Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-25

~ december.
The winter wheat outlook Tor Southefn
Michigan is said 10 be very bad. ~
Walter " BsA ifdetd Aisairpe -
the result Of q coasting accident. -
1t Is sail That the projected building OF
The buckwheat mill Of j. p. Burroughs
y Son Of Flint was damaged 5000 by
fire.
The Citizens Mutual Fire Insurance
Company Of CALHOUN County has re-elect-
ed its old ofiters
Burglars ransacked the home Of Lo-
renzo G. Pierson at Pennington and se-
cured $40 in cash.
A tub and pail factory win be erected
at Omer. Jack pine will furnish the ma
terial for the plant.
The Rapid Railway has completed the
grading of its roadbed between Port HUI
ron and Marine City.
Jacob Gerrett, aged years, fell into
pot of boiling water at Grand Rapids
and was scalded to death.
Il. j. Connolly of Ingersoll Ont, and
John Garyey of Milwaukee, Wis.,, may
start fancy dairy at Bad Axe.
The Agricultural Association Of Cass
City will hold the annual fair during the
first week of October Of this year.
Samuel Lloyd and Miss Lulu Shanks of
Benton Harbor were married at st. J0-
seph before the Board of Supervisors.
The new Presbyterian Church at Flint
will be located ON South First street
west, between Beach and Church streets.
VIM. Lyle, aged IL years, was struck
by switch engine on the Michigan Cen
trad Railroad at Ypsilanti and instantly
killed. e'a
$. r. Bakers sawmill, the first to be
erected in Camden township, and which
has been landmark, has been RACED to
the ground.
Although there is little or no snow in
northern Michigan, lumbermen have
made good ice roads and logging is pro-
ceeding satisfactorily. 1 KS
The unveiling of the statueslof Lincoln,
Grant, Sherman and Farragut, presented
to Muskegon by @. III. Hackley, will take
place on Memorial day.
The suits brought in Iosco County
against the LIQUIDS to compel the lumber
men to pay many thousands of dollars
additional taxes have been settled out of
court. fYtifV1
Louis Vineberg, a travelling man, was
poisoned by eating salmon sandwiches at
an eating house along the line of the De-
troit and Mackinac Railroad. He will
recover.
The Congregational Church Of Port
Huron. by vote of 81 to 43, has called
Rev. III. n. Dascomb of Inlay City to
its pulpit. An attempt to make the call
unanimous failed.
The foundry Office, pattern shop and
one warehouse of the Portage Lake Ma
chine works at Portage Lake, burned.
Loss $4,000, insurance $4,000, With the
+. A. Douglas agency.
Only individual mileage books will be
recognized on the Pere Marquette Rail
road system hereafter, the company hav-
ing determined to abandon the use Of
family mileage books.
Railroad Commissioner Osborn has APP
proved the interlocking device installed
at the crossing of the Detroit, Rochester,
Romeo and Lake Orion electric road with
the Michigan Central.
Miss Helen Louise Coggin, social
leader, and Frank William Halsey were
married at the Congregational Church at
Lake Linden, Rev. Robert M. Higgins
of Grand Rapids officiating.
The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Co. Of Allegan and Ottawa counties has
reelected all Of its old directors save
one. The membership fee was reduced to
81. The company is prosperous. ''s
The Negaunee iron mine started a third
shift at work. The introduction Of the
eight-hour shift in the iron mines will
mean an increase of more than one-third
in the force of the men employed.
Fenner VanAuken of Allegan has re,
ceived an appointment to the United
States navy as an electrician. He served
as first lieutenant of the Thirty-fourth
Michigan in the Spanish-American war.
The barns connected with the q. A. X.
Hotel at Manistee burned, together with
eight horses. The horses belonged to w.
III. Abs and were insured for 81 900.
Loss $1,000; loss on barn 81 900, fully in
sured.
Fred Braastad of Ishpeming, one of
the oldest and best known merchants in
upper Michigan, has announced, his in
tention of selling out his clothing and
dry goods business to engage in wholesale
groceries. Braastads general stock is
worth over 100000. sanhgr .ae
The new NJ. f. Church at Lennon has
been dedicated. The church cost $1,000.
The dedication sermon was preached by
Rev. John T.. Ashley, Ii. d., Phi. d.,
president of Albion College Rev. Il. b.
Bancroft, presiding elder of the Flint
district, Detroit conference, assisted in
the services.
Otis Richards, the Clarksvile merchant
who was brought back from Milwaukee
recently on a charge Of embeZzlement,
preferred by Charles Nash, his father
in-law, has been discharged by Justice
Curry of Ionia, who held that the proofs
were insufficient to hold him for trial in
the Circuit Court.
The Union Medical Society of North
ern Michigan has been organized at Beld-
ing. More than thirty physicians were
present from the counties that comprise
the union, which are Ionia. Montcalm and
Mecosta.a DIR. o. l.. Avery of Stanton
was elected president and III. L.. Bower
of Greenville secretary ,trLaslsst gaat
The Kalamazoo County Farmers Mu-
tual Insurance Co. has elected these OFF,
GERS: President, Henry .Beckwith; vice
president, Orrin Snow; secretary, Ira n.
Thayer; director, Malachi Cox. The
amount of insurance carried is $o,92S,-