Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-06-04

Just as we are dreaming of having a
grand time on the 4th, somebody
yelled ''copy!n IT'S ever thusly.
Mr. r. Hanson is in town, superin-
tending his building He don't pro-
pose to have the wind blow it over
again.
a delegation of festive potatoe bugs
made a charge on our sanctm I his
morning and threatend to overwhelm
us for advertising DR.. Traver's Paris
green.
See the new advertisements in this
issue. Business men are becoming
aware of the fact that the AVALANCHE
is the best advertising medium Dorth
of Bay City.
A family has just arrived at Grayling
and not being able to find vacant
house, pitched their tent, and com
menced building house. How is this
for business
The apron string guards had a row
last week. The weapons used were
several pounds of the oleaginous com
pound known as butter. The referees
decided it a draw, and all bets were de
clared Off
While i'm kalkaska last week we me-
andered in the direction of the sanctum
of ye editor Of the Kalkaskaian. The
kalkaskaian is paper of acknowledge
ed merit, is n staunch republican or
gan and we wish it success.
Last week we had the pleasure Of
calling ON Bro Dennis, of the Kalkaska
Leader. We found him up to his eyes
in business. He publishes a neat lit
tie paper and better than all it is re-
publican in politics. May your shadow
never grow less Bro. Dennis.
To the TRAVELLING public we would say
that the Chapman House. at Lansing
Mich. is one of the best hotels in the
State. We have for the past five
months been aim )st constant guest
at the Chapman, and have no hesitan-
cy in saying that it is one OF the best
hotels, every thing considered, that we
have found in Michigan Every thing
from cellarto attic are models of order
and cleanliness; and mine hosts, g. Z.
& G. s. Brown, are boss landlords.
We met Mr. G. NJ. Cheney. Of tie
village of Cheney. ON the train last
Saturday, and he informed us that he
was making preparations to erect a
boarding house at Higgins Lake for
the accommodation of visitors, and will
be prepared to furnish accommoda-
tions for all who may give him a call
lie also informed us that preparations
were being made to place a stcaneron
the lake the present summer. Pleas
uro seekers viii DO we'll TO remember
this; and govern themselves according
ly.
Last Wednesday several distinguish
ed officers and employees of the NJ. G.
r. r. CO. made a flying trip ouer the
j. L. & = division of their road OF /
the number who took dinner at the |
Hotel de Hartwick were T. c. Brown,
assistant general sup 'rintendent c. b. |
Bush, division superintendent; a. Dai- |
ley, superintendent of bridges and !
track: r. Miller, superintendent of the
car departments; II. G. w. Cowdery, |
assistant superintendent of the car de- I.
partment; A. V. Pantland, proprietor
of the Murdan House, Grand Rapids:
G. G. Reed, superintendent of tele-
graph and James Shields, division
track Master.
Last Thursday eve two Of our would
be spoftsmen went out into the Silly
night, and cautiously removing the
boat, sailed out upon the waters Of the
Ausauble; purpose unknown After
proceeding down stream several miles,
one of the party said in muflled voice,
Jack pass the Ho0tcheaoo" 1t was
passed, and Just rs the thirsty individ-
ual was i'm the act of taking look at
the moon, through a somewhat sus-
picous looking instrument, crash went
their frail bark against a tree The
gentleman in the stern of The boat ,he
OF the Instrument made flying trip 10
the bow TO see what caused the disturb
ance. but failing to have a stop-over
check. ne went on, and but for friend
ly bush, might have been going yet.
After he had regained his position i'm
the boat, he felt so small that he at
tempted to crawl into the graying
well, amidship; when asked now, how
he got that tree out, he hangs his head |
and answers II did it with my little
hatchet"
A friend of ours residing i'm Missouri,
writes us, that we would not be per
mitted to publish our paper in that
State We would say to our friend,
that we publish rpublican paper, and
we're we publishing it i'm your State we
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