Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-19

Clio will bond for So 900 for school pur-
poses.
Hart conducted temperance fair this
fall and made money.
DR.. j. III. Kellogg of Battle Creek has
adopted Pedro Cottara Mauro, Porto
Rican orphan.
The residence of Chas Felt, located
five miles west of Traverse City, burned
Loss $500, no insurance.
The barn Of Ormal Brown in Flushing
township burned. Loss is partially COW
cred by insurance Of $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Predmore celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding
day at their home at Romeo.
The Harris mill on Pigeon river. east
of Indian river, burned. Loss $1,000. no
insurance. 1t will be rebuilt.
1t is said that the U. Of NJ. enrolment
will reach 3,675 this year. the largest in
the history Of the institution.
Henry Hauttepera, aged "a years. fell
from the top of No. 4 shaft house at Cal
umet and was instantly killed.
The Washtenaw County Medical Soci-
ETY. wants branch insane asylum estab-
lished at Ann Arbor by the State.
Lewis White, young man who was
hurt during the street races at the ST.
Louis street fair, is dead of his injuries.
All Of the bids for the woman's build
ing at the Agricultural College are too
high and contractors will have to scale
them.
Chatham has been selected as the site
20 hn
station, provided for by the last Legisla-
ture.
William Ounderman Of Lapeer was Sc
riously injured by the bursting of an
emery wheel in McDonalds machine
shop.
1t will require twenty-five tenement
houses at Omer to house the families
who desire to move to that hustling viii
lage this fall.
Rev. Henry Purdue of Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church, at Iron Mountain. has
been appointed rector Of Grace Church
at Menominee.
Rev. George A. Sahlin of Benton Har-
Dor has received and accepted a call TO
become pastor of the Universalist Church
at Sycamore, Ill.
The Oak Grove House, on the bay
shore seven miles from Bay City, was
burned, causing a loss of $500. The
hotel was built in 1876.
Arthur Worden, commissioner of the
State board of corrections and charities,
says that the Washtenaw Jail at Ann
Arbor is the worst in the State.
Lawrence Monroe, aged 10 years, Of
Big Rock, was terribly bitten by a dog
owned by w. III. Remington. The dog
has been shot and the boy will recover.
The early frosts have killed all late
potatoes in Livingston County and short
ened the crop to such an extent that they
will be luxury next winter.
A family who recently moved into va
cant house at Bay City found one Of the
rooms filed with new furniture. The po-
lice have been unable to solve the mys-
terry.
The delivery of nursery stock for the
fall season promises to be the largest on
record. The activity in the nursery mar
ket Is largely due to the cold weather
last winter, which destroyed so many
trees.
The small schooner X. L. Lambert Is
plying between Au Sable and Bay City,
carrying the lumber of houses that have
been torn down there.
Manistee's bond issue of 100000 wat
er bonds, drawing A per cent interest,
was sold to the First National Bank Of
Columbus, Ohio, at a premium of $27,-
051.5O.
Fire at A. J. Doherty's stock farm,
four miles south Of Clare, burned FIVE
barns. six stock sheds, 100 acres Of
wheat, unthreshed; twenty acres of buck
wheat, $50 tons Of hay, two binders, all
the farm implements and $500 worth OF
calves and hogs loss 5000, insured
Cor $11,750.