Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29
Short State Items.

Fred Messenger, son OF prominent
Manistee business man, was bound over
on the charge of stealing $40 from Joseph
Moran's pockets in saloon. Messenger
gave up $40, which he claimed he picked
up in front of the bar.
The Northern District Evangelical
Lutheran synod of Ohio. in session at
Saginaw, elected: President. Rev. T..
BENIN. Pemberville, Ohio; Vice Presi-
dent, Rev. III. L. Dannecher, Fort
Wayne; Secretary, Rev. A. l.. Nichless;
Treasurer, A. Lunsenman, Gallon, Ohio.
An early morning fire ruined several
stores and offices in the Citizens CONNER
cial and Savings Bank Building, at n
total loss of $1,000 A man and two
women escaped from the third story by
sliding down banisters, but one of the
women fell, breaking her collar bone and
spraining both ankles.
At Saginaw Michael Larmer and VIM.
Dollamer were arrested with $500 worth
of stolen furs in their possession. Joseph
Schiller is locked up charged with the
larceny of $50 worth of jewelry from
Maggie Hawley. A warrant has been
out for him for year for stealing cattle
from Freeland farmer.
The Board of Supervisors at Jackson
made a sweeping reduction I'm salaries
and county officers during the coming
two years. The changes are as follows:
County Clerk, reduced from 1,SOO to
81 800; Treasurer, 81, 800 to 81 200; Pros
ecuting Attorney, 1,50O and office rent,
the latter cut off; Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney, $3.50 to S400; County Supern-
tendent of the Poor, $3.50 to $500; Coun-
ty Superintendent of the Poor, $3.50 to
$500; County School Commissioners, ST.
500 to 81 200; board of prisoners at coun-
ty Jail, 40 cents per day to 80 cents.
While the keeper of an An Sable cigar
stand was across the street the other day,
leaving his stand alone, he saw a young
man sneak in and steal several boxes of
cigars, which he threw over fence into
a vacant lot until he should have a chance
to carry them away without being seen.
The owner went over after the thief was
out of sight. got back his cigars, filled
some empty boxes of the same kind with
sawdust and put them back over the
fence. Just before daylight the next
morning the thief was seen to come back,
get the boxes and carry them off with an
air of satisfaction.
A outstanding bone Of contention be-
tween the counties of Antrim and Kali
kaska has at last been amicably settled
A bridge across Torch River, stream
between the two counties, which bridge
should been maintained by the two coun-
ties jointly, has long been burden on
Kalkaska alone. Finally the wind blew
the dilapidated old structure over into
Antrim nd I'm,
portant connecting link between the two
counties. A new bridge is badly needed,
and Antrim has paid Kalkaska $500 on
the old account, and handsome new
steel bridge will doubtless span Torch
River in the near future
A live coal from pail Of ashes set out
TO cool is supposed to have caused the
loss Of three buildings on the farm of
John Sweet, in Colfax Township, Mecos-
tn County, Sunday afternoon. The prop
erty was valued at $1,000, with insurance
Of only $500.
The work of rebuilding the oval wood
dish factory at Traverse City, burned
recently, began this week. Work will be
pushed and the new factory ready for
work oy the first of February. Many of
the former employees OF the company will
be given work in the construction of the
new building.
L'Anse will probably have another In
dustry soon in the shape of taanery,
ground for which has been surveyed just
west of the village.
There Is considerable excitement at La
peer over mysterious digging by unknown
persons on the shores of Nipsing Lake.
A large hole ten feet deep was recently
discovered, as well as smaller one from
which had evidently been taken box
about foot square. For long time IL
has been rumored that there was $1,000
In gold buried somewhere on the shores of
the lake, and It Is supposed that the mys-
terious night digger has found and car
fied this away. The Sheriff Is making
IN investigation Of the matter.