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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24
FABER FANCIES.

Snow last night
Now for venison.
Rain this morning.
Henry Mantz is preparing to go into
camp with large crew soon.
L. Trion is putting the finishing
touches on his dwelling house.
Joe. Jones killed deer on Monday
night which weighed 200 pounds, dress
ed
Bretheren of the mystic tie are en-
deavoring TO organize IA lodge at Ros
common.
l.. III. Stevens, Of Gaylord is doing
the mason work in L. ". Sorenson's
new building
Crawford and Roscominon counties
contributed the finest samples of wheat
at the state fair.
The second story of Sailing, Hanson
& Cos new building is being plastered.
Frank Owens is doing it.
Up in Crawford county they raise
$50 bushels of potatoes to the acre and
find "A ready market AT 55 cts per bushel
-ISt. Charles Business.
On Saturday evening last a carload
of horses passed through our village
for Otsego Lake, from where they are
To be taken into the lumber woods.
On seeing the lynx which was brought
into town last NJ )nday, Dave Shop-ne-
gans remarked: Me no know 'eIn him ;
funny aninol, it. Where you shoot it,
disp
Tie Isabella Enterprise says DIR. S.
{. Brown will publish n paper at Sal,
River, the first number of which is to
appear this week. The name of the
paper is not given.
The Gratiot Journal office at Ithaca
was burned on Friday last. Nothing
was saved but the job press, the edition
which had just been printed and the
subscription lists Loss So, 600, insur
ance 50, 500
Oh. the snow the snow the beautiful snow,
Has made IT, appea ance in Otsego;
And heialds the approach OF the cold winter
wind
And dom you forget it. but bear thi in mind
Though comfortably clothed, and plenty of
Mox nix Gus to the printer, of he don't got sum
wood.
Mr. ID. II. Buell. has just finished tile
ground plans and elevation for frame
dwelling which is to be built by Mr. X.
Hanson next spring. The drawing is
a fine one, and is only equaled by the
genius of its architect.
Mr. r. S. Babbitt has secured the
building recently used as IA millinery
store, and will supply the people of
the village and vicinity with fresh
meats, balogna sausage, oysters, vege-
tables, etc, at very reasonable prices.
One day last week while Nicholas
Shellenbarger and his son were coming
up the Ausable they encountered a
good sized lynx. After quite battle
with the animal, Mr.. Shellenbarger
succeeded in securing his game, which
on Monday last was sent to Mr.. Bur
rows of Saginaw
Last week Mr.. o. G.. Andrews OF
Pere Cheney, brought into our Office
some extra nice onions and potatoes
that were grown on j. II. Hildreth's
farm in Center Plains township. a
half dozen onions weighed 4l-2pounds;
the largest of which weighed 15 ounces
and measured Is inches i'm circumfer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24
CTATE OF MICHIGAN
- CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF
CRA FORD IN CHANCERY
DANIEL s. WALDkON. Comp't
ZOROpA WALpRON. Def,

ZORODA wALDRON. Deft
On reading and fling the affidavit of Stanley
W. Turner one of the Solicitors for the complain
ant IN he abnve entitled cause that the defendant
Lorodd Waidron Is a nonresident of this State
hut Is supposed To be a resident of the state of
Ohio. and that process for her appearance has
been duly issued, and that the same could not be
served by reason of her residence. On motion Of
Turner and Alexander, Solicitors for Complair-
art il IL ordered that said defendant ZorGda
Nald! on appear and answerthe bin of complaint
IN this cause within three months of the day of
this order OF that said bill be taken confessed
and that this order be published within twenty
day after the date hereof i'm the Crawford Ava
lanche. news paper printed aud published in
said county and that said publicati N be contnu-
ed the. eaf'eronce we k for six weeks H. succes-
sion. unless copy ~ this order be pers naly serv-
cd on said defendant n least twenty days before
the time prescribed for her appear ance
Dated, Giylng, Sept. l7th A. ID. 1879.
"A true copy j. O. HADLEY
Circuit Court Com for Crawford County, Mich
W. II. STECKEhT. Recitcr
TURNER and ALEX ANDER
SDii iJjgs Sor Com claimant.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24
BORN.
BORN.
To Mrs. Filley, on Sunday, Sept. 2lst,
daughter.
The Grayling House for Sale.


