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

A caribou was shot near Pinckney, the
first in many years.
Croswell, with 800 souls, can boast of
five old maids by the name of Maggie.
The Port Huron ladies who gave
burnt cork entertainment cleared 5000.
A Spring Arbor mother has just had
her bad young son sent 20 jail for swear
ing.
Muskegon druggists are forming
combine to prevent cutting Of the prices
of patent medicines.
John J. Klopfenstine and Miss Mary
Agnes Gross, prominent society people,
were married at Benton Harbor.
There are now 1,151 patients at the
Kalamazoo asylum. The record was
broken few days ago, with 1,1S5.
The Sun Life Insurance Company, of
Montreal, has been licensed to do bust
sioner Giddings.
Rev. Mr.. Gordon, of Addison, thinks
New Baltimore is the modern Gomorrah.
He labored there three weeks without, it
is alleged, converting single sinner.
The Eastern Michigan asylum author
tiles have purchased the S0-acre farm of
George Seeley, making $50 acres now
worked by patients and employees.
Amos Touscany, of Bay City, was
knocked down and robbed of $3.50 while
walking on Saginaw street. He bled
profusely from terrific blow over the
right eye. The alleged robber, Ambryo
Coyle, was caught by the police.
A letter addressed to "Grandma,"
Hastings, Mich, reached its destination
all right 1t seems it came from Colo
RADIO town; the postmaster studied till he
bethought himself of family with rela-
tives in that town, and the letter was
delivered.
Henry Bearinger, brother of Isaac
Bearinger, the wealthy Saginaw lumber
man, was crushed to death by load of
lumber Mt Panther, w. Va. He had been
in charge of mills belonging to his brother
at Tawas City and Saginaw and later in
charge of hester estate mills at Baraga.
Diphtheria is raging in the vicinity of
Benton Harbor to an alarming extent.
Several country schools are closed. Forty
cases have been reported within two
weeks, with six deaths. Hydrogen perox-
ide spray is used successfully in treat
ment.
The Lapeer asylum for the feeble-mind-
ed is badly handicapped by lack of means
to set the inmates at work. Some of the
big boys have so much time on their hands
that they make nuisances of themselves,
while their mental Improvement is great
ly retarded.
Pearl II. Chamberlain. head sawyer in
John Canfield's saw mill in Eastlake,
Manistee County, was caught between
a log and the saw carriage and crushed
to death.
George Young, a farmer living north
of Inlay City, is walker from Walker
vile. He is CD years of age, but recently
took jaunt of twenty-five miles without
turning q hair
.Delos A. Blodgett the millionaire lum-
herman, of Grand Rapids, says he does
mt want to be delegate-at-large. He is
going to Florida for the winter and won't
return in time for the spring election.
Thomas Parr, of Maple Rapids, was
born in Ireland ninety-six years ago, and
came to this country in 1916. He has
lived in or near Maple Rapids since 1S49
and boasts of nine children, twenty-five
grandchildren and sixteen great-grand-
children. Every day he takes a long
walk.
Seney has ope-armed man, DR.. Scott,
who can kill and bring to town more
deer than some of his two-armed COM
rades. During the season he drove out in
the woods twice, hitched his horse, with
his one arm shouldered his gun, shot his
deer, dragged II to a stump, drove the
horse near the stump, rolled the deer on
the cart and came into town triumphant