Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-21

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| Beans In Livingston County are yield.
lag only i've. bushels to the acre. ~.
| A. A. Bedell, a shoe merchant ct fpsi.
lanti. was killed by an electric ear near
Wayne. ".
VIII Pickert was seriously injured by
the breaking Of pulley in a stave min
at Morrill,.
Grand Ravens school census shows the
town to have u population OF 800 mt
the present time.
III. >. Wickwire, who lives near Han
over, has discovered 25-acre bed OF
mineral paint on his farm.
Thomas Conquest, aged 10 years,
pioneer Of Birch Run, was seriously In
jured in runaway accident.
John Miller, aged 80 years, living near
Onondaga, committed suicide by shooting
himself. He was Respondent.
Hiram Stouck, living two miles from
Berrien Springs, was gored and badly
injured by an Infatuated bull.
Lila Talbot. aged Z years, was acct
dentally shot by her 1O-year-old brother
ut Benton Harbor. She will recover.
Fireman A. Z. Cady of Port Huron,
was knocked from tender of train at
Flint and had one of his hands cut off.
Livingston County boasts many large
and pure mari beds, but cement factory
promoters have made no move to develop
them as yet
| William Armstrong Is under arrest at
Battle Greek pending the result Of In
juries received by Frank Conklin with
whom he quarreled.
Special Policeman Livingston Of Battle
Greek was shot at by supposed burglars.
One Of the bullets passed through his
helmet. The men escaped.
Eddie Hanson, boy Of fifteen, employ
ed in the Nicholson & Hanson Lumber
Co.'s mill at Lewiston, was seriously
hurt by falling on a saw.
Newman Brown, young farmer living
near Gagetown, was severely injured
while blowing. He was jerked over the
handles on to the beam of the plow.
| A mad dog created a scare at Peters
lumber yard at Benton Harbor. The
brute was captured through the bravery
of William Miller, one Of the employees.
Register OF Deeds Creech of Washte-
nav County reports 2O2 mortgages dis
charged so far this year, and he thinks
the number will run over 1000 by Jan. L.
| A cottage at Midland was blown up
by dynamite the other night. 1t had just
been vacated by Mrs. Bonner. The
perpetrator of the outrage is not known.
The home of w. F. Christopher at
| Traverse City was struck by lightning.
| on fe 10 eli in, fh.
house at the time, but no one was in
| jured.
At Rockland, Mrs. w. w. Hull was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
The other occupants of the house were
badly shocked and the house. was
wrecked.
Oliver Tenny, while operating corn
cutting machine on the farm Of Fred
Donaldson, situated near Highland Sta
ton. fell IN front Of the knives and was
terribly injured.
| Mrs. w. III. James recently picked up
on her farm near Dundee an Indians
tomahawk. The weapon was an extra
large one and was found on the site Of
the old Indian reservation.
The deal for the transfer of the Au-
rora mine to the Oliver Mining Co. is
about to be closed. The Aurora was one
Of the first producers Of the Gogebic
range and is capitalized at $2,5OO,0O0
! Herbert NJ. Tyson Of Kalamazoo has
gone to Wilmington, Del, to investigate
his title to Sic, 600, 900 estate left by his
fathers half-brother, who left Yorkshire,
England, when boy and located in Aus
tralia.
| Peter, the 14-year-old son of John
Beaudion lies dangerously wounded at
Calumet hospital, his body riddled with
buckshot. Peter Tobilo, aged 3, a play
mate, shot him and is under arrest for
| the crime. The boy claims it was acct
| dental.
In 1871 Louis Badeux decided to the
Ottawa Indians plot of ground for a
cemetery which Is now within the corpo-
rate limits of Muskegon. Simon Kewen-
kisick, chief of the Ottawas, has just
decided back the property to William, a
son of Louis Badeux.
George l.. West, senior member Of the
firm Of Hawley, West & Co., who have
grain elevators at Muir and Lyons, was
married to Miss Carrie Conner, daugh-
ter of Frank Conner, prosperous farm
er living near Muir, the ceremony taking
place at the brides home.
Vice-President Shelby Of the c. II. &
1. Railway announces that il an electric
line is built from Grand Rapids to Kali
amazoo to compete with the steam road,
the old company will at once put electric
cars upon its tracks to compete with the
new line and drive it out of business.
Bellaire Is to have a Portland cement
plant soon. Options on more lands have
been quietly purchased during the sum-
mer, the mari and also specimens of clay
have been analysed and found to be of
excellent quality, and the purchasers Of
the options are now buying in the mari
beds preparatory to establishing cement
works.
A tramp asked to stay over night with
Charles Blodgett, farmer living two
miles north of Climax. He was refused.
Early in the evening the barn was dis
covered in flames, and burned together
with the grain, hay and buggies stored
therein. The tramp Is supposed to be
the incendiary, AS he left the house In an
ugly mood and threatened Blodgett.
Jacob Seel Of ST Joseph, probably the