Crawford avalanche., 1899-11-23
state News In Brief.


A brick famine exists at Bay City.
An athletic club has been organized at
Brighton.
Arenac County will raise $4,000 taxes
for all purposes the coming year.
Baird's opera house at Lansing has
been leased TO Elgin Miffiin and Fred J.
Williams.
The grocery store Of Jay Carl at Port
Huron burned. Loss $1,000, covered by
insurance.
1t is estimated that 1.50O persons are
engaged in Bay County harvesting the
sugar beet crop.
A third company is seeking a franchise
at Bay City to put in hot water heat
ing plant there.
Sugar beets grown in Berrien County
this year will yield the growers between
$4.66 and So per ton.
Prof. Davis says that he doubts il the
survey of the ST. Clair fats will be com
pleted 10y next season.
Rev. Thomas Chalmers of Port Huron
will probably accept call to the Cen
tral Congregational Church of Manchos-
ter, y. III.
Two barns in the rear OF the American
House at Apcna burned Three valuable
horses were burned. The hotel was bail
ly scorched.
Fire has been burning for several days
in the mammoth coal sheds Of the Quincy
Mining Co. at Masonvillc, on Torch lake.
lit originated from spontaneous combus-
ytion.
. Rev. w. NJ. COrkery of Princeton.
Ont. commenced his labors at Lapeer rs
pastor OF the First Baptist Church Mr..
Corkery was formerly pastor of a Bap-
tist Church in Windsor. Ont.
Santiago is -hustling little new town
in Arenac County. Stores, hotels, school
house mills and shops are going up and
il is now quite full-fedged little city.
The town expects branch OF the ID. Il
Nj. Railroad.
Harry Nining of Laingsburg. who serv-
ed in the Philippines with the Thirteenth
Minnesota volunteers. has returned
home Vining served under the name Of
Kale, having failed TO pass the examina-
tion himself.
The star route mail carrier at Ellis
wishes to abandon his job, now that win
ter is coming on, but Uncle Sans bar
gains are not made in that way and he
will have to continue or his bondsmcn
will have to put up.
Deputy Game Warden Austin of Al
bion visited Burlington and seized a
quantity of muskrat skins and placed two
young men under arrest for trapping out
of season The new law protecting musk
rats went into effect Sept. "a.
An epidemic of influenza Is killing
many horses near Calumet, and causing
much fear. Many of the draught horses
belonging to the mining companies are
affected and their loss is great nj a time
when they are in great demand.
George Quick ran into bicycle on a
Holly street some time ago and smashed
his head. causing the loss of one eye. He
claims the street was not properly light
cd and has begun suit for $4,000
against the town of Holly.
The machinery of the Holland sugar
plant factory was given thorough trial
and everything worked perfectly. The
factory will commence making sugar in q
very few days.
Corey farmers have become so tired
Of hunters and sportsmen who cut wire
fences and whose dogs worry the sheep
that they will not allow man with a
gun or dog on-thc farms.
Three old-time Grand Haven schooners
were wrecked in the early November
storm. the j. G.. Dunhamat. Frankfort
the Kate Lyons at Cathead Light, and
the Mary Il. Dykes In Calumet river.
yicksburg Council has granted a fran
chise TO the company building the Grand
Rapids u alamazoo line to enter that vii
lace from the latter place, and the cars
will be running by tho middle of next
summer. Eastern capitalists are back OF
the enterprise.
Orlando NJ. Barnes. IS years old who
was stricken with apoplexy several week,
ago. died at Lansing. For many year.
he had been land commissioners and for
mcrIy general manager of the Jackson
Lansing and Saginaw Railway Company
of which he was one of the organizers
J and since 1901 he had been chairman ot
fhe board Of inspectors Of the state pris
IN.