Crawford avalanche., 1899-11-23

deQrkc Oecuy, IurtueE u'th8 ueos
Mears. accidentally shot himself. He
will recover.
Charles Morrell has been appointed
city clerk at Charlotte, vice X. McPeek
who resigned.
A gang of burglars Is working mt Lud'
ington. The thieves have secured quite
| bit OF plunder.
1t is stated that the proposed electric
railroad between Port Huron and Caro-
will surely be built.
The school census Of Lansing shows Q
total of 4,5-6 children of school age. This
is an increase of 307 over last year.
Holmes & Son Of Menominee win use
500 men in putting 1000 900 feet OF logs
In the Menominee river this winter.
The Bricker Hotel at Bedding, which
has been closed for several weeks, will
again be opened by Grand Rapids man.
President s. A. Hall of the village of
Essexville rendered his resignation to
the Council. but the members of that
body refused to accept 1t.
The house of Fred Hagley, farmer,
living six miles northwest OF Buchanan,
was broken into Sunday when the family
were away and $75 was taken.
The United States War Department
has sent thirty new saddles and sets of
artillery equipment to the Michigan Mil
itary Academy to complete the artillery
department.
Samuel Stauffer, German farmer liv-
ing ten miles north Of COopersville, lost
his life in trying to rescue two men who
were overcome by gas in cistern. The
men were rescued alive.
The big safe of G. III. Fairchild K Co.
in their Menomjnee dry goods store was
blown open by two robbers and $500 in
currency was secured. Two holes were
bored in the door and dynamite used.
The Ann Arbor Common Council has
made its formal demand on the regents
of the State University for the two free
beds in the university hospital that were
guaranteed when the city subscribed
$25,000 for the building.
The Chicago officers have found where
Bingham, the Vernon man, hid some OF
the money he got cut Of his transaction
with the Chicago stock man. A $500
Persian lamb coat and a bunch of dia-
monds were turned up in Mt. Clemens.
DIR. Edward Monroe of Newport was
struck by Lake Shore train near New
port. He died in a few minutes. The
deceased was 81 years old and had been
resident of Michigan about twenty
years, having originally come from Can
ada.
Coroner Watts jury in Ann Arbor has
decided that the Michigan Central was
10 hlap,a fn tho Anafh NJ
Austin Gavin. who was killed by a train
the other night. Gavin's own careless
ness was what caused the accident. said
the jury.
Allegan County claims credit for send
ing more deer hunters TO the northern
part of the State than any other county
in southern or central Michigan. The
| county clerk issued 1874 licenses this sea
son, and nearly all who secured them
have gone to the deer country.
| The total registration at the Univer-
| sity of Michigan is the largest ever expe
rienced, the total reaching the astonish
| ing figures of 3,240. The following Is
| the composition Of these totals: Literary
| 1902; law, sol; medical, 4I6; engineer
ing, 271; dental, 246; pharmacy, 10
homeopathic, 90.
William Burr. residing seven miles
northeast of Deckerville, had his brains
blown out while hunting He stood his
gun against a tree and climbed the tree
He evidently wanted to locate himself
but he fell from the tree, struck the gun
and the gun went off, sending the charge
of shot into Burz's head.
There are "a Sunday schools in ALE
| gan County with an estimated enroll
ment of 1856, and an average attend
ance of 4,070. The school census shows
1920 children of school age in the coun
| ty, showing that not over half the chill
dren are enrolled in Sunday schools ant
that less than one-third OF them attenC
regularly.
Warren Schroeder, living four mile,
from Mishawaka. across the line in Mich
igan, while on his way home from q
wheat-selling trip to Granger elevators
on the Grand Trunk, was sand-bagget
by two bicyclists, robbed of 500, bount
and gagged and the horses whipped by
the robbers. The animals took Schroeder
to his barnyard. The robbers disap
peared.
A warranty deed has been filed a
Houghton by St. Marie's canal minera
land company conveying 24O acres ol
mineral lands in town "a, range "a, ad
joining the Tri-Mountain mine to tn,
Champion Copper Company. 1t is under
stood that the company is New Yorl
concern, with some prominent Bostor
copper people, among whom is VIM. A
Paine.
Jacob Likia. a roller tender who tool
the place of William Halopa, killed il
! the Kearsarge mine u few days ago. me
his death in exactly the same manne
within few hours after entering tn,
mine. In some lnexplainable manner h,
| was caught in the track of the skip ant
so badly manglcd that he died at the hos
pital shortly after being taken there Th,
mine inspector will investigate the mat
| ter. .4J ts
Representatives of the Cigarmakers
Union OF Chicago discovered that hun
dreds of cigars are being sold in st. 10
Seph under a bogus "union-made" certifi
cate. They also found that the manu-
sacturers' factory number had beef
changed in many instances contrary t,
law. 1t is said the questionable cigar
/ we're manufactured in Chicago and New
York. and in the last. few months thou
uands have been placed upon the marke
throughout southwestern Michigan.
William Korink of Menominee, age,
10. was badly hurt while hunting ducks
In putting his gun on dock from