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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
Record OF the Week.


Poor Pontiac has only four lady bicy-
clists.
One Pontiac man has signed 100 liquor
bonds, another 103.
Berrien County wants to be made ju-
dicial circuit by herself.
The snow apple was originated near
Pontiac some years ago by an experiment
In grating, but now the Pontiac market
is supplied with that species of fruit from
Canada.
Jake Fritz and Henry Meyers are Riga
farmers. Sunday they got into wran-
gle over ditch into which Meyers had
fallen, on Fritz premises. Fritz COM
plains that Meyer stabbed him in the back
with a ptchfork and has sworn out n
warrant for his arrest.
Meals were ordered from two places
for the election inspectors at Flint on
election day, and there has been some
trouble over the payments of the bills for
the same. The matter may end i'm law
suit.
The business men of Sheboygan have
formed an association for the purpose of
furthering the interests of the city, and
have started in to have another railroad
to the city. They have been in CORE
spondence with the people who control
the Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Rail
road, and hope to soon secure the promise
of the latter for the extension of the lin
At Kalamazoo J. Il. Botsford secured
q judgment for 5000 damages in the Cir
cult Court against Nehemiah Chase for
SANDER. The suit grew out of statements
made by Mr.. Chase. who is n heavy stock
holder in the Botsford Paper Mill Com
pany. regarding Botsford's ability to man.
age the mill.
Thomas Beatty. of Rochester. n. ". on
visit to some Hastings friends. shot
few partridges and placing them in his
trunk started for home. He was over
hauled. and his trunk broken open by
Deputy Game Warden Johnson. Mr.
Beatty had to pay $12 10 settle the same
Beatty Is an old man. and he had no in
tention Of violating the law.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
TeIegraphic Clicks.

The Union Pacific shops at Cheyenne,
'Vyo., may be closed down, throwing 200
men out of employment.
Bishop Mcdonald, acting for the Pope,
invested Rev. DIR. Joseph p. O'Connell,
of New York, with the title of Monsignor
William Childs, residing at Coatsvile,
Mo-, had trouble with his sister-in-law
and shot Ora Long. her lover, when he
championed her cause.
Harry Bauchmann, aged 80, train dis
patcher on the Wabash Road at An
drews. Ind, committed suicide with poi
son while temporarily insane.
Harry Wells and Charles Rowe. two
Philadelphia lumber swindlcrs, were ar
rested in Atlanta, Ca, and will be taken
back to Pennsylvania for trial.
Chief of Police Pratt and Detectives
Sheets and Ferguson, who had been in
jail for ten days at Salt Lake, Utah, for
contempt In refusing to answer questions,
were released.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
NEAR 10 STARVATION
WIDESPREAD DISTRESS IN WEST.
ERIN NEBRASKA.
Failure Of Crops In the semi-Arid
District, Not Yet watered by Irriga-
tion, Has Driven Thousands Of Peo-
pie to Actual Want.



The stories coming into Omaha of the
restitution and suffering in the central
and western counties of Nebraska, as
the result of last summers drought, are
heart-rending. Appalling tales are told
of the condition of the settlers in this
semi-arid district. where irrigation has
not yet had chance to transform the
sandy soil into garden spot. Thou
sands Of people are reported on the verge
of starvation, but so far there have been
only three deaths reported as the result
of actual hunger. There may have been
more, but so far they have escaped pub
licity. 1t is In the extreme southwestern
counties Of the State that the condition
of the people is most appalling-in Per-
kins, Dundy, Chase and Hayes Coun-
ties. In Perkins County alone, of which
Grant is the county seat. there are 5000
people who are actually destitute.
The situation there is told graphically
by County Clerk Wilcox, who has made
public the following statement:
"We are facing the most desperate
situation in our history. About $15, 1000
of the county's money is tied up in the
broken banks of Grant, and all three
banks are broken. We have issued bonds
to the full limit allowed by the law, and
our warrants have been refused by some
of the merchants. The latter are al
ready out considerable money for goods
furnished to laborers on the ditch. We
voted $4,000 in ditch bonds for an irri-
cation ditch which tapped the South
Platte west of Julesburg and ran the
entire length of our county. This was in
September. and about month later al
most every voter in the county-between
500 and 600-went out there to work on
it. They took their teams, and in some
cases cows and families In the mean
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