The Grayling House for Sale.
A golden opportunity, for some one
To invest in one of the best paying
Hotels in northern Michigan Good
House, "A 40, 21-2 stories high, con
tanning % rooms, all newly furnished,
good barn, 32 40, ice house, out
houses, good well of water, and every
thing complete and in running order.
No competition; three trains stop daily
for meals. Being located at the coun-
ty-seat of Crawford county, conven-
lent to fishing grounds OF the Manistee
and Ausable rivers, and in the best
hunting region of the north, il is con
tinually thronged with guests Owing
TO physical inability, have concluded
to offer this desirable property for sale.
Price 81. 900, half cash, balance on
easy terms. For particulars address
NJ. s. HARTwICK, Prop'r.
Graying, Mich.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24
Blood. Yeargo. Blood.

FROM the CINCINNATI Enquirer.
When the editors of the Okolona
States and Lemars Sentinel were in
troduced the other day, they each took
three steps. backward, and for some
minutes glared upon each other like
fierce Numidian lions. The Okolona
howler was first to find words, and said
What!
And is't thoul
Come, then, bastard,
Let lie have at thee,
And by the gods,
That roost on high Olympus,
I'll eat you up
In a holy second!
Ugh!
Big lnjun, mel"
The Royal Bengal Badger of the Sen
tinal displayed his fangs and rejoined
with his native ferocity:
II thank the gods
For this opportunity
To call thee
To thy TEETH,
LIAR
iIippograffl
Hippopotamus! -
s; ;::;l: ;:;ljs,;: -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24
pERSONAL

The family of n. T.. Britt arrived
town lest Friday.
Billy Foster fills the place vacat
by Alex. Turner.
Mrs. Spaiford leaves for East Sa
nav tomorrow.
Mr.. Spaiford, who has been ill
many weeks is slowly recovering.
Mrs. Mantz and Mrs. S6rensen go
Bay City tomorrow, to visit friends
Mrs. Joe. Jones, and her sister, NJ
Crowfoot, left here on MondaX " \
Chesaning. 80 & <
Artie 0bear, who was gu
few days, is again seen siniS
mates.
Mr.. Orville Owen, of IL
village, the guest OF his asIl
U. Hadley.
Mrs. Dan. Fowley
Bay City Yesterday, WfefS
been visiting relatives.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24

to-All trains daily except sunday.-As
C.. b. BUSH, H. B. LEDYARD,
Din Snpt, Bay city. GeRI Nan. Det
+. c. BROWN,
Assistant General Supt., Jackson
HENRY G. WENTWORTH.
Gent PdSs'r and Ticket Agt. Chic0go
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24

CONNECTIONS-At Bay City with
Bay City Division for Lapeer, Port
Huron. Detroit, and all points east,
and with Mackinaw Division for all
points North, and at Jackson with
Main and Air Lines and Grand Rapids
Division.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24
COUNTY OFFICIALS.

Sherif-David London.
Clerk d. Register-William r. Steckert
Treasurer Rasmus Hanson.
Prosecuting Attorney-John o. Hadley.
Judge IF Probate-Daniel s. Waldron.
circuit COuTt Com'r-Collins w. Wight.
SurpeyOr-Frederick l.. Barker.
Coroners-Samuel Revel, William ii.
Sherman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24
NoTL3E.--- -
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U. 5. LAND OFFICE, !
REED CITY, MICH, :
Ornsp I'm 1870

Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed ss tter has filed notice OF his intention 10 make
fnaJ proof ia support Of his claim, and secure FIN
al entry thereof at the expiration OF thirty days
from the date of this notice. viz; Daniel q. Cole
of Maple Forest. Crawford Co., Mich, for the
fri y of N f. fri "A and fri u OF s r. fri a
Sec tion % Town ~ North Of Range West, aud
names the fOll wing as his witnes, es, viz: b. +.
sherman. of Waple Forest. and ID. II. Shoop OF
Maple Forest. Crawford County, Michigan.
EDMARD STEVENSON, Register
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24

nKCGS a MEDICINES.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-09-24

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County, -ozI tc = r-Gz-
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

