Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17

County for $4,000 to pay outstanding IN
debtedness was voted down last week by
big majority.
Burglars have been quite busy at La
peer lately. The stores of Stephen Lock
wood and j. A. Giles are among those
from which goods and money have been
taken. KS
James Mills, aged about 10, of Coopers-
Vile. was dangerously wounded by the
accidental discharge of a shotgun in his
own hands. 1t is feared the wound will
prove fatal.
Isaac Mcmillan, of Saginaw, charged
with forgery, changed his plea of not
guilty to one of guilty, in the Circuit
Court, and was sentenced to jackson
prison for five years.
1t Is reported that negotiations are In
progress for the erection of e new cleva-
tor in Port Huron by company of West
ern and Southern capitalists, who are also
interested In steamboat line.
Herman j. Schwarz, who shot himself
through the head with suicidal intent a
few weeks ago at Saginaw, has passed
away. He leaves widow and six chill
dren. He had been an invalid for many
years.
A burglar entered the residence of DR..
Edward Batwell Mt Ypsilanti and stole "A
roll of bills containing $50 from the Doc
tors trowsers, but the thief left So gold
piece in the pocket from which he took
the bills.
Rufus III. Emmerson, one of the best
known manufacturers of Central Michi-
gan, died at his home in Jackson Tuesday
morning from appendicitis, after an ill
ness of less than n week. He was 90
years old.
John Barron of Fcnnville has been con-
victed for not stamping peach baskets
This is n test case, as Barron is backed
by the Fruit Growers Association of
Western Michigan. Barron will carry
the case to the Supreme Court.
The ST. Clair County horticultural So
ciety finds itself in a queer predicament.
1t is in prosperous condition and has
lots of money in the treasury, bnt can
not get together a quorum of its mem
bers to order the payment Of some out
standing obligations.
The articles of incorporation to The
new Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western
Railroad Company were filed with the
Secretary of State. The company is the
successor Of the Detroit. Lansing and
Northern Railroad Company. 1t is or.
ganized with a capital stock of $685.
500, of which So, $4,000 is preferred, and
81, 10000 common.
At meeting of the Michigan Maple
Company, sometimes called the hardwood
lumber trust, held at Traverse City,
prices on maple lumber were reduced 81
per thousand feet on all grades to Il
basis of SO per thousand for the log
run. The amount of maple lumber now
held by members of the association was
reported at IA, 77S,000 feet.
The condition of the poor of Detroit has
reached such n stage that the Council
appropriated SO, 900 from the contingent
fund to relieve the condition of those
who have not enough to take care of
themselves and are yet able to work. The
various city commissions will supply the
work. particularly the Park Board and
Board of Public Works, and without the
guise of charity the poor will be assisted
to living through the winter.
A bad wreck occurred to a long through
freight train on the Ann Arbrr Railroad
about three-fourths of a mile north of
Elsie. About a dozen cars in the middle
of the train loaded with oil and nerchan-
disc. were thrown down the steep en-
bankment and smashed into kindling
wood. One large Standard oil tank burst
and the oil wasted. None of the train
crew was injured. 1t is estimated the
damage will amount to over $4,000
Col. w. b. McCreery, one of the most
prominent citizens of Flint died We'd
nesday afternoon. He was born in New
York in 1887 and had lived in Flint since
1899. He was collector of internal rev.
enue under President Grant. In 1875
he was elected State Treasurer, serving
two terms. and was a member of the
State Board of Agriculture seven years.
He was Mayor of the city for two years
and United States Consul to Valparaiso,
Chile. for two years. At the time of his
death he was president of the Twenty
first Michigan Infantry Association and
of the city water board. He was also the
head of the Biz Fair Mining Company
at Leadville, Colo.
The platform of the State Association
of Farmers Clubs as adopted at Lansing
is as follows: That all county officials
be paid in full for their respective services
by stated salaries fixed by the respective
boards of supervisors, and that it be
made criminal offense for such officials
to receive any fees or other perquisites
in addition to their salaries. Further,
that the fees collected in county Offices
be readjusted ON an equitable basis, and
that hereafter all such fees be turned
into the county treasury and become
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State institutions be established by the
next Legislature, and that there be n
general wedding out of the Improbable
State institutions already in existence,
and of unbusiness-like methods of man
agement wherever they exist. That Mich
igan prisons should, in the aggregate, be
made self-supporting. That not more
than the regular one-sixth mill tax be
granted to the university for the coming
two years. That no changes be made in
our road laws whereby the maintenance
of our roads shall be made more burden
some than at present. That more eco
nomical and effective system for the col
lection of taxes upon nonresident land
must be devised. That our tax system be
so amended as to secure n more equitable
distribution of the burdens of taxation
upon both personal property and real es-
tate. and upon both corporate and pri-
vate capital.
William Scott Monks, who was arrest
ed i'm Chicago on suspicion of forgery,
and whose arrest led to the capture of his
brother Richard in New York on the same
charge. escaped from the Bay City Jail
by picking the locks and sliding down n
rope made of blanket and sash cord.