Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-09

lilac have left the city suddenly, without
apparent reason.
Mrs.. Louise Smith. Of Trenton, has
made snug little fortune a. . paper
hanger and painter.
Ann Arbor, with about one-fourth Of
the population of Washtenaw County. has
nearly one-half of the saloons.
The Michigan furniture manufacturers
have formed an "excelsior" trust. It IL
safe to bet that excelsior" wiz b higher
now.
The big windmill and planning mill plant
Of the Beach Manufacturing CO.. at Ly-
ons, burned. Loss, several thousand dol
lars.
Nicholas Bauman. the Kalamazoo ma
bob who died recently, decided his $4,000
home to his housekeeper. susanna Fsul-
bausch.
Bedding can bury 100 people day with
out half trying. That 10 the number of
coffins turned out daily by the casket
factory.
Grant Gardner, of North Star. Gratiot
County, Is In trouble for putting up pre-
scriptions In a drug store without being
a registered pharmacist.
Martin Beck, of Gilead, would have
been kicked to death had II not been for
his young and plucky daughter, who
drove of a vicious horse with a pitch
fork.
A Morley man becomes dangerously In
sane whenever he hears the sound of min
strel music. In one Of his fits he fired
revolver at a quartet of singers. And yet
he never heard an organ grinder.
A Kalamazoo man locked his 7-year-old
son out of doors at night, and the boy,
after spending part of the night in the
barn, was, taken to police headquarters
and given a comfortable bed until morn
ing. 1t il probable that the father will
hear more of the matter before il u
ended.
The earnings of railroad companies op-
Grating in Michigan for the month of jan
uary last indicate a slight improvement
in business. The gross earnings for the
month were $1,S47,07420, an increase
Of SOC, 065.S0, or 2S3 per cent, over the
earnings for the corresponding month Of
last year.
The weekly weather crop report by the
Michigan weather service says: The past
Immediately upon the very dry period Of
the week before, and generally dry
spring, Is beginning to have a marked
effect upon all vegetation. Winter wheat
is reported in fair condition In all Sec
tions except in the district known as the
Thumb" and as far south as Oakland
County. Dat and grass seeding Is being
pushed as far north as the upper PENN
In
in all parts of the State.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will T. Barnum, Of Adri-
an, gave reception in honor of Miss Ella
Nj. Barnum, of Chicago. There was an
impromptu program, and Miss Barnum
promised to ''speak little piece" When
her turn came she disappeared for min
ute, returning with a strange gentleman.
Rev. Wilson Whitney announced that he
would give an illustration of an incident
in Dickens life, proceeded to read the
marriage ceremony. Before the aston
ished guests could collect their scattered
wits l.. ID. Tanner Of Chicago, and Miss
Barnum were man and wife.
Charles ORIENT and Mrs. Worthington,
of Newark, were to be married, and the
guests had assembled. But the prospec-
tive bridegroom met some congenial
friends and despite the objection of the
bride-elect, went with them to take a
drink. The bride waited, and when ORIENT
did not come she searched for him and
found him helplessly intoxicated. The
result of that debauch was his death.
There is a suspicion that the liquor he
drank had been poisoned, but this suspi-
cion has not been verified, nor will it be
until an analysis can be made. AS Mrs.
Worthington was returning from the
house of mourning her horse ran away
and she was thrown out and badly in
jured. Her condition is serious.
Chicago is dry. So is the State of ILL
nois. but not to the point of parching, like
its chief city. Only once in twenty-five
years has as little rain fallen in the month
of April. The grass in the fields round
about the city Is full of dust and Is TAX
ing on the brown appearance of late July.
In the parks the sprinklers are at work
all day long, being moved constantly from
place to place. 1t Is eight years since
this was necessary thus early i'm the sea-
son. AT places which the sprays cannot
reach the grass Is rusty. Lack of precipi-
tation Of moisture caused the ruin Of
much winter wheat In the West and
Southwest, but showers pretty generally
distributed have saved the planted crop
for the present at least in most places
where the first damage was felt. Illinois,
Southern Michigan and Indiana are the
States now suffering. The corn is mostly
in, but it will rot unless rain comes quick
ly.
Frank Campbell, of Port Huron, was
arrested in Sanilac County by Deputy
Sheriff Purdy on the charge of not sup
porting his family, the complaint being
preferred by his wife. Campbell was
not told what he was arrested for, and,
thinking that he was wanted or more
serious charge, he became excited and con-
fessed to having committed most brutal
assault and robbery last October, the
victim being Michael Arnold, an old man
who lives alone. One day last October
an unknown person called at Mr.. Ar
nold's home and requested something to
eat. While the old man was going to
the pantry he was assaulted from behind,
knocked down and rendered unconscious,
and then all the money in the house
stolen. No trace of the perpetrator of the
outrage was ever discovered and his
identity remained a mystery until now.
Campbell also stated to the officer that
he had an accomplice at the time, and
that he committed the crime to get salts
faction for an alleged pounding he re-
ceived from the old man years ago.
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