Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-08
Short State Items.

Chicago men are looking over the ground
at Cadillac with view of building
street railway.
At Lansing George Drake and wife ate
poisoned pressed beef. and only the hard
est kind of work saved their lives.
The 4-year-old daughter of Jonathan
Powell, near Flint, drank laudanum. Her
life was saved with difficulty.
Heavy frosts have badly damaged late
potatoes in the vicinity of Farwell, and
the outlook for good crop is very poor.
The roof of the big brick barn at the
Eastern Michigan asylum at Pontiac was
destroyed, together with, some hay and
sleighs; loss, 81 500.
Around Bay City quail and partridges
are unusually numerous, quail becoming
so tame that they frequently come into
yards and feed with chickens.
At Berville Mrs. Geo. Youngs lifted
fork of hay from the barn floor, disclos-
ing five large blacksnakes. She did not
scream. but lambasted them till not one
was able to wag it's tail, The smallest
snake was nearly three feet long.
The village of Alger will soon be a
thing of the past. 1t was founded in
| 1888, when the Detroit, Bay City and
| Alpena first went through, making juno
! ton with the Michigan Central. The new
| Detroit and Mackinac track leaves Alger
eleven miles to the west, and the rails
from Prescott to that place will be pulled
I'D. The Michigan Central will also close
its station. The lumber business of the
place is about at an end.
| The residence of AID Peter Flans-
burph. of Manistee, was totally destroyed
by fire Thursday night. The Alderman
| and his wife were at the theater when
| notified of the fire. The entire contents
were also consumed by the flames. One
hundred dollars in money which Mrs.
| Flansburgh had in the house was reduced
to ashes. The loss is $1,000, with 500
insurance. This is the second aldermanic
residence destroyed by fire within week.
The fourth day of the Lenawee County
fair was marked by tremendous crowd
| In attendance. 1t is conceded that while
In the line of agricultural machinery,
shcep and cattle, the exhibits were short,
vet in other respects the display was the
| finest ever seen. Especially is this true
of fruit. and the display of apples never
| has been approached there. The attend
| once was lessened by extremely cold
weather. The 'hard times" have undoubt-
edly made much difference in the general
attendance.
Thursday afternoon the residence OF
Fred German, in the outskirts of Mar
shall. was entered by burglars while the
family were away, and valuables to the
amount Of $500 stolen.
The weather crop bulletin says frequent
showers have delayed blowing, seeding
and harvesting. They have, however
been favorable for the termination OF
early sown fall grain. Early wheat and
rye have come up evenly and look fine
Corn is nearly all in shock, and shows Q
fine large, well-matured ear. Buckwheat
is being rapidly cut and harvested. Pota
toes are light yield.
workmen in Torrents mill at Saul
Ste. Marie noticed that the fly wheel wa.
vnbbling badly as 1t furiously flew around
the shaft, shaking the whole building
They had Just time enough to get out
doors. when the wheel broke in two, on,
piece flying through the roof and wreck
ing the building. The damage is $1,000
Word comes from Parkersburg, w. Va.
that "Prof." Joe Elsie, an Adrian aero
naut, lost his grip ON the parachute
: while descending at Sistersville, and fel
100 feet into n coal barge, breaking boil
legs and receiving terrible internal in
iuries. About n month ago his assistant
@. III. Hecker, was drowned while bath
ing