Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-10
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/, Wesley Fletcher OF Sullivan township
fell from a scaffold and was INSTANTLY
killed.
Harry Hasley, an S-year-old Menomi-
nee boy, was drowned In the river while
bathing.
Joe Smith. aged II years, of Grawn.
was badly cut with a scythe. He will
recover.
Six threshers were killed and two 9TH
ers badly injured by boiler explosion
In Big Prairie township.
William Bealey of Port Huron has en-
listed in the Thirtieth regiment for SER
vice in the Philippines.
John Duprey, a laborer, aged 30 years,
committed suicide by shooting near Bag
ley. He was Respondent
Harold Rounds, son OF Frank Rounds
of Mackinac Island, was run down by a
horse and seriously injured.
The postmaster ut Grassmere has hung
an illumined copy of the Lords prayer
over the delivery window in his office.
l.. w. Simmons of Worthwhile will sue
coed the late Patrick Gallagher as pres
ident Of the First National Bank of CO.
runna.
The Charlotte Chair Co. is an estab-
| lished fact. The articles of corporation
will be filed at once. Capital stock, $780,
600.
The body of Ernie Stevens, who dis
| appeared from Marengo on July 4, was
found floating on the suffice. OF 'Chapin's
lake. hi
Mrs. n. B. Thomas, a well-known lady
of Kalamo township, took strychnine by
mistake and died half an, hour later in
terrible agony. fT .bshnuo-
Orange Fulton of Adair visited a party
| Of campers near St. Clair. nlaHec drank
heavily, and while being driven home he
suddenly expired. ieo. afs'h9 III
Elias Rouse, aged 65 years, sexton or
the Baptist Church at YpsilaAn, drop
ped dead in the ante-room OF the church.
| He was a veteran of the civil WAR;
There were 497 births in Ingham Coun-
| ty in 1898 Computing the population at
| 10000 in the county, this would make an
average Of one birth to every eighty per-
sons.
During q ball game at the Maccabees'
picnic near Corey, Cassius King, who
was umpiring the ball game, was struck
in the face by ball off the bat and was
| badly injured.
Harry Nichols, young professional BIZ
| cycle rider, was frightfully injured in a
collision with trotting horse, while both
were speeding on the fair grounds race
track at Jackson.
Theresa Sprague, aged years, was
buried under several feet of sand at Bat
| tie Greek. Her flesh had turned black
when she was rescued twenty minutes
later, but she will live.
| Emory Stringer, Flint and Pere Mar
quette brakeman, while switching cars in
| the railroad yard at Yale, was caught
underneath the wheels and had his leg
| nearly severed at the thigh. The injured
man died.
G. Andrews of Yale has been awarded
the contract for furnishing gray cloth for
| for the industrial school for boys for the
| coming year. The Hart Milling Co.,
North Lansing, was awarded the con-
| tract for -four.
The body of a man was found on the
beach near Saugatuck. In the pockets
was found an open face gold watch and
bank book containing $92. In the book
was the name Of Karl Emil Rasmussen,
1872 West Erie street.
The machinists in the Grand Trunk
shops at Port Huron went on strike. The
action is the elimination of trouble which
has been accommodating ever since j. G.
Gehring, formerly a Wabash man, was
installed as foreman.
A man supposed to be Z. Bennett of
Chicago died suddenly on a Chicago and
| Northwestern train. He had boarded the
train at Menominee, and was found dead
in his seat shortly before the train ar
rived at Escanaba.
The Atlantic and Pacific limited, on
| the 500 road, was wrecked near Eustis.
The entire train excepting one sleeper
| was ditched, but no Osle was hurt. except
ing the employees in the baggage car. A
| culvert had been washed out.
| In the removal Of the old Showers
| residence to the outskirts of the city
Thursday, one of the old landmarks of
| Ypsilanti was obliterated. The building
was erected about 1880 by James Saun-
ders, then sheriff of Washtenaw County.
The old fighting Twenty second Michi-
gan volunteer infantry, which holds the
| distinction Of losing more men in the
battle of Chickamauga than any other
| NuiNhiSdh iC6hhSht AZ ohy poeeiC VI thS
civil war, will hold reunion at Ann Ar
Dor on Aug. "a.
Edward Reindleson Of Menominee, son
| of Wolfgang Reindleson, president Of the
Menominee River Brewing Company,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head. He was "a years of
age and unmarried. He had been acting
strangely for several days.
Mrs. Viola Bowker, wife Of N. B.
Bowker, well-to-do Perrinton farmer,
committed suicide by shooting herself
She arose in the morning and did the
homework as usual. Then she took O
bath and dressed herself in her best
clothes. She walked out into corn
field near the house, lay down and, put
ting a revolver in her mouth pulled the
trigger, killing herself instantly. No
cause is known for her act.
i The State Board of Auditors has re-
fused to consider the claims OF John J.
Speed of Detroit and Judge Edward Ca
hill Of Lansing for advice during the
session Of the last Legislature. Each OF
the attorneys named sent in a bill for
$3.50 for writing the Governor an opin-
ion to the effect that law could not be
framed along the lines of the Atkinson
bill for the taxation Of railroads which
would overcome the objections OF the Su-