Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-02

the state treasury NJ the close OF business
Saturday contained $41O.OO0. 8sf
After an ali-night session. Rev. q. II.
Lee, pastor OF the, Grand Rapids Second
Baptist Church, was found guilty OF i'm
proper liberties with female members OF
his congregation and deposcd from the
ministry. Rev. Mr.. Lee is the inventor of
the individual communion cup, for which
he has patent. i
Reports Of satisfac elton on the part OF
prominent Republicans over the action of
the Detroit Tribune In repudiating the
| financial plank adopted mt st. Louis, come
from all sections Of the State, and the ad-
visibility Of establishing a new RepublI-
can morning paper in Detroit is being
seriously considered by party leaders.
Charlie has resigned from the Sagi-
nav police force and become fireman.
At one time there was talk of putting
| Charlie on the retired list, with comfort,
able pension, but the plan failed, and,
when an ungrateful official added Insult
| to injury by giving Charlie a hard scold-
| ing he just ran over to the fire department.
Whenever the gong rings this intelligent.
black collie dog is the first on the spot.
As policeman Charlie was most faithfnlj
In searching dark alley for culprits he
was better than any human being.
w. l.. Johnson went to st. Joseph from
Chicago and was the victim Of aggravat-
ing circumstances. He began the day by
falling down the steps that lead to the
Hotel st. Joseph and narrowly escaped
breaking his neck. Then he started up
the beach on his wheel, and by an acci-
dent fell into the lake. Later in the day
his wheel was stolen. When he went to
take the boat home hee found that his
pocketbook containing $50 in cash and
$4,000 in securities had been deity re-
| moved by clever pickpocket.
A mournful procession Of wagons,
horses, farmer, farmers wife, children
and blasted hopes passed through Detroit
Thursday, bound east. Twelve years
ago the farmer and his wife sold their
farm, and with Nebraska or bust" on
their canopy top wagon for motto, start
ed west. They stood it a long time, but
| drouth, cyclones and poor crops finally
conquered them. They will reach home In
a. few weeks, and the migratory farmer
| will be looking for a job on the place he
used to own. The roaming farmer gath
ers little moss and cuts little ice.
The Collins Manufacturing Company of
Jackson, makers OF all sorts Of road vehi-
| cles, and one Of the largest concerns In
| the United States Of this kind, employing
400 men, filed mortgages amounting to
$4,000 for the benefit Of its Jackson
| creditors. Much of this amount Is for
| contingent liabilities of discounted paper,
| A second mortgage was also filed for the
| benefit Of outside creditors, amounting to
| $4,000. The Jackson banks are amply
secured. Good judges place the assets
at $20O,OOO, including building and stock
on hand. Inability to collect brought on
| the trouble. IA. Wilson is trustee. The
business will undoubtedly continue.
| A big robbery has been discovered in
| the Ionia prison which has set the Off
| Gals Of that institution wild. About four
| years ago Minor ingalls, was convicted
| in Grand Rapids Of forgery and sent to
| Ionia for term. He had formerly beeD
employed in a freight house, and at the
| prison he was placed in charge of the
| shipping department.. After serving about
| half his time he was released on parole
| being the first man to go out under the
| parole system. His time has expired and
| no one knows where he Is now. 1t has
| just been learned that while acting as
| shipping clerk at the prison, he sent sew
| eral carloads of furniture Of which no
| trace can be found, and it is thought he
| sent ii to friends and had it disposed Of
| Officers at Grand Rapids have been noti-
fed to pick him up, but he has not been
seen there since his release,s Just after
he was let out great fuss was made by
his friends because he was released just
too late to get to his mothers bedside be-
fore she died, and he was represented as
good young man who had been led
| astray by circumstances.
| The University Of Michigan spared no
| honor that could be paid to President An
CELL in celebrating Wednesday his silver
anniversary as the head Of that institu-
ton. Seldom has a gathering of edu-
| Gators met under more pleasant circum-
stances. The Board of Regents, through
Regent Cocker, 80, congratulated the
| audience on the wise forethought of the
early settlers Of Michigan, who, when it
was a territory Of less than 1000 people,
set on foot measures looking toward the
erection of this university. The univer-
| sity senate presented a similar address
through Prof. Martin l.. Dodge '62. The
| State Teachers Association paid a trib-
ute through Prof. h. A. Barbour, rs
| The audience rose to its feet as a'iman
when President Angel responded. He
| put aside much Of the credit that had been
heaped upon him, and said the eminent
| success Of the university was due to the
united and intelligent support of others as
| devoted as himself Greetings from
Brown and Princeton universities were
delivered by the Rev. James o. Murray
dean of Princeton University. Justin
| Winsor librarian Of Harvard, brought
| greetings from his university. and Prof
John Clark of Yale, who graduated here
in 1856, spoke the good will Of old Mas
sau's sons. From the University Of ILL
| nois President Draper brought words Of
hearty sympathy and appreciation. The
addresses closed with greetings from Dr.
w. L. Harris, United States commission
er Of education. He spoke Of the univer-
sity not in it's local character but in its
national one, and eulogized the manage
ment Of the school. Five hundred friends
and alumni of the university sat down in
| the great hall of Waterman gymnasium
to banquet given by the university SEN
ate and alumni in honor Of President An
CELL Dean Martin l.. D'Oage acted as
POSTMASTER. Letters and tslegrams from
Ambassador Il. +. Uhl at Berlin. Presi-
dent Andrews of Brown University, Pres
ident Buckham of Vermont University
and others were read.
I While driving home from Ontonagon
| Anton Spitz was sandbagged and robbed.
| A farmer found him with his head COW
| cred with blood, lying in the road All