Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10

and one-half years at Marquette prison.
The winter traffic across Lake MichI-
gan has started In earnest, the Crosby
liner Wisconsin coming over Monday to
Muskegon loaded to the guards with hour
for Scotland.
At Coleman In an alteration over an
old account, Henry Boyce, It IL alleged,
cut of the nose Of George Serzaw, close
to the face, with an AK. Boyce claims
self-defense. He says Serzaw knocked
him down.
| Members of the stranded "All q Mis-
take" troupe have dispersed and lett
Pontiac. j. w. Butler, one Of the mana
gers, has acted on the square, he losing
as well as the rest frosn the disappear
ancc Of the funds.
Wilkinson Vincent, farmer near Cros-
well, committed suicide. His wife had
sued for a divorce, and it is believed do
nestle trouble preyed on his mind. he
told his lawyer a few days ago that ne
would shoot himself, but no attention was
paid to him.
The demands of the poor of Kalama-
700 are greater than ever before. The
city has employed two poormasters, and
the calls are four times what they were
year ago. Mayor Monroe called a con-
ference of all interested in charitable
work to help out the city.
At noon Monday burglars broke into
the Lake Shore and Michigan Central
ticket office at Jackson and secured $4O
in silver and $40 in drafts. The ticket
agent, w. w. Howard, was ut dinner,
and according to his custom had taken
with him all the bills, amounting to $500,
from the money drawer.
John Holtz, the BEDFORD farmer whose
house was blown up by dynamite last
August, 10 greatly depressed because his
son Frank was not convicted OF causing
the explosion. Holtz is selling off all his
movable stock and will go back to Ger
many with his family. If he cannot sell
the farm right away he will leave it with
a real estate dealer to dispose of. Frank
will enlist in the United States army IL
the officers will accept him.
,Iany people in Lake County, as well as
in Northern Michigan generally, will be
unable to pay their taxes, the per cent.
i'm many districts reaching as high as
from to s. Many of the farmers are IN
debt, with potatoes selling at cents per
bushel and corn at 10 cents per basket.
What is still worse, pine timber is about
exhausted and the taxation is falling up
on the actual settlers, owners OF stump
lands allowing them to go by default.
st. Mary's Catholic Church, of Muske-
gon, witnessed Monday two large funer-
ais, something that has not happened be-
fore in twelve years. The first was that
of John Il. McIane. cashier of the freight
offices of the Chicago and West Michigan,
and the second that of DR.. Jennie Nj.
Dobson. During the progress of the lat
ter nearly every doctor in the city was
out of his office, and several cases of
urgent necessity had to use special mes
sengers.
The firm Of knights & Gleason, of Chi
cago, by reason of decision of the SUI
preme Court lost $1,000 worth of dia-
monds, which were stolen from the jew
elry store of G. A. Piella, in Lansing,
during a circus parade three years ago.
Piella was sued by Knights & Gleason,
but the jury found that the title was in
the plaintiffs, and the Supreme Court
held the defendant was only required
to exercise reasonable diligence in their
care. The defendant lost about $500
worth of diamonds belonging to himself
on the same day.
Capt. George A. Knickerbocker, one of
the oldest lawyers in Hillsdale County,
died of paralysis at his home in Hills
dale, aged II years. Capt. Knickerbock-
er had practiced law in Hllsdale for more
than forty years. In 1864 he was COM
missioned as captain in the Fourth Mich
gan Infantry, and served with that regi-
ment for nearly year. When n young
man he resided in Jackson, and at one
time was editor of the Jackson Patriot.
For several years he has confined his at
tention exclusively to his law practice,
which was large.
The Mcintyre Block. Hillsdale, owned
by the present Judge of Probate, burned
out Sunday night. The only occupants
were Frank Scovlle and his wife, Mar
garet. two eccentric characters. The
scene at the Presbyterian Church, where
Frank was in attendance when the alarm
sounded, was comical in the extreme.
The church doors were suddenly flung
open, and in strobe Margaret with hair
streaming and eyes blazing. looking for
her trembling husband. Ushers checked
her part way down the aisle, and brought
her husband to the vestibule. One jump,
and Margaret had him by the collar. An
other jerk, and they were flying off the
steps together. while howl of anguish
arose as she dragged her spouse off to
help extinguish the flames. The church
services were sadly broken up for the
rest Of the evening.
In his annual report Warden Van
Evera. of Marquette prison, says il has
been hard to keep the convicts at work.
The Lake Superior Knitting Company
and NJ. r. Manhard & Co. were obliged
to cancel their contracts. throwing out
over fifty men. Mr.. Van Evera set many
convicts grading the grounds and level
ing n large hill. All labor-saving ma
chinery WIS discarded, laundry work and
sewing being done by hand. The appro-
priation of So, 100 for machinery to crush
stone for the market was found profitless,
and will be returned to the State treas
ury. The Warden asks: Extension of
east cell house for solitary cells and libra.
ry, $4,000; extension west cell house
for hospital and school, $14 500: new shop
building, $4,000; pump houses, $1,000:
library. $500; general repairs, $1,000;
total. SAG 800. 1t is estimated that $780,
9iS will be required for current expenses
for each of the next two years. During
the year eleven convicts have been
paroled and but one returned. There has
been but one death. The average number
of inmates was 200: average cost for feed.
ing. per capita, 90 cents day.
!, Jim Nicholson, once well-known Mus