Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-04

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exhibited. Six OF them took prizes
John III. Shearcr has been appointed
postmaster at Henrietta, Jackson Coun-
ty, vice G. Cowing, removed.
| The twenty-fourth annual reunion Of
the Fourth Michigan Infantry will be
held at Hudson on June 10.
Van Buren, County's jail has fifteen in
mates, a larger number Of permanent
bOarders than before in several years.
The test case Of the Muskegon Sunday
closing committee against the baseball
players has ended in defeat for the COM
mittee.
| Alpena's Salvation army has dwindled
down to two members, and there is talk
OF starting n branch Of the American
Volunteers.
| The fruit prospects in the vicinity Of
Montague are fine, and wheat and oats
also look well, with no sign OF rust or
Hessian fly as yet. nt
Rev. John Ferries, pastor Of the Pres
| byterian Church of st. Ignace for the
past twelve years, has accepted call
from Midland church, and will go to his
new field in about Il month.
During recent thunderstorm streak
OF chain lightning entered the house OF
| Will Shompa, OF Exeter, and knocked the
nine lives out of n cat snoozing under the
stove. No 'Other member Of the family
was injured.
There has been considerable agitation
at Coleman of the question of securing
grist mill for the village. and an enthusi-
astic meeting for the discussion OF the
project was held at which it was decided
ITO postpone the matter until times i'm
proved sufficiently to insure the success
| of the venture.
Harry Smith and Bert Earl are charg-
ed with picking pockets during the circus
parade at Kalamazoo, and were locked
up. Burglars entered G. V. Maury's res
idence and took $500 worth of goods, in
GLIDING $40 In cash. Don Hitchcock's
house, south Of the city. was also burglar
| lied 500 worth.
james Ross, of Kingston. committed
| suicide by hanging. His wife died two
| and Il half years ago. since which time
he has been very respondent and often
remarked that he would take his life Mr..
Ross was born i'm Banfshre, Scotland,
in 1927, and came to America in 1855.
He resided in Oxford County, Ont, for
| five years, came to this State in 1860, and
| located on the farm where he committed
the rash act. He has held various offices
Of trust in the township where he resided
Three sons survive him, Daniel, William
and George.
An abstract Of the reports of 10 State
banks and four trust companies in Michi-
gan at the closing of business May
| shows very gratifying condition of
financial institutions of the State. The
loans, discounts, stocks, bonds and mort
cages aggregate SOS, 446, 425, an increase
of 81, 714,12S since the report of Decem-
Der last. The deposits aggregate $685.
S426, 505: the savings deposits have in
creased 81 900, 900 since December and the
commercial deposits show falling off of
ST., 200. The aggregate cash on hand is
S13, .O25, of which some $2,110,212 is
in gold.
The City Council of Manistee recently
passed an ordinance, against the wishes
Of the riders of the city, compelling all
cyclists to carry bells on their machines.
Ever since that time the Mayor and men,
beers Of the Council have had their lives
made miserable Mt all times Of the day and \
night for every last wheelman in the city
of which is enough to cause a deep and
fervent desire on the part of any nearer
to fill his ears with cotton. The wheel
men are not at all backward, either, about
riding In squads past the houses or bust
ness places of the trainers Of the ordi
nance and letting them know in not-to-be-
mistaken sounds that their measure is be-
ing obeyed.
Auditor General Turner, in a statement
issued Friday, shows that notwithstand-
ing the number OF liquor dealers in the
State decreased 4S7 since the high license
law went into effect, the amount of tax
collected exceeds that of the previous year
by $73, 754.15. He furnishes the follow
ing interesting figures: In 1894 the total
number of dealers in spirituous liquors
in the State was BOIL, and the tax paid
81, 40, SO4.S7. In 1895 the number of
dealers was 1925 an increase of OF, and
the tax paid 81, $50, 966.27, an increase of
SAG, 161.37. In 1894, however, the num-
Der of beer licenses taken out was 1,524,
the amount Of tax paid being $415, $3.50. |
In 1895 the number Of dealers showed
decrease Of 1.404, and the amount of tax
paid So, 1856. IS, a decrease Of $402. 4O7. p.
An Isabella County correspondent says !
that there is no evidence of damage from
Hessian fly in that county, but that there |
is more rust on the wheat than was ever
known in that vicinity before.
For. a number of years farmers about |
Mattawan have been inconvenienced by |
being obliged to haul their grain many |
miles away to some peighboring town |
which possessed Touring MILL. Together ]
with the merchants of the village, they I
now propose to raise sufficient bonus to |
secure the establishing of mill on ground |
to be donated by. the. Michigan Central
Railway, n'fSf *'rtiNN W@ -
Floyd Curriston, Lapeer 12-year-old, |
who went in, swimming about month |
ago. died last week from conclusion of the |
brain. 1t Is alleged n companion held his |
head under water, causing his sickness |
and death.
Munising's latest improvement in a
business way Is a State bank. which Is |
now being organized and will be doing |
business inside o. thirty days. 1t will be
called the Munising State Bank, and will |
start with a capital stock of S15, 1000 The
village has no schools ms yet, but the mat |
ter Is being agitated, and as they don't
take long to do things up that way, 1t Is
probable that the village win have al
school system In short time. 49,