Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

suburbs.
Hon. Sanford =. Perkins, who served
In the 1898 Legislature as 4 Democrat,
died at Saginaw. ~ 1x 70
LAnse, upper peninsula, II to have .
big brewery. The product will not all be
consumed ut home.
Little Dan Hoard, Of Otter Lake, was
Knocked by pet dog into q kettle Of boil
ing lard and 30 badly burned that he will
probably die.
Ann Reed, q colored woman Of Jack
son, was found lying on the Michigan
Central tracks, apparently seeking death.
She IL In jail. insane.
j. Il. Peck, the Morley man who nearly
killed his sister on account of some petty
dispute, was found guilty of assault and
sent to jail for sixty days.
Gertrude Nj. Lockwood has been com
missioned postmistress mt Kantner. Oil
yer W. Prescott has been made postmas-
ter at Osineke and Robert u. Milne at
Rusk. <Ht
The old Pacific House Mt South Haven
is being removed to make way for $780,
600 brick block 1t was built In 1857, and
for long time was the only hotel In the
village. .f,-l.tyg
Martin Beyers, aged "a, the Oldest resi-
dent of cambridge Township, not far
from Benton Harbor, slipped and fell on
the icy sidewalk. receiving injuries from
which he died.
Damon and Rose City, in Ogemaw
County, are but seven miles apart, yet 1t
takes letter four days to go from one
town to the other, and the distance trav-
eled is 200 miles.
The members of the First Baptist
Church at South Haven celebrated the
twenty fifth anniversary of the organiza-
ton of the society by reunion in their
new church building, recently dedicated.
Muskegon gets new factory employ
ing 400 men. The Cleveland Malleable
Iron Co. has purchased the machine and
foundry company's plant at Muskegon
Heights and will start a branch of its
business.
The merchants of Pinckney are doing
their neighbors again; with every dollars
worth of goods bought they give ticket
on box of soap, big wax doll, or some
other equally fine thing. They claim it
booms trade.
BY a decision of the United States
Court of Appeals at Cincinnati, affirming
the decision of the Grand Rapids District
Court, the Goshen Sweeper Co. is serious
" hampered il not knocked out, and the
Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. given prac-
'tically monopoly Of the sweeping bust
ness
A peculiar affair was discovered ut
Kalamazoo. Arcadia Greek, which runs
through the city, Is lost. Above I'm hun
dren-foot arch the stream is TWO feet
wide and one deep, but below there is
not drop. Where it goes is mystery.
Attorney General Maynard has filed an
opinion in which he holds that :hc use of
the word land" instead of "or" in a sec
ton of the blanket charter governing
cities Of the fourth class does moi prohibit
women from voting at school elections in
such cities, as was generally supposed.
Suit has been brought by George Har-
tigman, of Homer, against the Michigan
Central for the loss of both legs Hartig-
man tried to steal ride on Il freight train.
He alleges the brakeman ordered him off ;
he was endeavoring to get Off the train.
which was moving, when the brakeman
kicked him. While he was holding on
the rounds of the ladder, getting ready to
drop, the brakeman. he alleges, stepped
on his fingers and he let so his hold. fall
ing under the wheels and losing both legs.
The 1O-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Il. Kindle, of Kalamazoo, who has
been i'll for several weeks, had no med
ical attendance. because her parents be-
lieved she was Gods child. and God
would take care of her better than any
physician. The other day the city health
officer notified the family that if the child
died, he would refuse burial permit
until post-mortem had been performed
and the humane society served notice
that prosecution for manslaughter would
follow the childs death. Physicians
were called by the parents who pro-
nounced the child's recovery doubtful.
Chas. v. Deland, new State tax sta
tistician, Is of the opinion that the burden
of State taxation rests too heavily upon
realty, especially upon property of farm
ers and producers. After an examination
of the State equalizations from 1851 to
| 1891, Col. Deland is convinced that many
of them have been grossly unequal and
unjust. Delands investigation into the
methods of assessing officers has revealed
mass of misinfOrmation, incongruity,
stupidity and dishonesty that is actually
appalling. He has sent ont circulars to
all supervisors and assessing officers, and
the answers he has received form an
amusing exhibit. About one out of FIVE
is intelligent and honest but the returns
from others are so bungling and show so
much incapacity as to be actually worth
less. One supervisor sent back the blank,
with the word rats" written across the
face. Another queried: do you think
am a id fool?" Some cursed the
Legislature, the law and the taxes; others
admitted that they paid little or no at
tention to the law, but exercised their own
discretion; quite number demanded pay
for the trouble of filling out blanks zone
thing is certain" said Col. Deland, land
that is that the law cannot be effective
and produce results aimed at without the
cooperation Of township and county Of
ficers. It Is an ominous reflection upon
our system of government that so many
persons who are intrusted with official
positions have so poor and narrow an ap-
probation Of what they really owe to
themselves and the general public. The
law makes ample provision for reason
able compensation to supervisors by per
diem to be paid by the term, not only for
making assessments, but for all other
duties required by law. Perhaps 1t is
overstepping the line of prudence at this
time to say it, but from the reports al
ready on file in my office, there can be no
possible doubt that the methods in and
by which taxation of the people is dis
tributed and apportioned are not only I'M
lust and UNEQUAL but i'm many respects