GEN. SHIELDS tells new anecdote of
Stephen A. Douglas, whom he des-
cribes as the greatest political manager
the State of Illinois ever had. The
Mormons, then in force at Nauvoo,
were giving the Judge no little trouble.
10 Smith had had revelation COM
handing the Mormons to vote the Wing
ticket, which was very far from being
Douglas wish. Shields and he called
on Smith to convince him that the reve-
lation was mistake, and so adroit was
Douglas in presenting the matter that
Smith decided that another and dia-
metrically opposite revelation was ne
cessary. Accordingly, one was given
Sidney Rigdon, who, at the next convo-
cation of the temple, announced that he
had a later revelation directing Mormons
to vote the Democratic ticket. 10 was
appealed to and held that as Rigdon's
was the later it was, therefore, the bind
ing direction from on high. A sweep
ing Democratic victory was the result.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

regulate the responsibility of insurance agents
doing business In Michigan; by Mr.. Estabrook,
" protect owners Of property upon the waters
Of Lake Michigan and the banks and shores
thereof
FRIDAY, Jan 3L-SKNArA bill was
passed 70 amend the law relative 10 foreclosure
Of mortgage by advertisement 4. Bills intro
duced: BY Mr.. Weir, to amend the laws govern
ing courts held by Justices Of the Peace
BY Mr. Shoemaker, 70 amend the law for the
incorporation of mutual fre insurance COM
panies; BY Mr.. Farr, to provide for taking ap-
peals in Justices courts
HoUsR-Bills were introduced, ~ follows:
BY Mr.. Hall, 70 make IN appropriation for the
Agricultural College; by Mr.. Baldwin, 10
amend the law relative 10 the size of packing
barrels for fruits and vegetables; BY Mr..
mosher, 10 regulate the sale OF in
toxicating. liquors.; by Mr.. Henderson,
TO amend the law relative to divorce
ganize the county OF Custer; by Mr.. Holt, to
protect the owners Of logs, lumber and timber
floating In or lying on the banks of the waters
Of this State; joint resolution authorizing
the Board Of Auditors to issue land scrip in
lieu of outstanding internal improvement
warrants |; by Mr.. g. H. Hopkins, to
authorize the Governor to cause an
annual inspection of the Michigan Academy,
commission its officers, and appoint its gradu-
ates brevet Second Lieutenants in the State
militia. Bills passed: House bill to restore
to market certain swamp lands In Gratiot coun-
ty; House bill to amend the law relative to
highway officers; House bill relative 10 the sal
aries of county officers. The Legislature adj
journed to day till the 10th, in order that the
Legislative committees might have an oppor-
tunity 70 visit the various State institutions.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

A MOVEMENT for the abrogation of the
fishery clauses of the Treaty of Wash
ington has been initiated in the United
States Senate. Mr.. Edmunds, who
leads the movement, shows by an array
of facts and figures that, so far from the
privileges secured by the treaty to
American fishermen being worth five
and half millions, the amount of the
Halifax award, they are practically
worthless. 1t would certainly seem de-
sirable, in view of the differences which
have arisen between the two Govern
ments over the operations of the treaty
regarding the fishery privileges, that
what remains in the agreement should
be terminated by mutual consent. Mr..
Edmunds expresses the belief that En-
gland would not object to the abroga-
ton
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

SOCIALISM, according to the st. Pc
tersburg Gazette, is mainly due to Ma
poleon III. and Bismarck, under whose
direction Europe between 1853 and 1878
has been applying most of her produc
tive force to her ornaments, and MAX
ing preparations that provoked war.
The cost to humanity has been 1,74S,OOO
lives, to say nothing of the indirect VIC
Tins of war, who perish by typhoid or
cholera, and the waste of money has
been el, 263,O00,0OO. The system is still
going on; the industrial classes have
been the greatest sufferers, and hence
the social disease called Socialism.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

The consumption of beer in the whole
German empire last year was S41 ,05S,'
76S gallons, or nearly twenty gallons pei
mouth of population. The importations
amounted to 3,333,S14 gallons, and the
exports to $685. 1856 gallons. Bavaria
leads, for, though the rate of consump-
ton is not given, so great is the produc.
tion-fifty-three and three-eighths gal
Ions per head-that, after making due
deductions for the expectation, greater
than average quantity is left for home
consumption.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07
IT is stated that Mrs. Mary E. Wa

