Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20


Weary Willies."
Mrs. Jessie wilkins. of Kalamazoo. was
assaulted in the yard of the Bethel Church
Saturday night 10y an unknown man, who
seized her from behind, carried her TO the
horse sheds and almost choked her. Be
fore he could accomplish his purpose her
husband appeared on the scene and
fierce fight ehsued. The assailant finally
escaped. wilkins says he recognized him
rs Joe Harding. for whom the police are
now looking. Mrs. wilkins was uncon-
scious for many hours
Chicago capitalists have organized the
Michigan Liqnefying Company and the
Michigan Carbine Company, each capi-
talized ut 81 1.O00.O00, for the purpose of
manufacturing acctylene gas in this State
A plant will be established at Sault Ste
Marie. so as 10 lake advantage Of the mag
niicent water power at that place. The
parent company will also establish plant
ut Niagara. Lime, coke and electricity
nre used to produce Il portable substance
which gives off the gas under certain con
ditions, readily produced, and which can
be shipped directly to the consumer.
People who think that men who work
in the lumber woods require nothing but
muscle in their business may be interested
in the following from Nenominee paper:
Every log of the 31J.uD0000 feet that
was sorted at the boom last season has
both an end and sid, mark upon il.
There were 145 owners of these lo2s. and
upon the various logs were HOS end marks
and 80 side marks. Tn. men whs work
ut the sorting gaps must be perfect: well
acquainted with every one of these marks.
and the very few logs thar go astra,. out
of the immense number handled nlows
that the men are on To IT, cir jobs
Eli Mexicott. of Carleto1. who bai been
Il bachelor for foIty-fve years, had OBJ
tained n marriage licens;. his ban. had
been published in church. le had nisIe all
arrangements and was IT, hapIie.t man
in that section. for he was 10 marry retty
Lizzie Nermette. of Trei ton. Bu. in Il
few days the situation changed. I.i.zie's
father feared that Mexico.r would at be
IL desirable son-in-law, AID wh'ic Lizzie
was at the McXicott house getting .eady
for the wedding the enraged fs h.S APP
peared upon the scene and to'fe lizzie
back To her home in Trenton. Eli saears
eternal vengeance against his acs,sers
and will seek the law for relief. The
girls father claims that Lizzie is under
legal age, while MeXicott sworH shs was
Is in procuring the marriage l,pns~.
Judge Haire. of Onions gon. sitting in
the Wayne circuit. who has bern hes ring
testimony in the Nagelvoort divcrce ease,
granted Il decree 10 Mrs. NagcivoDyt on
her cross-bll charging cruelty. The case
! has attracted a great deal of attention be-
cause of the humorous nature OF the
charges brought. Nagelvoort is new Il
professor in chemistry in Nocthw1s tern
University, but until the past year h.. had
lived in Detroit. In his bill the fAain
charge was that Mrs. Nagelvoort, who is
his second wife, would not liuten TO his
dsquisitions on chemistry, and in a.her
like ways was cruel to him. J lac defend
ant in the cross-bll averred that her hus-
band disliked noise when after 'inne; he
settled himself for a nap, and taat he also
sided with his sons when they defied her
authority.
Prof. J. J.. Snyder, of Allegheny. ga.
was chosen president of the Michigan Ag-
ricultural College at the meeting % the
State Board of Agriculture at Grand Zap
ids Michigan candidates being ignor Al in
the selection. J. l.. Snyder. the PRESIDENT
elect, was born and raised in H,tler
County, Pa. He worked his way through
Westminster College and received the de-
gree of doctor of philosophy. tie is cor--
missioner of schools in his nstive tDwn
and is the founder of the State NOpmal
College. He has been for eight years the
principal Of the Allegheny public SCHOOLS
and was the organizer of a manual train
ing school. Mr.. Snyder IN 35 year. OF
age, and, the board claims, is as well
versed in matters of agriculture as he IL
in matters Of education. a fact which was
one of the strong points in HE favor in the
contest. The board decided to place the
lands of Antrim Missaukee, Ctsegc, Char
leyoix. Kalkaska and Cheb9ygan on the
market on Feb. 90.
Every subordinate lodge in the State
was represented at the sixth biennial ses-
sion of the Michigan Grara Lodge Of
knights of Honor at Lansi:g. The re-
ports submitted show that the order has
scarcely held its own in the State du ing
the last two years. the losses being trifirg,
however. Sixty-four death benefits. ag-
gregating 100000. have been paid in
Michigan during the last two years. In
his annual address the grand dictator, T..
A. Fletcher of Grand Rapids. recommend
ed that the Supreme Lodge be asked to
make important changes in the cons,itu-
tion. One of these was tho admission of
women to membership, ano.l;er the divid-
ing of the country into districts Of three
or four States each, each district to cake
care of it's own death losses, thus equal
izing the expense. The holding of biennial
instead of annual sessions by the Supreme
Lodge was also advocated, both as meas
ure of economy and as a means of lessen
ing the amount of legislation enacted.
The recommendation relative to the ad
mission of women was indorsed unani
mously.
While hunting in the woods near Nun
cia, Ottawa County, Saturday, Willie
wendall, aged IA. lost mis- left hand and
three fingers of his right hand. He was
standing with both hands over the muzzle,
and the gun suddenly exploded.
A resident of Springport township, Jack
son County, last fall purchased bicycle
Of dsrkey who happened along his way
with the wheel. He got II cheap, but
hadn't had much chance to use II on ac-
count of winter weather, before an officer
from Adrian called on him and he was
compelled to give up the wheel, which had