Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-12-22
CRAWLING, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY DECEMBER 90 1881

The Bay City Tribune says: The
absence of snow in the numbering dis-
tricts is beginning to alarm contractors
and lumbermen generally, and that
trains from the north every evening
bring hundreds of woodsnen TO that
city, whose services have been dis
pensed with, but who would find plen-
ty of employment were there snow up
on the ground.
Attorney A. II. Swarthout re-
turned from Saginaw City on Monday,
accompanied by his wife, and will oc-
cupy their mansion in the northern
part of town, which has lately been
undergoing extensive repairs, prepare
tory TO this event, Arthur has our
hearty congratulations in this acqusi-
ton to his happiness, and we trust that
their cherished hopes of the future may
ever be bright, and that all their
troubles through life's journey may be
little ones"
Mr.. Henry Mantz lost a valuable
horse one day last week in rather a
singular manner: 1t seems the horse
had just been shod, sharp, all around,
and was being ridden TO camp by one
Of the men, when it stumbled and fell
on its head, but Immediately arose and
proceeded on n short distance, when it
fell suddenly all in heap, dead, the
man barely escaping being crushed. IL
is supposed that the animal ruptured
itself internally when it first stumbled
and fe.l.
Dwelling houses to rent has be-
come a real necessity in this village. as
the improvements of that kind do not
begin TO keep pace with the influx OF
persons seeking homes among us
There is not vacant house in town.
and the urgent demand should stir our
citizens to action who have little cap
ital to invest, to see that this state Of
things is reunedied In order to meet
the exigency, dozen or more dwell
ings should at once be built. Who will
take the initial step in this important
matter and build one2
-Vennor says the 9th and 2Sth will
usher in cold and storm, chiefly ia the
western section of the United States,
and very cold weather in the northwest.
Christmas bids fair to give general
snow falls in the northern states. and
heavy rains in the southern sections.
The last week of this month TO be
stormy generally, with a marked and
extended "cold dip The changes
will correspond closely with those of
the same period last year.
THE DOMESTIC TYRANT." "The
average man" quoth Mrs. Partington,
''is a weak and irritable domestic ty.
rant" and Mrs. p. is correct. Tyran
nical to a fault the average man will
enter the blissful Paradise of happy
home, scratch himself in fendish glee,
send the baby into commissions, and
for whatl Why, because he has the
Itching Piles, and is too mean TO buy
Swayne's Ointment, which is an infal-
lible cure for the worst cases Of that
annoying complaint.
"A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat
should be stopped. Neglect frequently
results in an incurable Lung Disease or
Consumption. Browns Bronchial Tro-
ches are certain to give relief in Asth-
ma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Catarrh, Con
sulnptive and Throat Diseases For 80
years the Troches have been recon-
mended by physicians, and always Civ
en- perfect satisfaction. They are not
new or untried but have been tested by
wide and constant use for nearly an
entire generation, they have attained
well merited rank among the few sta.
pie remedies of the age. Public speak
ers and singers use them to clear and
strengthen the Voice. Sold at twenty
five cents a box everywhere.
Deputy Sheriff Amos Forbes, OF
Roscommon, was shot and killed or
killed on Saturday morning last by
Robert T.. Titus, homesteader in this
county, under circumstances that look
a good deal mixed at present. Itseem:
that Titus and his wife did not live in
harmony, she being possessed of i'm
moral and degrading proclivities, whicl
led TO frequent quarrels and disputes
between them, and the above men
toned officer was said to have beer
shot while trying to serve a warrant OF
him through complaint of his wife fol
alleged attempted violence. Their,
are conflicting reports in regard to tn,
shooting, some charging that Forbe
first fired at Titus, when the latter il
turn fired with the above result, anC
vice-versa. But, be that as it may, tn,
whole gist of the matter will probabl,
be brought out at the examination anC
trial. which will no doubt soon TAX,
} place.
CIRCUIT COURTS.
In pursuance of the statute in sucl
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