Crawford avalanche., 1897-08-12

ne american fotatO rIour Comphnys
Of Saginaw, has been sold to Julius
Freud. wealthy Detroiter. The company
manufactures potato chips and potato
-four used extensively by butchers and
bakers. This concern consumes thousands
of bushels OF potatoes weekly.
Muskcgon has had its initial shipment
Of celery and Is now knocking at the door
OF the Eastern market with another less
common product. Henry w. Vanderveer,
Of North Muskegon, has gone into the
business of shipping turtles into the East
and made an initial shipment of several
hundred pounds Of live turtle to Philadel-
phia.
A Jail delivery took place ut st. Joseph,
In which four prisoners awaiting trial es-
capped by saving the steel bars In their
cells and In the outer corridors. They
were Alex Mcdonald, who attempted to
murder q brakeman; Louis AXE Of South
Bend, who has charges of bicycle steal
ing hanging over him in several cities;
Otie Bentley Of Hersey, and Frank ROby
of Rochester, Ind, burglars. A reward
Of $125 has been offered for their cap
ture.
J. w. McGraw of Bay City is putting in
about five miles Of railroad in the eastern
part Of Otsego County, with view Of cut
ting his hard wood timber and drawing 1t
to the Bay City market. He also owns
several thousand acres. Sailing, Han.
son & Co. of Grayling also own n large
block of hard wood timber in the eastern
portion of the county and are now max
ing preparations to cut and move 1t. They
have plated town in its vicinity, and
propose to make ii a permanent one, il
possible.
John Scoby Of Chicago requested the
police at the East Chicago avenue station
to find Wallace Scoby, his nephew. Wal
lace lived with his family in Grand Rap
ids, but left there some time ago to find
employment. Recently Scoby received n
letter from his nephew, who was in De-
catur, in which the latter said he was
going to Chicago. The writer has not as
yet appeared. The other day Wallace
Scoby's wife and child were burned to
death at their home in Grand Rapids.
Ethel Smith. aged 13 years, daughter
of Henry Smith, farmer living near Di-
mondale, is dead as the result Of severe
burns she received Saturday. The girl
was boiling beans in a large kettle out of
doors when her clothing caught fire. She
jumped into a tub Of water, but was ia
tally burned before she was able to extin-
guish the flames. The girls mother died
last spring. Mr.. Smith became so dis
couraged after his daughters death that
he took dose of morphine. Doctors
worked over him all Saturday night, and
he will probably live.
1t was the last day before penalty in
the afternoon, when the Michigan Central
Railroad Co. paid to State Treasurer
Steel its taxes for last year. The Michi-
gan Central Co. paid $22S, ,5S7.25 on it's
main and leased lines. The Cincinnati,
Jackson and Saginaw Railroad Co. paid
$G,401.61. The taxes Of the companies
are paid up closer than for several years
past. The total amount of railroad taxes
assessed was $740, ,99S.75, and of this sum
$107, 1886 remains unpaid. The Duluth,
South Shore and Atlantic, and the Grand
Rapids and Indiana railroads owe the
State $4,000 of the amount now delin-
Quent
Alfred G. Highton, a convict in the
Jackson prison, has sent to Gov. Pingree
a somewhat remarkable ship in miniature.
1t is a regular full-rigged three-master
bearing the name of H. S. Pingree," and
is supposed to be typical of the Governor $
career. The masts bear streamers indi-
eating the offices the Governor has held.
the front streamer being inscribed with
the words white House, 1901" The
ship is enabled to steer clear of the shoals
by means Of lighthouse labeled "Peo-
-. Iv1sn ...I -
Fort Monopoly" The convict has spent
vast amount Of time in the construction
of the boat, and, it may be added, he
wants pardon.
The divorce suit of Helen j. Cole VS..
Wilson Cole was heard before Judge Lane
at Adrian, and a decree was given the
woman. The couple were married in
Morenci in 1866 and lived together at
Crystal Valley until 1875. On or about
Oct. "a of that year Cole said he was GO
ing for the doctor for their sick child.
He never came back, and his wife sup
posed he was either dead or had gone to
sea. In Adrian, three years later, she
married David Jackson. They have lived
happily together for the past nineteen
years. A short time age the woman heard
in a roundabout way that her first hus-
band was alive. She Immediately applied
for and was granted the divorce. Mrs.
Cole had four children by the first hus-
band, all grown up and doing well, and
two children by the second, Edith, aged
16, and Elnora, aged 10. both very nice
girls.
At Ottawa Beach, Miss Clara Hall,
aged II, and Miss Lena Herrick. aged 16,
of Grand Rapids, were bathing and the
sea was running rather high. A huge
wave carried Miss Hall off the pier, upon
which they were standing. Miss Herrick
at once plunged in after her and succeed
ed in reaching her side. A boatman upon
shore jumped into the surf and swan out
to them, but just as he reached their side
a huge wave came upon them and they
were separated. When he came up the
young women were being swept away be-
yond his reach. There were few bathers
there at the time, but the alarm was at
once given and the life-saving crew were
soon upon the scene. 1t was too late for
both bodies were out Of sight The drown
ing created the most intense excitement
at the beach. Miss Hall was the daugh-
ter of Sherwood Hall, one of the pioneer
merchants of Grand Rapids, while Mr..
Herrick owns the largest grocery in the
city and also operates the resort grocery
Both fathers were upon the train leaving
the city for the beach, and knew nothing
of the awful greeting which awaited them
until their arrival
Chicken Tom" Acron, who had attain
ed a national reputation among sporting
men as a breeder of fine game birds, died
at Muskegon. Acron's chicken ranch was
a paradise for the lovers Of game fowls.