Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-06

road stats that trains will be entering
Detroit over the Wabash tracks from
Britton in less than forty days.
The books of Montmorency County are
In q very much mixed-up condition, and
an expert accountant has been engaged
to go through them for period covering
the past ten years.
A new village has been started on the
line Of the Lake Shore Railroad, In Ale
gan County, at what is known as Jen-
nings crossing. Thirty families have set
tied there already.
Three cases of scarlet fever now exist
at the home of Frank Colson of Meta
mora. These children have been attend
ing the public schools and all their play
mates have been exposed.
st. Joseph people are considering prop
osition from the Chicago Lubricating Co.
to move it's plant to the lake shore town
il the citizens will donate the land and
erect the necessary buildings.
While Rufus Edmonds, the head saw
yer in Mitchell & Co.'S mill at Elkton.
was using wrench his hand slipped into
the saw. He escaped by losing one finger
entirely and three others were nearly cut
off.
The last chapter in the Baptist Church
trouble in South Haven has been closed.
A council of delegates from the churches
of that denomination in the district has
decided to reorganize the boiling faction
as a regular society and the seeding
members have organized as the Emanuel
Baptist Church.
Five citizens, business men of Benton
Harbor and st. Joseph, announce their
having organized a citizens telephone
company to operate in the twin cities,
they having secured contracts from a ma
jority of the business houses of both
cities. They intend putting the system in
operation at an early date.
Pinconning has locked the barn after
the horse has been stolen, but the exam
pie set would be a good one for other
places to follow. A little boy was kicked
in the head by a horse that was wander
ing in the streets and now the Council
has passed an ordinance to keep stock of
all kinds off the streets.
A popular and rather novel fad now ex-
lists in some Of the smaller towns of Mich
igan and one that is apt to make spring
chickens little more plentiful. A lot Of
boys and girls who keep fowls have set
hens on a certain number of eggs and
made pools on the result. Numbers from
one TO twelve are put up at auction and
bids made. The one that gets the lucky
number gets the pot. That means the
one who gets the number that corresponds
with the number of chickens Matched is
the winner.
Methodist Church circles in Ypslanti
are somewhat stirred up over the an
nouncement by Rev. DR.. Ryan that Ches-
ter Parsons had withdrawn from the
church and that with the withdrawal
went vote of censure by the board of
trustees. 1t seems that the young gentle
man took part in the opera "Olivette," and
that on request of his minister he with
drew from the church. Mr.. Parsons criti-
cises the pastor for bringing the matter
up so publicly after all relations between
himself and the church had been severed.
The suspicion has arisen that William
Hodson of Attica, whose dead body was
found recently and buried, did not hang
himself, but was killed and then strung
up to hide the crime. Hodson had made
grave charges against a number of mar
ried women, even making affidavits, and
refused to retract, and 1t is alleged that
certain persons were looking for him the
night of his death and that they met and
quarreled. The inquest was formal
affair, no questions of any Importance be-
ing asked. The face of the dead man was
not In the least distorted or discolored. MS
is the case in death by hanging. These
facts have led to demand for an investi-
cation.
The regents at Ann Arbor gave Presi-
dent Angel years leave of absence to
be absent as minister to Turkey, but did
not appoint an acting president to serve
during this term. The delay in appoint
ing an acting president is considered an
indication that Regent Barbour of De-
troit or Dean Hutchins of the law school
may get the position, since Prof. Dodge
would probably have received it if there
had been no opposition to him. President
Angel said that he did not know when
he would assume charge of the Turkish
mission and will say nothing in regard to
it until he has visited Washington. The
regents will extend the time of his leave
if that shall be deemed necessary.
Monday morning the waiter girls in the
Riverside Hotel, at Allegan, heard groans
in the parlor bedroom and reported it to
the landlord. Investigation showed that
Ira Agan, who had occupied the room
since Friday, had attempted to commit
suicide by stabbing himself twice with a
butcher knife. One stab was between the
eighth and ninth ribs on the left side, the
other in the abdomen. Surgeons dressed
the wounds, but the chances for recovery
are slim. Agan lost an arm about "a year
ago. He stated when questioned that he
had tried opium and failed, but thought
he would fix himself now.
The bulletin of the Michigan weather
bureau says that the season, growth of
vegetation, and the stage of farm work
still continue backward. Drying winds
and weather greatly helped blowing and
seeding. Farmers Immediately took ad-
vantage of this condition and blowing and
oat seeding was pushed accordingly, but
continued showery weather has again
checked farm work. Flowing and oat
seeding progressed very slowly. In the
extreme southern part of the State some
Of the very early sown oats came up
quickly and there Is also some complaint
that the excessively wet soil has rotted
the seed in the ground. Flowing for corn
Is nearly completed in the southern two
tiers of counties, and has commenced in
n few scattered localities as far north as
Oceana County.
Fire in the lumber yard of the Saginaw
Lumber and Salt ComDar- al Crow ISL
and destroyed about 100000 feet of
lumber and did other damage to the
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