Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11

The residence 81 Peter Conehy, locat-
ed In Genoa townshihp, burned, togeth-
er with its contents. Loss ~ 900.
| A 2-year-old daughter Of A.. J. Snyder
Of Stockbridge fell into a tub Of boiling
water and was severely scalded.
b. Il. Morey Of Detroit was caught In
an elevator in the Wellington fats at
Grand Rapids and seriously injured.
The residence and bakery, Of Harry l..
Way at Jackson was damaged $1,000
by fire; fully covered by insurance.
The old furniture factory Mt Vernon
has been fitted up for the manufacture
of potato crates and other wo0denware
| articles.
James Hinton, aged so years, was frog
| en- to death near Sebewaing. He was
mentally unbalanced and escaped from
his home. r skt|
The State Association Of Stenograph-
ers has elected ]. w. King OF Three
Rivers president. and Rudolph LOOMS
of Lansing secretary.
John Nowuch, an employee Of the Kir-
by-Carpenter Co. of Menominee, had both
! feet badly frozen while working in the
woods near Pembine.
The water pipes in the second story
of the Whitcomb block at Battle Greek
| burst and flooded the clothing stock of
J. Nj. jacobs, loss $4,000.
During the first eleven months last
year railroads earned $32,714,951 in
Michigan, an increase of 1881 per cent
over the same period of 1898.
Fire Quilted the Manning Harness Com
/ or
$4,000, insurance $4,000; loss on build
ing $500, insurance $1,000.
The cash balance in the State treasury
at the beginning of the new year was
1891, 13447. This amount is $113,5OO
more than the balance one year ago.
The Truscott Boat Co. of ST. Joseph
| is filling an order for four boats to be
shipped to johannesburg, South Africa,
and launch destined for Australia.
Officials of the Detroit, Ypsilanti and
Ann Arbor Railway deny a report that
the road will be extended from Ypsilanti
| to Toledo over private right of way
Charles johnson has been appointed
chief of police of Benton Harbor. The
newly appointed officer is bartender in
a saloon and he has been appointed for
one month.
| Clifford Earl, aged 10 years, is under
arrest ut Ypsianti charged with setting
fire to the State Normal school on Nov.
IL last. Earl confessed that he did 1t
| for spite
Andrew Johnson fell down the shaft at
the Kearsarge copper mine ut Calumet
and was killed. The authorities are in
vestigating some alleged suspicious cir
cumstances connected with the accident.
Thirty-four Sunday school township
conventions were held in Calhoun Coun-
ty in 1899 more than 5000 people are
enrolled as members in the various Sun
day schools of the county, and more than
5000 of whom attend every Sunday.
The amount of franchise fees received
by the Secretary of State during the
year 1899 were $174,S60 as against $780,
S15 for 1898 and $30,660 for 1897. The
amount of fees received from this source
more than paid the. entire expenses of
the State Department for the year.
The other day there was successfully
launched from the Wyandotte yards of
the Detroit Ship Building Company what
is confidently claimed to be the finest and
lakes or the sea coast. The new boat
was christened Tashmoo. She measures
800 feet over all, ~ feet beam over
guards and 13la feet depth of hull. The
boat is of steel.
The Grand Rapids Gas Light Co. has
decided to adopt a system of profit shar-
ing with its employees. Each Of the reg
uar employees will receive a dividend up
on his annual earnings at the same rate
the stockholders enjoy upon their hold
ings. The stockholders are now receiv-
ing g per cent dividends, and the en-
ploye who earns 5000 year will have a
3 per cent rate on that amount every six
months. The policy will apply to all the
regular employees, who number 80.
Adolph Hempke was frozen to death in
Detroit. His body was found only
block from his home and was frozen as
hard as stone. The man had made
desperate struggle for life. After fall
ing and cutting deep cash hin his head,
he evidently crawled forward for some
distance on his hands and knees, as lac
erations appeared filled with dirt and
slivers Of wood. Pools of blood showed
where he rested moment or two before
dragging himself ahead again.
The two best business buildings on
Main street of the village of Champion
were burned the other night and are al
most a total loss. The loss is estimated
at $4,000, with but little insurance. The
burned buildings are the Cooperative
Company's store, Gilrs drug store, the
postof1ice and one dwelling and one barn.
The fire started in the Cooperative store,
the cause being unknown. The village
has no fire protection and for time it
looked as IL the entire town would go,
but the villagers finally checked the fire
by fighting it with buckets and shoveling
snow.
Z. b. Rodgers, auditor Of the Chicago
and West Michigan and the Detroit,
Grand Rapids and Western Railroads,
and who was to be auditor of the Pere
Marquette system, committed suicide at
Grand Rapids by shooting himself in the
head. The suicide was prompted by i'll
health. Rodgers dictated several letters
as usual in the morning and remarked to
a friend that he could not much longer
stand his suffering. Just before noon the
letters were ready to sign, and when he
had read and signed them he returned to
his private Office and closed the door. A
revolver shot was heard Immediately af-
terward and he was dead on the floor
when the clerks arrived.
Nequeshong, better known as Indian
Henry" chief of the Chippewa tribe ut
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