Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
NOVEMBER 1896. NUl

MllIOru NUMBERS hmong its innuOituutb
two survivors of the Crimean war, An
drew Muir and CHARLES Lambert.
John Green, charged with entering the
house of Miss Angeline Allen, was ar
rested at Breckenridge and held in $500
bail.
At Prescott 2-year-old son of August
Melcher was killed by horse. A kick
from the animal crushed the little ones
skull.
Near Bay City an Indian named Wanle
was drowned while duck hunting, and his
companion, Charles Smith, had narrow
escape.
At Marine City Willie Sauber, 10 years
DID, had one Of his eyes destroyed by the
explosion of toy cannon with which he
was playing.
The Board of Supervisors have granted
the petition for the Incorporation of Brit
ton into a village and the first village cleo
ton will be held Jan. ).
The Drydock iron works in the Tenth
Ward at Bay City were burned Sunday
morning. The loss is about $4,000, par
tally covered by insurance.
Will Culick, of Lafayette Township,
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fell over log. The gun was discharged
and his right hand was shot off,
Peter Godney lost three fingers from
the accidental discharge of his shotgun
while his hand was over the muzzle. TIE
accident occurred near Richland, Kala-
mazoo County, where Cooley lives.
Sheriff Wilson's investigation of the
shooting of Horace Dibble at the home
of Mrs. Boyd in Ridgeway, Friday night,
resulted i'm Dibble making public con-
fesson in class meeting at church, say
ing he did the shooting himself, claiming
it was accidental.
A serious. of not fatal, accident hap
pened at Holly Friday afternoon. Mrs.
ED Mitts had just started for home, when
her horse took fright and started to run,
demclishing the buggy and seriously in
juring the occupant, breaking her leg, one
finger and some ribs
Capt. Robert Hewlett, one of the early
pioneers of Western Michigan, died at
Grand Haven. He was born in England
in 1905 and was well known all over the
lakes. At one time he was owner of
many of the lake craft. He lived sixty
i've years in Michigan.
The Bancroft House at Inlay City
caught fire Sunday afternoon and was
destroyed with part Of the contents. Loss,
about $1,000; insurance, $1,000. ID. Nc
Gillis, the proprietor, expects to rebuild
at once. Defective chimneys supposed
/ to be the cause of the fire.
Eugene Gould eccasioned considera-
bic excitement at West Bay City by
kidnapping his own child which had re-
manned in the custody of his divorced
wife, and which he found playing on the
street. The police declined to take any
steps locking to his arrest.
Jay McCourt, of Northfeld, had six
head of cattle stolen ly man giving the
name of John Jones. Jones drove the
cattle 70 Ann Arbor and sold them for
$120 to County Treasurer Rehfuss and
slipped away. McCourt followed and
found his animals in Rehfuss' cattle yard.
An aged lady. of very pious nature,
worked the landlady of the Exelby Hotel,
at Britton, for several days board. in
novel manner. The old lady claimed her
home was at Milford and that she had
couple of parrots which had in some man
ner learned profanc language, which 10
her was intolerable. She offered the
landlady the parrots and WAS to express
them TO her in few days. Nearly two
weeks have elapsed, but the parrots have
never come and the board bill is still
booked.
1t was reported to- the Port Huron
police that n wild or insane man il at
large in the Harrington woods. several
miles west of the city. The matter was
reported by Mrs. John Darling. who
lives in the vicinity 1t is said he has
been seen several times at night lately,
aud at times he Is entirely naked. On a
pasture near the woods boys, who are
herding cattle. are in the habit of building
fires, and IL Is around these that he is
seen. A watch will be set and an at
tempt made to capture him.
A. G. Arnold. Of Battle Greek. who
was convicted of the murder of his son,
George ii. Arnold, and who is out ON bail
pending an appeal of the case TO the
Supreme Court, is dangerously i'll and
will never recover. He has been i'll
since July and is now confined TO his
bed and is mere skeleton. He has
taken so much morphine that he has be-
come in terrible condition. His prop
erty is gone and his friends have deserted
his funeral and knows that he will soon
die. and says that he wants to leave this
world. He declares most emphaticaly
that he did not kill his son. and he says
he will make this declaration on his dying
bed.
Deeds and assignments were placed on
record at Muskegon and in Upper Pc
ninsula counties by which John Torrent.
one of Muskegon's millionaires, trans
ferred to Patrick A. Ducey, of Detroit,
lands, logged and tmbered, logs and lum-
Der. and $4,000 worth of mortgages. to
n total of some $4,000 Rumors were
afoat that Mr.. Torrent was retiring from
business In Michigan and that he was
giving trust deeds. At his home he de-
MED them all, saying that the transfers
were absolute, and were simply to secure
Mr.. Ducey for loan or loans. He has
been partner of Mr. Torrent for some
thirty odd years, and since he has been
getting through with his numbering opera
tions in Franklin County, he has been
concentrating his attention again on
Michigan matters. This partnership has
never been closed up, and while this mat
ter Is not exactly in that line, Mr.. Tor
rent says il In measure explains IL.
The property is located at Muskegon and
in the Upper Peninsula. "The transfer"
he said. ''is such a small portion of my
Michigan holdings that can hardly see
why people should think l was going to
leave the State"
Ladies' husking bees are the latest fad.
They get two or three cents bushel for
the husking and use the proceeds for