Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05


ed to erect a new church which will cost
$1,000.
The new Fremont Avenue NJ. Il. Church
at Bay City was dedicated Sunday. 1t
cost $14,5SS.
Gratiot County has 9,234 children Of
school age. This doesn't mean that they
all attend school.
The farmers of Brighton township,
Livingston County, have organized club
for mutual benefit
The Oldest school house in Calhoun
County was built in 1S31--sixty-fve years
ago. 1t is Of logs and still standing.
Two elegant residences of Mrs. Martha
=. Oswald, mt Ann Arbor, had narrow
escape from destruction. The damage
WIS $1,000.
Pine River township. Gratiot County, has
an So-acre farm that is assessed at ST.
GOO. but this same farm has a 5000
mortgage on 1t.
The peace-loving people of Port Austin
are somewhat anxious over the report that
efforts are being made in the village to
organize a band
Marguerite Brunk, of jackson, was ar
rested for abandoning her three weeks
old infant on the doorstep of Mrs. Howe.
The child may die
A Battle Greek man wants to lease the
famous Arnold block and charge % cents
To conduct people through the many mys-
FERROUS passageways and elevators.
Above fifty conversions have resulted
from series of revival meetings in pro-
gress in Burlington. The village has not
experienced such q religious awakening
for twenty years.
The recent fire at Minden City gave the
people of the city another opportunity to
see what a poor fire protection is main
tanned there, and it is probable that eff
forts will be made to improve it.
Some of the citizens of Hastings think
there is something under the village, and
test well will be driven to see il their
suspicious are correct. They do not know
whether il is coal oil or gas, but hope
there is ut least one of the three.
Mrs. Irma Il. Jones, president of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs,
wants big State meeting held about
March 21 to consider the proposed es-
adjustment of a permanent board of ar
bitration between the United States and
England.
Henry Niemaster and his wife died
within a few hours of each other at their
home in Bellevue township, Eaton Coun-
~. recently, and were buried in the same
grave. They were among the pioneers OF
the county, and. were aged so and u
years respectively.
Edward Howe, once resident of Ionia,
has been eXiled to Siberia for seventeen
years. 1t seems ne and several other
American sailors were arrested for seal
poaching and conspiracy to rob the Gov
eminent storehouses. The British consul
did all he could to save the men.
1t is dull week when Alpena doesn't
get her eye on a new industry. She does
not always secure them finally, to be sure
but Jhe list of industries now in operatio
in that hustling city shows that the per-
centage of successful attempts is a good
one. Last weeks talk was of large knit
ting factory.
The following strange story comes from
Mt. Forest, Bay County: A hired man at
Mills was loading his gun. when a maiden
lady in the house dared him to shoot her
He took the cap off the gun and pulled the
trigger. Unfortunately. some of the pow
discharged. Several shots penetrated the
woman's breast. She may recover.
Frank ID. Prindle and William J. Page,
of Grand Rapids, have asked the Council
for the right to erect poles and string
wires for parcel carrying system to ex-
tend over the entire city. The system
is much like that now used in stores. On
the wires will run small cans or water
proof buckets, propelled by electricity
and controlled from a central station.
Parcels will be received at either the CEN
tral or sub-stations. and thence dispatched
to all quarters of the city, where, at sub
stations, they will be received by station
masters and given to boys with bicycles
for further distribution to the persons to
whom they are addressed. The system is
the result of seven years experimenting,
and Is covered by patents.
The Kent County coroner, an undertake
er and a physician are all mixed up in
peculiar muddle growing out of the
death of a baby at Grand Rapids. On
Saturday morning the infant daughter of
George c. Herbstrieth apparently died,
after having been i'll since its birth, and
the parents called an undertaken. who
arranged for the funeral, even getting
burial permit from the Board of Health.
When he went to put the baby into a cas-
ket. the child yawned, opened its eyes
and showed unmistakable signs of life.
The undertaken went home, but was
called again Wednesday afternoon when
he found the body cold and rigid. The
funeral was held and the coroner raised
the point that the burial was made on a
permit issued two days before the baby
died, and even then it was certified to by
a physician who had not seen the child
for two days.
The Brice block at Port Huron was
burned Wednesday morning with loss of
100000, on which there is an insurance
on the building and stock covering about
half the loss. The fire originated in the
basement occupied by NJ. G. Young as
shoe store. Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan, pho
tographers, narrowly escaped with their
lives. The dry goods stock of Mesel d
Bro, which occupied three floors and a
portion of the basement, is complete
wreck, and the loss is estimated at $780,
600, with an insurance Of $4,000. Young's
loss amounts to $1,000. fully covered. The
block, which is owned by Henry Bush. is
valued at 10000, with an insurance Of
$4,000. The uniforms Of the Port Huron
Guard, stored in the basement and valued
at $1,000, are greatly damaged, and there
are minor losses. A fireman named
Charles Thorne was badly injured by be.
ing caught in descending elevator.
Il. o. Throop, who lives near earle.
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