Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
state News i'm Brief.

Baltimore accidentally shot himself.
.p Carl Grosebar of Kings Mills was seri-
ously Injured by logs rolling upon him.
Charles jerks of Kings Mills fell from
q hay loft aud sustained serious injuries.
Holy's proposed cement factory will
be located either mt Bush Lake or Rapal-
lee lake.
Edward Miner, aged II years, was
drowned while skating on the river at
Lansing.
Maud Newcomer is dead at Muskegon
as the result of burns received in lamp
explosion.
Williams Bros. & Charbonneau of De
troit will establish a pickle factory at
Plainwell.
Dan. Calvery, aged Z years, fell under
a Pere Marquette car at Midland and
lost one foot H
Freddie Caussen, aged 6 years, was
run down by a pair of horses AT Grand
Rapids and killed.
Dogs caused considerable loss to farm
ers of Huron township by killing some
very valuable sheep.
William Rice OF Adrian, whose back
was broken in the logging camp accident
a few days ago is dead.
Labor Commissioner Cox reports that
131 men and AZ women committed sui
eide in Michigan last year
Mont Harding. convicted of robbing a
saloon at Kalamazoo. was sentenced to
nine years at jackson. ~
During 1899, eightyfve divorce cases
were begun in Calhoun County and fifty
one DEGREES were granted.
The Pere Marquette Railroad Co. is
said to he figuring on a new car ferry to
cost half a million dollars.
VIM. Riley, prominent young man
of Riley township, was seriously wounded
by the accidental discharge of gun.
August Bissen. aged ; years. of Tam
arack City was impaled upon a pointed
board and badly injured. He will re-
cover.
William Carr, the Sarnia brakeman
who was run over at the Americas sum-
NIT of the ST. Clair tunnel and badly
crushed. is dead of his injuries.
The Alpena, County Agricultural Soci-
ETY. has elected the following officers:
President, Walter Gavigan; secretary,
Homer X. Bryan; treasurer. John Mona
CHAN.
The Midland Plaster and Cement Co. of
Kansas City announces that 1t will re-
move its entire plant TO Grand Rapids
and establish extensive works there. 1t
will fight the plaster trust.
In Circuit Court at Lapeer David Mar
shall secured judgment of $40 against
the Pontiac, Oxford and Northern Rail
road for the loss of trunk stolen from
he station at Inlay City.
Rev. Bastian Smits OF Charlotte, son
of native Hollander. in lecture mt
Ypsilanti On the English Boer war, said
he is certain that the contest against
Great Britain will not be discontinued
until every able. bodied man in the Trans
vaal forces has been slain.
Manager Ashley Of the Ann Arbor
Railroad does not favor elevating the
tracks in Ann Arbor city. He favors
the building of overhead bridges for the
several street crossings and says that
the company will bear q liberal share Of
this expense il the cityFwill bear the re-
mainder.
Henry Tickener. aged years, fell from
the roof OF porch at Hart and was in
stantly killed.
Brakeman Carr of Sarnia was serious
ly injured in the tuntel yards at Port
Huron. Heswas thrown from car and
terribly crushed.
State Food Commissioners Grosvenor
has made complaint against Rolin g..
Phelps, agent in the jackson territory for
Armour a. Co. of Chicago, on the charge
Of selling what is known as process but
ter, without complying with the State
law in the matter OF labelling packages.
This will be test case.
Rev. Lewis Brown. rector OF st. Thorn
as Church at Battle Greek, has accept
ed call to st. Paul's Episcopal Church
Mt indianapolis.
Miss Maude Ivorino Cutler Of Baldwin
and Vivian Montgomery of Luther were
married at the Congregational Church at
Baldwin, II was zone of the prettiest
weddings ever held in that own
The Michigan Millers' Mutual Fire In
surance Co. elected the following officers:
President. c. G. A. voigt Of Grand Rap
ide; vicc-president, N. J. Kyer of Ann
Arbor; secretary, A.tD. Baker Of Ian
sing; treasurer, s. j. Titus of Battle
Greek; directors, j. II. Newman of Port
land, w. N. Rowe OF Grand Rapids.