Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01

H. ~. Emm0nS, one OF the DeSt known
contractors Of Southern Michigan, died
At jackson Of apoplexy, aged 81 years.
He leaves widow and three sons.
Mrs. Kate Treat, demented woman Of
Oxford, was instantly killed by Mich
igan Central train. She was facing the
train and did not seem to realize her dan
ger.
| At the Cheboygan tannery James Nc
/. kinsey had his right hand caught in one
| of the machines. His wrist was badly
cut and the hand almost severed from the
wrist.
The factory building of the Valley City
Desk Company at Grand Rapids burned,
causing loss of $4,000, with insurance
of $4,000. Alonzo X. Hodges was the
principal owner.
Ricn. Barrett, paying teller of the Ma
tional Lumberman's Bank, Muskegon,
was sailing in a canoe and his frail craft
was upset. The life-saving crew brought
him safely to shore Barrett was about
| exhausted.
At Lapeer, Gear.e Shaffer. aged Is, liv-
ing two and one-half miles south of Vas
sar, had his right hand taken off by the
cars. He was looking for work, but fail
ing, started back home. 1t was his first
trip away from home.
| A Lake Shore train was saved from be-
| ing wrecked in a washout near the kala-
mazoo paper mill by G. A. Poland, who
fell in a faint on the track as he signaled
the train. The south side celery marshes
were flooded.
The Holland Furniture Company has
placed a machine in it's factory which
does away with hand carving. The cary
ers being notified that their services could
be dispensed with at the expiration of an
other month, walked out, with the excep-
ton of Gerrit Vandenberg, who will be
retained to operate the new machine.
A terrible calamity overlook the family
Of Alvin Leach, farmer who lives near
birmingham. Mr.. Leach was away at his
work, and his wife had stepped out in the
| yard. when one of their little boys ran out
of the house, saying it was afre. The
terrified mother tried to gain admission,
but the smoke and flames drove her back
| and the house and all its contents were
soon consumed. A 6-months' old baby
was in the house and was also burned.
The Auditor General has been dunning
the Treasurer of Montcalm County for
something like $4,000 which he claimed
the county owed the State. The Treas
urer has written Auditor General Dix
several times that he owed no such an
amount and he'd better overhaul his
books, and he has received from him a
letter acknowledging the omission to cred
it to the county the sum of $500 received
in three installments in April. The nee
essary correction has been made.
A great many sportsmen are under the
erroneous impression that the revised
game laws passed by the last Legislature
contain provision prohibiting the killing
of deer in Michigan until Nov. 10, 1899.
The amended law contains provision to
that effect, which, however, only applies
to Bots Blanc island and the counties of
Alcona, Lapeer Huron. Sanilac. Tuscola,
Macomb. Allegan, Ottawa and st. Clair.
This probably accounts for the error into
which many have fallen.-Soo News.
Many of the barrels containing copper
on the steamer Pewabic were more or less
burst open by being pitched forward when
the steamer went to the bottom thirty two
years ago, when she sank bow first off
Alpena. Diver Smith also finds the bar
rels weakened by age. He is having built
what he terms clam grappe. 1t is like
an immense clam shell, and is placed in
position by an arm from the bell. A trip
line on the steamer Root above is pulled
and the clam. by powerful springs, will
lift barrel Of copper or a mass of copper
on the bottom.
The State Board of Auditors considered
the case of Alpena County, which wants
credit for $11, $50 it claims to have over
paid in the State taxes because of the
erroneous equalization of the county by
the State Board in 1891. Representative
Gustin appeared for the county. Attor-
ney General Maynard told the board that
it had the power to direct that the desired
credit be made, but he doubted the ad-
visibility of so doing as the error was
that of county official. and it would be
a bad precedent to establish. The matter
went over to the latter part of July.
The heaviest pine land owners in the
lower peninsula. aside from David Ward,
are John Garfield and e. q. Filler of Man.
istee and ID. A. Blodgett of Grand Rap
ids. Their aggregate holdings are esti-
mated at $20.OOO,OO0. In the upper pc
ninsula Theodore NJ. Davis of Newport.
X. l.. holds 4OO. 1000 acres of the old canal
grant. valued at $15,OOO.O0O; j. NJ. Long
year Of Marquette, 100000 acres. $5,OOO,-
OOO Michigan Land and Iron Company,
464 900 acres, $4,000, 900; DR.. ]. d. Aver
estate. 100000 acres. S3,5OO,OOO: Chicago
and Northwestern land grants, $1,000
600. David Ward, in the lower peninsula
is said to have 400. 1000 900 feet of cork
pine and GOO. 100000 of hardwood.
Montmorency County may not pride it.
self on any spectacular embezzlement,
but when it comes to a steady flow of
shortages II has no reason to take a back
seat to any other county in the country.
An expert accountant has just discovered
that four County Treasurers holding Of
fee from 1887 to 1896 were all short in
their accounts for an aggregate sum of
nearly $4,000. None of the shortages
was very large. but it seems to have be-
come the regular thing for the retiring
Treasurer to leave a shortage of some
kind, and no one has been found with
enough strength of will to interrupt the
practice. The county officials appear to
be hesitating whether to begin legal pro-
ceedings or not. and apparently they are
afraid If they discourage these small
steals that some irate Treasurer will re-
talate by going off with some large sum
and bankrupt the county. 1t Is more diff
cult to determine which would be the
more prudent course but perhaps 1t
would he well to try the experiment of
prosecuting the embezzlers just by way
Of varying the monotony of the county.
Coroner n. G. vanderlinde Of Muske-