North Carolina is the latest State to
agitate for good roads. The people
there have just awakened-or been
awakened, rather-to the fact that
for eight months in the year when their
roads are at the best a 2,000-pound
load is about an average for two
horses, which in the bad season is
reduced to 1000, while on a good mac
adam road the average load for two
horses is 1000 pounds. A few object
lessons of this character will teach the
people that poor roads are the poorest
kind of economy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
The shell Was Thin.

The inquiry into the death of the five
men killed by the explosion of boiler in
the planning mill of Russell Bros. & Co., in
West Bay City, was held before Coroner
Loose. Robert Wildman, one OF the ex-
perts, gave it as his opinion that the ex-
plosion was caused by over pressure. lie
did not consider the boiler capable of car
rying more than forty pounds of steam
safely. There were cracks in different
places. In some parts of the shell the
thickness was only three sixteenths Of
an inch, a loss of two-sixteenths from the
original iron. He thought there was
plenty of water in the boiler. l.. Rounds
vile, an engineer for twenty-five years,
exhibited samples of iron taken from the
boiler. Under the government rule this
boiler should not have carried more than
forty pounds of steam. At one point the
shell was so thin that jack-knife cut a
hole in it. He thought the explosion was
caused by sudden formation of gas
which would have exploded any boiler.
James Haining, the engineer at the mill,
told about the trouble he had with the
boiler foaming. The supply of water was
muddy and the boiler was cleaned every
Sunday. The morning of the explosion
the water gauge was two-thirds full In
his judgment the boiler exploded from a
heavy pressure of steam, three minutes
after the engine had started. He consid-
cred it safe to run with eighty pounds of
steam. The safety valve was blowing off
hard when the explosion took place.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
French Postal cards.

A unique innovation of the postal
card system will soon be adopted In
France. Instead of the cards being sep
arate, as they now are, they will be
issued In the form of check books with
stubs. A memorandum of the contents
OF the card can be entered on the stub,
and the sender can have this stamped
at the postoffice before the card is
detached, so that verified record of
the correspondence can be kept.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
NEWS OF OUR STATE.
ITEMS or INTEREST TO MloHi-
GAMBLERS.
One Man who Has No Use for Banks
Venerable had Axe coupie-what
1t Costs to Teach the Young Idea
to shoot.
Al Waxne County Miscr.

1t IL to hoped that the thugs who are
committing murders throughout the State
for few paltry dollars won't get on to
the exact location Of wealthy old miser
who lives In the first tier Of townships
north Of Wayne County. He IL regular
~ rich," and when his wife was sick she
wallowed in gold. A canvas bag, contain
ing $4,000 was tucked in with the sick
woman, making her bed lop-sided and
Weighing ON her mind like nightmare.
If a responsible party wishes to borrow
two or three thousand on good security,
the old man saunters out to the barn alone
and digs up the required amount from its
hiding place. He has no use for banks,
but his friends expect that he will be
aroused some dark night and his toe-nails
pulled to make him tell where his money
il hid.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

Patents have been issued at Wash
ington to Western man for an electri-
cal device making collision OF trains
impossible The invention is timely
FOL the Chicago tunnel-using corpora
lions. But there is not the slightest
likelihood that they will adopt it so
long as they can buy up Council MEM
bers enough to save money on safety
devices.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
Each Over Hundred.

