Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-18

poisoner that has made dogs comparative
ily scarce In that village.
Michael w. Tobin, "a theatrical man
ager, died at his home at Jackson, aged
45 years. He had been connected with
the theatrical business twenty-five years.
The Saginaw west side school board has
passed very rigid rules against any of the
pupils using tobacco during school hours,
as il appears has been the habit with a
number of them.
A. w. Corey, respected citizen OF La
peer, and for some years past game ward
en- of the county, died after lingering
illness. He was prominent In Knights
of Pythias circles.
Dogs are raising havoc among sheep in
the vicinity of Willow. William Lara
bell, farmer east of that place, had
twelve killed and mutilated from his flock
in one night. No trace of the dogs has
been found.
Reports to the Secretary of State for the
March crop indicate that wheat was not
materially damaged during the trying
weather of February. The returns indi-
cate that II per cent of the wheat crop
of 1896 is in the farmers hands.
Jackson was visited by an electrical
storm Tuesday evening, which badly dam
| aged the telephone exchange. Every phone
in the city was rendered temporarily use
less and the exchange building set on fire.
The fire department extinguished the fire
before much damage to the building was
done.
Recent holdings of the Supreme Court
have increased the value of tax titles ma
terially in this State. In an opinion filed
in the case of Mersereau VS.. Miller ct al,
the court holds the tax law constitutional
and gives the holder of tax title posses
sion of the property. The decision is an
important one, as il sustains the validity
In numerous particulars of many tax titles
held by spectators.
The Bay City citizens relief store has
been closed, funds and provisions having
become exhausted. Since it was opened
1856 families have been assisted, many
more than twice and several as many as
seven times. The authorities are satisfied
that the opening of the store has prevent
ed a great deal of crime and suffering,
as some of the families would have had
to choose between stealing and starvation.
James Parker, proprietor of Saginaw
| west side boarding house, was terribly dis
| figured by big colored man named Den
mis- Robbins in fight caused by discus
sion on the question of the inspiration of
the Bible. Parker told Robbins he didn't
know anything about the Bible, which so
enraged the latter that he threw both
! arms about Parker and bit his nose off.
Robbins was arraigned and his bail was
set at $1,000, which was not furnished.
He had narrow escape of being lynched
by Parker's companions.
But few of the Pottawatomie Indians of
southwestern Michigan, among whom was
recently distributed by the Government
the sum of $11S.000. have so expended
their share of the windfall as to make
their future condition more tolerable.
With pockets full of their newly acquired
wealth the Indians easily found way TO
secure prohibited liquor. and under its
influence thousands of dollars worth of
expensive furniture, top buggies and use
less trinkets were purchased as long as
the money lasted. In most of the settle
ments the Indians are already back in
their former poverty y-stricken condition,
but number of the tribe around Hart
ford wisely invested their money in small
farms.
A colored woman at Chicago robbed A.
ID. Holmes. n merchant of Lansing, of
$40 and 81 800 in drafts almost in the
heart of the city Wednesday night, and
then made her escape by dodging into an
| alley. Holmes was passing along Ply
mouth place, when he was struck from
behind. He partly turned. and storm
of blows met him in the face and dazed
| him. Before he could recover his pres
ence of mind the colored woman had gone
| through his pockets and extracted a wallet
containing $40 and $500 in drafts.
Holmes Immediately made complaint to
the police. He wired to New York, stop
ping all payments on the drafts, 30 that
his loss will consist of only the cash there
| was in the wallet.
| Mrs. Josie Blair of Saginaw has com
menced suit against Peter Stine, Law
| renee Stine and their bondsmen, Z. A.
| Martindale and Emil Jochin, for damages
in the sum of $4,000. The bill of com
plant states that April IS, 1895, Neil
Blair was moving load of furniture to
| the farm on which he was at work. Ee
| stopped at Peter Stine's saloon and was
| intoxicated at the time. While there il il
| alleged he was given more drinks, so that
when he again started, he was unable to
| take care of himself. When he reached
a culvert on the quarter-line road the
horses ran off and upset the load into a
deep ditch, burying Blair under it. When
discovered he was dead. The coroner's
| jury found that Blair came to his death
| by drowning, being in an intoxicated con-
dition. The suit is now brought by his
wife to recover damages from the saloon
keeper who is alleged to have sold him
| liquor after he was intoxicated contrary
to the State law.
The fact that Adam c. Arnold of Bat
| tie Creek made a will bequeathing all of
his property to the w. G.. T. U. created
| decided sensation. As his property was
| accumulated by selling whisky, renting
| houses of bad reputation and keeping n
pawn shop for the receiving of stolen
goods, the question was Immediately rails
| ed will the w. c. II. u. accept money
made in this way? The discussion was
| only short lived, as the bank officials who
have securities upon all of his property
claim that when his debts are paid that
| there will not be cent left for the union
| Some believe that Arnold even in death.
knowing this fact, did IL as n joke upon
an organization that he always hated. But
this explanation is not accepted. Those
who know claim that Arnold died a chang
| ed man. He sent for several persons in
Battle Creek before his death that he had
always been an enemy to and begged their
| forgiveness and pardon. Arnold was prob
ably not aware that his property, which
amounted to $4,000 when he was arrest
ed. had dwindled down to nothing.
The Standard Oil Company has pur
chased site and will erect warehouse