Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-19

hokse tessv~s eSS TSi>@e -
dale County.
The Maceabsas at East Tawas viii
build temple In that city.
Roy Beach, aged Is years, fell under
freight train at Flint and had both legs
cut of.
jackson city tax rate for the ensuing
year has been fixed at $1.50 per $1,000
valuation.
Many miners are reaching the Lake
Superior copper and iron districts from
the Transvaal.
Kalkaska County taxpayers have re
jected the proposition TO bond for $9,OOO
for a new jail
A casino will be built at Wenona Beach,
near Bay City, to replace the one burned
IA few weeks ago.
! Joseph Wrinkle OF Alpena was shot and
seriously wounded. He will not tell how
the shooting occurred.
Mrs. Joseph Warden of Rogervilie,
while cooking dinner, fell upon the stove
and was badly burned.
! Matthias Cooper, prominent farmer
fof Carmel township, was seriously injured
in runaway accident. ~
A barn owned by the Manistique Iron
Co. at Manistique burned, together with
four horses. Loss 81 500.
Charles Bennett, an Indian living near
Mackinaw City, was struck by Michi-
gan Central train and killed.
Charles G. Shoyer, junior literary stu
dent at the u. of NJ, was struck and kill
ed by a Michigan Central train.
The soda water dealers at Kalamazoo
have agreed to raise the price OF ice
cream soda to 10 cents glass. ~
Amateur burglars at Maple Rapids en-
tered Terwilliger's billiard room and rob-
bed the slot machine located therein.
vicksburg's Council has fixed the sa-
loon bonds at $4,000 and the drug store
bonds at $1,000 for the coming year.
Charles S. barrow of Superior town
| ship was run over by a traction engine
and lost his right leg above the knee.
James Henry, farmer, living near
Plainwell, has been missing for several
days. He was last seen in Kalamazoo.
John Lemain's residence at Mackinaw
City burned. Mrs. Lemain was badly
burned rescuing the children. She will
| recover.
The grand lodge of the Michigan
knights Of Pythias will be held in Ian
sing, commencing May o and continuing
three days.
The Ann Arbor Water Co. has located
a big flowing we'll on Seventh street. 1t
is estimated that the capacity is 4OO,OOO
gallons per day. 9rgt
The Grand Rapids board of assessors
has increased real estate valuations 20
per cent and personal property assess
ments 80 per cent.
The Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw
Railroad is trying to block the Michigan
Traction Co.'S Kalamazoo and Battle
Greek electric line.
The Board of Education at Ann Arbor
favors the immediate installing of the
manual training system in the ward and
high schools of that city.
A farm barn located near Saranac and
owned by the Barger estate burned, to-
gether with three horses and three cows.
Loss $1,000, insurance $3.50.
Adrian school board, by tie vote, has
refused to employ Supt. A. Il. Curtis for
another year. He has been connected
with the school over fifteen years.
Harry Ralph, living eight miles west Of
Carson City, fired into a flock of wild
geese The gun burst, blowing his left
arm off, and making amputation above
the elbow necessary.
The large farm barns of Charles Bou-
dnet, three miles west Of Newport, burn
ed, together with five cows, four horses
and feed and farm machinery. Loss
$1,000, insurance $500.
Acting under a joint resolution of the
| I ~ hax-
allowed Private John II. Bertram of
while on duty at Camp Eaton.
Two routes for free rural mail delivery
have been surveyed by II. +. Robcuds,
superintendent for Michiganz One route
extends twenty-five miles north from
Jackson and the other twenty-six miles
south. RA III III 81 Nf7s
The monthly reports from the three
rural delivery routes established from
Ypsilanti late last fail show continual
increase in business. During March 49,
$50 pieces were delivered and 1875 col
lected -. 49,
The board of managers of the Washte-
nav Fair Association has decided to hold
the annual show during the first week in
October. 1t was also decided to increase
the premiums for horse racing from $500
! to 500.
The employees of the street railway
company at Bay City asked for 1O-hour
day. The company has instituted an 81
hour day and the men are kicking be-
cause they cannot earn enough at IL
cents an hour.
While attempting to board a moving
freight at Ypsilanti, Arthur Il. Wood of
Chattanooga, Tenn, was thrown beneath
the wheels. His left arm was crushed
from shoulder to finger tips and it was
necessary to amputate it.
The boys of Pinckney are collecting
old postage stamps and have become so
infatuated with the craze as to try the
lock boxes at the postofiice and when they
find one unlocked they open it and tear
OFF the stamps from the mail matter. Ar
rests are likely to follow.
Grand Rapids the other day. George
Fielding took corrosive sublimate sEa
died. He was out of work. Kozrad
Mueller, aged Sc, took strychnine. He
left a note for his wife saying he was
tired of life and his troubles. f. l..
Geary swallowed poison, but physicians
saved him. Laura Stevens, despondeas
owing to i'll health, took carbolic acid.
She died. Roy Munday, aged II, clerk
in a local express Office, killed himself
with carbolic acid.