Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-14

The Copper Range Railroad will be ex
tended to Calumet next year. A
Thugs failed in an attempt to hold M
George Babcock near Matamora.
The 14-year-old son of Andrew Nc
Cleisch of Goodland township is missing
Vicksburg is ready to welcome some
capitalist who will cree, and equip grist
mll.s
The postofice at Five Lakes was brok-
EN- into and about $50 taken, SO of which
belonged to Uncle Sam.
Charles McGregor. proprietor OF drug
store at Mulliken, has been fined SO for
not keeping registered pharmacist.
The residence of Moses Gerow, seven
miles east of Clare, burned. An eight
months old babe was burned to death.
John Crothers of Marlette planted a
field of liz acres to potatoes and has
realized $S12.5O from the resultant crop.
The valuables stolen from safe in
VIM. Neuman's store at Harmansville
some weeks ago have been found ut Oma-
ha, Neb.
Gov. Pingree has appointed Charles III.
Watson of Crystal Falls Circuit Court
commissioner for Iron County, to fill a
vacancy.
Oil Inspector Judson has appointed
Chas. NJ. Race deputy oil Inspector OF
Owosso to succeed Arthur l.. Currie of
that city.
George Bloomfield. an Il. & Il. NJ.
brakeman, while switching at Clio, slip
ped under the engine and his left leg
was cut off.
Walter Clark. Charles F'lintz and Geo.
Thomas OF Delta township were each
fined SO for malicious destruction OF
school property.
!. Herbert Stearns. thrasher man of
Woodbridge township, was found in his
barn with his neck broken. His death
was accidental.
Mrs. Thomas Pcrcival and Mrs. Whit
ney of Port Huron were run down by a
horse driven by two drunken men and
more or less bruised.
The Hessian fly is very bad in Van
Buren, County wheat fields. From the
present outlook the 1900 wheat crop will
be almost wholly ruined.
1t is estimated that 800 persons living
in Shiawassee County invested with the
out an aggregate of $4,000. soe
Martin Norkowski of Alpcna, Is years
old, placed his hand on the muzzle Of his
gun. The gun was discharged accident
ally and the hand was blown to pieces.
William Y. Murdoch OF Worthwhile has
been chosen cashier of the Michigan Cen
trail at Ypsilanti.
Thomas Garage & Son, founders and
machinists mt Kalamazoo, announce that
they will at once double the capacity of
their foundry by the erection of new
buildings, made necessary by the rush of
work.
Two young women of Gould City got
lost In the woods near that village and
were not found for twenty-four hours.
Fortunately they stumbled into a desert
ed numbering camp and found shelter in
one Of the old buildings.
Mary Vickery, aged 90, an inmate of
the Jackson county house, set her clothes
ON fire with her pipe and before help
came she was incinerated.
Amy Lewis, living four miles north
west Of Barrytown. swallowed two
ounces of carbolic acid with alleged sui
cidal intent. She remained unconscious
for four hours. disappointment In love
was the cause Of her act.
The Howe & McCracken sawmiIl at
Muskegon shut down the other day for
the last dime after a run of eighteen
years. This means the winding up of the
business Of the firm, which has been very
prominent in Michigan lumber affairs.
The mill employed about 125 men.