Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-28

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Huron County farmers were paid $7,-
| - Buffalo men. I'm
1t is said that the recent frost has caus-
I'd a,loss Of 4,Q00, 600 bushels OF potatoes
Ithroughout the state. ME
Maj. Charles A. Vernon has been de-
ttailcd rs professor of military tactics at
the Orchard Lake academy. III VA.
|. Modesto Ruiz, a wealthy Cuban, Is at
Mason visiting two OF his sons, who are
attending school in that town.
James J. Gray, Detroit detective,
who was charged with murder at La
lporte. Ind has been acquitted. III
Port Huron capitalists may build an
| electric kraiIrond to Lexington and erect
a summer hotel at .Gratiot Beach. .3
George w. Thompson of Grand Blanc
fell in front of cultivator and received
injuries which resulted In his death.
| n The annual meeting OF the a Sunday
schools Of Macomb County will be held
at New Baltimore on Oct. IL md 49,
Worthwhile has spent $4,000 or more on
street improvements the past season and
intends to expend more before snow flies.
Allegan County farmers who expert
mented with sugar beet cultivation this
season are well satisfied with the results.
1t is asserted that the total cost of the
building operations in Houghton County
this summer will be not less than $1,000
OO0.g1 49,, ,r..Fss-r =. 80. 80
George Dayis pleaded guilty at Flint
to the charge Of house breaking and was
sentenced to Marquette prison for three
years.
st. Louis City Council has called a spe-
cial election to vote on the proposition
to bond the city for $4,000 for public
| lighting plant. al
The Baptist Church at Caro- is without
a pastor, Rev. A. r. Cobb having ten
dered his resignation to accept call to
a Canadian pulpit.
The Michigan Central Railroad Co. has
been censured by the coroner's jury at
Kalamazoo, Investigating the death OF
A. w. Church, q milkman.
7 About 400 veterans attended the twen-
ty-ffth annual reunion of the Soldiers
and Sailors Association Of Ingham Coun-
ty, which was held at Mason.
I William Fillmore Of Armada was stab
bed in a street row. He will probably
recover. Stott Matthews is locked up,
charged with doing thelstabbing.
Company ID, Thirty-second Michigan
infantry, has been recognized at Battle
Greek as Company L, Second Michigan
National Guards, with a full roster.
Miss Bessie Disbrow, one of Holly's
most popular young women, and Samuel
Dickerson were married last April. The
marriage has just been made public.
Chas. Ward, a carpenter at work on
the Detroit, Rochester and Romeo Flee
trio Railway, fell from the viaduct near
Rochester and was seriously injured.
John Parker Of Kalamazoo, while
drunk took all the furniture and other
belongings from his house, piled them up
in the yard and burned them before he
could be stopped. M N a &
DAILY, of Tawas City, while beating their
way on a freight train were badly injured
as the train parted and came together
again. DAILY. died Of his injuries.
The two cases Of alleged smallpox in
Maple Grove township proved to be harm
less. No contagion resulted, and there
is some doubt expressed as to whether
the disease was rightly diagnosed.
Judge Person at Lansing announces
that the affairs of the defunct Central
Michigan Savings Bank will be wound
up by Dec. 81 next. The depositors will
probably receive 90 per cent all told
w. B. Ingham of Benton Harbor,
while experimenting the removal of
shells from the st. Joseph river, found
large shell which contained a large, val
liable pearl, weighing over three carats.
The village OF Berlin was swept by fire.
Losses, AID. McCulloch, drugs, $5,00Oi
Troh x Balkner, hotel proprietors, 81
$685. James Cunningham, h dwelliss
house, $1,000; NJ. nj. Robinkson's resi-
dence, $500. The Ere originated in the
drug store M H
County registers of deeds are kicking
on the action of the State tax commits
sioners in asking them to furnish large
amount Of Information from the books Of
their Offices relative to the mortgages o.
the State. They think they should re-.
ceive extra pay for the work.
Fire at Clare destroyed two saloons, a
grocery, tailor shop and barber shop, az
follows: James Duncan, saloon, hall and
store, loss $4,000; j. L. Welch, grocery,
loss 81 800: l.. Grathwohl, tailor. build
ing and stock, loss $1,000; o. Bemer, sa-
loon building and stock, loss 81, 500; ID.
III. Kump, barber, loss $50. The fire
caught on, the second floor of Bemcr's
saloon.
The marriage at Charlotte of Mrs.
Mary Brooks to ID. III. Stuart recalls the
first criminal charge ever tried in Eaton
County and one of the famous poisoning
cases Of Michigan. In the early '5Os the
Bradley and Brooks families were the
wealthy and aristocratic people and the
marriage of Miss Mary Bradley to Sine
on Brooks was made a special occasion.
March 10, 1856. Brooks died under mys-
FERROUS circumstances as the result Of
arsenic poisoning. as was afterward prov
ed. Mrs. Brooks was arrested on COM
plant of ID. III. Stuart, neighbor, and
charged with the murder. The jury found
a verdict of guilty and Judge Abner
Pratt sentenced Mrs. Brooks to prison
for life. When pardoned she had served
nearly twenty-five years. She now mar
ries the complaining witness in the MUIR