Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23


TODD German farmer, committed suicide.
Tommy Kennedy, an S-year-old Port
Huron lad, was killed in u runaway acci-
dent
Frank Hogan, who escaped from Jail
mt Sheboygan, Wis.,, was captured ut st.
Joseph.
Gcrtie Trimbull. young and mex
perienccd girl, disappeared ut Battle
Creek.
The tannery, barn aud two dwellings be-
longing to Jacob Loffman Mt East Tawas
burned.
Gustave Kennberg, well-known Owes
so drug clerk, dropped dead in the street.
Heart disease.
The dead body of a new born infant
was found in ID. & NJ. freight car ut
Grand Haven.
w. G. Gannett, of Traverse City, cut
an artery in one Of his hands and nearly
bled to death.
1t is said that gang Of horse thieves
is operating in Southern Michigan and
Northern Indiana.
The authorities at Charleston have sim
gle rig on their hands and they would like
to find the owner.
The annual reunion Of the Seventh
Michigan cavalry will be held in Kala-
mazoo on Oct. 10.
The mercury climbed above 100 de-
grees in the shape in the upper peninsula
during the hot wave.
The national anti-spiritualists' associa-
ton will perfect county organizations
throughout Michigan.
The sheriff and other Kalamazoo Coun-
ty officers are after the dynamitcrs who
have been operating near Galesburg.
Rev. Anderson G. Marshall, mayor Of
Corunna, formerly Free Methodist, has
been ordained as Baptist minister.
Rosa Mcdonald and George Mckay,
who were under arrest at Port Austin,
charged with disorderly conduct, broke
Jail.
Claude Leahym has been bound over to
the circuit court at Port Huron on the
charge OF stealing thirteen bushels Of
wheat.
Thieves entered the residence Of w. +.
Davidson at Port Huron and ran of with
savings bank containing Columbian
half dollar.
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with pointed nails on the bicycle path just
out or Flint. Twenty-Five punctured tires
was tho result
David Il. Buck, of Vassar, pleaded gull
ty ut Caro- to the charge of bigamy and
was sentenced to three years imprison-
| ment at Ionic.
Saginaw will hire three extra school
teachers and will buy building to pro-
vide for the children the regular schools
cannot care for.
The 5-mOnths-old baby Of Mrs. Frank
Darling, Battle Greek widow, was ia
tally scnldcd by the overtprning OF ket
tie of boiling water.
The 4-year-old son of August Lust, of
Rogers City, was instantly killed at a
barn raising. A timber slipped and hit
the lad on the head.
The Michigan Central Railroad officials
have agreed to act with the Jackson Y
Nj. G. "A. and erect building for the use
of the railroad employees.
Deputy Railroad Commissioner Wede-
meyer and Mechanical Engineer Moore
are ola tour of inspection of the Michi-
gan Central and the upper peninsula rail
roads.
The attorney general refuses to give
an opinion on the constitutionality of the
recent law, giving counties the right to
vote to rescind the county road system
He says the question should go to the SUI
premc court
Marshal Beresford has unearthed a
youthful robber gang composed OF some
fifteen boys between the ages of 10 and
IA years, who have been systematically
rObbing Owosso merchants and selling
their plumber.
j. III. Somers & Co., coal operators Of
Cleveland have secured coal mining
rights from seven farmers near Kawkaw-
lin. having leased nearly 700 acres. 1t IS
said that n four-foot vein was discovered
on one farm.
The Benton Harbor and Alaskan Min
ing Co. has filed articles of incorpora-
ton, with n capital stock of $4,000. A
spring and establish headquarters ut
Dawson City.
Benton HarbOr grower has found "a
little Klondike in carly peaches Eight
crates. containing 4,576 peaches, recently
shipped to Chicago. brought $14.4O, or 21h
cents peach. The peaches were beau
tiIully packeu.
The State railroad crossing board has
approved a map of the Mineral Range
road from Osccola Junction to Red Jack
ct. The road is being changed from mar
row tc standard gauge and otherwise
greatly improved.
Chas. Taylor presented claim for dam
ages against Flint for the loss of valua-
bic horse, which ran away and broke a
leg. He bases his claim on the allegation
that the runaway was caused by the Sal
walton Army band.
Charles McKone, of Hazelton town
ship, has begun suit in the circuit court
by capias against John Spears, n neigh
Dor, claiming $1,000 damages for an al
legged biting out Of n piece Of his un Ter
lip and his left eyelid.
John +. Ryan, on the stand in the Shep-
herd inquest, told n straightforward story
and accounted for his whereabouts on the
morning Of the shooting. He admitted
that the cash i'm the bank had run low and
that its affairs were In very bad shape.
The Traverse wheelway is nearly com
pleted and will next year form one of the
leading attractions of the North. The
bike path Is eight miles long and connects
all Of the resorts about Little Traverse
Bay, running parallel to the beach.
L. J. White, Of Galien, paid $500 for n
substitute during the war, but was af-.
terward drafted and the township paid
him back 500. He now threatens suit
for the balance. Together with the in