Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-30

that kind, but just carried OF the ma.
chine bodily, and after securing its con.
tents threw II into the river.
While Ernie Clark. young man about
twenty years Of age. was engage in load
ing wheat for Nellie Setterington, near
Nlsic. the team became frightened and
tipped the load over, throwing HIM vio-
ientiy to the ground and breaking his arm.
Ogemaw County IL the banner plum
raising county in that section of Michi-
gan, and strange to say. the growers have
never been annoyed by the pest which
makes the lives OF most plum raiscrs bur-
dcns TO them-the curculio. Ogemaw
County growers do not know how to ac-
connt for their freedom from it, hut Ms
long as will stay away they do not care
about the why and wherefore Of the mat
ter.
The body OF 15-ycar-old Albert Wilk
was found at the bottom of well on his
fathers farm near Muskegon. Ii seems
that the lad and his S-year-old sister were
playing around the well, when he threw n
ribbon from her hair in the well. In re-
turn she threw his hat and dared him to
20 after ii. He secured both ribbon and
hat and started to climb out, when the
rottens eurbing gave way. The father,
Henry g.. WIKI, was away from home
when the'accident occurred.
While Mrs. Jane Foster. aged rs, and
Mrs. Henry Thompson, aged "a, the lat
ter accompanied by her five children, were
riding through the country In search OF
huckeblerries near Manton, their horse
m fpf ..,,I Al.
ing all from the vehicle. Mrs. Foster and
Mrs. Thompson were killed instantly AMI
the Oldest boy. aged I'D. was fatally in-
jured about the head. A baby year old
was In no way injured. Others OF the
party were injured, but not seriously.
About year and half ago large
pate glass window, reaching down 10 the
hoor, was put In a prominent hotel in
Lansing. Since that time three persons
have walked into the glass, thinking 1t
was open to the outside air, and have
broken 1t. or course it was a good joke
on the man who was fooled every time,
but the hotel proprietor had gotten tired
OF SUD jokes. and when the window is re-
placed this time it will have big sign
in brilliant letters upon it, This is a win
dow. Beware of the glass"
The combine formed by the basket man
ufacturers of Western Michigan to force
up the prices OIL fruit packages bias been
broken by the action OF one tirp in drop
ping the prices from $50 to $24 per thou
sand. This action gave TO this firm all
the trade it could take care OF. SO the
other members Of the combine have re-
solved TO make the growers who are un-
able to purchase from the cut-rate man
pay the $50 rate. Growers declare, how
ever, that they will use boxes to ship
their peaches In, instead OF baskets rather
than pay this eXorbitart rate.
AS wheat thrashing progresses it is evil
dent that considerable portion OF the
cereal in southwestern Michigan will be
OF inferior quality. The first grain
in the vicinity of Decatur was
plump and hard and slightly
sixty pounds in weight To the
bushel. The later reports indi-
cate that rust caused more damage than
at the time. and that the raw
ages Of the Hcssian fly were more wide
spread than at first thought. From the
latter cause il is now estimated that the
yield Of wheat in that region will not ex-
coed that OF last year. although the acre
nge this season Is somewhat larger.
The report of state Treasurer Wiikin-
son for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1896. shows that the cash OH hand in the
State treasury on the date given was
rJ12, 422-i3. The general fund, which
now has balance OF S410, 53T.21. was
last year overdrawn S12S,OOO The trust
fund Indebtedness OF the State is xJ.7(iG.-
,02.12, and the bonded indebtedness S1O,-
I'D. The specific tax receipts of the
year were as follows: From railroads.
S.b3I ,O4O.I4: fire insurance companies,
SIT. 1874; life insurance companies,
SO,S2S..N; guarantee insurance COM
Danies, x3,66l.6I; pate glass insurance
x29O.05: steam boiler inspec-
ion companies. S51G23: telephone com
Danies. x23, 459.36: telegraph companies.
f19.O36.I3; express companies. 81, 742.34;
plank and gravel road companies. 81 .1O2;
liver Improvement companies, x2,1345J.
Total. $1.OO6,J49.O5.
A fearful electrical storm occurred at
Thursday night. during which
several barns were struck by the electric
and burned TO the ground, with all
heir contents. infiicting a loss of several
thousand dollars. Rudolph bartholomew,
Henry Duval and X. Fredinburg were
among those who suffered. The first men,
Toned suffered loss OF hay. grain. cattle
md farming utensils. estimated loss. ST.
100. partially insured in the Calhoun Mu-
ual. Henry Duval lost two large barns
md their contents. estimated at $1,000,
PARTIALLY insured in the Calhoun County
Mutual, while X. Fredinburg. OF Frcdo-
iia. lost about twenty sheep out of
lock Of 200. The loss by lightning has
been unusually heavy.
When the Kelley institute was located
n Ypsiianti some OF the stock was sold
o the citizens Of that place. Lorenzo
D. Coombs bought $1,000 slice. He
'laimed afterward to have discovered that
he company had fraudu,entiy Increased
is stock from xJO.UO to $2JO,OOO. and
hat false representations regarding the
value had been made in order to effect
he sale. Mr.. Coombs sued George w.
ladford. James w. Fales and Alexander
\lcVittie. directors OF the institute. and
the face value of the stock.
The false representations alleged consist
ID of u letter, written by Radford to n
gentleman in Ypsilanti, in which it was
tated that the institute was paying II
Ter cent on $2JO,OOO. From other tessi-
nony given this statement was found by
he jury to be Misrepresentation, and
he Supreme Court finding no error in
he case, declines to disturb the verdict.
George Swain. a farmer about rs years
Id, who lived near Dryden, killed his
hree small children. set fire to his house. /