Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-14


Michigan has just lost an amateur
sword swallower; but the sword has been
recovered.
The ministers and priests of Bay City
met and adopted new platform for the
Christian Union.
A misprint makes the Kalamazoo Ga
zette say: "rhere are 848 pioneers in
the Jackson prison."
A steel plate fell upon the head of #. @.
Smith, a West Bay City ship carpenter.
He will probably die.
The merchants of Sanilac County have
organized an exchange for the purpose Of
mutual protection against bad debtors.
The mills and factories at Cadillac are
this season purchasing larger amounts
of hardwood than they ever have before.
George Franks little boy at Bay City
his balance and broke an arm by falling.
Frank Campbell, of Flint, aged II
years, had both arms broken Thursday
while trying to catch on a passing bob
sleigh.
Up in Wexford County are two settle
ments which are trying to bear up under
the names "Hardscrabble" and Hungry,
Hollow"
An effort is being made at Midland to-
prevent youngsters from catching on to-
moving trains. Several have been ar
rested and fined.
Several hundred guests helped Rev.
DIR. Samuel Brooks, of Kalamazoo Col
lege, celebrate his silver anniversary as
professor of Latin.
An addition is being built to the Michi-
gan washing machine factory ut Eagle
and the proprietor will greatly increase
the output this season.
John Brown, of Tawas City, lost his
home and a portion of his household,
goods by fire. Loss, $500, with no in,
surance. Cause, defective chimney.
The Africans attending the Worlds
Fair seemed to think there could be an
have ordered three of the Ann Arbor Or
gans.
The taxpayers of Iron County have or
ganized an association to protect them
selves against the illegal and unwar-
ranted expenditure of public funds by
county officials.
John Wallace was found wandering
about Trout Lake raving maniac. He
said he wanted 800 physicians, 10000
horses and 10 typewriters and would
write check for $20,OOO,OOO.
Owosso and Corunna people are getting
out of patience with their inter-urban
railroad, which has been dead most Of
the winter. They declare the company
will have to wake up or vacate the
streets.
The steamer Sailor Boy will run next
season between Marine City and Detroit,
Marine City parties having purchased q,
controlling interest in her from Captain
Richard Armstrong, of Bay City, her
owner.
Aaron Coon, a veteran lumberman of
Seney, stumbled and fell while chasing
dog over pile of logs. His fall start
ed the whole pile moving, and Coon was
crushed to death before he could make
his escape.
John Brewer, of Battle Greek, quar-
relied with his wife. While in a rage he
snatched up 3-weeks-old babe from tho
cradle and dashed it to the floor, and
then kicked the PROSTATE form. There
are no hopes for the child's recovery.
The reports that many of the home
steaders in Isabella County would be af-
fected by the recent decision of Judge
Swan in relation to Chippewa Indian
lands in that county are untrue, as there
is but one settler who will have to give
up his land.
A Bay City policeman called Mt house
to serve 6 warrant for stealing slabs. He
did not serve the warrant, but left 81
instead, for he found a family of five
with bare feet lowering around broken
stove, with not a particle of money or
food in the house.
III. G. Hopkins, an old soldier of Man
celona, decided his aged wife was not
caring for him well enough and walked
fourteen miles in bowling blizzard to
Kalkaska. Then, changing his mind, he
started to walk back and was picked up
half way home, half dead.
The mail from Seney to Grand Marais,
in the Upper Peninsula, is still carried
by dog sIedges, Notwithstanding the fact
that the Manistique Railway has been
completed to the latter place and has
train daily each way. The people are
kicking and want the mail sent by train.
The Detroit observatory at Ann Arbor,
once the scene Of remarkable astrOnomi-
cal discoveries, is in sad need of money,
nothing to speak of having been appro-
priated for years. The director wishes
some benevolent man would give $780,
600 endowment. For years this was the
leading observatory in the country.
An advance summary covering the
Michigan business and financial condi-
ton for the year 1894 of all stock, fire,
fre-marine, and marine insurance COM
panies and of mutual companies of other
States was issued by Commissioner Gid
dings. The aggregate insurance writ
ten was 1898, ST., $780, premiums receiv-
ed, $4,404,127; losses paid, $2,622, 52S;
losses incurred, $2,O2O,34O. The mutual
companies wrote $2,06S, 232 of risks, re-
ceived $24, 4O7 in premiums, and paid
losses of $4,000.
Five cases of unique pottery have been
taken from mounds in Mecosta and Isa-
bella counties. From one of the caskets
were taken pipes, lamps, and vases said
to be of the time of Pharaoh; from an
other stone amulets and small gold mug
gets, and from a third brass and stone
coins and stone type. On the outside of
another casket Is the representation of
the pyramids of Egypt and figures Of a
mound builder with a spear appraised
and an American Indian with tomahawk
appraised. Among the curosities also ara
two tablets, one said to represent the
Ten Commandments and the other the