Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-03
A grange has been organized at AnaIia.

At st. Joseph. Wesley Church pleaded
guilty of bignmy.
Port Huron has raised about S41 for the
Cuban relief fund.
Ed Wallace of East Jordan was killed
in a runaway accident.
Fenton loses it's cheese factory, which
will move to Grand Blanc.
1t is said that the prospects for the
peach crop this year are excellent.
A vein OF coal ~ inches thick has been
struck seven miles north of Ray City.
There are said to be fifty widows living
within radius of two miles of Mayville.
Hon. Peter White is renewing his agita-
ton for Federal control OF Mackinac Isl
and.
Milton A. Newkirk. Circuit Court COM
missioner for Antrim County, has re-
signed
A meteoric stone weighing several tons
has been uncarthed on n farm near Flat
Rock.
Burglars entered the house of Elisha
Dibble Mt Okemos and stole $3.50 that he
had secreted.
The -four mill Of Rutan & Co., at Beld-
ing burned. Loss, $4,000, partially COW
cred by insurance.
Jacob Dengman, retired farmer liv-
ing ut Fowlerville, was kicked to death
by vicious horse.
James Webb, aged II, of Tuscola, was
killed at Bovee's camp, near Trout lake,
by logs rolling over him.
The property Of an Onekama man is adj
vertised for sale for delinquent taxes to
the amount of eight cents.
Charles Montgomery, aged 81 years, of
Port Huron, was one of the victims of the
steamer Clara Nevada wreck.
John Atkinson, Bay City fireman, fell
from a second story building at fire in
a tenement and was badly injured.
The -four mill at Maple Rapids, which
has been idle for some time, will be put
into operation again Immediately.
III. M. Charlesworth, aged 60, was
found cut to pieces on the Chicago and
Grand Trunk Railroad tracks near Flint.
The gold claims at Lake Wawa, Michi-
picoten, continue to make a good show
ing, and great activity is expected this
spring.
A cow owned by Levi Davis of Decker
vile gave birth to three calves. This
makes six calves for this COW in three
years.
The teacher of physiology in the Trav-
erse City high school dissected a cat for
the benefit of his class. He has been rep
rimanded.
A fine quality of clay for brick making
has been discovered near Rudyard. and
n brickyard will probably be established
in the village.
Rev. J. s. Boyden, Baptist preacher
of Kalamazoo, says he has preached 317
funeral sermons in Now during the last
forty-one years.
The farm residence Of z. II. Glen, four
miles northwest of Pinckney, burned.
Mrs. Glenn who is an invalid, was res
cued just in time.
The business men of Omer and the
farmers of the vicinity have subscribed
about $1,000 to erect gristmill in the
village this spring.
After several efforts, Galesburg is at
last to have a creamery. At "A meeting
of representative farmers several hundred
dollars was subscribed.
George La Peer of Deckerville was ia
tally injured by the accidental discharge
of gun, which dropped from hook
on the wall of his house.
There are so many poultry fanciers
around Caro- and so much interest taken
in the business that Il local poultry asso-
citation has been organized.
The Council and the electric lighting
company at Reed City have come to
terms. u new contract has been made and
the streets are again lighted.
Hereafter only brick or stone buildings
may be erected in the business district at
Iron Mountain. the Council having en-
acted fire limits ordinance.
The physicians Of Berrien County have
formed an organization with DIR. John
Bell as president, the real purpose of
which is to battle against fake doctors.
Mrs. John Lane, who lives south of st.
Joseph. claims she is heir to a fortune of
100000 deposited in the Bank of Eng
land 100 years ago by her grandfather.
Mrs. Ormel Keyes, who came to Dowa-
giac with her husband from Missouri two
months ago, is dead. 1t is believed she
committed suicide. She was % years old.
Railroad Commissioner Wesselius has
ordered the Ann Arbor Railroad Com
pany to establish station at Temperance,
where u station house was recently burn
ed.
The building of the Detroit and Lima
Northern car shops at Tecumseh has
caused a big demand for dwelling houses.
Rents have gone up, and building boom
is expected.
John Ashley was inaugurated ms presi-
dent of Albion College. with elaborate
and appropriate ceremonies. One thou
sand students in 1900 il the motto of the
new president.
Major Champ, a resident of North Es-
canada. while walking on the Chicago AID
Northwestern Railroad tracks was struck
by an engine and received injuriea from
which he died an hour later.
In response to an appeal fron che Lam
sing Typographical Union, GoS. Pingree
will hereafter order the lahe; of the Typo
graphical Union placed or all printing for
the executive Office. 1t n understood that
Railroad Commissioner Wesselius has
made similar order.
Gen. ]. Il. Go,don. who delivered his
lecture, THE Lest Days OF the Rebel
lion," at the Auditorium in Port Huron,
became seriously i'll of bowel complaint
in an aggravated form and for some time
his condition was thought TO be critical.