Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-31

Whlie FRANK Garigan, foreman or me
Saginaw Electric Light and Power plant
was ut work on the top of the boiler, q
cap blew on, striking him on the mouth
knocking several of his teeth down his
throat and badly scalding his face and
neck.
Mrs. Mary Hagen, Of Saginaw, wife OF
ex-Oficer Hagen, was found gdiity Of
arson In the Circuit Court. The build
ing burned was used for Baptist mis-
sion house, and Mrs. Hagen was down
upon the people who attended 1t, as she
thought they spied upon her actions.
Levi Fletcher, of Boston Township
Ionia County, is feeling pretty well these
days, thank you, and Is csngratvlatinp
himself on his sagacity. He has been
storing his wheat fos some tine past
and now has about 1000 bushels, which
he has now begun 10 unload at tht pres
ent high prices.
At Jackson DR., ]. ID. North was sent
enced to four r,Jnths in Jail by Judge
Peek. The d0,tor was convicted of a
misdemeanor IN performing an operation
which caused the death of Fannie Fox,
an 1S-year-oJl girl who resided in Rives
The case wgs tried last March, and sent
ence has been postponed from time 10
time to allow defendant to appeal 10 the
Supreme Court. The doctor was immedi-
ately taken to Jail.
about fifty men are now at work nj
the Saginaw Coal Co.'S mine, twenty
six Of whom are colored and twenty-four
white. Nineteen of the old hands will
have to look for work elsewhere, as Man
asev Chsppell refuses to take them on
| again. Everything is now working har-
| noni0usly at the mine, and it is expected
| tb'it the force will soon be increased again.
David Jones, one of the negro miners,
WIS arrested and paid an So fine for car
rying concealed weapons in the shape of
bulldog revolver, which an officer saw
h,di show to a friend.
Or Saturday evening the home of an
aged bachelor named Coggleton, situated
auoLt eight miles from Pontiac, was ran
sacked by burglars. The robbers, three
in number, entered after Mr. Coggleton
HAD retired and approaching his bedside
! they bornd him hand and foot. This
| dc.ac one of them remained to hold re-
vo.ver over him while the other two ran
sacked tie house, securing about $50. AS
the thieves were leaving Mr.. Coggleton
caslcd AMI asked If they intended to leave
him bound, when they unbound his hands,
but told him he could loosen his own feet.
The inquest on the death of George
| Tnick, who was run over by an electric
street car at Port Huron Saturday, was
held by Coroner Carlisle. The jury de-
| cited that the death of the boy was
caused by his being run over by an cleo
| trio car and added to the document by the
| jury suggesting that the city ordinance
| regarding the running of the cars be here
| after enforced, having reference to the
| ordnance requiring guards to be placed
in font of all motor cars. The evidence
| presented did not show any criminal
negligence on the part of the employees of
| the company.
| La Grange advices say: The Brother
hood of the Cooperative Commonwealth
| is being established in Indiana and Mich
| igsn. This is new movement among
wUrLingmen to assist in the establishment
| of cooperative colonies. and in certain
| sections of the country has large men,
befship. BY regular monthly contribu-
| tons they expect to raise money enough
to establish several colonies year. Many
labnring men and mechanics who have
become tired OF. the old methods of strikes
and labor troubles are going into the
movement, believing that cooperation
viii solve the question.
John McCreery, a Grand Blanc farm
er. met a sudden and unexpected death
while on his way to Flint. He had been
| drawing pressed straw and started from
hia bone with a load. When within a
| few miles of the city Mr.. McCreery say a
team loaded with barrels approaching
| him. He got off his load of straw to take
| his horses by the bits when they made o
| sudden jump and threw him to the ground
/ and then ran over him. The heavy l0ud
| passed over the unfortunate man, and
| ma<e some bad bruises upon his hady.
| He was picked up in an insensible CON
dition and carried to his home, where he
died half hour later.
When the Peoples Savings Bank of
Lansing failed last July the City Savings
Bank and the State Savings Bank, of De-
troll, together held about $4,000 of pa
| per as collateral security to loans made.
| Arr angements have just been Made
| whereby the Detroit banks surrender this
| paper to the savings bank in lieu Of an
| interest in the trust deed given last sum-
mer by Il. Bement q Sons. The deal is
an important one, as it will enable the re-
| ceiver of the Lansing bank to realize up
! on n large portion of its assets within Il
| short time, and at the same time extend
? tho indebtedness of one of the city's lest
| enterprises for o term of five years. WhiIc
| it will amply secure the two Detroit
banks.
Late Saturday night Rev. A. III. Jes-
| sup, of the First Baptist Church, of South
| Haven, who is accused on some ten or a
dozen charges of perverting the church
| doctrine, perversion Of the truth and dis
| loyalty to the church, was aroused by
loud knocking at his door, Upon going
| there he found a peculiarly shaped box,
with a letter attached, addressed to Rev.
| a. III. Jessup. After sundry careful
| landings the box was opened and dis
closed to the astonished view of the elder
a fine black suit of clothes, with the in
formation that they were from the bust
ness men of the village, without respect
to any particular creed, and that he was
| to wear them to preach the gospel in. A
| further investigation disclosed n purse
with over $50 in money, with the inscrip-
| ton, ITO Rev. A. III. Jessup and family,
with regards of the citizens of the vii
lage." There was also letter containing
| the signatures of over 200 of the proanin-
ent citizens of the village expressing their
| sympathy and signifying their belief in
his integrity and uprightness both as a
| citizen and n minister of the gospel.
Elgin Wagner, of Lee, lost two valu-
able cows by turning them into n corn
| field where there was plenty of smut for
| them to eat. Some Of the professors at
| axnar;n,ant stotions claim TINT M ho RIM