Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-29
Minor State Matters.

The recent hot, dry weather damaged
the new celery plants around Ridgeway.
| and it will be necessary to reset nearly all
| the late setting.
The Matcabees Of Van Buren, County
will hold their annual picnic at South
Haven Aug. IL. Big preparations are be-
ing made. The State grand commander
will be present.
George Doan, aged II years, was in
stantly killed at Sault Ste. Marie by an
electric shock from a dangling guy wire
of the old street car lire, which became
crossed with the electric light wires. The
boys left arm was burned entirely off
and deep hole burned in his left leg.
Willie Colless, aged 10 years, made an
effort to release Doan and was also Sc
verely shocked. He will recover.
Thursday morning at Lyon Lake. n
summer resort four miles south of Mar
shall, n company of young men from the
city were camping out. One of the boys.
Arthur Wagner, n well-known young man
II about 16, with others, was playing
with revolvers, forgetting the fact that
they We're loaded. One of the revolvers i'm
the hands of n boy named Swineford was
accidentally discharged, the ball entering
young Wagner's face, killing him almost
instantly.
There Is a noticeable absence of house
flies this season, and their absence is n
source of congratulation to the careful
housewife between whom and all the fly
tribe an ancient feud exists, says the Es-
canada Mirror. Here it is July II, and
of the hordes of pesky little torments that
at this time Of year usually throng houses,
stores anu offices very few appeared. For
this every one is grateful. 1t is probable
that the cold wet weather of the spring
and early summer killed the larvae from
which spring the hordes of little pests.
During the fiscal year ending June 30
last the receipts of the Ann Arbor post
Office were So, 1850, exclusive OF the
money order department. The expendi-
lures during the year we're $19,414.O4,
leaving balance of $12,971.55, which
was turned into the United States treas
ury. In the money order department or
ders were issued to the amount of $49.-
832.41. The orders paid out amounted to
$3.50, 734.07. More than 40 tons of news
papers and magazines were mailed out of
town. Ann Arbor postofice ranks eighth
in the State in the amount of business
transacted.
Ben ellis, aged IL, Of Adrian, was
fooling with his fathers revolver when
the weapon was discharged accidentally.
The bullet of 32-calibcr entered the left
wrist, passed mp and out of the embedded
tissues at the elbow. He may lose his
arm.
TheaMichIerlniism family OF Oversee,
Allegnn County, will have triple headed
celebration Aug. 8. Hewitt @. and wife
will celebrate their golden wedding, their
son, Hewitt, Jr., and wife, will celebrate
their silver wedding, and their daughter,
Jennie, need % years, will be married to
Abel Dollhouse.
A young man named Arthur Smith was
run down and instantly killed by an ex-
curs.on tain on the Flint and Pere Mar
quette mt Sherwood. He started across
the track to the station in front of the
train.
1t is officially announced at Benton
Harbor that the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, which Is building a line there to con-
meet with the main line at Napanee, Ind.
will operate line of car ferries in CON
nection with the Canadian Pacific. One
hundred and sixty miles will be saved
from. the Canadian Pacific to the Atlantic
coast by the new route. The connection
on the other side Of the lake has not been
decided upon.