Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-13
CRAWLING, ID,

Henry Martin was accidentally killed
while hunting near Burt He was IA
years old.
Don Smith, the 5-year-old son of Walter
r. Smith, was drowned in Crystal Lake,
east of Stanton.
Grand Rapids rejoices greatly over the
sadorship to Berlin.
Peter Postuzeny, a man employed N
the Monitor coal mine, Bay City. fell
down the shaft and was killed.
Lapeer is dancing mad. A big public
party is held about every week now, with
dozens Of smaller private affairs to fill In.
The late Ludwig Struber, Of Owosso,
left fortune of $4,000. $500 Of which
goes to the Salem Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
Thomas Cottrell, Decatur nonagena-
rian. il the father of eighteen children.
He boasts of killing 120 deer in one year,
but that was before game laws were in
vented.
Ten young ruffians broke into u district
school house near Hadley and proceeded
to stop all school work, pelting the teach
er with sticks and text books. All ten
were arrested.
Mrs. Matte Carlow, of Grand Rapids,
struck her adopted daughter Josie with
broomstick and .horsewhip, raising great
ridges of heshs and jammed her head
against the wall. Mrs. Carlow was fined
$40 and costs.
Chicken thieves played u low trick Oh
Gus Schultz, of Big Beaver. They stole
Gus chickens, but what made him mad
der than white eye-browed hornet vas
that they left sick hen behind, as though
it was plenty good enough for Gus.
Miss Ida Hewitt, Benton Harbor do
mestic, has brought suit against her for
mer employer, Alvin Moreey. wealthy
fruit grower for $4,000 damages for
slander. The defendant accused the girl
of stealing various articles from his
house.
During the past eight years thousands
of acres of formerly useless land in Jack
son County have been drained and con-
vertcd into .he best grade of farming
land. In that time twenty five new drains,
aggregating sixty miles in length, have
been constructed at ccst of about $780,
600
Considering the fact that this is the
last leap year for eight years. the girls
don't seem 20 be observing the proyerb to
make hay while the sun shines" as they
might. Only four licenses have been is
sued in Macomb County since Jan. ).
which breaks the record for years in that
county.
During the year ending Dee. 81 there
were 1876 old line fire and fire and marine
.l..t. httai in
Michigan. They wrote risks aggregating
$303, ,36S 300. received premiums aggre-
gating $4.52S.313, paid losses aggregating
81, ,254 ,0S2. and incurred losses aggregat-
ing $2,319, 1913.
George Coryell. aged II years, of Mos
cow. Hillsdale County, couldn't keep up
with his companions in his lessons at
school. and the fact so discouraged him
that he took big dose of paris green. A
doctor pumped him ont however. and
George will make another effort 10 keep
up with the procession.
The handsome sandstone residence on
the Steele farm. nine miles north Of
lonia. was burned. 1t was owned by
Dwight Cutler. of Grand Haven, and
was valued at $4,000. 1t was occupied
by William Steele as a residence and Mr..
Steele loses his entire personal property,
valued at $4,000 or $4,000.
About dozen boys in a Sanilac Center
school didn't like their teacher, and they
thought it would be fine joke to make
an efiigy OF him. with cabbage where the
head ought to be. They did it, and placed
it near the school. They are not attend
ing school now, the school board having
expelled them for their little joke.
Forty-eight hours after the news was
received in Benton Harbor that n free de-
livery mail service would be instituted
April 1. the postmaster had received 200
applcatio for positions. AS only four
carriers will constitute the force, the
,,bliging official fears he may be obliged TO
iisappoini some Of the applicants.
Just a year ago now there were many
| anxious People i'm st. Joseph and the vi
i:inity who had friends or relatives on
| the Inflated Chicora. which had then been
missing for some days. The vessel and
her crew are still missing, but the anxiety
with fain. hope of that time has long since
| given way to mourning without hope.
The Consolidated Street Railroad Com
pany, having monopoly of the street car
business III Grand Rapids, will Voluntarily
( reduce fares from cents straight to six
for % cents. beginning March 1. The
| reduced fares will be given a thorough
| test, and il the difference in the receipts
! is not too great il will become permanent.
Peter G.. Callicott, of Decatur, was SEN
fenced in the Circuit Court to thirteen
months in Ionia for violation of the local
| option law. Callicott is the third offender
| in Van Buren, County convicted of a Sec
ond offense, the other respondents being
sentenced to six and eight months i'm
prisonment respectively. Theodore Lowry
was sentenced for FIVE months In the coun-
| ty Jail for first offense. Lowry's SEN
tence was double that anticipated, and it
| is thought that those who might be in
| clined to engage in violating the law the
first time will now be deferred from doing
50.
Mennonite Brethren in Christ" 10 the
name of a peculiar religious body in and
around Brown City. The members Of this
sect are noted for their simplicity of dress
and honesty, but the most striking tenet
| of their church consists In their belief and
practice of the physical demonstration of
| the direct power OF God. The power Is
generally shown after the sermon. IT as
sumes various phases, sometimes taking
the form Of laughter. crying, spinning
round in the aisle, but more frequently
| the subject utters a piercing shrek and
sinks an inanimate mass to the floor, re-
naming In state Of trance for from ten
minutes to three hours.
\ The Muskegon Board of Education
| bought an entire block fronting the pres