Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-22
George w. Lucas Of Flint died from
the effecfs Of n nunstroke

were greatly needed for corn. berris- etc
The wheat harvest in Calhoun County
promises TO be the best In ten years both
as regards quantity and quality. =.
The wife of'E:C G. Dayton. president OF
the City National Bank, Kalamazoo, died
from an operation for appendicitis.
Frank Lovejoy, who jumped of an up
per peninsula train going at the rate OF
forty miles an hour, escaping from the
sheriff three weeks ago, is still at large.
He knew the woods like book.
Fire wiped out the planning mill OF
Avery e. Co. at Saginaw. Prompt efforts
of the fremen saved the lumber yards and
adjacent property. The loss Is estimated
at $4,000, covered by insurance.
Mr.. Warner, grocer in Saline, at
tempted to move a barrel of sugar. In
some way he dislocated both Of his knee
caps, and it is feared that he may be a
cripple for the remainder Of his life.
The large houses of the Bay County Ice
Company were struck by lightning and
destroyed, involving loss of $1,000.
Three Detroit and Mackinaw cars were
also burned. 1t is thought most Of the
ice can be saved.
Farm help i'm the southern part of the
State is very scarce, but in the towns the
corner politician is still wearing out the
seat Of his trousers holding down soap
box while he discusses ways and means
of saving the country.
Prof. McEwen of Jackson made a bal
loon ascension Saturday at Benton Har-
Dor, and when 500 feet i'm the air his bal
he 81 &.
parachute failed to work and he came
down on housetop. He was injured in
ternally.
A new vein OF coal has been found on
the farm of III. +. Goeschel, five miles
southeast of Saginaw, at u depth of 80
feet. 1t is of excellent quality, judging
by the specimens brought to the surface,
and a shaft will probably be sunk in the
near future.
A terrific storm prevailed Tuesday near
Armada, and much damage resulted. The
crops in the path Of the storm are ruined,
the standing grain being beaten down and
cut to pieces. Houses suffered severely
by having their windows smashed and
farmers lost many chickens, ducks and
turkeys, which were killed by the hail.
w. S. Locke, while fishing in Manis-
tique lake, Mackinac County, caught a
brook trout that weighed four pounds. 1t
was n beauty, and how it got there is n
conundrum. Gail Helmer, near whose
place the trout was caught, and who has
fished the lake for years, turned almost
green with envy when he saw this king
of fishes.
The village council at Armada has pass
ed an ordinance requiring all wheelmen
who ride upon the sidewalks to ring a bell
upon overtaking pedestrian and to dis
mount on meeting one going in an oppo-
site direction. A speed of over six miles
per hour on the walks is prohibited, and
lamps must be used at night. No regula-
tons were adopted relative to riding in
the road.
Miss Dale, Bay City school teacher,
who is living Mt n Mt. Clemens boarding
house on Wells street, missed her pocket
book. She accused two young fellows,
fellow boarders, of the theft. Sheriff
Nank had much doubt as to their guilt.
He called on Miss Dale and while she
was re,ating the circumstances surround
ing the theft, a hackman walked in and
handed her the missing pocketbook. He
had found it on n trunk at the station,
where Miss Dale had laid it down and
forgotten it. The young men were imTle-
diately released. Miss Dale apologized.
Judge Cady of Port Huron, who is
known os the smallest police justice in
Michigan, sends out the following record
for one mornings work: Court opened
at 10 o'clock with the junior justice in the
chair, and in less than two hours the
court fined ten DRINKS and three fighters,
ordered two vags out of town, fined Jerry
Terrell, n soap fakir from Grand Rapids,
SO; gave VIM. Badgley, arrested for
grand larceny, hearing, and released
him on $500 bail, and previous to all this
work performed marriage ceremony"
Labor Commissioner Cox has deter
mined to employ n female factory inspec-
tor to investigate the sanitary arrange
ments and other details of factories where
women are employed, the male inspectors
having experienced some difficulty in Sc
cpring certain information which the COM
missioner desires. Commissioner Cox is
convinced that the law requiring separate
lavatorics for women 70 he maintained Is
not observed in many establishments, and
he is determined to enforce the law re-
quiring the proprietors of mercantile es-
adjustments to provide stools for their
women clerks to sit on while not actively
at work.
Miss Eliza Harris, who was shot by
Peterson, her jealous lover, at Benton
Harbor, is i'm condition approaching
nervous IIostration as the result of the
attempt on her life. 1t is believed that
owing to her fear of Peterson he will not
be released on bail. The Harris family
deny that Peterson helped to support
them. They say that the presents which
Eliza received from him were of the
cheapest variety. At one time he gave
the girl watch, but recently borrowed it
from her and pawned it. With the money
secured oil it Peterson bought revolver
with which he attempted to end the life
of the girl
Col. NJ. A. Aldrich, editorial writer;
Charles j. Toots, mailing clerk; Edwin
J. Bulkley, proof reader and reporter, and
William NJ, Hathaway, reporter, all en-
ployed by the old Grand Rapids Demo-
crat, had their claims for salaries allowed
by Circuit Judge Adsit, as preferred labor
claims. The Michigan Trust Co., for the
bondholders. appealed to the Supreme
Court, which has reversed the decision
as to all the employees, except Toots. The
court holds that the labor performed by
the petitioners, with the exception of
Toots, was that of professional men,
rather than laborers, and not such as is
covered by the statute relative to pre-
ferred labor claims.
A stranger, representing himself as a
ro ilraa1 man yo Ua1 heard with Nro