Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-13


ven for a second new canning factory.
Many fields OF potatoes are under water
40 noorther9 Rerrien apd Van Buren, Coun-
ties.
There Is talk of building road from
Standish to Point Lookout, at cost Of
$5O,OO0.15 "-sff~e'tc sFsE+f Ftf
Barney Haley, a Jackson ex-convict.
made two attempts to hang himself. He
was cut down both times.
Cars on the Inter Urban road are run
ming regularly between Saginaw and Bay
City and having large patronage Fn
The Detroit and Mackinac bridge at
Bay City is about completed. and 1t is
hoped to have ears running by Sept.1.
Emmett County. which has hitherto
been practically free from pests that in
jure fruit, Is literally alive with army
worms.
In the absence OF the sheriff from town,
| Saginaw jail birds loosened lot OF
| screws and were nearly ready for a gen.
cral exodus when discovered.
Benton Harbor firemen ask a lot OF
western Michigan cities to join in organ
izing freman's tournament association.
to give exhibitions every year.
An Adrian lady hung her pet dog be-
| cause it, contracted the habit of running
away from home nights. Her. husband
may always be found at home now.
Grand Haven;is proud OF her new bond
| ed warehouse, which only lacks the final
coat OF paint to complete it and which il
already declared ian ornament to thu
| town." r et ~ ."
The little grandson Of Michael Nichols,
Of Utica, was very badly bitten during q
| fight between three valuable bird dogs
AS it could not be settled which dog did
the deed all three were killed.
Despite hard times, little work and low
prices, ,seventy-ive 4. OF Marlette's citi-
Gems went to Saginaw to take in the Buff
falo Bill show, while fifty-four went to
Port Huron for the same purpose.
| The new st. Mary's Catholic Church
at Muskegon, costing $4,000. will be-
dedicated Sunday, Aug. 30, with impos-
ing ceremonies by Bishop Richter. Priests
| from all over the State will be present.
Norma Williams, a farmer living near
Bingham, was bitten by hog several
! weeks ago, and on Sunday night died OF
bis injuries. He carried $1,000 life In
surance policy in the Michigan Mutual
Life Insurance Co.
William III. Wilcox, of South Haven.
has received notice that by special act OF
Congress he has been awarded a medal
Of honor for marked bravery and gal
| lantry in the battle of Spottsylvania
Court House thirty-two years ago.
Asabel George Hopkins, Jr., we'll
Of Iona
walk in the sun while suffering from n
slight indisposition, was overcome by the
heat, taken home by friend, and finally
| died Of paralysis induced by sunstroke-
The prospect that Berrien Springs is to
become lively town in the near future
is encouraging, it being on the eve Of n
large water power being created by the
damming of the st. Joe river at that
point, the continuation Of the st. Joe Val
ley Railroad from Berrien Springs To
Benton Harbor, etc. .t,-r
A Phoenix block elevator, at Bay City,
got stuck. Several men crawled out
through small opening. Joseph Bris-
settle got all his body out excepting his
head, when the elevator suddenly start
ed Everybody expected to see him be-
headed, but the screen gave way, and he
escaped with few bruises.
Magnus Elandson, of Muskegon, and
his family had a narrow escape from ere
nation at an early hour Tuesday morn
ing. The only exit was a window, and
through this the wife and mother were
handed out unconscious. 1t Is thought
that the house was set on fire. Last
week three cows belonging to the family
were poisoned and all died. About the
same time Mr.. Elandson found a note
written on a piece Of brown paper and
stuck in the fence. 1t read: Get your
ID city cows out Of here \
Monday evening at Adrian head-end
collision occurred on the Wabash between
the engine and caboose going east and
the gravel train going west, the two en-
gines coming together almost at full speed
just west of the city limits. One engineer
was hurt in jumping from car. How
the others escaped is a miracle. Fifteen
empty gravel cars were piled up and both
engines practically ruined. The cause.of
the accident could not be learned, but it
is said to he from orders directing the
wild engine to meet at Adrian and the
gravel train to meet the engine at Sand
Greek.
While B. Abels, one of the old pioneers
Of Elsie, was accidentally shot by a tar
get rifle in the hands Of some boys, aged
about II years, who were in a boat on
the river. Mr.. Abels was upon high
bank, and the ball entered just back of
the ear and penetrated the brain. A ply
stefan was Immediately summoned and
,probed for the bullet, but could not reach
it. 1t is not thought the old gentleman,
who is about 20 years old, will recover.
1t is thought thatsthe shock will kill his
wife, who has been In very poor health
for several years, having had several bad
attacks of heart trouble.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Esther Brooks,
the wife Of a well-to-do farmer residing
in the township Of Ross, Kalamazoo
County. was arrested in store in Battle
Creek in the act Of shoplifting. She had
been spotted for some time by the mer-
chants. When searched by lady clerk
two pockets were found in an underskirt
that each would hold half bushel. Mrs.
Brooks is 60 years Of age, and has lived
on their present farm for thirty years
Her house was searched by an officer and
found richly furnished with elegant goods,
especially fine linens. He found fifteen
table cloths which had never been laun-
dered. The taking Of the goods was not
denied, but the defense introduced the
testimony OF two physicians who swore
that she was not responsible for her acts
on account of her physical and mental
condition, and the jury brought in YER
diet OF not guilty. The case attracted
much attention from her neighborhood.