Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-13

his 1O0th birthday. "D'
A Portland man talks Of building an,
elegant $4,000 block. y. ,vian
Bad Axe has such surfeit Of trstl4
tellers that prominent citizens talk of adj
vertising for an A No. ! liar. 90
The contract for furnishing the State
with stationery has been let to .hling
Bros. x Everard, of Kalamazoo.
Joseph Weber. of Marine City, mixed
Kerosene and vinegar and then drank
ammonia. The terrible mixture killed
him. g1
A New York man wrote for an extended
account of "Cannibalism of the u. of NJ,
and wanted to know II the co-eds were
good to eat.
Saginaw expected to get a big box fac
tory from Massachusetts, but the proprie-
tors backed out Mt the last minute because
Of discriminating freight rates.
1t Is related of Port Huron man dur
ing the recent remarkable changes Of
weather that he froze his nose and got
sunstroke on the back of his head
| The twenty-first annual meeting of the
State Pioneer and Historical Society was
held at Lansing in the Senate chamber,
ex-Gov. Alpheus Fetch presiding. The
records show a total membership of 459,
90 members having died during the year.
At Benton Harbor, Charles Spring
steen, steward of the Hotel Whitcomb
and ex-steward of the steamer Chicora,
fell through hatchway in the hold of the
steamer Louisville and now lies in
critical condition with conclusion of the
brain.
| The extremely hot, dry weather serious
ly affected the strawberry crop near Ben
ton Harbor. Farmers that expected to
get hundred crates or more after the
frosts won't have more than twenty.
Fully $4,000 damage has been done to
berries alone by frosts and heat.
Frank NJ. Annis, who has been in jail
at Flint since April last, charged with
having set fire to his dwelling and thereby
burning up his wife, was arraigned in the
| Circuit Court He refused to plead, and a
plea of not guilty was then entered for
him by Judge Wisner.
A bulletin of the Michigan weather SER
vice says that in the upper peninsula the
| week has been favorable for all growing
crops; the rainfall has been plentiful and
temperature firm and the sunshine benefi-
cial. In the southern part of the State,
where wheat is beginning to head out,
the straw is short and the head is small
i Grass is also short and somewhat thin.
Tho weather has, however, been favora-
bic to coEp.
! A consolidated statement showing the
condition of the 1877 State banks and four
trust companies of Michigan, at the close
! of business May z, issued by the banking
commissioner, shows total loans and dis
counts of $37. 762, S17 .3S; stock bonds and
mortgages, $26, $3.50, O63. 10 cash reserve,
$13, 999, 676.S9. The capital stock paid in
is $12 ,4O5, 112; surplus, So, GA ,662.57; I'M
divided profits, less current expenses, in
terest and taxes paid, 81, 1893 548.23. The
total deposits of $63, 7S2, $3.50 show an
increase of 1920, 0SS.3S over Dec. 10
last, the date of the last report, and the
total loans and increase of So, 765, 40. ~.
st. Ignace proposes to honor the last
resting place of Father Marquette with
monument BETTING the courage and en-
terprise of the explorer and missionary,
who in 1910 established his Jesuit college,
military station, and missionary headquar-
tiers there. Thirty years ago Father
Jacker, of st. Ignace, by a study of the
records of Pere Marquette's career and
exact measurements, located his grave.
A modest monument has since marked the
| spot. Arrangements are now being made
for State memorial service Aug. q next.
Following this it is proposed to erect a
monument which shall suitably commence
rate the distinguished explorer.
The great commander and the great rec
| ord keeper, X. o. T. NJ, are in receipt
of letters from members Of the Order of
| Michigan, asking if the rates of assess
ment have been raised. They evidently
saw the published proceedings of the SUI
preme Tent review, which met in the
city of Port Huron, May IS. For the in
formation of all the members of the Or
der in the State of Michigan, it is stated
| that the laws passed by the Supreme Tent
have no bearing whatever upon the great
camp for Michigan, and hence the raising
| of assessment rates on new members un-
der Supreme Tent jurisdiction does not
| effect the members holding certificates
| under the great camp. Neither does it
raise the rates of assessment on members
in Michigan holding certificates under the
Supreme Tent. They will continue to pay
| the same rates as heretofore. The raise
| of rates applies only to members who are
admitted after the first day of July in
tents under Supreme Tent jurisdiction.
After that date member in Michigan
| taking out additional benefits in the Su-
preme Tent will have TO pay the increased
assessment rates. go.
The following bills left in the Cover
nor's hands have been approved: General
budget for the expenses of the State gov
eminent, placing building and loan asso-
Citations under the supervision of the Sec
rotary of State; providing for recompila-
ton of the laws of Michigan; the Foster
bill providing for the incorporation of mu-
tual fire insurance companies, which shall
have authority to limit the liability of
stockholders; establishing an additional
State normal school at Mount Pleasant,
and the bill removing the homeopathic
college from Ann Arbor to Detroit. The
Governor filed a veto message covering
nineteen bills, all remaining in his hands.
| The most important measures killed were
the Donovan interchangeable mileage bill;
| bill creating a State board of medical ex-
aminers; providing for clearance sale
of delinquent State tax lands; authorizing
the license of State tax lands for home
steads; giving the supervision of the pub
| LEGATION of all public documents to the
State Auditors; making an appropriation
for an electric light system at the uni
| yersity. A number of bills appropriating
swamp lands for the improvement of
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