1885, the old man proving that he had
been convicted on perjured testimony.
He is now so years old. His family died
while he was in prison, and an effort will
be made to induce the Legislature to make
some provision for his remaining days.
A joint resolution was introduced for this
purpose.
At Battle Greek, the Adventists decided
to establish a course of study for their
ministers and workers similar to the
Chautauqua course, and it was also de-
cided to publish an educational journal
devoted to the Chautauqua study. The
general Sabbath school association show
ed an increase of 1880 members, with sur.
plus donations amounting to So, 1916 to
be given to foreign work. A resolution
was passed to create six district con-
ferences i'm the United States and two in
the world. 1t was also decided to estab-
lish conference schools in these districts.
The UNCONVENTIONAL college at Battle
condition to be prosperous. The college
board was elected, with Elder Uriah
Smith as president.
Secretary of State Gardner issued a
census bulletin showing the number of
farms of Michigan classified as to tenure
and the dairy statistics of the State. The
total number of farms is 1882, OF
which 149,003 are cultivated by owners,
OPT rented for fixed money rental and
1872 rented on shares. Compared with
the census of 1884 this is an increase of
20,563 in the total number, 1870 in the
number cultivated by owners, $40 in the
number rented for money and 6,523 in the
number rented on shares. During the
census year a total of 212, 97O,373 gallons
of milk were produced on farms, the value
of milk and cream sold was $2,970, 1886.
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