Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-27

The X. G. Peters Co. may locate large
mill at Benton Harbor.
Omer Is to have 3O-barrel roller pro-
cess grist mill In the spring.
Bay City shipyard laborers are said to
be preparing for a big strike.
The electric railway between Bay City
and Sebewaing seems assured.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. will
locate an ONCE uptown at Worthwhile.
Albert Foote Of Flint, who took dose
Of morphine with suicidal intent, is dead.
Jackson merchants will abolish trading
stamps and other advertising schemes In
that city.
DIR. III. III. Stimson, aged 20, of Sauga-
tuck, was thrown out of a buggy and prob
ably fatally injured
Bethel Church society at Kalamazoo
Geo. X. Mcdonald.
Ice dealers ut Grass Lake have begun
their harvest The Ice Is ten inches thick
and Of good quality.
John Ford, aged 10, fell from the loft
of barn ut Port Huron and broke both
arms above the elbow.
The Lansing, Dexter and Ann Arbor
electric railway has practically secured
it's entire right of way.
Good fire wood Is scarce about North
vile and quantities of it have been ship
ped in by rail to supply people.
Mrs. Orville Seneca of Morenci gave
birth to twins which weighed ~ and 2lh
pounds. The smaller one died.
Bay City will give the d. & NJ. Rail-
road a site IL the company will build a
$4,000 passenger depot thereon.
Mrs. Griffith, the widow who lives just
west of Adrian, who was recently rob-
bed, was found dead the other day.
Jerry McCarty, farmer, living near
Port Huron, was run down by an engine
in the tunnel yards and instantly killed.
Taxpayers in Grand Traverse County
will vote on the proposition to bond the
county for $500 for new court house.
W. Il. Counter, the Oldest jeweler at
Three Rivers, has assigned. Poor collec-
tons is given as the cause of the failure.
Richard Burden of Winnipeg, Man.,
had his skull fractured and was otherwise
seriously injured in a saloon row at La
peer.
Genesee County Board Of Supervisors
has fixed the salary of the superintendent
of the poor at $500 per year, instead Of
per diem.
Attorney General Maynard has notified
the State Board of Auditors that they
should allow the bills for printing the
monthly crop report.
County Treasurer Daniels has RENTED
$4,000 of Ingham County's $4,000 APP
portionment to the State Treasurer. This
is unusually prompt.
From 800 to 600 rabbits are being ship
ped from Peck each week. There seems
to be no end of the little long cared ami
mails in that vicinity.
The Thirteenth Michigan Infantry has
elected Capt. Il. p. Deyoe president for
the fifth time. The reunion next year
will be held Mt Kalamazoo.
Benz. Porter is the only living charter
member of Jackson lodge, No. II, +. and
A. NJ. The lodge celebrated it's fiftieth
anniversary the other evening.
The Chicago and West Michigan Rail
road will probably remove it's tracks from
Muskegon's streets. The city will give
the company a private right of way.
While sitting in her chair with her Bible
on her lap which she was engaged in
reading, Mrs. John Shepard of Sturgis
fell over dead. Heart disease was the
cause.
The estate of Thomas Nester has sued
the Diamond Match Company for $780,
600 damages for detention Of logs in the
Ontonagon river during the last eight
years.
The Auditor General has received from
the Treasurer of Wayne County $780,
06S to apply on the State taxes of 1897
assessed against the county. The total
amount Of the levy is SAL, 48O.
Jealous customs officers at Port Huron
arrested w. 4. Sitlington of Sarnia be-
cause he crossed the river in a row boat
without reporting to the customs officer.
His satchel contained only his personal
effects.
The direct heirs Of Bartholomew
Schlicht Of Grand Rapids have gotten to
gether and arranged a compromise with
an adopted daughter who was contesting
the administration Of the estate. Schlicht
left no will.
Fourth-class postmasters have been APP
pointed as follows: Custer, John G. Ira
cy, vice +. u. Martin, removed; Grind
stone City, J. Wallace, vice John s. Nc
Donald, removed; Ventura, VIM. w.
Reed, vice George w. Joscelyn, removed.
The Adrian Furniture Company of Adj
rian fled trust mortgage to secure $4S,-
600, mostly preferred claims, banks hold
ing about $4,000. The company has as
sets Of $4,000. 1t is expected the works
will arrange soon full settlement with
creditors.
Henry Brakeman, secretary Of the Hol-
land Home for the Aged at Grand Rap
ids, recently wrote to Queen Wilhelmina,
telling her the objects of the home. He
has just received an acknowledgment of
his letter, and with it 100 guilders (about
$40 to help the work along.
The directors Of the new railroad, the
Toledo and Northwestern, have let the
contract to finish the remainder of the
road to the Taylor Construction Co. Of
Owosso. Work has been begun at the
Albion end. They have not yet obtained
the right of way into Charlotte.
X. T.. Strong, husband of DIR. Mary G..
Strong, one Of the leading physicians Of
Jackson, died Of accidental narcotic poi
soning, aged 50 years. He was suffering
from slight attack of neuralgia, and in
the absence OF his wife went to her medi
cine case and took an overdose of NOR
phine.
At the annual meeting of the Hillsdale