Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10

nav trains will run into Bay City over the
tracks of the new interurban electric
line, using its bridge TO cross the river.
q. G. Scribner and his son-in-law, Ray
Kinney. of Bancroft. got into fight with
an ax and corn cutter as weapons, and
Scribncr was cut in the neck very seri-
ously.
Two horses. of the value of $500, be-
longing to job NJ. Sargent. living north of
Jackson. were poisoned by some miscreant
placing paris green in the feed boxes.
One of the horses died.
Thousands of bushels of apples have
been blown from the trees in Van Buren,
County. and large part of these are
taken to the evaporators, where they are
sold for about sixteen cents per hun
dred pounds.
Pontiac's common council seem to be
still warning with the Salvation army.
since their latest resolution adopted is
one which provides for the arrest of any
person or persons who cause the street
to be blockaded.
All surplus cattle are being bought up
and shipped out of Kalkaska County by
the carload. Owing To the scarcity of hay
most farmers are selling themselves short.
and owing to that fact prices will doubt
less rule high in the spring.
At st. Joseph the price of potatoes has
dropped TO 10 cents a bushel, and buyers
are slow TO purchase at that. The potato
crop is large and if the prices do not go
up it will nearly ruin some of the growers
who depend almost entirely on them.
The township board of Harrison has
granted franchise TO John Il. Hartz, to
run an electric road from the iof the
Lakeside boulevard. near Mt. Clemens, to
the north Erin line on the lake shore.
The corporation represents 81 100000.
All packages containing liquor must
according TO the new pure food law. be
labeled pure and without drugs or
poison" A fine of $50 or six months is
the limit of the penalty. Dairy Commits
sioner Storrs inspectors are busy serving
food and drink dealers all over the State
with copies of the law. They will ask
the cooperation of the larger dealers in
enforcing the law.
A young lad named Robert McCarty
and some companions were playing in n
Detroit electric light tower. when one of
the boys got an ak and began TO chop at
the lock of the elevator. McCarty was
in the elevator. and when it was released
it shot TO the top. carrying the boy with
it. AT the top, McCarty was pitched out
and fell to the ground. 125 feet below,
killing him instantly.
Robert l.. Cory was arrested in Elkhart.
Ind, charged with obtaining $1,000 under
false pretenses from eighteen ST. Joseph
farmers. He was bound over TO the Cir
cult Court in 81, 800 bonds. He claims to
be an importer of blooded coach horses
and q capitalist of New London, Conn.
A telegram from there states that he was
convicted of assault and sentenced to life
service in 1878, but was pardoned. He
sold the horse. which he represented to be
imported. and gave the pedigree to eigh-
teen farmers for $1,000. The horse is
alleged to be fraud.
Nearly 100 members of the Stonewall
regiment, the Seventeenth Michigan In
fantry, attended the sixteenth reunion at
Lansing. A feature of the exercises was
the presentation to the State of the regi-
ment's old battle flag, which was captured
by the enemy at Spottsylvania and re-
turned to the regiment by the secretary
of war last winter. The presentation
was made by Senator Burrows, who fol-
lowed the flag. and accepted on behalf of
the State by Gov. Rich. The following
officers were elected: President Chris
tian Roth. Jackson: Vice President.
Charles Wood, Chelsea: Secretary and
Treasurer, Charles ID. Cowles, Lansing.
The next reunion will be held at Jackson
Sept. II, 1896.
A Wakeshma Township, Kalamazoo
County, farmer lost two horses by paris
green getting in the salt which was fed
them.
For nearly two weeks high winds were
almost constant in Northern Michigan.
varying from heavy wind to a bowling
gale. Heavy rains and Il low tempera-
ture prevailed. Corn is thoroughly rpen-
ed and the most of it cut 1t is the best
crop of the kind ever raised in that part
of the State. Potatoes are about ready to
dig and will yield well. while the quality
is fine.
AIichigan's peppermint crop for this
year has been harvested The United
States raises nine-tenths of the worlds
product and Michigan two-thirds of the
American product The plant in st. Jo-
ieph County has been in cultivation since
1S42, and Allegan. Kalamazoo, Wayne.
Cass, Van Buren,. Ottawa, Muskegon, are
now raising large quantities. The acre
age in the State is between 10000 and
100000. and il is estimated the crop this
year will approximate 10000 pounds of
oil. The average price paid has been
SLIGO and $1.65 pound. Peppermint is
easily cared for After it is planted all
the farmer needs to do is to keep it free
of weeds. 1t is cut like hay and distilled
like whisky. A. NJ. Todd, of Kalama zoo,
has the largest distillery in the country,
from which the oil is shipped all over the
world.
The State tax apportioned by the au-
ditor general and payable in the several
counties in December Is the largest ever
levied. 1t amounts to $3,013,0 ,019, and is
S1,324, 1S3 greater than last years levy.
John w. Root, vegetable dealer of
Bedford, longed to taste the nectar from
the lips of his neighbor's wife and did so.
IL Is not related that the wife objected,
but the husband did and made com
plaint for assault, on which Justice Bid
well, of Battle Greek, fined Root S11 80.
Root told the justice he thought IL was
pretty steep for one kiss. which was all
he got, he said, but he paid the fine.