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

Judee Marsden G. Burch Of Grand Rap
Ids was appointed an assistant attorney
In the department Of justice At Washing
| ton. f'
The first shipment Of Michigan peaches
this season was made by Thomas Archer
of st. Joseph, who sent four baskets Of
small peaches to Chicago Thursday night.
Miss Mamie Vuylsteke, Benton Har-
Dor young woman who was already worth
\ 500, 900, received word that she had
boon left heir to $75O;U00 by an uncle In
Paris.
Near Willow, rains did considerable
damage To- wheat, many fields laying fiat
so 1t will be impossible to use machines.
Large quantities of hay still In the mea-
dows are damaged.
Joseph Ritter was found dead in his
bed mt Sault Ste. Marie. Ritter's family
are visiting friends In Canada, and he
| was alone in the house. Doctors say
death is the result of heart trouble.
DIR. A. Robinson, a Grand Rapids dent
list, has bull terrier Of which he il very
proud, and the dog recently lost two front
teeth in a fight. Robinson fixed the dog
up In his clair. filed the teeth with pretty
| gold filings and the terrier 10 again ON
the war path
Alton Knowles and Samuel Cairnes,
two men who have been under suspicion
| of having burglarized Smith & Monson's
saloon at Muskegon, were arrested. A
marked quarter taken by the thieves from
the saloon till was passed, so the officers
hesitated no longer in making the arrests.
| A lady stepped into III. r. Glover's office
at Ypsilanti the other morning and said
she would like her watch which had been
left In Mr.. GlOver's care. He went to the
safe and procured 1t. He thought as he
handed II over to it's owner that the time
piece had been there some time, and said:
Let me see, how long has that watch
been in my safew Seventeen years."
was the reply.
A sample of flax, of which about twenty
acres are planted in Otsego County, was
brought to this Office and looked very
thrifty, and the projectors of Baylord's
new industry are very much elated over
the result, as 1t shows that Otsego Coun-
| ty soil is well adapted to fax raising. The
sample was from the farm of Charles
Fox, who has four acres of 1t planted,
County Herald.
Patrick Donnelly was found under a
large tree near Benton HarbOr, nearly
dead from starvation. He had been cared
for there as best his brother could, with
out money, without shelter or other food
for nine days than a few berries and
occasionally loaf of bread. They both
were too proud to beg. Patrick was so
badly cmaciated and diseased from expos
ure that he is in precarious condition.
He came from Ireland thirty years ago.
Bert erguson of the First National
Bank met with an accident Monday. He
was opening ginger ale bottle CONSIDER
ginger ale' in italics) when the cork
flew out and struck him on the eyeball of
the right eye. The retina of the eye was
torn loose from the inside of the eyeball.
DIR. Cnrrow of Ann Arbor, the eminent
eye specialist, says that of all the cases
he has examined he never saw similar
case but once before.-Ann Arbor Times.
Thirty-five workmen employed in the
Grand Rapids brick yards went on a
strike because promised higher wages
were not forthcoming. They have been
getting nine shillings day and struck for
twelve. They finally offered to be salts
fled with ten, but it was not granted and
they walked out. At the Collins yard
thirty more men caught the contagion and
also walked out. Both plants have n
large stock ahead and building operations
are not so extensive that there is much
of n demand.
Two interesting freaks have appeared
at the university hospital lately. One
&. a. -
side and his liver on the left. Dr. Chad
burn made an examination and pronounc-
ed his case genuine. The other was a
''bleeder," man who bleeds from a very
slight wound and continues to bleed in
definitely. The man belongs to a family
which has for generations had the same
popularity, several members of which
have died from the loss of blood.-Ann
Arbor Register.
A small boy In the north of the town,
says the Howell News, thinks he knows
what blister on his back feels like One
day last week he went in swimming with
out the consent of his parents, and when
he returned home his mother had n sur
prise in the shape of paddle, which she
had prepared during his absence, and
which she proceeded to use vigorously; at
the second or third stroke great explo-
sion took place. caused by a number OF
caps the boy had in his pocket. Result:
A doctor bill and boy that walked and
sat down very carefully for some days.
Col. G. V. II. Pond of Lansing mailed
his semi-annual report as assistant adju-
tant general and assistant quartermaster
general of the Michigan G.. A. II. to the
national headquarters at Omaha. The
report shows that there were in good
standing in the department Jan. 1, 3S2
posts, with a membership Of 16,096. The
gains during the term ending June 30
last have been: or posts, 4; from muster
in OF new members, $40; from transfer
from other posts, III; from reinstatement
Of delnpuents, 492; making total of 963
members. The losses have been for the
same period: BY death, III; by honorable
discharge, SO; by transfer to other posts,
1873; by suspension, $50; by surrender Of
charter, posts and 43 members, making
the total loss OF 961 members. This leaves
the showing for the department at the
present time 1888 posts, a gain of one, and
16,O3S members, decrease Of SO from
the last winter report This shows
marked increase in the interest shown by
the veterans in Michigan in G.. A. II. mat
ters, for the death loss was greater by
119 than the entire total loss and the
gains by muster and reinstatement almost
euualled the loss by death and suspen-r
sions. Col. Pond reports the inquiries
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