IT is stated that Mrs. Mary E. Wal
ton, of New York, who invented the
sand-box device for deadening the
noise on the Metropolitan elevated
railway, had the principle suggested to
her by the method adopted by her
father, who stopped the clangor of a
blacksmith shop by setting the anvils in
boxes filed with sand. Mrs. Walton
experimental in her cellar with two
bars of railroad iron, three or four feet
long, laid across two barrel heads, APP
plying the deadening sand-box, and
striking with hammer until the result
sought for was obtained. Mrs. Walton
has sold the patent. She is to receive
81 900 in cash on signing the contract,
81 900 on the issuing of the patent, and
81, 900 after one mile is laid on the
Metropolitan railway. She is also to re-
ceive one-half of any and all royalties
paid by other roads or persons for the
use of the patent. The invention has
been tested, and the result pronounced
satisfactory. What Mr.. Edison failed to
accomplish, Mrs. Walton has accom-
plished.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

LITTLE English, the most popular
bootblack in Detroit, having observed
the annual statements of the Police Su-
perintendent, insurance companies, and
so on, determined to give the public
some statistics of his own affairs.
Wherefore he has compiled the follow
ing: Paid-up capital, 81 cents; sur
plus, 6 cents; number of blacks" dur
ing 1878, 1,461; cash lost on street,
$1.20; number of fights, %; number of
victories, 81; present liabilities, 2 cents
dividends to stockholders, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

On the Odd of last month the people
of Holland celebrated the 300th ami
versary of their national independence.
The long struggle in the sixteenth cent
ury between Spain and the Netherlands
was brought to crisis, if not to a con-
clusion, by the agreement called the
Union of Utrecht, which was drawn up
and promulgated in January, 1879; and
it is this event which was commemorated
by great public solemnity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07
His Private Band.

A friend of ours, having determined
to give q musical party, looked about
amongst his acquaintance for suitable
guests, and after considerable cogitation
and inquiry made up his mind to invite
the following:
Jones, because he was so clever in
blowing his own trumpet.
Brown, because he possesses the
ability to harp on one string.
Smith, because, even if you stopped
him in the street for a moment, he be-
gan to fiddle with his collar.
Thompson, because the sight OF q
thirteenth card of suit filed him with
an irresistible wish to trump it."
Robinson, because, if runner was true,
he was undoubtedly base-vile" man.
! Johnson. because, according to all
accounts, he played second-fddle to his
wife.
Simpson, because, as a newspaper
proprietor, he had an organ OF his own.
Richardson, because he is so good at
the long bow, and
Samuelson, because he and his wife
are celebrated for their kettle-drums.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

A RKMARKABLE convict in the Rhode
Island State prison is David Peters, q
colored man, who in 1860 received q
fifteen years sentence for assault. He
was ignorant, but, when allowed the use
of the prison library, he soon made as
tonishing advances in learning. He
mastered arithmetic, algebra and geom-
etry, took course in logic and rhetoric,
and then turned his attention to Ian
guages. He acquired a fair knowledge
of French. German, Latin and Greek,
and then took up Jurisprudence. He is
now reading law, and, for a change,
studies Hebrew. He delivered, ut a
Thanksgiving celebration in the prison
q year or two ago, an Grafton which was
remarkable production.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

POETS of the present day are, as a
rule, long-lived class, and American
poets are notably SO. William Cullen
Bryant died at the age of "a; Longfel-
low, Whittier and Emerson have passed
three-score and ten, with no signs of
breaking down; and now the elder of
them all, Richard Henry Dana, has just
passed away at the ripe age of 81. He
leaves a famous son, Richard Henry
Dana, Jr., who is g., and also bright
and promising grandson, Richard Henry
Dana, the younger, who short time
ago welded the daughter of Henry w.
Longfellow.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07
A SPECIAL report of the Departmer

A SPECIAL report of the Department
of Agriculture, showing the condition
of the crops, places the aggregate wheat
yield for 1877 at 425, 100000 bushels.
The corn crop aggregated 30,000,000
bushels more than that of 1877.
The oat crop of 1878 was
the largest ever raised in the country.
One-sixth more rye was harvested than
in 1877, but the potato crop of that year
aggregated 45,000,000 more bushels than
that of 1878. The barley crop was
almost the same during the two years.
Grapes, apples, pears and fruits gener-
ally show a decreased yield as compared
with the crop of 1877.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07
Sleighing with q Corpse.

