Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-10

st. Mary's Hospital, saginaw, ceie-
brated its twenty-6rst anniversary.
The Adrian Knights Templar band has
concluded pleasant four days encanp-
mcnt at Devils Lake.
Gov. Rich has reappointcd George II.
Durand, of Flint, member Of the State
Board Of Examiners.
Cholera infnntum Is causing great deal
of sickness among children at Standish.
Several deaths have occurred.
Branch County gardeners are harvest
ing fine second crop Of raspberries, the
result of heavy rains and hot weather.
. AS near as can be ascertained 2.0OO,000
feet Of lumber, valued at $4,000, were
destroyed in the Cheboygan Lumber Com
pany's dock fire.
Charles Burris. of Dawson, was attack
ed by tramps near Whiting, Ind, robbed,
beaten insensible and thrown from rap
idly moving train. He win die.
There was an echo of the Hayward will
case in the Probate Court Mt MMskegon
arising from the recent suit, were taxed
Against the estate.
The Prohibitionists of Gencsec County
held their convention at Flint Monday and
nominated a county ticket headed by Jo-
seph Games for Probate Judge and Will
lam Swinler for Sheriff. ,,n..
A. Il. Crelrs electric mail car cume to
| grief at Ionia, Saturday 1t took and de-
livered mail at. twelve, stations all right.
but on nearing the next station it fell
through the trestle, the rails spreading.
Muskegon sp0rtsmen will sow wild rice
| seed along the ,1uskegon River in an eff
| fort to coax back the wild duck that of
late have been giving the river the go-by
on account of the poor feeding facilities.i
The farmers of Lexington Township
Sapilac County, want someone to locate
a canning factory at Croswell They will
see that it is supplied with the raw mate
rial and will also give bonus to the right
man. Ssts
The residence of Fred Il. Dolph. a,hard.
working painter of, Battle Greek, was
burned Sunday afternoon. 1t was just
beyond the water hydrants and out of the
city limits. Loss, $1,000, and no insur-
Fance. ~ r iai.l
On Aug. u Bert Wildsmith, a 17-year-
old boy. of Kalamazoo, was taken to
the police station with several naughty
boys, but was released at once. He did
not 20 home and hasn't been heard from
since. His parents are frantic.
| At Detroit Frank Beaubien. aged 40,
member of an old French family and
| recently heir to large sum of money,
shot and MORALLY wounded his wife Sun
day morning in a drunken frenzy. He
then attempted to kill his two children and
blew his own brains out.
Joseph C. Foley, of Ypsilanti. is said to
be on the track of millions. He has organ
lied company to develop a gold mine in
the Rainy Lake region, Minnesota. The
mine is now down 200 feet. Less than
| $15O,O00 has been spent so far, but a
yearly income of over 100000 is assured.
The fruit men of northern Oceana Coun-
| ty have sent Il representative to Mime
apolis and st. Paul and will hereafter
ship their fruit to him. and he will dispose
of it in a market that is not glutteG, as are
those Of Milwaukee ahd Chicago. The
growers expect to make much better
thing out of their crop in this way.
The proprietor Of the creamery at Man
chester has made an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors. and the farmers
who have been supplying the institution
with milk since it started short time ago
will lose considerable money. The farm
FRS are now attempting to organize a
creamery to run on the cooperative plan
An old Indian by the name Of, Ncbba,
near Munising, is changing color to-a per-
fec. white The skin ON his hands is al
ready white. and white spots are appear.
ing or his face and breast. Nobba is very
BALI. 1t is a disgrace for n redskin to be
without hair or the top Of his head, SO he
has never been Known TO ren.ove his cap
Henry Kuhn ST., cs Port Huron. placed
the muzzle of u revolve- between his teeth
aud shot himself dead. lie was slightly
dcranged and had attempted suicide be-
fore. For many years Mr.. Kebi, who was
about "a. had been in the leatheg. business
The only motive known for the sujcids
was canccr-like sore ON Mr.. Nuhn'l
face, which caused him much pain.
While crew were thrashing Tuesday
afternoon on the farm of Herbert Losing
near Sanilac Center, the boiler exploded
killing three men and severely injurine
two others. The dead are: George Gas
terlion. Darius Tossing. Lanson LOSING
The injured: James Davis, George Tall
man. Casterlon and the two injured men
away from the boiler, when it exploded. u
A Covert Township fruit grower has a
horse which seems to know more than
some men. The horses duty is to han
peaches from the orchard to the packing
house. and instead Of requiring man to
drive him, he attends to the matter anaid
ed. He walks through the orchard where
the men are at work picking the fruit
from the trees, and wherever he sees some
baskets that are filed, he stops. waits till
the baskets are loaded into the wagon
and then moves on. and when the wagon
is full, goes to the packing house, where II
is unloaded.
At Ionia the United States signal SER
vice officers captured Frank and George
Kingston, counterfeiters. They captured
the press, and they believe they have made
the most important arrest i'm years The
two men arrested are natives of Ionia,
and have previously borne good reputa.
ton. Frank is % years old and George
30. the former being the artist who made
the plate. They had 81 ,2G0 in 81 bills, all
ready to float, and paper enough to make
81 100000 more. The plates from which
4 the bills were printed are made of box
] wood and the bills are all treasury notes
of the series of 1890, containing n medal
lion portrait of Alexander Hamilton. and
80 clever that none but an expert can de-
tect them.
|, DIR. Frank Bournes, for two years as
sstant to DIR. Darling ut the University