Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-07
State News in Brief.

Dog prisoners are working at Muske-
gon.
The price of meat and coal has been
boosted at Grand Rapids.
Several skeletons of Indians were dug
up on the farm of l.. Hopkins, located
near Owosso.
Adrian Street Railway Co. sells 100
tickets for So, and claims that 3-cent
fares pay well.
The water in the Shiawassee river is
the lowest this season it has been during
the past twenty years.
DR.. Vail, who left Hersey for the
Klondike a year ago, has returned. He
reports experience but no gold.
Congressman Washington Gardner de-
livered the principal address at the g. A.
II. encampment at Traverse City.
The twenty-fifth annual soldiers and
sailors reunion of Ingham County will
be held ut Mason Sept. ii and 10.
The chair manufacturing companies do
ing business at Grand Rapids have given
options on their plants to the chair trust
Fred Smith of Jackson and former
weli-known musician in Beach and Bow
er's minstrels, died at Des Moines, Iowa.
Beaverton now has an electric light
plant in running order. and some of the
business places are now lighted by cleo
tricity.
Fifty-three pioneers of Kalamazoo
County died during the past year. The
average age of those who died was IS
years.
Farwell business men want some one
to start bank in that village. The viii
lage will have a saloon after being dry"
for some years.
John Nisla, Finnish miner, was found
dead on the railroad track between At
lantic mine and Redridge, with n deep
cash in his head.
Joseph Cline of Beaverton is the latest
victim of the kissing bug He was at
tackled in the woods and had serious
time. He will recover.
A cattle car on a Grand Trunk freight
train caught fire near Goodells and was
destroyed. The cattle were rescued be-
fore any were seriously burned.
j. w. Nara of Houghton, aged 90, a
veteran of the Santiago campaign, was
taken with a cramp while bathing at
Portage Entry and drowned before as
sistance could be secured
Frank j. Manning of Marcelus is un-
lucky. While campaigning in Cuba With
the Thirty-third Michigan volunteers, he
lost one of his feet. Quite recently he
fell while trying to board train and
broke his other leg
The State Pharmaceutical Association
vor to build up its membership. in this
way.
The Rochester Building Association of
Rochester has filed articles Of incorpora-
ton with the county clerk at Pontiac.
The company Is capitalized at $4,000.
Billy" the veteran fire horse Of Mus
kcgon, who has been In service in the
department for twenty three years, jump
ed in front OF trolley car and was kill
ed. "Billy" was a city pcnsioner, having
been mustered out Of the service several
years ago.
The autumn carnival of the Grocers
and Butchers Carnival Association Of
the Bay Cities will be held Sept. IL, 10
and ii.
The farm house belonging to James
Sullivar and located near Maple City
burne.i. Mr.. Sullivan was dragged out
of the house by two young daughters
Loss 5000, partially covered by insur-
nncc.
Fred Brandenburg, a Macomb County
farmer, living near Chesterfield, bought
q revolver TO use against burglars. A
few nights later n burglar entered the
house. stole the weapon, exchanged an
old suit OF clothes for new one and
made away with his watch.