Crawford avalanche., 1899-07-06


build a new opera house at Ann Arbor.
Russell A. Rapson of Bad Axe was se-
'riously injured by an explosion Of gaso-
line.
/ Twenty business men have formed a
company to'runs an electric railroad from
Flint to Fenton. T- ~ ~ 80
Burglars entered the store of Ellis Ja-
cobs at Dundee and stole large quantity
of tobacco and cigars. t.
The furniture store OF L.. Schaub at
Benton Harbor was Quilted by fire. Loss
$4,000, insurance small
The Grand Rapids, Holland and Lake
Michigan Electric Railroad Co. has been
incorporated at Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Sarah A.. Sweet of jackson has
been chosen editor and business manager
of the new organ Of the Foresters.
Hulbardston young men have organ.
lied a military company and will petit
tion to be mustered into the State militia.
Harry Mcintosh, brakeman on the
d., G. HI. & NJ. fell under the wheels
of a locomotive and had his left leg cut
off.
The coroner's jury investigating the
death of George l.. Olsson Of Munising
decided that he was accidentally
drowned.
There are now eight creameries in OF
tawa County. Nearly all of them are do.
ing well and the county is getting to be a
great dairy center.
Fred Rice, employed at the Negaunee
mine, was killed by falling sixty feet
n 10 Ian lxv <,(
eight small children.
+. Ayberts e. Co.'s sawmill at Muske-
gon was totally destroyed by fire and the
loss will reach $4,000. How the fire
originated is mystery.
The Wilmington & Cooley Co., at Jack
son, has begun the foundation for the
company's club house near the prison.
The employees will use *.
Fire gutted the Vincent building at
Manistee, occupied as meat market by
Krempal Bros. and Comforts cigar fac
tory. Losses $1,000, covered by insur-
ance.
p. B. Woodwarth, professor of physics
at the Michigan Agricultural College, has
rendered his resignation to accept a posi-
tion as professor of electrical engineering
At Muskegon, Harold Blackman and
Roy Bowling caught a sturgeon weighing
125 POUNDS. Blackman jumped into the
river and caught the fish by the gills and
Bowling dispatched him. with an ak.
Judge Of Probate Wolcott at Port HUI
ron has issued an order that Jerome Phil
lips, the insane man who has attained
notoriety through his action in hiring an
attorney to prove his insanity, be releas-
ed from custody. - -
Capt. John Buzzard, Port Huron
widower, resorted to a matrimonial bu-
reau to secure new helpmeet. He cor
responded with and married Mrs. Secon-
COST Of Boone, Mo. Now she is suing the
captain for a divorce.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. +. Griffin of Mason
have just celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary. Mr.. Griffin is so years old
and his wife 20. Mr.. Griffin was the first
Mayor of Mason after it was incorporat-
ed as a city.
Judge Kline dismissed the bill Of Nan
cy Brainard vs.. Joseph Feathers and the
administrator in the estate of Caroline
Feathers. The case will 60 to the Su-
preme Court for the fourth time. The
amount involved is only 5000.
The Allegan First Baptist Church was
damaged $4,000 by fire. The blaze was
caused by defective wiring. 1t was dis
covered by the pastor just after he had
dismissed the congregation. There is $1O,-
600 insurance on the structure.
Lille Crandall, a domestic from How
ell, attempted to commit suicide at Les
lie by taking half an ounce of laudanum.
A doctor saved her life. She had become
jealous Of a young man with whom she
had been keeping company, and in an.
ger swallowed the poison.
The celebrated case of Mildred
Vaughan, known as the Kentucky belle,
versus Frank Il. Ball closed suddenly in
the Circuit Court at st. Joseph. Judge
Coolidge signed a decree annulling the
marriage between Mildred Vaughan and
Frank Ball on Dec. 26 last.
At German wedding in Maniptee
large crowd gathered to charivars the
newly married couple. The outfit consist
ed Of dozen large saws, COW bells, horns
and a small cannon. The cannon was
loaded with an overcharge of powder and
exploded, injuring three bystanders.
"A renr-enu cOlllSlOn OF TWO 1relgnt
trains did $4,000 worth Of damage in
Lansing. An east-bo,.nd freight was TAX
ing water on the main track, when anoth-
er freight crashed into it. The locomotive
and one car Of the rear train and four
ears of the forward train were complete
ly wrecked, and the main line was block
ed for eight hours.
Henry Kennedy, aged 73 years, Of
Burnside, was found dead in Haddrills
lumber yard at Lapeer. He was intoxi-
Gated and was elected from the Sperry
House by Charles Linabury, when he
tried to enter the dining room. 1t was
thought he might have received injuries
in the scuffie which caused his death, but
a post-mortem examination revealed the
fact that he died Of paralysis Of the heart.
Eastern capitalists have submitted a
to the business men Of Me-
to build plant for the manu-
facture of structural steel at an estimat-
ed cost of So, 7JO, 900, which, when in full
running order, will furnish employment to
G,OOO hands. The buildings are to con-
sist of blast furnace plant, an open
hearth steel plant, Bcssemer steel plant
and construction plant, the main rolling
mill to be 2,1OO feet long and $50 feet
wide, the whole to cover a frontage OF
1000 feet. 1t is said that il satisfac-
tory freight rates can be made. the pro-
ject will become a certainty.