Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
Short State Iteme.

Frederick w. Cleveland, an 1psuanti
pioneer, died, aged 73. ,ta
Timothy Burke. a pioneer of Cadillac
100 years old, died Sunday night.
d big Sunday school rally for Wexford
and Missaukee Counties was held ia Cad
lilac.
Marshall has 1,26S school childrep, as
is proven by the last school censua. just
fn.,hed.
4 number Of cases o, typhoid fever are
reported from Alpena, due, physicians
say, to the filthy water and the general
uI,sanitary condition o. the city.
Geo. NJ. Wismer & Co., of Corinna,
hare been obliged TO make an assignment,
owing to hard times and the barnipg of
the Fox 4 Mason factory. Geo. o. Shat
tuck was made receiver.
Mrs. Leslie Simpson, of East Chester,
while watering n hanging basket bn the
vera nda. stepped backward and fell dis
tasce of five feet, injuring her spine and
ops shoulder very seriously.
She Durand Liquid Glue Company,
wish a capital stock OF $1,000, has been
organized in Jackson and will commence
operations on an extensive scale within a
couple Of weeks. The business was start
ed q. Durand about eighteen months ago
~ WIN. Shipley, but has outgrosn its
quarters, and rather than build there Mr..
Skipley decided TO go to Jackson, where
n stock company has been organized. The
stock is held by VIM. Shipiey. Mcbride
| s. Son, of Durand; g. Is. Harley, OF Kala-
mAzoo, and Frank l. Gidd.ngs and FL
uer +. Latson, of Jackson. ID
Forty-two years has JEFF O'Connell re-
sided in Adrian, and millions of dollars
HIS he carted around as an express mes
ssnger. The company never lost cent
bJ his neglect, and he has yet to receive
his first repiimand. So faithfully has he
stayed at home that until Tuesday he
never in his life visited that popular
Adrian resort only fifteen miles away,
Sand I,,ke-nor any other lake. When
Mr.. O'Conncll's accounts are "sea ,sd" for
tie next world and the celestial express
stops for him. there is many an Adrian
business man who will miss his busting
step and sigh to hear his CHEEKY voice sing
eat, Package for you, sir-sign the book
80 cints, please"
Last May the City Council of Corunna
| entered into contract with ID. X. Sails
Eury, agreeing that IL he would Iut up Il
$4,000 plant for the manufacture of
boots and shoes and employ not less than
fifteen hands, he should have bonus of
$1,000. The factory was put up and Mr..
Salisbury has employed twenty-five
hands, thus fulfilling his part of the con-
tract. Mr.. Wilcox, resident of the
city. has, however, just filed a bill Of
complaint, praying foe an injunction to
restrain the Aldermen from performing
| .heir part of the bargain, and ths injunc-
lion has been granted AS the taxpayers
were In favor of securing the factory, the
uction of Mr.. Wilcox has caused a good
| deal of comment.
John Southworth. of Dowpingson, died
at Manistee Of typhoid fever contracted
Mt the bedside Of his son, who slso died.
Mr.. Southworth was n prominent and
well-to-do business man, noted for his
charitable work. He was Knight
Teuplar.
Eddie Lee. the 12-year-old sor Of VIM.
Lee, of Saginaw, committed suicide Tues
day Afternoon by hanging. The unfortu-
nate lad was victim of the cigarette hab-
| 1t, and the rash act was performed while
he was laboring under fit of despond-
ency.. The coroner's jury brought In q
verdict to that effect.
William w. Hough, landlord OF an Oke-
mos hotel. had his revenge the other day.
he took an ak and smashed to kindling
wood the $500 piano with which his lady
relatives and guests Mad tortured him for
saany years. HE wife swore out war
rant for alleged malicious destruction Of
property. &4
A half-dozcn human skulls were un-
earthed along the bank of the river, not
far from Muskegon, and of course there
IL story about them. Long before Mus
kegon had any sawdu.t, seversl Indian
tsibxs had asscrap over a pretty girl.
They killed each other. and thcir skulls
are the only remains of their romantic
Selly