Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-08

BY lightning on his farm In Gilead.
Anu Arbor Common Council has pledg-
ed alte for the homeopathic hospital.
An Evart man tied horse close to his
apiary and the bees stung the animal to
death.
Laura, 2-year-old daughter OF Henry
Miller OF Benton, was drowned In Sand
creek, near MilIburg.
The Iowa Life Insurance Company,
with home Offices at Chicago. has with
drawn from the State.
An Elkton grain buyer purchased q, 900
bushels Of wheat during the past year and
1000 worth Of oats.
Edward. 12-year-old SON Of William
Hennessey OF Watervliet. was drowned
in Paw Paw river Monday afternoon.
Rev. Samuel M. Fowler Of Kalamazoo
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary Of his
ministry Sunday. He is 80 years old.
The butchers and grocers' associations
Of Bay City have taken hand in the
enforcement OF the Sunday closing law.
The James A. Dubuar Manufacturing
Co. of Worthwhile has shipped consign-
ment of wheelbarrows to South America.
Chicken thieves are reaping harvest in
some portions of Hillsdale County. They
even steal setting hens, carrying OF eggs.
nest and all.
Gov. Pingree has had 10000 copies Of
his message defending the military board
printed and hts clerks are mailing them
| to every county in the State.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Sawtelle of May
| field drove off bridge Sunday night, the
horse and rig dropping eight feet and into
six feet of water. No damage.
r. j. Matthews of Baldwin caught .
| rainbow trout in the Pere Marquette riv-
err which weighed five pounds one ounce
and measured 26 inches in length.
The State Board of Corrections and
| Charities has adopted resolutions eulo-
| giving DR.. e. w. jerks of Detroit for his
| faithful services while a member Of the
| board.
William III. Jones, q well-known resi-
| dent of Greeley, was accidentally killed
| there while assisting in raising barn. He
was 80 years old, and leaves widow and
| two children.
The civil service commission announces
an examination to be held at Manistee,
| for postoffice clerk and carriers Applica.
| tions must be filed at the Manistee post
| office before July 1.
Joseph Bourgette, a lifelong resident Of
Ludington and heavy property holder, is
organizing a party Of French people to
leave for the State of Washington and
there form a colony in the lumber dis
| tricts.
| Peter Craig, alias John A. Smith,
| bought 50 worth of goods on the INSTALL
ment plan at Ann Arbor. An hour later
| he sold them at a secondhand store for
| 81, and inside of three hours he was serv-
ing sixty days sentence.
The Kalamazoo radiator works have
been absorbed by the American Radiator
| Co. The works have been closed down
and the machinery is being moved to
| Titusville, Pa. The Kalamazoo company
employed seventy-fve men.
Fire and water badly damaged Peter j.
| Nappas' store at Calumet. NJ. Nappas,
the proprietor, was sleeping above the
store and was badly burned about the
| head and body in making his escape. He
narrowly escaped being cremated.
| The Chase-Hackley Piano Co. is the
| name Of a new corporation just organized
| at Muskegon to succeed the Chase Bros.
| Piano Co. The new company begins bust
ness with capital stock of $4,000, all
| paid in. Chas. III. Hackley is president.
On April "a, Robert Smith, student
| in the dental Office of DIR. q. Il. Hitler, at
| Owosso, left home to go to Detroit to en-
ter college. He has not been seen or
| heard Of since. Smith is about % years
| old, has brown curly hair and weighs 160
| pounds.
| Firms are arriving in the copper country
in large numbers, having left their native
| land because of the recent prosecutions Of
| the Gar Houghton County being the
| center of the Finnish population Of the
| United States, the new arrivals naturally
| so there.
The belief that all the quail and part
| ridge in western Michigan were killed by
| the severe weather in February is I'M
| founded. While many of the birds sue
| cumbed to the continued cold and lack Of
| food resulting therefrom, there are still
many left.
Berry growers and pickers will reap a
large harvest in Muskegon and adjacent
counties this summer. The crop will be
one of the largest ever known. The size
and quality of these berries was never
| excelled. Huckleberry vines are loaded
| with blossoms.
Reports show that the sugar beet crop
of the State is making excellent progress.
| The various Michigan sugar beet COM
| panies have about $4,000 acres under con-
| tract, the acreage being so distributed
| that nearly every county below the Straits
| of Mackinac will share in the benefits.
! A farmer of Volinia township who last
| year raised 1000 bushels of wheat on
ninety acres OF land, sowed the same
ground for this year, but does not expect
| to harvest over 400 bushels at the most.
! The same farmer is of the opinion that
| the township. which is generally consid-
| cred one of the best in Cass County for
wheat, will yield scarcely enough this year
for the farmers family consumption and
| next years seeding.
MIchgan's coal output has increased
more than 200 per cent in two years.
There were produced 223, 597 tons in 1897
| and 315, 722 in 1898. The total product
| of the State in 1896 was 90, $50 tons. The
| gain is due to the development of the coal
| fields in Saginaw and Shiawassee coun-
| ties. The output in these two counties has
risen from 62,056 tons in 1897 to 1865
| tons in 1898. Bay County also shows a
large increase, while the Genesee and
| Huron fields show a decrease.
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