Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-31

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Menominee boasts Of . resident 102
y ps~..U Of age. She y Mrs. A1rsarss
Joseph Enselmap. aged 81 years. com
mitted suicide at Kalamazoo. Family
troubles. s1fkrs~
Wesley Woomer was sentenced at st.
Joseph to three years at jackson prison
for stealing bicycles.
Flint's Common Council has ordered
the Grand Trunk stock yards In the
heart Of the city removed. st.,
| L. ]. Leshness Of Bad Axe has receive
ed the appointment Of State deputy for
the Woodmen Of the World.
Dick Lane. the ex-professional bank
robber and safe blower, was in Battle
Greek recently. He has turned preach
er. 3
Park Curtis, who was in the county
Jail at Mason on the charge Of burglary,
escaped by prying up boards In the COR
ridor.
While crossing the railroad at Ovid,
Alvin b. WansV was struck and in
stanfly killed by the west-bound passen-
ger train.
While leading horse behind buggy.
Mrs. G. Messner Of Greenleaf had one
Of her thumbs torn of and was other
wise injured.
15-year-old daughter Of Albert Fer
ris, living near Perrinton, fell from an
apple tree, sustaining injuries from
which she died.
Three men were more or less injured In
a collision between a freight and passen-
ger train on the Grand Trunk Railway
near Inlay City.
Olaf Olson, a farmer in Fruitport
township, was struck ON the head by
lever with which he was prying stumps
in field, and killed.
The farmers of Montmorency County
are turning their attention 10 sheep rails
ing, and 1t will soon be an important in
dustry in that county.
At barn raising near Camden, w. G..
Kemp, Frank McFadden and james
Kemp were injured by falling beam.
Their injuries are not serious.
The sixth annual encampment Of the
Lapeer, Sanilac, Genesee and Tuscola
County Veterans Association will be
held at Dawson Oct. 4, and 6.
I George A. Fry, postmaster at Bynum,
has been found short $1,000 In his ac-
counts, and upon being charged by In
spetor Lance made a confession.
The Touring mills at Vicksburg owned
by S. ]. Wing burned. Loss SIS, 900, no
insurance. Stackhouse & Barrett, les
sees. lose 500 in -four and grain.
Although the strangling bug has been
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responds exactly with the description Of
the famous bug was caught at Mason.
George Monroe. a carpenter living at
Gagetown, while working on the roof of
a barn in Gratiot township, fell to the
ground a distance of forty feet, sustain
ing terrible injuries.
A gang OF toughs set upon Miss Hulda
ierman and Joseph lie Valley at Bay
City. j. ID. Grinnell, who came to their
assistance, was badly used up. Four of
the gang are under arrest.
Judge w. ID. Hartman Of Ann Arbor
writes from London, England, that he
has succeeded in getting the 81 900 be-
longing to the John Howard Jobson es-
tate. The heirs reside at Dexter.
A. j. Hilton of Bay City, a member Of
reported to have persisted in the Klon-
dixie, is alive. He and three others We're
found by a rescue party and carried ts
safety.
After nearly four months fire was
found in the ruins of the Globe Furni-
ture plant at Worthwhile as the rubbish
was being hauled away. 1t had been
smoldering beneath a pile Of coal and
cinders.
The body Of d. II. Doud, an old set
tier, reported missing several days ago,
was found in Monterey township. He
had wandered away from the home Of
his son, Ernest, in Heath township, and
had starved to death.
The air brakes on train No. 90, the fase
meat express on the Chicago and Grand
Trunk, refused to work at Durand and
four cars standing on the main track
were smashed. Three engines were pref
ty well used up. No one was seriously
hurt.
Near Highland Station the farm of r.
Harrison Skerett was nearly all burned
over. He loses all Of this years crops.
The fire was started by neighbor burn
ing a pile of rubbish. At Island Lake
fire ran through forty acres of grass and
woods.
Charles Destros, aged 80 years, was
found hanging dead in a houseboat on
the river at Mt. Clemens. He occupied
the houseboat alone. He was partially
demented, having been an occupant Of Sn
insane asylum. He had evidently been
dead for several days.
Burglars entered the residence of j. b.
Schlicht at Dentons. They terrorized the
family by pointing revolvers at them and
threatening to shoot different members
Of they did not reveal the whereabouts Of
their valuables. The thieves secured
about $50 worth of plumber.
Rooney Brothers Of Toledo have begun
work on their 100000 contract for
dredging Bell river at Marine City. Work
was begun at the lower bridge and will
extend above the upper bridge. The tugs
Fannie Tuthill and ]. johnson, with the
dredge Brickhead, will do the work.
The most important result Of the an
nual meeting of the Northwestern Cedar
mans Association, held In Escanaba,
was the advance in price of extra star
cedar shingles from 81 to $2.25 per 1000
and standards from $1.5O to $1.75 per
1000. These prices are to take effect
Immediately,
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