Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

Mrs. Thomas Thorn, of Clinton. lost Z
gold ring twenty three years ago. Her
husband found II few days ago whill
at work In the garden.
The Ernst Feige Desk Company at
Saginaw are completing a contract for
five carloads of desks to be shipped to
Europe. They expect to complete the
work In about three weeks.
A ST. Joseph man who has been much
annoyed of late by tramps has placed on
his back door the following sign: II kill
tramp every week, and this 10 your
week." The Willies come to the door
and knock, and while waiting for re-
Spouse read the sign. and when the door
is opened they are making good time to
get out of the vicinity.
James Round of Sebawa had some dy-
Mantle cartridges which he was going to
throw away the other day, as he lid not
believe they were good. However, ne
lighted the fuse to one aud threw It On the
ground. 1t did not seem to burn and he
picked 1t up, and just as he did so 1t ex-
ploded, taking away portion Of the
thumb of the right hand and badly LAGER
ating the fore6nger.
Nun Spurgeon, young man 80 years
old, with a family at Fife Lake, was in
stantly killed Saturday night by the dis
charge of his rife He took his gun after
supper and asked his little boy IL he
would like to 90 hunting. He then blew
down the barrel, and as no air escaped
through the tube, he pressed the hammer
back with his foot The gun was loaded
and his head was nearly blown off.
Another great expense to Kent County
was commenced when Joseph Welsh was
arraigned at Grand Rapids upon tho
charge of numbering his wife. 1t had
been expected that he would plead guilty,
as he said that he would, but several law
yers have been at work upon him and COL
WINGED him that he can get clear. He will
therefore plead not guilty and demand a
trial, and as he has not a cent in tho
world the county will pay the expense of
his lawyers. The plea they will make is
that he was drunk when he shot his wife
and therefore not responsible, and that
he was angered by his daughter until he
lost all control of himself.
The store of the Miller Hardware Com
pany, Bay City, one of the oldest con-
Germs in the county, did not open its doors
Tuesday morning, but instead posted an
nouncements on the windows that the
store was closed for inventory and in the
hands of Charles A. Eddy as assignee.
Mr.. Eddy said that he could not say what
the assets or liabilities were, because he
did not know them. The annual state
ment OF the company for the year ending
FEB l last showed a capital stock of
100000, all paid in, of which $4,000
was preferred. The personal estate was
placed at ST., .93, the debts at S46,-
ibis and the credits at ST., BOD 10. There
are no preferred creditors.
The Michigan weather crop bulletin
says: The weather has been favorable
FOR rye, meadows, pastures and field work.
but too cold for much growth of other veg
citation and for the termination of corn
and oats. The cold, wet ground has rot
ted some corn and necessitated consider
able replanting, some correspondents say
ing that second replanting has been nee
essary in some of the southern counties.
Outside of rye, meadows and pastures.
nearly all vegetation has been at a stand
still. The condition of rye, meadows and
pastures is generally very fine; pastures
provide ample fodder and meadows prom
Use splendid hay crop. The continued
cold, wet weather which delayed oat seed
ing so much has decided many farmers
not to SOW as much oats as was originally
intended Fruit has not been injured to
any general or considerable extent by the
frosts, and is now in blossom as far north
as the upper peninsula.
Chicago Chronicle: 1t is customary in
some States for the members of the Leg
is.ature, when the hour to adjourn sine
die arrives, to turn themselves into hooi
lums and act in the most disorderly man.
ner. 1t is common practice, too, for
members, otherwise respectable and fairy
honest, to appropriate the States prop
erty. carrying away whatever is not na.l-
ed down. The wind-up of the Michigan
Legislature was distinguished by a most
disgraceful orgy, during which valuable
painting of Lafayette was ruined by hav-
ing books thrown through it, and other
property of the State was also damaged.
OF course, this affair will never be investi-
gated. Such things never are. The State
goes on from year to year replacing ink
stands, stationery, waste baskets, law
books and other property stolen or re
stroyed by it's legislators, without ever
trying 10 compel the culprits to restore
the articles or reimburse the treasury.
Tax title spectators are somewhat elat-
ed over the decision of the Supreme Court
which was handed down in the case of
Joseph s. Hilton VS.. Azuba Dumphey.
The opinion is by Chief Justice Long and
disposed of an important question. The
plaintiff brought suit in ejectment, claim
ing possession of defendants land by viz
tue of tax deed. The deed was isstei
for an unpaid drain tax, all the other
taxes on the property having been paid.
The defendant contended that there is no
authority in the tax law empowering the
county treasurer to bid to the State lands
assessed for a drain tax. There was also
a question as to whether the sale was a
lawful one, but as the defendant did no.
take advantage of this defect, if one ex-
listed, it is held that the question could
not be raised IN this collateral proceed
ing. Upon the question that the tax law
has no application to the sale of lands for
drain taxes the court says: 1T is true
that these drain matters are not regarded
as matters in which the State, county or
township has a pecuniary interest, but the
drain law provides that such taxes are to
be collected in the same manner as State
and other taxes are collected The court
was in error in concluding that the judg-
ment should be in favor of the def :u..unt.
Under the facts found the judgment
should have been found for the plaintiff.
Such judgment will be entered here with
costs of both courts to the plaintiff"
1t is said that young woman who IL
h. Il l. t.