Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-20
The three heaviest taxpayers in Quincy

The hog disease. which was prevalent
in the vicinity of Akron has disappeared.
George Collean, aged about 80 years,
was drowned in Little bay, Lake st.
Clair
Farmers in the vicinity of Hart are
holding their potatoes for 75 cents per
bushel.
w. A. Read, secretary of the Y. NJ. G.
A. at Kalamazoo, will go to the klondike
to preach.
The residence Of Calvin Russell Mt
Brockway burned. Loss, $2,7O0; no in
surancc.
Seven Bay City men, charged with pro-
noting a chicken fight in that city, were
fined So each.
Incendiarics attempted to destroy the
hotel "Alcove," summer hotel located
at Indian river.
Byron Hurd, the owner Of the .Sher-
man House in Flint, has bought the Hotel
Fenton at Fenton.
G. w. French of Stanton has purchased
three Angora goats and placed them on
his Fishvile farm.
Petitions for the submission of the local
option question In Berrien County are be-
ing generally signed.
or the $25, 900 appropriated by the State
for the relief of the fire sufferers at On
tonagon, $4,000 is yet available.
Hotelkeeper John ]. Murphy Of Alpena
has been fined 5000 on three complaints
of selling liquor without license.
Logs and bolts are coming into Omer
at rapid rate, keeping the shingle mills,
stave mills and lumber mills busy.
Rev. w. n. Brooks, ID. D., pastor of the
First Congregational Church at Benton
Harbor, has rendered his resignation.
Petitions are in circulation at st. Jo-
seph calling for n special election to vote
on the prohibition of the liquor traffic.
Ingham Supervisors have authorized
the county treasurer to borrow not to ex-
ceed $4,000 for contingent expenses.
While intoxicated. Robert Parks Of
Flint used profane and obscene language
in the Fenton postoffice. He was fined
$15..
Arlie Toerson, aged Is, skated into
hole on Donnell's lake, near Vandalia,
and was drowned. The body was recov-
| cred.
f. II. Clark of Oxford will fight the or
dinance compelling him to remove a nick
el-in-the-slot machine from his place Of
business.
Earl Knight, an S-year-old Mt. Glenn
| ems boy, fell into an airhole in the ice on
| Clinton river and narrowly escaped
| drowning.
VIM. p. Lum, register of deeds for
| Montcalm County, has joined hands and
fortunes with Mrs. Almira Chaffee Of
| Greenville.
The little 2-year-old son of Thomas
Richardson of Cheboygan accidentally got
hold of bottle containing a mixture Of
croton oil and turpentine and got some
of the stuff in his eyes.
Carl Helden, aged %, of Three Rivers,
started home from school exhibition and
was last seen crossing the ice. His cap
was found and his tracks, but Helden is
missing. 1t is thought he was drowned.
Dick Verhoef had narrow escape from
drowning at Holland. Riding over the
ice on Black lake on his bicycle at very
rapid rate he ran into open water. He
was saved by skaters, but lost his wheel.
Miss Mary French Field of Chicago,
the daughter of the late Eugene Field,
was given a big reception at Granger's g
Hall, Ann Arbor, by the Zeta Psi fra
ternity, Of which her brother is a mem
ber.
The Toledo and Northwestern Railroad
Company has filed $780, 900 mortgage at
Charlotte which runs to the Security Ii
tie and Trust Co. of Chicago. 1t is said
trains will be running early the coming
summer.
A new bank, to be known as the Farm
ington Exchange Bank, has been organ
lied at Pennington, with Z. Dean War
ncr president, G. J. Sprague, vice-presi-
dent; Clint Wilbur, cashier. A building
Is being erected.
The Kalamazoo County Farmers Mu-
tual Insurance Co. has elected Henry
Beckwith president; Oren Snow, vice.
president /. y. Thayer, secretary and
treasurer; David X. Chandler director
The company has $3,303 on hand.
Argyle is greatly stirred up over al
legged attempts at murder which have
occurred recently. Three persons have
been shot at from ambush and their cloth
ing bears evidence of the truth of their
statements, the bullets leaving holes in it
/ Il
Seventh Day Adventist Association OF
Battle Greek for $4,000 by A. II. Henry
for damages to his character and the one
begun by the association against Henry
who was former treasurer Of the publish
ing association, for $50, 900 claimed to be
owing them, have been settled. At q
conference Of friends Of all the parties II
was agreed to drop both suits.
The fifty-fifth annual report Of the Com
missioner of the State land Office indi-
Gates that the State is still doing an ex-
tensive business along this line. The
total number of acres of land held by the
State is 792, ,2T9.S4. The total number
of acres sold during the year was g..
1881; number Of acres of swamp and II.
censed, 3,056.20; number Of acres of tax
homestead land entered. 59,6S9. 60; total
I1,S94.2O. This left total OF 120, 1885,. .64
acres subject TO sale and homestead entry
at the close OF the year. The number OF
acres OF the different classes sold and the
amounts were as follows: Primary school
2,T7S.13 acres, 11,OO1.72; agricultural
college. 2,796 acres, $20,G27.57: swamp
2,SS097 acres, $3,661 80; salt spring, sc
acres, $16O; patent to homesteaders
613.11 acres; total, 9,14S.31 acres, $35,
61o.61.
A Circuit Court jury at Lansing re
turned verdict Of guilty in the case OF
Christian Breisch. a director OF the Peo
pies Savings Bank, now in the hands OF
n receiver, who was charged with perjury
in connection with taking the director
oath.