Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-07

mar cut society Wltnn us membership.
The Bay County Fair Association clear
ed $21O.71 on the exhibition given this
fall. .,,-. .31.. ....-
A. J. Whitman, barber, was held up
by three men at Lansing and robbed of
$40.
Belle Carl has been appointed postmas-
ter ut Wexford, vice John Linnington, re-
moved.
The saw mill of John Hildebrand at
Corunna burned. Loss, $500; no in
surance. ~.
Samuel Tompkins of Wakalee was kill
ed by falling tree. His son was badly
injured.
Stephen Rowan Of Port Huron fell
from coal shed and received serious
internal injuries.
The trouble in Peninsular Co., M. N. G.,
Mt Bay City, is being investigated by a
board of inquiry.
The postoffice at Lake Grove has been
ordered discontinued Oct. Is. Mail will
so to Petoskey.
Jackson enjoys the distinction of being
the largest city in the United States with
out an opera house.
The farm barns and crops of Charles
st. John, living just east OF Highland
station, burned. The loss is heavy.
Rev. d. ID. Martin, who was assigned
by the Methodist conference to IOnia, will
remain at st. Johns for another year.
The session Of the Circuit Court for
OntonagOn County, which was to open
Oct. 20, has been adjourned until Dec. 70.
Mail messenger service has been estab-
lished from Addison to Cincinnati and
Northern Railroad, as often as required.
Mrs. Emma Rheem Of Owosso pleaded
guilty to removing rose bush from Oak
Hill cemetery and was fined $40 and costs.
The First Baptist Church Of Lansing
has extended call to Rev. Clarence L..
Seasholes Of Dallas, Tex. He will ac-
cept.
A large part of the business section Of
Riverdale was wiped out by fire. The
fire started in the rear of Leon Fleming's
general store.
A large bear has been seen near Alger
His bearship showed fight at first, but
finally ambled off and left the road i'm
possession of farmer who was driving
along 1t with a wagon.
Three prominent Albion nimrods were
arrested by Deputy Game Warden Frank
Austin, charged with shooting quail out
OF season. Mr.. Austin expects to break
up this practice about Albion.
At Shepherd. the coroner's jury in the
inquest upon the death Of Cashier Stru-
bic rendered verdict of suicide. The
verdict was reached after eighteen hours
deliberation. Two of the jurors held to
the murder theory for some time, but both
were won over. 90
The Muskegon County Fair Associae
ton paid out nearly 81 900 in premiums;
made improvements costing nearly 3d.
600, and came out about $50 ahead on
the. fair recently closed. 1t is probable
the fair will hereafter be known as the
Northern Michigan fair.
We have always believed the Reporter
had the smartest staff of correspondents
in the State, but the climax was reached
when one of them, a married lady, gave
birth to a child in the morning and wrote
up the news Of her neighbOrhOOd and sent
it in the same day.-Shiawassee Reporter.
The Muskegon Young Mems Christian
Association, which was wrecked by the
financial failure of the RAILROAD collision
which was to have been pulled off July 5
as n money making scheme to raise the
association debt, will again make strug-
gle for existence The former secretary,
Harry J. Sullivan of Clinton, Ia, who had
an attack of brain fever following the
failure of the collision, has resigned, but
the executive committee announces it will
have new secretary there in two weeks.
Elmer G. Stoughton Of Pennington,
who, it is alleged, squandered $4,000 in
fitting out and managing theatrical ven
lures, etc, making presents Of watches,
diamond rings and bicycles to young wom
en- in and around Pennington and De
troit, has begun suit to recover n diamond
ring from Miss Edna Botsford, 19-year-
old Pennington school teacher. 1t is said
Stoughton is now needy and is seeking
to rccoup himself by gathering in the pres
ents made when his fortune was larger.
The Ottawa Beach Association Of
Grand Rapids, having large holdings at
that resort, and private cottage owners
have combined to enjoin the Chicago and
West Michigan Railway from building
any. more cottages along the lake front.
claiming they shut off the view. Presi-
dent Charles NJ. Head Of the railway
says his company owns the land, and a
legal battle, In which money will be no
object, is promised. The railway com
pany owns the new Hotel Ottawa at the
resort.
Mrs. Luce Of Alma. an old and respect
ed widow, though somewhat eccentric,
who lives alone in a deserted part of the
village known as "the ten row." was Grim
inally assaulted by an unknown man and
injured seriously. Mrs. Luce was awak-
ened by the man, who had broken into
the house and entered her room. He
warned her to make no outcry or he would
take her life. Through fear the old lady
yielded to the fiend, who told her he would
return. If caught he will be harshly dealt
with.
Notwithstanding the fact that Jackson
has this season experienced boom in the
line of the erection of new business blocks,
which has not been equalled i'm many
years, if ever, the end is not yet. s. M.
Isbell 81 Co. and G. G. Helling have pur-
chased of Henry Hayden the old steam
mill property on Mechanic street. The
price paid is $4,000. On this property s.
NJ. Isbell & Co. will Mt once commence the
erection Of an elevator to be used for the
extensive bean trade of this company.
Next spring Mr.. Helling will erect frost
proof warehouse, capable of holding 100
car loads of onions and cold storage
with capacity of fifty car loads Of veg
etablcs.