Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-30

M. Il. Keller, n well-known book-binder,
Of Saginaw, fell from his bicycle and
broke his leg at the ankle.
william Mcgiveron, OF Pine Lake, was
knocked down and dragged 20 feet by
street car at Lansing. He will probably
recover. ~
While Alex. Dougherty was having a
tooth ey tracted Mt Metnmora, some one
drove His horse away, and it has not been
recovered.
Survivors of the Ninth Michigan regi-
ment held their reunion ut Lansing.
Major General o. b. Wilcox was the
guest Of honor.
The circuit court at Battle Greek has
only seven cases. on the criminal calendar,
the lightest in years. There are 10 dr.
vorce cases, however.
Rev. w. III. Alder, Of Battle Greek, has
been called to the German Evangelical
Church Mt Jackson, to succeed Rev. +.
Mayer, who goes to Detroit.
George Campbell was sentenced at
Charlotte to Ionia prison for three years
for burglary. +. 0. Mrritt was fined $40
for selling liquor at Dimondale.
Mrs. William Blackmer, Of Grand Rap
ids, could not bear the bitterness of a
petty family quarrel and ended her ex-
istence by taking dose Of aconitc.
While Mrs. III. NJ. Gillett and Miss Ada
Barker were on their way to the theater in
Bay City they were set upon by two men,
who stole Miss Bankers pocketbook.
The plant Of the Lowell electric light
and power company, located at Lowell,
will be sold Mt receivers sale on Oct. Is,
to satisfy claims aggregating $SO,OOO.
Battle Creek has become tired Of hav-
ing destitute persons unloaded IN her,
and hereafter will ship back all such per-
sons to the place from whence they come.
Margaret Hutchinson, the daughter of
the Rev. John p. Hutchinson. Of Ann Ar
Dor, disappeared at Kalamazoo, whittier
she went to enter the Michigan seminary.
AS result of row in the school board
at Mackinaw Island, school has not
opened, and the chances are that the
scholars will have a vacation until Janu-
airy.
A few years ago citizens Of Dundee
planted some cells in the river there. A
few days since Nelson DuttOn caught one
measuring "A inches in length and weigh
ing five pounds.
The flax industry ut Saginaw has every
indication of success. The crop planted
in the spr;rg has yielded far beyond the
expectations OF those who instigated the
movement throughout the valley.
The Hamilton Kenwood bicycle works
at Grand Rapids have been sold under
$50, 1000 mortgage foreclosure to Francis
Letellier Of that city, who will probably
organize new company to continue the
business.
Ed Hoeft, boy employed at Good
sells planning mill, Mt Adrian, met with n
painful and peculiar accident. A planer
| cut Oft his right thumb just below the
nail and drew out over II inches of the
main tendon.
Capt. j. s. Duncan, Of An Sable. was
found dead. He was pioneer of that
place and few days ago he received no.
| tice of his appointment as postmaster.
| Heart disease caused his death. He was
63 years old.
The farmers in Kalamazoo County be-
gan sowing fall wheat on September II,
| which lis late for that locality. The
ACREAGE sown, will be fully one-quarter
more than.a year ago. Corn is safe and
will boa good crop.
The recent Dundee fair was the most
successful one financially in the history of
the association. The attendance was
] greater than on any other occasion,
| Farmers Day taking the lead with be-
| tween 1000 and 5000 in attendance.
| Henry Gage left Saginaw when he was
| 10 years old to seek his fortune in the
| Wet. He is successful lawyer ut Los
| Angeles, and lately he has become inter
| ested i'm a gold mine in Southern Cali
| fornia, which promises to prove KlOn-
/ dixie. The mine has turned out 81 900 a
Gy.
A member of the Muskegon Fish and
Game Protective Association, who made
requsition on the State Fish Commits
sion for supply of black bass to plant in
the lakes and streams of Muskegon
County. has received the reply from the
| State Board of Fish Commissioners that
the black bass hatch this year was a com
plete failure.
The future of Company C., the crack
militia company of Bay City, is not very
bright, 1t is said, owing to internal dis
sensions Capt. Hilliker was asked tC
resign, but instead OF doing so he pre-
ferred charges against four sergeants in
the company, charging them with insubor
dination and various other breaches OF
military discipline. 1t is also claimed that
Capt Hilliker has not worked in har
mony with the other officers. If the
charges against the four sergcants are
sustained, it is believed that half the com
lpany will resign.
Simon Pokagon, chief of the Pottawa
tonic tribe of Indians, and Lawyer In
gals, Of Hartford, Mich, have been il
Chicago to interview w. ii. Cox, Chi
cago capitalist, in relation to claim thai
the Pottawatomie tribe holds TO $50 acre,
of land in the heart of Chicago, which
land is mostly i'm possession CT Mr.. Cox
According to the Indians, the land he
came theirs by virtue Of ). t:ear. execute,
in 1888 between the father of the presen
chief and the government. This 13(
acres, as claimed, formed part of an i'm
mense territory which the Indians after
wards sold. 1t is stated that when Mr.
Cox attempted to procure an abstract I,
the land he was advised BY the govern
ment that the property was part of tn,
Pottawatomies' tract.
Several weeks ago Mrs. DIR. McDugal
was run into by a young man who wa,
riding bicycle upon the sidewalk il
] Battle Greek, and severely injured. Sh,
threatens to sue the city for damages, be
cause the city gives its consent to bicycl,
| riders Using the sidewalks