Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-09-26

gang Oh riint n0OulumS pclteu bicycle
riders in a lantern parade. injuring two
ladies so severely they had to drop out.
William Francis barn, with all it's con
tents, was detroyed by fire, near Munger
His O months old child died the evening
before.
Martin Smith, who left Bay City last
May to work in a West Virginia sawmill
/ was recently thrown from log carriage
and killed.
II. ID. Lee farmer near Bancroft, re.
ports yield of ZAP bushels of oats from a
field of So acres, an average of 50 bushels
per acre.
The fly wheel of the ore crusher ut the
Traders mine, Iron Mountain, burst. An
tome Frank, a trammer, was killed by fly.
ing pieces.
lightning shattered the fag staff of the
Sualt court house and shocked Judge
Steere, County Clerk WebsterAnd others.
Torrents~of rain flooded the Sfreet1e
Jackson prohibitionists are so Disguised
ut the laxness of churches in dealing with
the liquor traffic, that they talk of start
ing prohibition church of their own.
Ann Arbor people with chronic ailments
claim to have been cured by riding
through the woods on the electric cars,
absorbing some kind Of mysterious cur
rent.
Gladstone, in Delta County, will issue
bonds to the extent of 1900, the pro-
ceeds to be used in street improvements,
and the construction of an electric light
ing plant.
The little daughter of George Schultz,
of Calumet, pulled over big pail of saur-
kraut standing on the kitchen table, and
was so badly burned that she died a few
hours later.
The work on the roadbed of the Toledo
and Ann Arbor Railroad is being pushed,
and when the work is completed the road
will be In first-class shape. The shops at
Owosso will also be greatly improved.
Ex-Attorney General Ellis went to Bes-
semer armed with an execution directed
against the Gogebic and Montreal River
Railroad Company, branch of the Wis
consin Central Railroad, for the collection
of about 5000, due the State for specific
taxes for the year 1890.
A terrific cyclone at Pinneboy blew
down the residence of /. Obi, killing three
children and injurine the, parentSy Az
Kinde two children of Richard Tott were
killed. At San Beach and East Tawas
great damage was done, and at Alpena
an unknown schooner and crew were lost.
Two masked men entered the front door
of the Smith Hotel at Hillsdale about
1890 Tuesday night and, with drawn re-
volvers, ordered the night clerk to hold
h lie Al
the hotels money. One man kept the
clerk covered, while the other went
through drawers and shelves in the office,
securing so from the till, and through
the clerks pockets, taking his watch and
chain and about So in money.
William Z. Leonard, an old lawyer of
Port Huron, who is somewhat eccentric,
has presented the public library with
complete set of Thomas Paine's works.
In each book photograph and the fol-
lowing inscription are found: This book
is presented to the public library by Will
lam Il. Leonard, whose shadow appears
above, with the request that all who read
this work use their reason, then give
Thomas Paine the credit of being the
greatest man of the American revolution"
LII lcSS tudH tNO NttkS nttlc ILuuy
Thayer, years old. has stolen four diff
ferent rigs from hitching posts at Jack
son and has been as many times caught
and has been locked in Jail twice, but
afterward given his liberty. He stole
rig Monday afternoon belonging to Mrs.
Charles McCallum, living fourteen miles
distant in Rives, and was caught with it
by Deputy Sheriff Smith of Panama, ten
miles west of the city. The common
prosecutor has failed to find law which
provides for Furnishing so young GRIM
inal.
As the result Of fire at Alaska Tues
day night there is but one store left in the
village. The larger buildings were owned
by County Treasurer s. Il. Colson, whose
loss is $1,000, with no insurance; John
Forbes, John King, William GLASGOW and
Joseph Mckee, whose losses will aggre-
gate $4,000. The fire was undoubtedly
of incendiary origin and the town could
get no aid in time to save the buildings.
Alaska is eighteen miles south of Grand
Rapids.
The stockholders of the syndicate that
proposes to build the big water power at
the 500 have been visiting the town and
declare that work on the canal will begin
next spring. They are busy purchasing
right of way.
At Ann Arbor the Hamilton amend
ment proposed by the General Conference
Of the Methodist Church, which would bar
women from the general conference. was
defeated i'm the Detroit conference by
vote of 1874 to 3. At the same time the
proposed by the Baltimore
and Colorado conferences, providing for
the admission of women, was carried by
vote of 1S5 to o, a sweeping victory for
the women. The question of dividing the
was voted down unanimously.
Adjournment was taken, the conference
deciding to go to Flint next year. The
principal appointments are: DIR. &. NJ.
Cobern, Ann Arbor: Il. b. Bancroft,
Adrian; Joseph Frazer. Monroe; Mathew
G. Hawks, Bay City; G. b. Steele, West
Bay City; w. Il. Sheridan, Tabernacle,
Detroit; s. w. Homer, Simpson, Detroit;
Arthur w. Stalker, Preston. Detroit; w.
Il. Pope, Palmer, Detroit: r. A. Green
wood, Ninde, Detroit; w. ii. Shier, Bald
win avenue. Detroit: +. q. Pittsburg,
Pontiac; Port Huron, Joshua Stansfield
and Jacob Horton: Saginaw. J. A. Law
cry, s. NJ. Gilchriese, q. w. Jennings,
and III. +. Walfe.
The ColumbiarsR snevolent Association
at Saginaw, whose president and secre-
tary have been bound over in Ufiited
States Court, charged with using the
mails to further lottery scheme, has
closed it's doors.
Mrs. Lizzie Drenslaw, of Grand Rapids,