Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21


have ut least four wives.
During February the State salt inspec
tor inspected only 6O.360 barrels, the
smallest record in years.
Hay is getting to be quite scarce ar
ticle in Montmorency County, and the
price IL steadily going up.
The Matvcia Coal Company, of Boon,
has recovered from its slight embarrass-
ment and resumed business.
An. Ionia lady saw her husband coming
out of questionable place and on the pub
lie street gave him sound humping.
Ex-Governor Alpheus Felch. of Ann
Arbor, has recovered from his illness and
is as well as ever.
A great revival meeting has been going
on for the last four weeks at Montgom-
cry, and ninety-four converts have been
made.
William Ivans. of Newton, received a
broken leg while assisting ut wood bee
for one of his suffering and needy neigh
bors.
At Ironwood, Alfred Starr, Finlander,
bartender in Ole Skamfer's saloon, was
fatally stabbed by Gust Clemola, another
Finn.
Muskegon's lumber cut has decreased
from 665. 100000 feet in 1887, to 127, 300
600 in 1904. In 1873, even, 329,69O,OO0
feet were cut.
At Leland, the work of the expert on
the books of County Treasurer David
Tweedle has developed the fact that there
is an apparent shortage Of $500.
Morey Il. Andrews has been appointed
receiver of the Swinton x McReynolds
Company, Limited. and the stock of books
and stationery at Flint is to be sold.
The Chippewa County sheriff has or
dered all saloon screens removed. Sa-
looms have been obeying the closing law
for some time, and really Chippewa Coun-
ty is very good.
The Manistique engine house and NIL its
contents, including the fire engine and
about 1000 feet of hose, was completely
destroyed by fire. This leaves the village
entirely without fire protection.
A lot of tramps were given lodging in
Battle Creeks Jail one night this week,
and the next morning engaged in fight
among themselves. during which col
ored man named William Johnson was
seriously injured.
A man who gave the name of Il. ].
Gage is wanted ut Battle Greek on
criminal warrant. 1t is alleged he repre-
scented himself to be in the employ of
Phelps, Brace * Co., of Detroit, and
collected an $S bill.
John Torrent, the Muskegon lumber
man, says there is nothing in the pro-
posed scheme of buying Georgian bay
stumpage and towing logs TO Muskegon-
at least. not at present He has been
negotiating, however.
The Board of Control of the State
House of Correction at Ionia have author
lied the warden to use u schedule that
works the men nine hours n day, on an
average for the year. instead of ten, as has
always been the rule. .
Atkinson Brothers, of Marshalltown,
Iowa, were given the contract to build the
new county court house at st. Joseph.
Their bid was Sal, 700. The Jail contract
and sheriff's residence was awarded 10
Hickman d. Atkins. of Kalamazoo for
$16,297.
Mt. Clemens is agitating the tramp
question. The sheriff charges $1.30
night for housing the weary Willies. The
mt the same time they dislike to turn them
outdoors, and tramp house may be the
outcome.
Lorenzo ID. Ballou, who obtained a d.
vorce at Grand Rapids, got his wife
through an advertisement A California
woman answered, and il was alleged in
the evidence that she sent photograph of
herself taken twenty years before. They
were married after four days courtship.
William Rae, a school teacher at Der
by, says he is sure he heard the Chi
cora's whistle on the night of Jan. 81.
Ii blew for five minutes steadily, then be-
came fainter and fainter, and finally died
away. He said to his wife: THAT is the
Chicora's whistle. and God help herr she
will never reach st. Joseph" Several of
his scholars are also sure they heard the
Chicora. Mr.. Rae believes the hull is
sunk six miles south of st. Joseph.
The fight between Mayor Pingree and
the Detroit Health Board recently APP
pointed by the Governor has assumed n
new phase. A majority of the Common
Council refused to appropriate any money
for the health department, and, instead,
authorized the appointment of a commit
tee Vi dlueTlltu W iOok dIitT tue city
health. The members of the Health
Board decided. on advice of the city
counselor, to begin legal proceedings TO
compel the Council to appropriate money
for the health department. A bill will
also be introduced in the Legislature to
the same end
A Grand Haven preacher has created
q sensation by the public use of the fol-
lowing language: 81 am told that there
are processing Christians in Grand Ha-
ven and vicinity with fixed incomes of
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually, who
live economically out of those incomes
and add the balance to their original cap
ital, while women and children all around
them are suffering for the necessaries of
ife children sleeping cold nights and
shivering in scanty clothing through the
day, contracting diseases and dying for
the want Of proper food and medical at
tention. l don't believe that professions
of Christianity will help these people
any. / don't believe that the kingdom Of
heaven was ever open for them os ever
will be-"
Edward Block. young German en-
ploycd by the Genessee Fruit Company
of Lansing, slipped and fell through a
manhole into a vat of vinegar, was stran-
gled by the acid and drowned. He was
30 years of age and leaves family.
Eden is the name Of little town in