Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15


There are thousands of bushels of pota-
toes buried in Dayton township Tuscola
County. Farmers are digging them from
the pits and feeding them to their stock.
The lovers of fishing and hunting in
Grayling and the vicinity will organize a
rod and gun club, and will sow wild rice In
the streams in order to attract wild ducks.
In many of the cities where wood is used
extensively for fuel. the impossible con-
dition of the roads is causing wood fam
inc, farmers being unable to draw any TO
market.
Manistee County fruit growers have or
ganized an association for protection from
commission merchants and to endeayor
to secure better prices for their crop this
year than formerly.
BY the death of an aunt ut Rochester,
y. Y. III. Morrison Underwood, Day
ton farmer, has fallen heir to hand
some residence in the city of Rochester,
and $1,000 bank account.
Sneak thieves entered the residence of
William III. Hall at Ypsianti and took
from Mr.. Halls vest, which hung in his
bedroom. S1O5 in cash and Il valuable
gold watch. The act was a bold one, for
ut no time during the day was the house
unoccupied except for few moments
while Mr.. Hall was in his front yard.
Patrick A. Ducey of Detroit began pro-
ceedings to foreclosc for $4,000 worth
of mortgages owing him by John Torrent
of Muskegon. and has made co-defendants
out of the 500 Mill Co, the Bank of Sag
inaw, w. +. y. Davis, guardian, and
A lInt-a ritV a.n m ~ r T. yyhA
have or claim to have, some interest in
the prop crty which is affected.
The formal offer of the daughters Of
the late Daniel III. Fitzhugh of Bay City
to donate site for general hospital was
made public. The conditions on which
the gift will be made is that an associa-
ton be formed with power to receive and
hold the title for hospital purposes, and
one reasonably able to maintain a hos
pital. There shall also be maintained at
all times free wards for the accommoda-
ton of male and female patients, no fewer
than ten each.
Gov. Pingree has decided not to sur
render Prosecutor Sampson of Lenawee
County and telegraphed his decision TO
Captain O'Brien of the detective Office.
Sampson is wanted at New York in con-
nectiOn with the ease of Anthony Chris
tensen. the alleged embeZZer. Christen-
sen was arrested and under eXtradition
proceedings from Michigan was given into
the charge of Sheriff Ferguson and Samp-
son. Christensen paid these men $500
and they permitted him to go free. Upon
that District Attorney Olcott ordered the
arrest of Ferguson and Sampson, charg-
ing them with using the criminal courts
of New York to collect debt. Christen-
sen was arrested as Il witness, but Samp-
son managed to get back to Michigan.
Forger Lewis of lIrbana. o.. went to
Ypsilanti looking for rooms, saying he
was Il book agent. Sunday he took a room
mt y. r. Trims residence. Monday he
mailed letter to his family in Ann Ar
bor He has usually mailed his letters on
the train to avoid detection. Detective
Kirby of Urbana, o.. was Informed by the
postal authorities of the letter, and went
to Ypsilanti with photograph of Lewis.
He located his man and arrested him.
| Lewis was n banker and broker at Ur-
bana, o., and was regarded as one of the
shrewdest men in finance in the State.
| The financial world was shocked when il
| developed that Lewis had forged thou
sands of dollars worth of Dayton city
| bonds and hoated them. There are thirty
| indictments against him. The amount
| of forged bonds fioated by Lewis is esti-
| mated at $4JO.0OO and he secured 30 per
| cent of their face in cash.
A large number of bogus silver dollars
were passed on the street car conductors
| of Saginaw within forty hours. some of
| the conductors being victimiZed several
| times before they became suspicious. The
] man who passed them is described as
about 21 years of age, smooth face, wore
| dark overcoat patent leather shoes,
| black clothing and Derby hat. The dol
| lar which has fooled so many is very
| good imitation of the genuine. only il is
| rather rough in the milling and has the
| appearance of genuine coin which has
| been battered. Frank Anderson was ar
rested and is held on suspicion. The
| street car men called at the station, and
| although they could not positively identify
| him al the man wanted they all said that
| the man they saw cOrresponded with the
| prisoner. the only difference being that
the prisoner looked little older and also
slightly darker. The police think that
they have the right man, in spite of the
Identification. Anderson denies that he
knows anything of this job. The people OF
Bay City had n similar experience week
| ago, when about eighty-iive counterfeit
dollars were put in circulation. the great
| er portion being passed OH street car men
Mayor Maybury of Detroit has adopted
n plank of the Pingrec platform. He IL
going to support the potato-patch scheme
Since the election Pingree has been will
ing to turn the scheme over to his success
sor in office. believing as he says, that i
is municipal matter. Major Pebbles ol
the Salvation army called upon the new
Mayor with reference to the scheme ant
found him favorably disposed toward ii
without having examined the scheme
very seriously" said Mr.. Maybury, 9TH,
potato-patch plan strikes me as feasible
and think it should be carried OUT Il
was part of the plan Of the Governor, n!
I understand it." said Major Pebbles, 1t,
make the potato patch self-supportin,
within year or two, but that cannot b'
done as yet. 1t was proposed, however
to charge about half the cost of plowinl
and seeding up against the land this year
That means an expense of about 6S cent
for every quarter-acre cultivated. to b,
paid at the end of the season in the pro
ducts of the land" Commander Booth
Tucker telegraphed from Denver that h,
would meet Pingrce and Maybury to dis
cuss the matter. If arrangements can b.
made the commander will use Detroit a
training school to Introduce the schem
in all the cities of the United States.