Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27

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4 The EIks fair At Jackson WIN nct a y
5000. MI Ffftffft WA w n
The twehanks at LduA~a have been -
solidated. ~
There were s126 deaths IA ,Michissn' h
March from spinal meningitis.
John Linon, Lapecr. County. farn1er
has q lamb wfths double upper Jaw.
Benjamin Lannins. one % athe bes,
known men in Nerthvilles 10 dead, aged
80 years. ........ ~. I.
James Nutten Of Litch6eld lost his barn
by fire, with all contents, including q span
of horses. nt fa5rafnl 3vaassss b.
The West Bay. City Coal Co. viii sink
another shaft IN Frpnkeniust township
this summer.
CHRIST Episcopal Church at East rawas
was badly damaged ~ IRE. The loss viii
reach $1,5OO. 9 r,asga lsssf a. a. u
/ Frederick Thomas. has been elected 9
director of the Lansing, st. Johns and
st. Louis Railway. &D1 q ~ t'sssa.. Z
| Twelve hundred school children from
Albion and HillsdaIe recently visited Ian
sing and the Legislature, ~, ~.
It is reported that Churchill House. at
Alpena, will be rebuilt. The Golden
House enlargement has been started
Little Joe Travis, an Oxford boy miss
ing for months. has been found at Grand
Rapids and will be returned to his home.
| Thieves broke into the Michigan Cen
tral depot at Mason, but secured only 50
worth Of revenue stamps for their trou-
bic.
Lorenzo Grower OF Leonard took q
| quantity Of corrosive sublimate. Despon-
dency over farm prospects occasioned the
act, Y sssh = t.s,. AT "a,
Edwin r. Hawley, wealthy farmer,
had his hand mangled by rolling log
which held him fast some time in saw
mill at Fitchburg. m 30
A potato -four factory is to be estab-
lished at East Tawas this season. 1t
will be able to handle tile surplus potato
crop Of Iosco County. ath
| Edward Foley sued the Jackson Wheel
| Co. for $4,000 for the loss of his left
| arm while in the company's employ. He
was given verdict Of $500 and will APP
| peal. a U 8sN Gss ~
| Mayor Lonnecker of Jackson has noti-
fed the clergymen of that city that he
| will enforce the Sunday laws to the letter
IL fifty prominent citizens will request him
| to do SO. M8a Waft8ttg, sGn
-. Unless the stockholders Of the Console
dated Street Railway Co. of Bay City
put up the money for needed Improves
ments, the bondholders will ask for re-
ceiver. aA8 ~ afatr Mna f
The Corporal Frank G.. Armstrong of
the Twenty-third United States regulars
shot in Manila two weeks ago was the
son of James w. Armstrong Of Bedford
| township. sl
1t is unofficially announced that large
Eastern syndicate, which is supposed to
represent the American Wall Paper Co.,
will build q large wall paper factory at
| Watervliet. fa
The body of Chester Ainsworth, shot in
Arizona while attempting to arrest some
| cattle thieves, has reached his former
home in Flint and been inferred in the
family vault. 81
County Clerk Joseph Smith of Rogers
| City has been notified that some animal
has eaten the bark off $50 fruit trees on
his farm in the township Of Posen. 1t is
| supposed to be the work of weasles. The
trees were five years old and are rrcsabiy
| total loss. es her ,rfseft. terf =
The sawmill of Bay Denoque Lumber
| Company at Nahma burned. The loss
was $50, 900, partially insured. The COM
pany has not yet decided to rebuild. The
| fire may result in the extinction of the
| town of Nahma. Oconto and Chicago par
ties owned the sawmill. at& ~ 81
John Havershaw, respectable farmer
| living between Battle Greek and Bedford,
was assaulted by three tramps and nearly
killed. They called him to the door and
| sprang upon him, leaving him insensible.
They ransacked the house, obtaining only
about $40 in cash and various articles.
Mary Braan Guilfoil took strange OPP
portunity to have her husband, Alfred
| Guiifoil, arrested for bigamy. The couple
| were married in 1890 and lived together
seven years in Grand Rapids. Then he
became infatuated with a Chicago girl
| and last January married Der in Chicago
and has since lived Mt Frankfort. To the
lawful marriage was bore a son and this
son died. The father heard of it and
| came to attend the General The wife
knew of his coming, lad the warrant is
sued for his arrest for bigamy and the
| mourning over the coffin of the little one.
Twenty of tie forty-two circuit judges
elected in Michigan at the recent April
election acs alumni of the University OF
Michigan. They are: Orville w. Coolidge,
second Gktrict; George s. Hosmer, Viii
liam l.. Carpenter, Robert e. Prayer and
Morse Rotinest, third district; Clement
Smith, fifth district; George w. Smith,
s:ytn; Charles III. Wisner, seventh; Jo-
xe9h III. Steere, eleventh; Frederick W..
Mayne, thirteenth; Willis z. Perkins, seq
enteenth; James b. Mcmahon, nine-
teenth; Peter Il. Dodds, twenty first; Ed
ward ID. Kline, twenty-second; Meine j.
Connine, twenty-third; Frank limerick,
twenty-sixth; Samuel w. Vance, thirty
first; Norman w. Hare, thirty-second;
Stearns II. Smith, thirty-fifth; John X.
Carr, thirty-sixth.
Thomas Temple, quiet and industrious
farmer living at Rollin, shot his wife three
times, it is supposed, and then killed him
self. There were no witnesses to the
tragedy which occurred in an open field
near the house. Temple cut his throat
The bodies were discovered by a neighbor
Mrs. Temples body was burned to crisp.
The theory is that Temple held the pis-
| toll so close to her that the fash from the
powder set her clothing on fire. His body
| lay short distance from that Of his wife,
and near It were the revolver and knife.
Temples barn was recently burned and
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