Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14


At jackson the Derby Cycle Company
has given notice to Warden Chambcrlr:n
that hereafter 1t will employ only free
labor.
A Holland correspondent of the daily
press IL the first In the field to report the
embryo peach crop badly damaged by ex-
| treme cold.
Charles Seymour, who is charged with
having sold water to Battle Greek and
Kalamazoo people for perfumcry, by hav-
ing perfumed covers in the bottle, was
arrested. His wife says he did big
business in Battle Greek.
At Jackson James Martini, arrested
and pleading guilty, was sentenced to
| fifty days in jail twenty minutes after
stealing rifle from the NJ. q. depot.
The owner happened TO be In the pawn
shop when Martin offered the gun.
Nelson Graham ST., an aged farmer
living near Otisville, stepped into bust
ness place to have some letters directed
few days ago. On entering the store
he laid his wallet, containing SIT, on the
showcase and went to the farther end of
the store, during which time some one
relieved Mr.. Graham's purse of its con-
tents.
The new State census of Michigan
shows that foreign-born voters outnum5er
those of native birth in twenty-five cities
and in thirty-two counties of the State.
In some of the smaller cities foreign born
voters outnumber the natives more than
two to one. In Detroit the excess Of for
eign born is 10,063 To summarize, in
the Incorporated cities of the State one
| ba In h.. t.,J ~, "a
one-third, of the males Of voting age are
foreign born.
When the Michigan and Ohio, now the
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Rail
road, was constructed, the citizens of
Marshall paid the corporation a bonus
amounting to about $4,000, one OF the
conditions attached being rhe construc-
ton of permanent repair shops ut Mar
shall and the employment of given num-
Der of men in these shops. The company
Is now removing the machinery from the
shops. and has transferred most of the
employees to other points. The citizens of
the city are indignant at the company's
evasion of its agreement, and an injunc-
ton is talked of.
In Blissfeld Township, near Adrian,
Saturday afternoon Edna Swift lost her
life. A young man named William Lang
thorn was shooting sparrows around the
Swift premises. He was in the house
when he loaded his gun, and while put
ting on the cap the gun was discharged
and the load of shot was lodged in the
young lady's leg just below the knee,
crushing the limb in shocking manner.
A physician from Blissfield amputated
the limb at the knee, but so great had
been the loss of blood that the girl could
not Withstand the shock, and death fol-
lowed in a short time.
The Muskegon Electric Street Railway.
its lines, rolling stock, power house and
real estate, including Lake Michigan
Park, the famous summer resort, all
worth about $1J0000, were sold on fore
closure proceedings by Circuit Court
Commissioner Mari and bid in by Her
bert Payson, of Portland, Me-, for him
self, John l.. Crosby, of Bangor, Me-,
and Weston Thompson, of Brunswick,
Me. The road will be recognized as soon
as Mr.. Payson returns home. 1t was
built in the experimental days of electric
roads, and the first cost and changes, to-
gether with interest charges, hard times
and bicycles, proved too much.
Mrs. Daniel Myron, of Kalamazoo, re-
turned from visit in the country to find
that her home in the suburbs had been
wrecked. Some one had demolished hor
furniture and furnishings and scattered
crockery and kitchen furniture all over
the house. The sofa and other upho,-
stored furniture and carpets We're ripped
open with a knife, the clock and pictures
We're torn from the walls and the entire
Ill ~ n
coffee. Their little girls clothing was
torn to shreds, while the feather beds
We're ripped open and contents scattered.
In the wall the word revenge" was cut
with knife. Mrs. Myron's loss is about
500. She has no known enemies
Mrs. Robert Dobs6h, of Haynes. the
wife of a wealthy farmer, went to Harris
vile Tuesday to attend the Glare Coun-
ty Farmers Institute. She left the hall
about 3 o'clock and walked down to the
Huron House, where she saw James An
derson, ex-Deputy Sheriff and prominent
farmer of Clare County, sitting in his
buggy She talked with him apparently
in good nature for few minutes and
then started away, but evidently turned
around and drawing a revolver from the
folds of her dress, fired four shots into
Anderson's back. killing him instantly.
Mrs. Dobson was locked up. She claims
that she killed Anderson because he tried
to blacken her character and expressed
wish that she had killed Mrs. Anderson
as well. No one believes her story, nor is
she considered insane.
Mayor Pingree terribly Inundated the
Detroit Board of Public Works. and at
the same time threw some light upon the
lax methods of that commission, which
Will open the eyes of the taxpayers with
surprise upon the one municipal hoard
that has so long prided itself upon it's
acknowledgements and overweening sol;c'
tude for the public good. The Mayor
dug up some newly laid pavement in a
dozen places and made the startling dis
covery that the city had been defrauded
out of about two inches of concreting the
whole length Of the job. The paving in
question was laid in October and Novem-
Der last and extended from Crane avenue
to the city limits. 1t cost in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 and the Board of Public
Works passed upon the paving, pro-
nounced ii good, except in few places,
for which sufficient excuse was found, re-
quired certified check for $500 to cover
"the few defects" and then paid out the
$4,000 for n job of paving that seems to
be very poor.
Rev. II. o. Brown, late of San Fran
cisco, was accorded n very warm well
come at Kalamazoo. his old home. Tho
First Congregational Church, where he
preached, was crowded. and the greeting
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