Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

dered TO borrow 10000.
Carl Carleton, near Benton Harbo-,
was kicked to death by vicious horse.
He was struck by both feet In the stom-
ach, terribly rupturing his bowels. He
lived only few hours afterwards.
Edward Roach, the Battle Greek man
who shot his wife recently, pleaded guilty
to the charge of assault with intent to
murder at Marshall, and was sentenced
by Judge Smith to twelve years at Ionia.
While blowing on the farm of John
Searls, about three miles north Of Blu
chanan. farm hand unearthed a speci-
men of pure ga.ena ore weighing nearly
three-quarters Of pound. The find has
created quite bit of interest among local
mineral experts, who will endeavor to To-
cate rhe vein with the hope of finding n
silver bearing lode.
Thomas Turk, the oldest business man
of Pontiac, died Monday. He was n
years old. He established the Turk
Brothers grocery and crockery stores, the
oldest establishment of that kind in the
city. Mr.. Turk was wealthy, owning
many acres of city property and several
business blocks. He leaves three sons
and three daughters.
w. II. Merrick, deputy collector of in
ternal revenue, after a lingering illness,
died at Bad Axe. He was a prominent
Mason, also member of the Maccabees.
For many years he was a probate judge
| of Huron County, and held other Offices
| of public trust. He leaves a widow, two
sons lnd one daughter. The funeral was
conducted under Masonic auspices.
| -, T.. C,t-
houn and adjoining counties are urging
| farmers to get at work at once and pull
the rye out Of their growing crops of
wheat. They say that many crops are
mixed from one quarter to one-third. and
if not taken out before the crop natures,
it will reduce the price all the way from
ten cents ON each bushel down to the price
of feed.
| Seventeen thousand acres of land will
be reclaimed by the dredging of Maple
river. If the Grand and Portage were
likewise cleaned out the sanitary condi'
ton of Jackson County would be improv-
| ed, and as many acres reclaimed in Jack
son; the great Portage marsh would come
to be some of the most valuable land in
the section; besides thousands of idle meu
would get employment, and the taxabla
property increased.
Climax township. Kalamazoo County,
was the township chosen in Michigan 10y
the Government in which to experiment
| with the scheme of free mail delivery
among the farmers. consequently for sew
eral weeks mail distributors have been
delivering mail through the township, rid
ing out from Climax village with ponies
The new system pleases the farmers, but
is objected to by merchants, as having
nothing to come to town for, the farmers
stay at home and allow trade in the vii
| lage to anguish.
When an electrical storm was fercest
lightning struck among a group of build
ings Mt the Adrian State Industrial Home
for Girls, partially demolishing the chim
ney of the new school building. The force
of the shock was such as to PROSTATE Miss
Belle Burgess and Miss Cakes. teachers
and ali inmate of Croswell cottage nam
| ed May Arney, who was resuscitated with
much difficulty. The children in the three
cottag IS were panic-stricken and hys
terical scene ensued, which was only
checked by the prompt action of the Off
Gals.
Following closely on the elopement OF
Warren Il. Martin, agec TG. and Mrs. j
p. Arnold, aged 6S, at Muskegon, comes
another romance. County Clerk r. An
drew Fleming Saturday issued a marriage
license to Charles y. Merriman, a horti
cultutist and real estate agent, to marry
Miss Farmelia NJ. Strong. Mr.. Merr
man is 20 years of age and owns a farrr
in Fruitland township, near the Mich
an-Illinois-Indiana) summer resort
where Miss Strong, who is school teach
er in Emira, n. Y, aged 80, has beer
stopping. Mr. Merriman has been previ
ously married once.
The case of ex-City Comptroller Hiram
A. Waite of Port Huron, charged Will
embezzling city funds, has come to q
close, the prisoner being sentenced by
Judge Vance to five years Imprisonment
at the Ionia house of correction. At the
trial, which lasted three weeks, Waite
was found guilty of misappropriatinf
$3.50, the amount he drew out of the banl
the day of his disappearance. Before
passing sentence Judge Vance granted
Mrs. Waite a alf-hour's private audi
ence, in which she pleaded for leniency
With ell possible good time Waite can re
duce his term of imprisonment to abou
three and half years.
Schoolcraft, with population of but (
thousand, stands in the front rank as ,
literary town, and all through the energ,
exhibited by it's ladies in securing publ,
library and library building. They hav,
han lsome brick library building tina
cost 81, 400, and over 900 volumes, appro
priately arranged therein. The buildin:
was completed last October. James III
Bates, one of the pioneers of Schoolcraft
and now of Brooklyn, n. Y, was lib
eral donor to the building fund. Mr.
Bates first came to Schoolcraft in 1887
At that time bands of Pottawatomie,
roamed at will over the surroundin,
country, aud Chicago had a population o
but $500.
General State Accountant Humphre!
has just completed his official figures, Civ
ing in detail each appropriation made b,
the last Legislature for this year ant
next. These figures show that the spe
cial appropriations aggregate $1,2S4,
1T. % for 1897, and 1906, 952.O2 for 1898
BY adding the levy for general purpose
of the State government and the fxet
charges provided for by previous Legisla
lures, The total amount of the State ia,
for the years named is found to be 50,
1873, 1907. % for 1897, as compared with So,
O13.919.52 for 1895. For 1893 it will b.
S2.O12. 227 OF, as compared with $2,O6S,
53S.62 for 1896. The total for the tw,
current years is 1890, 13425, as agains
S., OS2, ass. ii for the previous biennial pc
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