Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-07
MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY T. 1897. NJ
Frederick Wright, Of Brady, was bit
ten by a squirrel and nearly lost his life
from blood poisoning.

| At jackson fire caused by spontaneous
| combustion destroyed the handsome resi-
dence of Bradley Delamater, in course of
construction. Loss, $4,000.
At Muskegon the Grand Rapids and
| Indiana boats will use tug to keep the
lake open to their docks this winter,
| Willie the Crosby steamers will lrnd at
| the channel warehouse, which the Chi
| cago and West Michigan has just COM
| pleted.
At Bay City Mrs. Harriet Fehrenbach
| has begun an attachment suit against
Mrs. Naomi Warner. of Chicago, former
| ly of Bay City, for 5000 damages She
charges Mrs. Warner with having alien
ated the affections of her husband.
| Fehrenbach was contractor in Bay
| City. DESERVING his family, he went to
| Chicago.
Officer Chase. of Jackson, arrested a
man whom he caught pawning three new
shirts. 1t was afterward discovered ne
| is one Ambrose Pond, who has served a
| term in State prison, and for whom two
warrants have been out for year on
charge of burglarizing two farm houses
in Liberty township, when jewelry
money, etc, was taken.
| Constable Barnett, of Detroit, seized
| the hat of Alexander Hurst, an attorney,
on n Judgment obtained by Clara Brush.
Hurst's house servant The lawyer left
the hat on the table in court, and it be-
ing out Of his possession the constable
seized ii. The hat, valued at $3.50, was
offered for sale at the city hall. Consta-
bic Barnett shouted his sale so vociferous-
| ly that a crowd of 300 people collected
and they made the street ring with cheers
as the bidding went on. This hat was
seized from lawyer" shouted Barnett,
ION n 81 debt to his servant girl and 1
am selling it on execution" Bids went
on until Julius Mawley offered 65 cents
and it was knocked down to him amid
the bowling and cheering of the crowd.
Barnett paid the balance of the judg-
ment and the fee. turning over to Miss
| Brush the full amount of her claim.
A coasting party at Ann Arbor on a
| bob sled had a narrow escape from in
stant death Monday night. The party
consisted of Herbert Prescott, who was
steering, /. n. Duffy, n. T. Burlingame,
Kate and Mary Kearney, Irene Duffy,
Ralph Boydell and Henry Bowman. The
Madison street hill was icy, and the bobs
| slid in grooves worn three inches deep.
1t was impossible to change the course
|
ton. Prescott saw yard locomotive
backing down, and shouted but could do
nothing to save himself. Bowman and
Boydell slipped o6 without injury. The
| engine struck the rear end of the bob,
throwing all the riders off and carrying
Burlingame fifty feet. All were more or
| less bruised, but Miss Mary Kearney and
Burlingame were the worst injured The
| former had a very bad cut on her head,
| and severe contusions about the shoul-
| ders. Two of Burlngame's ribs were
broken, and the lungs We're punctured.
They may recover, but il is doubtful.
The others were only slightly injured.
| The power of teacher as far as the
corporal punishment of child is con-
cerned, has never been definitely decided
| by the Supreme Court. The case of Proc
| per Manchester VS.. Elton Haring. d
/ teacher in the schools between North Star
and Hamilton, which involved this point.
was recently decided by an Ithaca juyy
| before Judge Daboll. The plaintiff was
| awarded So damages. This decision will
| be of interest TO school-teachers through
out the State. Haring ordered Carrie
| Manchester TO move along in her seat
and stop whispering, and, when she dis
| obeyed, he emphasized his order by sew
| eral pokes in the ribs with n pointer. Ii
i was claimed that this set up peritOnitis,
4 md, although the child was in bed but
one day, and absent from school but
eight days, and although it appeared that
1 the girl had received no serious injury,
| the jury decided in favor of the plaintiff.
fudge Daboll stated the law in the case
concisely and briefly. The teacher, ac-
cording TO the law. has legal right to
\ punish the child, but without malice or
the infliction of permanent injury. The
4 law gives the teacher the power of mod
1 erate correction, and has confined the
i graduation of punishment within these
limits to the discretion of the teacher.
| The jury held that Mr.. Haring had
! abused this discretion. The verdict 10
generally regarded as blow at discip-
| lime in the public school system. 1t may
1 he carried to the Supreme Court
Making the township unit for the or
! ganization of primary school districts
| was strongly favored by the Michigan
| State Teachers Association at Lansing.
1 Superintendent of Public instruction
| Pattengill and other prominent educators
| indorsed the plan The association was
attended by over eight hundred teachers.
| President Angel of the University of
Michigan and many other college pres-
dents being present. Sectional meetings
were held for the discussion of topics of
| interest to the teachers of the different
| branches of learning. Officers were elect
| ed by each as follows: Primary-Miss
Jennie Tibbets, Lansing. President; Miss
| Martha Sherwood. Saginaw, Secretary.
| High school-E. G. Warner, Saginaw,
| President: +. l.. Sage, Saginaw, Secre-
tary. Mathematician. w. Beeman, Ann
Arbor, President; f. +. Austin. Owosso.
| Secretary. Physical culture-Dr. Eliza
| Mosher, Ann Arbor, President; Profes-
sor w. w. L. Bowen, Ypsilanti, Secre-
tary. President Harper, of the Uni
versity Of Chicago, delighted the teachers
with a splendid address on the subject,
| "The Spirit of Study" Professor Victor
G.. Vaughn, Of the Michigan University,
made n vigorous attack on college athlet-
| les. He declared that the life of the
average college athletic is very short,
death ensuing before middle life, the
athletic falling n victim TO either heart or
kidney disease. Football was con-
demnfd rs brutal and its prohibition
urged. Physical development based on
the physical examination of each student
and the compulsory development of his
weak points was advocated. A resolu-
ton providing for the appointment OF
faculty committee to formulate rules for
tne government of intercollegiate con-
tests was adopted.
John Dunscomb; who lives four miles
south of Morenci, hanged himself Sun
day morning with line taken from the
A. of - shar;ff'S horaa Tho Qhar-