Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-24
Baled hay is selling at North Adams for

Suckett OStfom. Weil-knOWn anu re-
spected farmer of Elba Township, Lapeer
County, died suddenly while talking to his
son Monday. He was ~ years old.
There are being circulated in Alpena
County petitions for the pardon of all the
Moltor murderers except Repke, the in
former. The petitions are being largely
signed.
John Burns, of Burlington, dug a well
TO the depth of eigthy-fve feet. At the
depth of sixty feet he discovered the re-
mains of large forest trees and many curl
GUS stones.
The roads of Alpena County. where the
county road system was adopted last year,
have been considerably improved during
the past season. About $25, 900 has been
spent on them.
School has been closed at Munith be-
cause of strange epidemic, the nature
of which the local doctors are at n loss to
understand. 1t resembles diphtheria. A
half dozen cases are reported, one of
which. that of Miss Nina Coulston, has
proved fatal. Her death was wholly un-
expected until about half an hour before
il occurred.
Two Bay City fathers who refused to
sisted that they should work in the mills,
were tried in the police court Saturday
under the new compulsory education law.
They pleaded guilty and were released on
suspended sentence with the understand
ing that their children should be sent to
school hereafter.
The Hesperus Club of Grand Rapids
gave n banquet at the Lakeside Club in
1. al, tl.o o.s = ~
De Haven, who has resumed his old
position as general passenger agent of the
Chicago and West Michigan Railroad,
after an eventful two months experience
as managing editor of the Chicago Mail.
Maj. George ii. III. Heaford, of Chicago,
was also guest of honor.
Saturday evening Mrs. ii. Hostler, of
Pontiac, decided to polish stove with
gasoline. The fire in the stove was all out,
but the stove still warm when work was
commenced upon it, AS n result the
warmth of the stove ignited the gasoline
by which explosion Mrs. Hostler was bad
ly burned about the face and hands. De
spite the agony of the moment. the brave
woman remained at her post until she had
extinguished the flames.
At Mount Clemens the Episcopalians
gave harvest festival at Nelson's Opera
House. On the program was farce in
which Cab Kiels was to pick up an ax
and hit Davis on the back, where the lat
ter had Il board concealed under his vest.
Kiels missed his aim, and sunk the ak into
Davis back; the widest confusion fol-
lowed. Several women in the audience
tainted. DIR. Wilson attended the wound
ed man. While the cut is serious one
the doctor apprehends no fatal results.
Kies feels deeply regretful over the
mishap.
Col. William Il. McCreery, ex-Consul
to Valparaiso, Chile, and III. Woodward,
of Flint. are said to have struck it rich
at the big Four" gold mine, about five
miles east of Leadvile. The property
adjoins the Little Johnnie" which is
said to be one of the richest mines in Col
orado. The present company struck
fine vein of ore at about 175 feet depth.
A second vein was struck little lower
down, and they expect to find other and
richer veins still lower. The ore assays
gold, silver and lead from 500 TO $500
n ton.
Secretary Wade gave out the official
figures of the registration at the Ann
Arbor University TO the present date.
They are as follows, by departments:
Literary, Lilo; engineering, 800; medical.
401; lay. GOT; dental. 175; pharmacy, 76;
homeopathy, 20; total, 2,lOS. At the same
date last year the registration stood:
Literary, including engineering students,
1,396; medical, 334: law. 557; dental, 173:
pharmacy, Il; homeopathic. II: total.
2,54S After this time last year $40 regis
tered. If the same number register after
this date the total attendance at the close
of the first semester will be 3,05I.
President Angel presented his annual
report to the regents of the State Uni
versity. During the year 80 per cent. of
the students at the university have come
from Michigan homes, and this ratio is
increasing. Tho ratio Of women to men
shows a small decrease. Patients at the
hospitals during the year numbered ,S9J,
over half coming from the laboring
classes. The outlook for the homeopathic
college is unusually bright. Athletics at
the university are receiving more atten-
ton than ever before. The method of
controlling games by board of five fac
ulty members and four steudents, in use
during the year, has proved satisfactory
students and authorities are thoroughly
in sympathy. President Angel states
pressing and immediate needs as follows:
Enlargement of the law building, of the
chemical, physical and meteorological
laboratories, of the library building and
hospital wards, and the establishment of
an electric-light plant and the erection of
an art gallery.
The crop of 1873 has for twenty years
stood as the high water mark of Michigan
peach growing. but the crop of 1873 is
cast completely into the shade by that of
1895. Ii is impossible TO give any ac-
curate or satisfactory statistics of the
size of the crop. as no system has yet been
devised or put into operation for gather
ing such figures. but the records of ship
ments made suffice TO give some idea of
its immensity Fruit is shipped from
Western Michigan by boat, from the lake
ports, and by rail from the inland towns.
Chicago is the great market, but vast
quantities of fruit are shipped to Mil
waukee, Detroit, Cincinnati, indianapolis
and other points. For the first time in
history, large shipments of peaches were
made this season 10 New York and other
Eastern points, going by fast freight re-
frigerator cars, and competing successful
ly with the New Jersey and Maryland
peach. The Eastern trade will be more
generally and extensively cultivated an
other season than IL has been this year.
William Thompson, father of Samuel
Thompson, who was Hlled while riding
on Kalamazoo electric car, being
knocked off by trolley pole in the center
of the street began suit against the