Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-28

Hollanl has subscribed 600 - ~
Boer Red Cross fund. fts
Winter wheat In Oakland County y III
very poor condition "a
The Ancient Order OF Cleaners Is be-
Ing organized In GIadwin County.
Thomas Murphy. aged IS years, of Bay
City was fatally kicked by Z horse.
Morton Mckenzie OF Oxford was Sc
vcrcly injured In a runaway accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Fitch Of Lapeer
barely escaped asphyxiation by escaping
coal gas.
Walter Rowe OF Moshcrville was acci-
dentally shot while hunting. lie will re-
cover. 60
Geo. II. Irwin. aged % years, fell from
a scaffolding nj Muskcgon and was IN
stnntly killed.
Harry White, fireman at kalama-
zoo, was run over by hook and ladder
company and had one leg broken.
The Catholics OF Oxford have raised
sufficient money to build q. church, and
an edlfice will be started shortly,
There are thirty-four liquor dealers in
Ingham County, and they have paid $l6,-
900 in taxes 10 the county treasurer this
year
Glenn Haviland is the name OF 10
year-old incorrigible of Lansing who has
been sent to the industrial school for
seven years.
Dwight Ostrander, aged % years,
resident Of Wexford County, was accl-
dentally killed in a lumber camp near
Manistee Crossing.
Byron Danderson, prominent farmer
living .on4thes banks Of Strait lake, Oak
land Comfy had his arm torn of while
Feeding corn shredder
Two barns, 400 bushels of grain and
twenty tons Of hay, belonging to John A.
Snyder, prosperous farmer living near
Ionia, burned. Loss $1,000.
\ = Harness thieves are operating in
Wayne County near Worthwhile. Geo.
Rattenbury, John Thompson and Hiram
Holmes are their latest victims.
/ The soldiers relief board of Berrlen
County has allowed most Of the claims OF
members of Company l. Thirty-third reg
iment, amounting in all to about $2,OOO.
Henry Harding of Menominee has sold
his 1900 cut of shingles to Walcott Bros.
OF Manchester, Iowa. The cut is esti-
mated Mt 100000 feet, valued at $780,
600.
= The farm house of John Palmer, locat-
ed 21h miles from Highland station, burn
! ed, together with its contents. Palmer
lives the life of hermit. He is. so
| years old.
Rev Sam Bettes, the evangelist, an
nounces that he will build yacht dur
ing the winter, and next spring Will start
on a trip to the Andes mountains to do
| missionary work.
l. The Menominee River Shingle Co. sold
to- Chicago parties 100000 ties Of the
1900 season cut. The price paid was an
increase over former years, and the deal
involves about $4,000.
The large general store Of Captain u
Tingerman burned at Baldwin. The stock
was valued at $4,000 and was insured for
5000. About 5000 in currency also
burned. Nothing was saved.
! Receiver Foster of the Peoples Saw
ings Bank at Lansing, has declared an
other dividend of 5 per cent to the de-
positors of that institution, making in all
dividends of 42N per cent which have
been declared.
Chief Justice Grant has taken the oath
of Office and qualified for his new term
Of ten years to commence Jan. i, when
he will drop from the head of the bench
to the other end. Justice Montgomery
succeeds him as chief justice.
Perrnton is stirred up over an attempt
to have the village council pass an ordi-
nance prohibiting persons under IL years
of age from being on the streets after .
o'clock p. m. unless accompanied by their
parents. 1t was tabled temporarily.
Railroad Commissioner Chase $. Os-
born has refused the application OF the
Detroit, Rochester, Romeo and Lake
Orion Railroad for permission to cross
the Michigan Central Railroad at Roch-
ester at grade for period of thirty days.
Food Commissioner Grosvenor warns
the trade that. commencing Jan. /, all
extracts Of vanilla, extracts Of tonka, or
extracts Of vanilla and tonka found up
on the shelves of retailers must be true
extracts, as labeled and branded. Prose
cutions will follow wherever contraband
goods are found.
Squire & Sterling Of Monroe are build
ing sawmill five miles east of West
Branch, with capacity of 10000 feet
| OIL luIlDcT IulS OWhc uii
the cedar along the Rifle river from Omer
to Devoe Lake. and it is estimated that
they have II 100000 feet of hemlock and
hardwood to cut.
Archie Boycc has sold to John Tolfree
of West Branch all the cedar and other
timber along the north branch of the
Hauptman, running out from the Zally
Y, in Roscommon County. Mr.. Tolfree
will put in two portable mills and saw
out the ties on the ground and send the
slabs and other residue to his single
mill at West Branch.
The Ithaca Roller mills burned. The
4 elevator located only 200 feet away from
the. mill was saved. The fire caught in
the engine room. The mill was owned
by company of local stockholders and
] was purchased Mt mortgage sale last
summer. 1t has been thoroughly reno
waited, and was doing fine business.
The mill will probably be rebuilt at once.
Loss $4,000.
The 1S-months-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
emil Ross of Ironwood was burned to
; death. The little one was in the kitchen
4 alone, the mother having gone across the
street on an errand, and the father being
asleep in an adjoining room. The child
secured box of matches and i'm play
ing with them they ignited, setting fire
to his dress. He ran into the room in
| which tho father was asleen mud GOT fro