Probably the oldest couple living in
Michigan reside in Huron County, not far
from Bad Axe. This happy old couple
are Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hitler. Mr.. Hill
Ter was born on the 10Th day of October,
1901, and Sarah Hitler, his wife, on the
10th of March, 1898. They were united
in marriage on the 14th of April, 1914,
and since that time have lived peaceably
together. They both enjoy good health.
The old lady takes care of the house,
makes garden and does other chores. She
moves around more spry than plenty of
people half her age. Mr.. Hitler is also
quite smart. He walked some distance
to the polls to vote at the last election.
He is Of a long-lived family, his father
living to the age of 107 and his mother
fo 90
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

members, appointed by the Governor and
holding Office for life, and House of As
sembly of SO members, elected every four
years by manhood suffrage and secret bal
LOT. After the fall of the ministry of w.
v. Whiteway, Hon. A. II. Goodridge was
called upon by Governor O'Brien to form
a ministry, which he did. Much bene-
fetal work has been done and compare
lively clean government established.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
Few Palmer Children.

The Indiana Board of Public Charities
has issued pamphlet showing COMPARE
son of the population of Indiana and
Michigan, and comparison of the mum
Der of destitute children dependent upon
the State for support in each case. With
less than 100000 difference in popula-
ton Michigan has but 800 of this class of
paupers and INDIANA 1880. The effort
of the board is to secure an appropria-
ton for state school. Indiana's sys-
tenn for caring for these children costs
$4,000 annually, while that of Michi-
gan costs but $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
Swedish Weddings.

A curious custom prevails In Sweden.
On her wedding day the bride has her
pockets filed with bread. On her way
to church she distributes the pieces
among the poor, believing that each gift
will avert some future misfortune from
the household
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

A Teas lawyer who got drunk ran
amucln Chicago and shot bartender
and a,ystander. both strangers to him,
remsxed grandiloquently: That's
wha we do in Texas to fellows who
trace our wives" He should remem-
berlso that Chicago sometimes hangs
m,derous fools who shoot down in
ntent citizens in cold blood.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
E,nenses of Michiuan,s schools.

Superintendent of Public instruction
Pattingill reports that for the school year
ending Sept 80 last total of SD, 75S,9Oo
was paid to teachers of all classes in
Michigan, $4,000, 243 of the amount being
paid to female teachers who received
average wages of $34.36 per month, as
against S4S.S9 for male teachers. There
were 1880 male and 1905 female teach
ers employed. The estimated value Of
the school property of Michigan is $15,-
1921, and the total net expenditures Of
the year were $6062, GAG. Free text
books were furnished in 7G4 districts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

terest during the
crisis the govern
ment of the island
has passed through
recently. 1t is said
its experience is un-
paralleled in corrup-
ton. The govern
ment of Newfound-
land is simply a
miniature of that of
Great Britain, con-
sisting of a Cover
nor, appointed by
the Crown. a Legis-
lative Council of TX
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

If Ii Hug Chang really has $780,
100000 1t GEMS strange that he would
remain inchina as punching-bag for
japan WIN he could enjoy himself in
this coutry for several months on
that nmhnt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
kicked to Death by Drunken Men.

Emil ]. Noseck was kicked to death at
Detroit by FIVE drunken men. Noseck
was about to enter saloon at Chene and
Catherine streets through a narrow rear
passageway. Five men, who were COM
ing out at the time, assaulted Noseck as
he was pushing past them. They Knocked
him down and kicked him brutally, one
of them finally giving him kick in the
neck from the effects of which he died
shortly afterward. The police believe
they have the names of the assaulters,
but none of them have yet been arrested.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

rhe opinion of professional pugilists.
nat it was not the blow which killed
sowen at New Orleans, but the force
with which his head struck the floor, is
Ingenious, but lacks originality. 1t was
said of hod-carrier who tumbled from
the top of a six-story building with
fatal results, that it was not the fall
which caused death, "but stopping so
sIddaulvo
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

Chicopee, Mos, has just gone into
the business o, furnishing her citizens
with electric lights. This makes the
fourth MASSACHUSETTS town to get d.
yorce from IL franchise sharks
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

A New York womai has pawned the
ashes of her cremxed husband for
x1c5. Some New ,ork husbands, It
seems, are worth mfe dead than alive.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

The $354.0OO stlen by Bookkeeper
Seeley has evaported. leaving nothing
behind It. For al his pains Seeley has
nothing left but penitentiary SEN
fcnce
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03
WFOUNDlAND'S PREMIER.
Man Who Guards the Queens Inter
est in That Province.

