Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-12

Bay Port, In Huron County, will have
bank, which will be operated by the
Bay Port Mercantile Company.
Searchers for the Chicora wreck raised
an anchor. which proved to be from the
schooner Thomas A. Bradley. which
foundered of st. Joseph in 1856.
The Rapid Transit Railroad now build
ing between Saginaw and Bay City has
been sold to syndicate of New York
capitalists ind will bcipushed rapidly to
completion.
Wheat is either scarce around Finck-
ney or else the farmers are holding 1t
rather close, for the local miller is Offer
ing 2 cents above the market price for any
amount of the cereal
Bad Axe has no woman's crusade, but
on Sunday evening after church the mar
shall, accompanied by several prominent
church members, proceeded to one of the
saloons. They found the bar open and
several persons there. The proprietor
was arrested. @1
Omar Il. Neff. the Ann Arbor student
who is under heavy bond in Elkhart
County, Ind, for forgery, has brought
suit for $4,000 damages against Merrill
Il. Wilson, secretary of the Metropolitan
caused his arrest.
James Chittenden, of Manchester, N.
Y. is in Adrian, trying to recover war
relic, which be considers beyond price.
1t was field-glass he found when, badly
wounded, he was crawling off the field
at Gettysburg. He accuses a Fairfield
man of stealing the relic.
Mrs. Minnie Colyer, Of Ann Arbor, has
become insane over religion, and will be
sent to the asylum. Soon after the De-
troit NJ. Il. conference, in September, she
began to act queerly She would sit up
till late at night, reading her Bible, but
no violence was shown till Thanksgiving
Day, when she drove some of her neigh
bors out Of the house, telling them they
were too sinful to remain in her company.
On Sunday afternoon the police found
the, whole family on their knees, with
the lady, who was praying and exhorting
them by turns. When they attempted to
rise she would push them down on their
knees again. She was finally locked up.
There are some willy farmers around
Owosso. A New Haven Township man
sold load of hay to A. l.. Northway,
who deputized an employee to see about its
delivery. Judge of his surprise when,
just as the barn was reached, man
crawled out of the hay and made his
escape. When the farmer called for his
pay he was asked the weight of the man
he had covered up. At first he appeared
innocent, but finally wilted, and acknowl-
edged that since hay was selling so high
he had adopted this scheme to help pay
expenses. The weight of the extra man
was estimated at 1000 pounds, and q
check drawn for the load, less that
amount, was handed the willy farmer.
Gov. Rich, Justices McGrath and Long.
of the Supreme Court, and others wit
messed the remarkable effect DIR. Cas-
sius Mcdonald. the Detroit hypnotist,
had on Daniel l.. Crossman, the veteran
| ex-Clerk of the House of Representa-
| tives. For several years Crossman has
been afflicted with palsy, finally becom
| ing unable to feed himself or stand alone.
| DIR. Mcdonald had Crossman walking
| about the parlors of the Hotel Downey,
wholly unsupported, with his hands held
| high above his head. For over an hour
| the patient sat perfectly calm, with not
| the slightest perceptible tremor. Nc
| Donald says he can accomplish COM
| plete cure, and Crossman will be taken
| to Detroit for treatment.
| The election of Rev. Henry n. Couden,
| the blind ex-pastor of the Universalist
| Church in Port Huron as chaplain of the
| National House of Representatives is
regarded by Port Huron people fitting
reward for brave man. Mr.. Coudon lost
| his sight in the service of the Union. He
| enlisted ut the age of Is, when the first
col co. - do in,
| the Sixth Ohio Infantry, and re-enlisted
| for three years when his term was out
| He was with Mcclellan in the West Vir
ginia campaign, and took part in the bat
| tie of Shiloh. In February, 1863, he
was transferred to the First Mississippi
Marine Brigade. Near Austin, Miss,
he received charge of small shot in his
eyes, causing total blindness. After an
honorable discharge Mr.. Coudon found
there was no hope of recovering his eye.
| sight. He entered the blind school at
Columbus, Ohio, taking course Of seven
years. Afterward he entered the thco-
| logical seminary at Canton, N. Y. His
| first pastorate was at Madrid, n. ";
later he preached at Willoughby, Ohio,
| Chatham, Mass, and four years ago went
| to Port Huron. He is a man of schOl
| arly tastes. lovable character and great
| spirituality.
A matter of great Importance to physi-
clans in Michigan has been decided in
| the Circuit Court at Battle Creek. The
| question came up over the application of
| n life insurance company, which had is
| sued n policy of $4,000 on the life of n
| citizen of Detroit. The company learn
| cd after its issue that the applicant had
misrepresented his physical condition and
began suit to annul the policy. They AS
certained that he had been treated ut
Battle Greek for particulars disease
| which, If it was true that he was affiicted
with it, would prevent his obtaining life
insurance in any company. The physi-
| clan refused to testify or answer any
| questions on the ground that a physi-
clans relations to his patients are sacred
and that he could not be compelled TO
testify in regard to the ailments with
| which his patient is afflicted. The attor-
ney held that this was true so far as re-
lated to personal matters, but that under
| the new State law physicians could be
compelled to testify in regard to any
| questions relating to public matters, or
| that in any way affected other persons,
and that IL they refused they could be
punished for contempt Of court, just the
same as any other witness. Judge Smith
ruled that the physician must give his tes-
| timony and issued an order accordingly
Forty-fve Jackson young men signed
| petitions to be enrolled as new military
company to take the place of the Emmett
Rifles, recently mustered out of the State
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