Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-28

Mrs. j. Gruendal, of Grand Haven,
insane over religion, hanged herself In
small shed.
The storm of last week il said to have
cost the Chicago and West Michigan not
less than $4,000.
Edward Jennings was arrested at Ben
ton Harbor on suspicion Of having cut
and riAed a mail pouch.
Temple, Clare County, Is just recovering
from diphtheria scare. There have
been thirty-three cases and three deaths.
Since it was announced that Bad Axe
was to have n telephone exchange, every
town in the thumb has started a cry fos
one also.
Joseph G.. Hoyt, one of the Oldest bust
ness men in Battle Greek, died Monday,
aged 6S. He was in the undertaking bus
mess for forty years.
Evangelist James Leitch is making II
hot for sinners at Marion. Several OF
the worst characters the town has ever
known have been converted.
Mrs. William Quick and Miss Bertha
Ireland. prominent ladies of Holly, were
arrested on the charge of stealing goods
from Calkins' dry goods store.
Joseph Crippen, who had been in Hills
dale County's poorhouse for fifty years
and was its first inmate, died Wednesday
He was known as "Slobbering Joe"
1t has been decided, although infor'
mally, by the Mayor, city attorney and
nearly all of the officials of Ironwood, to
repudiate the last issue of city bonds,
amounting to $15O.00O.
The Chicago and West Michigan Rail
road next spring will be extended from
Ironton to East Jordan, giving the latter
town a great boom as summer resort
and as proposed county seat.
A 2-year-old daughter of Russell Skin
ner, of Prescott, swallowed some pre-
pared dye, and doctor and stomach
pump were necessary to keep her from
crossing to the golden shore.
One of the charges against Superintend-
ent Clarke. of the Flint deaf school, was
that of destroying State property. 1t
transpires that he cut down shade tree
that was in everybody's way.
Miss Louise Hopkins, of Peoria, ILL.,,
in the class of '97 at Ann Arbor, has had
her mind affected by hard study. The
trouble has been coming on for some time,
and Saturday she became violent.
Peter Schier and family, of Kalamazoo,
love their dog as much as they would a
first-cousin at least. The faithful animal
warned them that the house was on fire,
and they escaped just in the nick of time.
Sad story of an Adrian hunter lost in
Cottonwood swamp, near Ogden. Wan,
dered about with his dog two days with
out food. Finally cut off dogs TAIL made
some dogtail soup-and gave the poor dog
the bone!
Attorney General Maynard declares
that legislative acts authorizing villages
to issue bonds for public improvements"
are invalid. Such acts must state the
particular public improvements for which
it is proposed to issue bonds.
Rev. Henry n. Crouden, the Univer-
salist minister of Port Huron, is said to
be candidate for chaplain of the Ma
tional House of Representatives. Dur
ing the war he received charge of shot
that left him totally blind for life.
The Michigan Tradesman says that u
prominent hotel of Jackson is "ratty;"
the furniture is aged, the carpets vile, the
table by no means first-class, the closets
are a menace to the health of guests, and
the charges are $3.50 per day. The man,
agement also controls the only other al
legged frst-class house in the city.
Reports from all parts of Michigan
tell of furious snowstorm Wednesday,
accompanied by fierce gale. The steam.
er Wisconsin was fast in the ice off Lake
City and drifting north with the foe. All
trains on the Chicago and West Mich.
gan were abandoned, as were also trains
on the Big Four north of Elkhart.
The divorce reformers should at once
turn their attention to South Dakota. The
laws in that State were certainly loose
enough before, but now the term of resi-
dence necessary to move in the matter of
severing matrimonial ties has been re-
duced from six months TO three. This is
the strongest move that any State has
yet made in the direction of making mar.
riage farce.
Mayor Pingree's long and bitter fight
with the daily newspapers of Detroit has
III tnt VI IL pan ny
which he intends to present his own side
of all public questions that he thinks the
papers will not print. He has had made
fifty large blackboards, three feet in size,
which he intends to paddock to posts in
prominent places about town and on
which he proposes to post full bulletins
of all public works from his own point of
view. He also is considering the advisa
bility of establishing daily paper.
The Grand Lodge, Ancient Order Unit
ed Workmen of Michigan, was in session
the membership was increased 1854 in the
year, and now has 22,652 members. Tween.
ty-five new lodges have been organized
during the year. There was paid in bene-
ficiaries for 216 deaths $431, 227. The
total amount paid since organization is
Over 100 were given the
Grand Lodge degree. There were $50
delegates present, who were entertained
at the Academy of Music. They meet
next year in Detroit.
The stockholders of the Seventh Day
Publishing Association met at
the general conference in Battle Creek.
The business of the association during
the past year has been $2,OO0,0OO, besides
the purchase of property and erection of
buildings in Battle Greek and at Atlanta,
Ga. There has been a net gain of So 1000.
The book sales have amounted to $780,
600. The general conference association,
which, through it's committee of twenty
one, controls the finances of the denomi-
nation, reported business prosperous.