The Reading (Pa) Eagle says: Mrs.
Catharine Johnston, and her husband,
Hugh Johnston, we're sleighing between
Rittersville and Cstasauqua.f While
driving along the road she complained
to her husband that she was getting
cold. He covered her up with the robes
and left her in that position until they
got to their home in Catasauqua. Great
was his astonishment and grief when
the sleigh stopped, for he found that
his wife was corpse, sitting by his side.
Mr.. Johnston said he spoke several
times to her on the way home, but re-
ceived no answer. He thought she was
cold and did not care to speak, and SO
he did not feel any alarm. The Coro-
ner was summoned and held an inquest
over the body. The jury rendered q
verdict of heart disease.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

"WELL, I'll make respectable looking
corpse, anyhow. I'm ready. Bring on
the rope" were the cool words of Mr..
John Achey, gambler and murderer, as
he surveyed himself in the looking
glass, just before being hanged. "The
people here want hanging, and am
willing to satisfy them. Go ahead,
quoth the culprit, just before the fatal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

SENATOR BLAINE, in q recent speech
delivered in the United States Senate,
made some statements in refer
ence to the navy which will attract
attention. He said, among other things,
that the number of men in the navy is
limited to 1900, and for these there is
total of 1920 officers, or one officer to a
little over three men. We have 81 YES
sells and 80 in commission. The British
navy, which has 800 steam vessels, and
a total of 494 vessels, has 1890 officers,
with something over 10000 men. The
pay Of the officers of our navy on the
active list amour Is to over $685., 900
annually; for these on the retired list,
$645,OOO; while the pay of petty Off
GERS and seamen amounts to only
81, 100000 per annum. This shows very
clearly the top-heavy condition of the
service. Meanwhile, we are turning out
annually from the Naval Academy an
average of 80 officers. Mr.. Blaine pro.
poses that on and after 1880 the gradu-
ates from that academy shall not be en-
titled to commissions except upon merit
and to fill existing vacancies, and favsrs
the encouragement of our commercial
marine as the only true basis of an eff
cient navy, by apprepriating for the
benefit of commerce some part of the
money now wasted for naval purposes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

MANY questions have been asked as
to the result of the experiments of the
Agricultural Department at Washing
ton in making sugar from sorghum and
corn stalks. Prof. Silliman writes a
letter to the New York World to say
that the experiments, while confessedly
incomplete, have established the fact
that there is no trouble in making sugar
rom corn and sorghum. And he adds :
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

:" II is probably quite safe to say that,
with things conducted on a commercial
scale and with suitable pans and centrif-
ugal machines, not less than 100
pounds of sugar and strip can be OBJ
tanned from each ton Of stalks Of corn
or sorghum treated for sugar, Or 8 per
cent. OF the green weight"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07
Que Trlls 4urtherler.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1879.

The number OF train aocidents In
each year, for six years past was: In
1873, 1888; in 1874, $50; in 1876, 1,2O1 ;
in 1876, 9S2, in 1877, SOL; in 1873, TO.
1t viii be seen that the number Of acct
dents last year was smaller than in
ither Of the six years past.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

ENGLAND is coming to the United
tates even for torpedo boats. One of
hese mischievous little craft, manu-
scsured by Rhode Island company,
has just been tested by Government
officers upon the Thames, with very sat
isfactory results. Her speed and handi-
ness are said to be surprising.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

or necessary. A" cut and dried visit
is humbug and delusion.
G.. w. H.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07

The lNNESIlUAllONS. +
The joint committees on the Insane
Asylum at Kalamazoo will resume
their labors in that village next Tues
day. They have been authorized to
send for persons and papers, and they
will have a stenographer to aid in TAX
ing testimony. .....l
The committee appointed to investi-
gate the State printing make very slow
progress, having done little or nothing
up to this date.
GAME LAWS.
There has been considerable debate
upon matters pertaining to pigeons,
deer and elk. Many pigeons and large
number of deer are annually transport
ed from Michigan. If the slaughter
goes on, the number of these birds and
noble deer will continue to grow small
by degrees and beautifully less"
THE LONG RECESS.
The Legislature now takes its accus-
toned long vacation, to enable the COM
mittees to visit the State institutions.
Whether this is wise or not, people will
hold opposite views thereon. My own
opinion is that the practice is not wise