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

Of Whitmore Lake, hid $3.50 in a rye bin.
Thieves broke into his barn and stole the
money.
The coroner's jury at Kalamazoo de-
cided that John Pyle died from an over
dose Of morphine which was taken acct
dentally.
NJ. M. Moralee, a prominent pioneer
lumbciman of the Lake Superior copper
country, died of apoplexy at his home in
Hancock.
Secretary Of State Gardner has re-
| ceived the first installment Of volumes Of
the public acts of the Legislature from the
State printer.
Grand Rapids bakers are anxious to ad-
vance the price Of bread, but are unable
| to do so because two large firms refuse to
| enter n combine.
The Mapes Clothing Store at Lapeer
was broken into Saturday night, 1t is sup
posed by tramps, and many dollars worth
| of goods stolen.
The fiftieth session of the grand lodge
| of Odd Fellows encampment Of Michigan
| will meet in Kalamazoo, probably the Sec
ond week in October.
| The colored gospel union camp meeting
| "a
| living picture representation Of the fall of
the wells of Jericho.
| The barn on the farm Of Elizabeth
| Fletcher, one mile east Of Ypsilanti, burn
| ed, together with this seasons crop. two
cows and two horses.
| The Ingham County Sunday schools
held a rally at the Agricultural College.
Lansing, 5000 to 5000 scholars and
teachers participating.
! John Morrison, an employee of the North
western Railroad Company, got his foot
caught under a caboose of freight train
and it was cut off at the ankle.
The barns of Edward Scully, living
near Webberville, were burned, together
with all of their contents, including four
horses. Loss, 81 800; no insurance.
Berlin had a disastrous fire which near
| ly wiped out the business portion Of the
village Six buildings were burned, in
Guiding the hotel and public halls.
| There is bad blood existing between
| Hudson and Woodstock and there were
numerous scraps between the two factions
ut the farmers picnic at Devils Lake.
| Henry Jenison, of Antioch Township,
has raised $50 bushels of wheat off ten
acres, and other farmers average from
twenty to twenty-five, all Of fine quality.
Charles J. Scholl, a Grand Rapids
blacksmith, is going to the Klondike next
| spring. He expects to make a fortune
sharpening picks for miners at 81 per pick.
Delegates were in attendance from all
over the United States ut the national
camp-meeting and conference of the Free
Methodists, held in New Haven Town
ship.
Two large barns belonging to Arthur
Snyder, situated two miles west of
Greenville, were struck by lightning and
burned to the ground with all their con-
tents. Loss, $500; insurance, $500.
Commissioner Just reported that be-
tween May IA and July %, the latter be-
ing the date Of the last callfor reports, the
loans and discounts of the Michigan State
banks increased $1,0S9,17S. The increase
in the reserve fund was STA ,0OS, in total
deposits 81, 434 ,037, savings deposits ST.
797, 1SG and commercial deposits $771, 74S.
The home Of Farmer Hiram McKinna,
who was shot by jealous husband,
Frank Haws, was visited at night by
twelve or fifteen masked men, who found
Mrs. Haws alone in the house. Two men
seized her and took her down the road in
her bare feet to point about half mile
distant. Another party, also heavily
masked, met Mckinna on his way home
from Harrisville. They pulled him from
his road cart, took revolver from him,
stripped and whipped him numerically.
They then marched the couple down the
road three miles to the station at West
Harrisville, using the whip on both the
/ hi. I,e<a 4. Al \
| tination they stopped and cut all the hair
off Mis-. Haws' head and committed other
indignities. When they arrived at the
staion they tied the couple to telegraph
pole and told them they could stay there
till morning. but McKinna managed to
unite the rope.
Perrault & Beachain's blacksmith shop
at South Lake Linden burned. Loss S1O,-
600.
Mrs. w. p. Roberts, aged 65 years, of
| Comstock, was struck by Michigan Cen
trail train and instantly killed.
Dairy Inspector Barron says that he
has inspected most Of the diaries in the
lower peninsula and found them, as q
rule, in most unclean and unsanitary
condition. The proprietors pleaded poverty
and ignorance as an excuse for the condi-
ton Of their plants, but readily promised
to make all improvements suggested by
the inspector.
An infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Billings, of Jackson, died without
medical attendance. Investigation showed
an extreme case Of poverty, the family be-
ing too proud to call on the city for as
sist&ncc.
III. J Heinz, the Pittsburg pickle manu-
facturer, who has a branch factory In
Bay City, has offered to pay the expenses
of committee of three farmers of Bay
County to visit the factories of the COM
panies in which he is interested in this
country in order to investigate the rails
ing and disposition of cucumbers. His de-
sire Is that the farmers may become con-
vinccd that there Is money in the vegeta-
BILE sud enter largely into their cultivation.