Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
The Brady House at Oakley was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss. 1900; insured.

This has been n good season for news
thus far. 1t hasn't been necessary to To-
cate the Chicora yet this spring.
Several Dawson potato raisers who held
on to their potatoes hoping for higher
prices are selling them now at six cents
per bushel.
Ten unruly tramps were gathered into
the Flint jail Friday night, and each was
given a sentence by the several justices
Of the peace.
Joseph A. Turcotte, clerk of Harrison
township, Macomb County, who was
charged with issuing false sparrow boun-
ty orders, pleaded guilty.
The safe in the Office of Wells & Clear,
Saginaw oil dealers, was blown open and
a small amount of cash, hardly enough to
pay for the powder, was taken.
Rev. Thomas j. Horner of Battle Greek
has accepted a call from the Unitarian
Church at Quincy. ILL.,, to succeed Dr. G.
+. Bradley, who died last summer.
Mrs. S. b. Seely of South Haven has
just been awarded 5000 damages
against the Chicago City Railway Co. for
injuries received in cable car accident
in that city few months ago.
Joseph Parent, proprietor Of the Mar
shall House, Saginaw, was severely burn
ed about the face and hands by the ex-
plosion of some gas that had escaped from
defective pipe in a room on the third
floor of the hotel. He incautiously struck
a match and the result was the complete
wreck of the room and the injuries men
toned
The will of John Forest Conchie, the
Rockville hermit. who died from burns
received by falling on hot stove. was
opened at Saginaw. In the will he leaves
nothing to his wife, from whom he sep
arated thirty years ago and who lives at
Rockville. The estate is valued at s., 200
and is left TO relatives in Europe. His
wife says that she will contest the will.
Work has begun on the peppermint fields
of southwestern Michigan, where the
large yield of oil last year will result in
the planting of an increased acreage of
the herb this season. For the last several
years the English or black mint has taken
precedence in the amount grown, by rea-
son of its greater yield of oil to the acre,
but the increased demand for the Ameri-
can article at considerably better prices
than for the product of the foreign plant
is expected to largely stimulate the cult
walton of the former.
DIR. II. p. Alden his two brothers and
Joseph Wolf have just returned to Sagi-
nav from huhting trip up the river that
came to an unexpected and sudden close.
They were living in two tents, with fire
between the two to keep them comforta-
BILE. They left the fire burning while out
hunting, and when they returned found
the wind had famed the flames against
the tents and nothing was left but ashes,
gun cases, shoes, blankets and provisions
all being burned, involving a loss of 5000.
They consider the game came high.
At South Haven, while the funeral SER
vice of Mrs. Isaac Dckerson, who was
murdered a few days ago by her husband,
was being held the floor in the dwelling
gave way, throwing several persons down.
A panic ensued but was quelled before
any one was seriously hurt. The circum-
stances under which the lady met her
death caused hundreds of persons to at
tend the funeral. The house was filled to
overlooking and was surrounded by per-
sons who were unable to get in, and were
anxious to get a glimpse of the proceed
ings.
The onion growers on the muck lands
of southwestern Michigan produced such
large quantities last year and the selling
prices in the fall were so low that many
neglected to properly care for and store
their crops. A few long-headed growers
anticipated a shortage in the supply of
the odorous vegetable this spring and care
fully sorted and packed away the pick of
the seasons yield. They are now glad
they did so, for the demand for onions
from the city markets is enabling the
lucky swamp farmers to sell their hold
over crops at about quadruple the prices
that could have been secured in the fall.
William Van Buren, of Holland who
for years has Melted fish for market and
been arrested and fined several times for
illegal fishing, was arrested again at the
instance of the Holland Rod and Gun
Club. Had not A. G.. Baumgarten struck
up Van Buren's gun at the moment of ar
rest Constable Peter Miller would prob
ably be dead man. AS it was Van Blu
rem fired, but the heavy charge of duck
shot passed over Miller's head. The Of
fender was jailed. A week ago he held
the deputy game warden and companion
at bay with his gun and protected his nets,
which they had discovered and were
watching.
A warrant was sworn out at Owosso for
the arrest of Rev. Father Peter J. Slane
of st. Paul's Roman Catholic Church on
complaint Of James WEIGH, a merchant of
Corunna, charging him with assault and
battery. WEIGH attended vespers and
Father Slane asserts that he was disturb
ing the meeting by whispering to a young
woman who occupied the same pew. The
priest left the pulpit, walked down to the
pew and asked Welch if he did not know
enough to behave like a gentleman in
church. WEIGH says he started to leave
the church when Father Slane struck him
in the face and added afterward that he
regretted that he did not kick him down.
stairs.
A warrant was issued at Traverse City
for the arrest of Neil A. Butler, charged
with having been instrumental in caus-
ing the destruction by fire of a dwelling
owned by him, but occupied by the family
of Peter Blakesley at Acme. The fire
took place April 5. Butler was at the
house the morning before, and had stayed
there all night. Blakesley was the one
who made the complaint. He alleges that
Butler had made threats to prevent the
mortgage of the property getting any
thing out of it, and had told Blakesley to
keep his furniture insured. The circum-
stances caused grave suspicion to rest on
Butler, though thirty-six hours elapsed
after he left the house before the fire