Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-16

capitalist and paper mill owner, IL dead.
Henry Legge, a prisoner In Libby dur
Ing the war, died at Bellevue Saturday.
William II. Miller. OF Howell. for eight
years county treasurer, died Saturday.
A big revival has just ended mt Deer
field. Over 100 conversions are reported.
At Iron Mountain, burglars robbed
Father Kunispasot OF 81 900 belonging to
the church.
The 7-ycar-old daughter Of Charles
Seidle was instantly killed by an electric
car in Grand Rapids.
Peter Brown, an old settler In Lynn
township, Lapcere County, is dead. He
leaves widow and three children.
Charles f. Staebler, wall paper dealer
ut Ann Arbor, has gone to the wall. Jo-
seph StaebIer foreclosed a $4,000 mort
gage 2i' -
Palmer White. the father of the sleep
ing girl, May White, and respected citi-
zen Of Meadville, north of Stockbridge,
Is dead.
The floating indebtedness Of Trinity
Church, Of Bay City, was extinguished by
the Easter Sunday offering, which
amounted to $1,000.
Fruit buds are in fine condition around
East Dayton, Tuscola County, and the
prospects for big crop Of all kinds Of
fruit are very bright
Fred Johnson, the colored man who
fatally shot Will Crockett, near Royal
Oak, has been released, the evidence
showing that he fred in self-defense.
The Bay City canning factory is no
more. It started out in 1889 with bright
prospects, but the country has been food
ed with such factories, and the business
didn't pay.
The annual report of the Marshall fire
department records sixteen fires during
the past year, incurring an aggregate loss
of $11, 9O7, of which insurance companies
paid $7,125. The fire department made
a good record in subduing the fires and
preventing their extension.
The body Of Mrs. Samuel Hit, who was
buried ut Beaverton, when taken up to
be reinterred in another cemetery, was
found to be completely petrifed, though
1t had been in the grave but two years.
The features were perfect. When struck
the corpse gave forth ringing sound.
The ladies Of a certain secret society ut
Alpena had a warm time the other night.
Charge was made that a former treasurer
had failed to turn over SIT of societ-,
funds. Wagging tongues gave way to
blows. Several Of the officers were driven
into the corners. Finally policeman, so
the story goes, was called in to quiet the
meeting.
A wedding was announced at Nease-
vile, suburb of Sault Ste Marie. The
day before the ceremony, the bride-elect
disappeared as completely as if the earth
had swallowed her. The next day she re-
appeared-a wife. 1t seems she met an
other fellow few days before the other
wedding was to be performed, fell des-
perately in love with him. and watching
her chance, ran away and was married
The deserted lover takes very philosoph-
zeal view of the matter. He says there
are Others" besides he doesn't want a
fickle-minded wife.
An Upper Peninsula paper tells story
of Swede employed by the boom COM
pany on the Menominee river. He was
working on one Of the dividing piers, and
the logs were coming faster than he could
send man to help him, which was done.
A couple Of hours later he repeated his
request for assistance. "Why," answered
the foreman, Il sent Pat down here to
help you; wasn't he all rightY "Yas, Pat
bane purity good mon," was the reply, "but
you sa about one hours ago a yump on a
log and fall in waiter, and he don't come
oop agan. Ay tank hees kavit his yob."
An important traffic deal has just been
completed by the Grand Rapids and In
diana road on the one side and the Chi
cago and West Michigan and Detroit,
Lansing and Northern on the other, by
which the roads cease to be competitors
on through business. The Grand Rapids
and Indiana abandons it's connection with
the Michigan Central and turns all it's De-
troit and Chicago through business over
to the West Michigan. The Chicago and
West Michigan abandons all through pas
senger business to the North and the
Grand Rapids and Indiana will have it's
old monopoly on the resort business to
Petoskey and Mackinaw this summer.
The Baptist clergymen Of Grand Rapids
adopted a resolution demanding an in
vestigation into the conduct Of Rey. John
Heritage, late pastor Of the Baptist
Church. Mr.. Heritages wife committed
suicide last November. Her mind was
affected, and Heritage is alleged to have
bought bottle Of chloroform, left 1t on
table in her room. and went for q walk,
and when he returned his wife was dead.
The pastors pronounced this an alleged
suicide and recalling that Heritage had
within two months after her death mar
ried Mrs. Mary G. Kelly, former mem
Der of his church, with whom his relations
had, while pastor, been criticised, and rec
commended that Heritage ask for an in
vestigation by Baptist committee, and
failing in that, he withdrew from the
Baptist ministry.
In the presence of Detective Benson and
Truant Officer Wyman, at Bay City, a
mother offered to sell her pretty little
daughter for $50. The child suffered
from diphtheria several months ago, and
as Q result her tonsils are swollen. The
officers suggested that the affected parts
be removed by an operation. The woman
coldly declared that she could not afford
to have an operation performed. 1t would
cost too much. 'It Will not cost more
than $20" replied an officer. 'It won't
cost any more than $50 to bury the child"
heartlessly responded the mother. 81 will
give you $50 for the child" said one of
the officers, The mother was willing to
accept the Offer She received severe
lecture. DR.. Kerr performed the opera
ton, and the little one will, If she receives
proper care, be reared to womanhood.
The Kalamazoo Academy of Medicine.
whose members recently resigned from