Accompa. lying this sketch is picture
of Hon. A. Il. Goodridge premier Of New
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

! e low q % 81 %, although to-day tkey
are worth SO. So we have no stock. Our
funds are about exhausted. There ID very
little money In the treasury, but the mer-
chants cash our warrants at par. We
are offering limited aid only to the most
urgent cases, cutting our regulations
down to the lowest living quantity of all
the necessaries. No sugar, coffee or tea
II given out except to old or indrm per-
sons There is the greatest need Of
fuel and -four at present. In the spring
everyone except few will need seed of
all kinds"
Many Deserving Their Farms.
Postmaster Nickcrson, of Marengo,
tells the following tale of helpless star
walton as he has seen and experienced
II in his neighborhood:
II am keeping three families on pen
sion of $12 per month. Luckily, have
little credit here and there. The other day
l called on some neighbors of mine, not
suspccting that they were in want. The
woman met me at the door in an old and
torn calico dress and a pair of rotten
shoes. / asked her If that was the best
clothing she had. She said 1t was, but
that she needed something more than
clothing. and that was food. / gave her
an order for $14 worth of groceries at
Hayes Center and also one on the coun-
ty. A good many of my neighbors have
left. Their teams were mortgaged and
they couldn't get away. have fifty
or more head of horses, and l told five
men to pick out teams and go on. They
did this, leaving their mortgaged teams
to run at large. The stock of the county
is mostly gone. People either took 1t
away with them or the mortgage men
have got it. Some irrigating was done
near our place on the Red Willow. One
man, on a patch about 20 by 80 feet,
raised cabbages which sold for % cents
a head and potatoes which while ago
brought So bushel."
Stories like these are coming from all
directions in the afflicted district
In other States.
In more than twenty of the counties of
western Kansas the suffering and desti-
tuition are fully as great as they are in
Nebraska. Il. A. Gilbert, writing from
Macon, Wallace County, that State, gives
this truly startling description of the con-
dition Of the destitute there: ''At one
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

A Boston exchange ays Seeley was
q "fiduciary fugitive."lIf that Is 80 he
must be very bad msn, indeed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

become a menace to our free institutions.
He also said that only % per cent. of the
children who enter school remain to take
the grammar grades and but one-tenth go
through the high school. He, therefore,
strongly advocated the enactment of a
compulsory education law that could be
enforced, and the teaching of national
history in the lower grades. The neces-
sity for law providing for free text
books and other needful appliances in all
the districts of the State was also pointed
out.
John Headly has begun suit against his
two sons, Hiram and Frank, at Grand
Rapids, for $4,000, which he claims
they have defrauded him of in business
transaction he had with them. Headly is
one of the Kent County poor superintend-
ents.
Some of the members of the Madison
Avenue NJ. e. Church of Bay City came
II over Pastor Hawks. With his wife he
was called out to a neighbours, where the
young people swooped down on them, pre-
scnting Mr.. Hawks with a dressing gown
and Mrs. Hawks with silver baking
dish.
ED Murray, an insane occupant of the
Manistee jail, was found with his neck
caught in the chains that support his
hanging bed, and was nearly dead from
strangulation. Whether it was an mt.
tempt at seIf-destruction or an accident
Is not clear.
The fruit belt of Michigan will be more
than ever a fruit-podncing section here
after. Most of the farmers in those parts
who have thus far stuck to the raising of
wheat and other grain crops have de-
cided to abandon that department of
farming, and will devote their land and
time to raising frrits of different kinds.
1t 10 estimated that SOC, 900 new fruit
trees will be set out In the spring.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-03

Next demonstrating the Five Thou
sand" Mark 6: 3O-44.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01
Admins srator's Sale.
State of Alabama, Jefferson county-pr

