Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Short State Items.

Olu Settlers. Ill tnlS state cannot recall
the time when mosquitoes have been as
numerous and as bloodthirsty as they are
this season.
In Baraga saw mill one day las.
week two men, with one gangsaw, cut
10000 feet of lumber. which. il is claim
ed. breaks the record for single days
work in this line.
George Clifford, while helping load some
cars at Ridgway. on Monday. was caught
between two logs in su>h manner that
three ribs, his shoulder blade and collar
bone were broken.
1t seems that Mrs. Cuckler who arrest
ed Carl Slinck for stealing 81 16 and took
him to Bay City. is pretty clever detect
i've. Carl says she induced him to accom-
pany her by promising to help him out of
the county.
The jackson Crown Paper, Company.
of Jackson. has filed mortgages aggre-
eating $31. 714.75. with G. IL. Townsend,
ms trustee. The firm comprises George NJ
Smalley and Jacob ID. Smalley. Mary s.
Smalley and Elizabeth NJ. Smalley are
preferred creditors of the first mortgage,
amounting to $40. 1850. The company
handled paper and manufactured bro0ms.
The assets cannot be ascertained, but it
is understood they will not reach the in
debtedness. The firm has been running
about three years. Twenty-Five different
firms are named as creditors, four being
in Michigan.
Farmer Kilpane. who is believed to be
the leader Of an organized band of thieves
near stanton. made another lucky escape
Thursday The Sheriff heard he was to
be at the house of his brother about eight
miles away during the night and sur
rounded the place with deputies. At day
light Kilpane came out of the barn and
being ordered to halt. he broke for the
woods. The whole posse emptied their re-
volvers after him. without effect Mrs.
GOatman. who kept house for the suspect
has been arrested rs Il receiver of stolen
property, much plumber having been found
in the house.
j. w. Fleming. secretary of the Michi-
gan Maple Company. was drowned Sun
day afternoon while padding a small
canoe across the bay at Traverse City
with Il. l.. I.ndgate. manager Of the Tray
erse City Lumber Company. The fami-
lies of the two men were in another boat
the party being on their way TO a grove
near the shore for Il picnic. Fleming
drowned before the eyes Of his wife. and
Ludgate was saved after great efforts nv
Mccartney, who was rowing the boat with
the women. Fleming was well known in
lumber circles and was active in that bust
ness. He was IS years old.
Manistique bicycle riders are becoming
so numerous and nervy that the Council
will Al.
the sidewalks and compel them to CARRY
lanterns after dark.
Mrs. Jennie Murphy. the female bandit
who robbed Dwight Msckey's house near
Jasper. Is serving u ninety day sentence
in the Adrian pail. She says her husband
Is a travelling horse trader and she fol
lows him about with horse and buggy.
selling q polishing compound. The arti-
cles stolen from the Mackey house were
found ihsker trunk, and she says that she
did the job alone.
Jars Larson. aged a.. was sitting In a
Muskegon park when Policeman ]. III.
Hitchcock ordered him 10 leave. to make
room for Others. larson moved. Words
followed, and, IL il alleged. the policeman
tlsnocked larson senseless with his club
Larson had capias issued against Hitch
cock and began suit for $4,000 damages.
K The county Sunday school rally at
Lakeview. Kalamazoo, was largely at
tended. In spite of the boycott that was
threatened because the picnic was held
on place where Sunday amuseinents are
Tolerated. Several thousand people iis
tened to addresses by, II. X. Mohr.' of
Grand Rapids. and DR., A. Gaylord Slo.
cum, Of Kalamazoo.