A Very Foolish Action

A farmer's team drawing some heavy logs beoaaie stallei wbüe crossing the Michigan Central raek near Gerldes yesterday afternoou. The farmer uubitched his horses from tbe bobs and left the liad across the track while he went fnr more horses. While he was gone the fast passenge'4 train from the east which reaohes bere at 1 :55 o'clock canie along at a high rate of speed, deiog bebind time, and dumped the logs into the ditbh, The pilot of the locomotive was badly smasbed. It was a narrow escape from a terrible railroad accident. Dave Wixom, who was sentenoed in the circuit court of this county ou May 5, 1896, to foor years' imprisonment in Jackson prison, for larceny, succeeded in working ou the goodness of heart of Governor Piugree to such a degree that he was grauted a pardon by the chief executive on Saturday, Feo. áO. It has since transpired that the desire for gain on the part of one of the prison assistant deputy wardens mimed Wiersma was at tho bottoin of the affair.