Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-17

ne rceifteuc< OF DoutcA NAV}ets u~A& -
mile east Of vicksburg, burned. Loss,
81. 200; insured.
The Ohio and Michigan Traction Com
pany has begun grading for the roadbed
OF the proposed road between Detroit and
Toledo.
Mrs. Harvey Woodley OF Benton Har-
Dor was seriously burned while trying to
smother fire which started In the parlor
OF her residence.
While carrying pan OF live Goals down
cellar, Mrs. Welcome CHESHIRE. an old res
ident Of Onondaga, was burned in q
frghtful manner.
ST. Johns Catholic Church at Carroll
ton burned. Loss. $4,000; no insurance.
The fire is supposed to have been the work
OF an incendiary.
Stephen Lauterback. aged 16, and Hen
ry Hydega, aged L., quarreled~at Grand
Rapids Lauterback was stabbed In the
back and seriously injured
A farmer named Purdy, who lives near
| Southfeld. has a natural gas well that de-
velops a pressure Of 20 pounds. The
neighborhood il excited.
Charles White, a well-known resident
of Sterling, committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid. The cause OF the act was
domestic trouble and illness.
Thomas Tyack, farmer, living four
miles south OF Utica, was probably fa-
tally injured by the collapse of heavily
loaded wagon on which he was riding.
| A number of Romeo men have formed
an agricultural society and will purchase
land for IA race track and fair grounds,
with the idea of holding fair this fall.
The farm house, barns and outbuild-
| ings belonging to John Dykema, living
| three miles north Of Saugatuck. were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $1,000; insurance.
$3.50.
! Fred Hess, son of DIR. Hess of Clarks-
vile, pleaded guilty to stealing $50 worth
of wool from Il. +. Cool of that place, and
Judge Davis sentenced him to one year
in the Ionia prison.
William Burleson, aged II years, who
| left Ann Arbor last June unbeknown to
his parents, has turned up at Adamas,
Iowa. He travelled through Indiana, Ohio,
Illinois and at last settled in Iowa.
Guy Leaym Of Wales was convicted at
| Port Huron OH charge Of arson in hav-
ing burned the farm residence of Thomas
Ryan in Kenockec township. His broth
er was the chief witness against him.
! George Nelson, aged 16, of Reed City,
while stealing ride on Flint and Pere
Marquette freight train, fell under the
train near Lake. He lost leg and an
arm, and his other leg was broken. The
boy was taken to his home.
The two Detroit burglars who recently
robbed Jones & Hazlett's tailor shop at
| Tecumseh pleaded guilty and were SEN
fenced in the Circuit Court at Adrian.
Louis Smith got two years and six months
at Jackson and Fred Paule two years at
Ionia.
Willie Herman, aged 13, was ground to
pieces under an Ann Arbor freight train
| i'm Owosso. He with some smaller COM
| panions was playing alongside of the
track, and tried to catch on to the ladder
Of box car of passing train going
north.
George Roth, a farm hand at Franken-
muth, got his fingers caught in feed ma
chine operated by horse power. Gradual
| ly the left hand, wrist and arm were chip
| ped off before the machine was stopped.
Afterwards portion of the upper arm
| was amputated.
About 100 Berrien County farmers have
! left for Alaska. Frank Phiscator. the
Klondike king of Baroda. who started 3
few days ago, has made the fruit farmers
of that vicinity wild with stories of great
findings. and they have sold their farms
to get to the land of yellow metal.
James Shackett, the Marine City man,
who was unfortunate enough to get hold
of the counterfeit 800 bill, which was
detected at the City National Bank at
Lansing, says the Bank of Bay City gave
it to him. together with four others exact
ly like it, in exchange for $500 draft.
Ed. Gillam's saw, cider and feed mill at
| Melville, was completely destroyed
by a boiler explosion. Melvin Seig-
fried and Richard Stevens, who were
| putting n belt on the engine. were caught
in the flying debris. Seigfried's arm was
broken twice and Stevens was severely in
jured. Low water was the cause of the
explosion.
Secretary Butterfeld of the NJ. A. c..
takes exception to the report Of Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson on the Michigan i'm
stitution. The experimental work was
run down, and it was alleged that the de-
tails Of investigation were neglected. At
tention to horticultural work and inves-
tigation of tuberculosis of cattle have re-
ceved special attention in Michigan, al
though in other States this work has been
neglected.
1t is stated that in quite a few counties
in the northern part of the State owners
of timber lands have resorted to novel
plan for getting rid of paying taxes. The
scheme is to sell the timber to someone
who Immediately proceeds to cut and re-
move it, leaving nothing but barren sand
plains. AS the treasurer has no authority
to seize the property of persons not named
in his tax roll, the timber cannot be reach
ed, and the lands being worthless, the tax
cannot be collected.
The Michigan crop report for Febru-
airy says the prevailing opinion Of CORE
spondents is that wheat has not been
damaged. The total number of bushels OF
wheat reported marketed by farmers in
January is 1,229,S10, and in the six
months August-January 10,263, 1854. The
amount marketed i'm the six months Au-
gust-January Is more than twO-ffths OF
She crop Of 1897, and is 3.95S0S9 bushels
more than reported marketed in the same
months last year. Live stock throughout
the State Is in good condition.
Ann Arbor City Council has decided to
publish the names Of those persons rcceiv