State of Alabama, Jefferson County-Pro- bate Court.
 .- D. w. Linn, deceased, estate of. Notice is hereby given that under, by vir- tue of and as ordered and directed in and by a decree duly rendered on the Fist day of May, 1885, in the administration of the said estate of E. w. Linn, deceased, I, T. H. Molton the undersigned, as administrator of the said estate of E. w. Linn, deceased, will sell, for the payment of the debts of said estate, at 12 o'clock noon. on TUESDAY, THE 17TH DAY OF DECEM-
 BIER, 1895.
 at public auction, to the highest bidder in front of the court house of said county, in the city of Birmingham. the following real estate belonging to said estate, to-wit:
 Two lots or parcels of land in the city of Birmingham, said county and state, being together, 100 feet square on the northwest corner of the intersection of 20th street and 9th avenue, and upon which is situated a brick residence; said lots or parcels of land being known and described, according to the present plan and survey of said city, as lots 21 and 22, in block 47.
 ing to said estate, to-wit: An undivided one-half interest in forty acres of land ly- ing and being in said county and state, near the town of Clifton, and described by num- bers, as follows: The southwest quarter of northeast quarter, section IS, township 18 range west.
 Terms of sale: One-half cash; balance within six months. with interest from date of sale-the credit payments to be secured by the notes of purchasers with at least two good and sufficient sureties.
 T. H. MOTION As Administrator of the Estate of B. w. Linn, Deceased. nov 24-sun-4t
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01

blockade in Charleston. Captain McMil- Ian kept two logs-a false log and a true log; his false log showed that he was between Cape Hatteras and Cape Henry when he was really off Charleston. He dropped both his anchors overheard, damaged his sails, and appeared very much surprised when he sighted the fed eral fleet off Charleston. He appealed to the federal admiral for assistance. He, being kind-hearted man, supplied him with anchors and sent a sailmaker and his crew aboard and repaired his sails. Captain McMillan spent two days with the federal fleet. When he went aboard the flagship he bade the admiral good bye and thanked him for his kindness. The admiral offered him a towboat to tow him to the windward. This was what the captain didn't want, but he couldn't refuse it, so he was lowed a short dis tance, when he got rid of the tug, hoist ed his centerboard and commenced drift ing back into the fleet. As soon as he drifted as far as he thought safe, he dropped his centerboard aad ran the blockade. After loading up with cotton, he attempted to run the blockade out, but was captured. The admiral said: T have got you now, my boy You played me sharp trick, but I will treat you well. l will send you to New York And he did, he treated him we'll"
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01
Our Specialties.

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 SYPHILIS in evry form effectuaiiy cured and the poison thoroughly eradi- cated fron the blood. Gonorrhoea, Gleet. Structure, Cystitis, etc.
 NERVOUS DEBILITY-Sperma rhoea, Impotence. Seminal Losses, Faii- ing Memory, Lassitude, Gioominess, De- pression of Spirits and all effects or per nicious habits.
 All irregularities and cases of weakness in woman.
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 We make a SPECIALITY of ALL MANNER of CHRONIC DISEASES of the THROAT. LUNGS, HEART, Urinary Organs, and do not conflne our- selves to PRIVATE DISEASES alone; hence we are patronized by the best peo- pie of both sexes. and any lady or gen. tleman can visit our office with perfect propriety.
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Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01
Old papers for sale cheap at this office.

No matter what relief the appeal of the treasury to the home banks may bring to carry the reserve up from its present figure-sS6, ,325, ,446.63-to the required linn it, it is clear that this anomalous situa- tion is bound to occur so long as the real cause of it remains-namely, the neces- sity of the government to be always pre- pared to meet any demand for redemp- tion of United States notes with their consequent reissue in spite of redemp- tion. AS MT. Carlisle said in his recent chamber of commerce speech at New York, the notes are redeemed, but they remain unpaid.-Chicago Times-Herald, Ind -ReD