Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-06-02

spare us, just send it to this Office and
we viii see that they receive proper
credit.
Marshal Ticknor, of Gaylord, shot
and seriously wounded one Larkins,
who resisted arrest by the marshal OH
Thursday last, in the village of Gay
lord. 1t is thought the man will re-
cover,
We acknowledge the receipt of n
lengthy and somewhat interesting let
ter i'm the nature of a communication
from Mr.. j. C. Goodale, from Portland
Oregon, but we cannot give it space,
much as we would like to.
"A body was found ia the river just
below this village a few days since,
which was badly decomposed, and
emitted a terrible stencil, and was
taken in hand by the board of health,
who ordered it buried-It was calf!
"A very popular book-clerk in one
of our large establishments went out
to recreate a little on the best day
of the week, and as il wasn't a good
day for fishing, shot a little harmless
streaked snake with big stick, and
came home much refreshed.
"A very fine assortment of correct
time-keepers at Sailing, Hanson & Co. s
at only S. each. The greatest bargain
in a good watch ever offered in this
vicinity before. Go examine them, and
see if these facts are not so.
-Burk's genuine f. b. cigars are
now ON sale at the Exchange, and for
persons who love the weed and just
tries one of them, he'll want to puff
nothing else. We pulled, and now we
puff again-see its
-Rube Babbitt, who is out with n.
+. Britt on the survey, and while run
ming a boat on a small lake near the
scene of their work, shot and killed a
large black bear, said to weigh about
800 pounds.
"A. II. Swarthout returned from a
visit to his parents in Saginaw City
last Friday. While in the city he pur-
chased the fixtures for his law Office,
which is fast nearing completion at the
hands of the carpenters.
Little Willie Masters met with a
painful accident one day last week
while playing with a playmate, in the
stepping on a nail which ran nearly
through his foot, and he now carries it
in sling poulticed with salt pork.
Rev. Samuel Edgecumbe left for
East Saginaw Monday, to attend the
S. s. Convention which convened there
at that date, after which he proceeds
to his old home in Lenawee county, to
rusticate for few days.
Mr.. Harriet Howker, of Provi-
dence, r. l., had not seen her husband
for twenty-four years, and supposed
him to be dead. Recently she heard
that he was ut Saginaw, and wrote to
him, and found that he was doing a
thriving business there. She has just
rejoined him.
Letters addressed to the below
mentioned parties are remaining un-
called for in the Grayling postofiice:
Mr.. Paul Mitcheal, and w. s. Plumb
Esq.
Persons calling for the above will
please say advertised.
w. A. MASTERS, Postmaster.
Mr.. Il. M. Fletcher goes to Portage
lake this week to lend a helping hand
in the upbuilding of those cottages,
mentioned last week, and takes his
family along. too, as matter of con-
venjence, as the culinary department
mnst be maintained, and the wants of
the inner man duly supplied.
FARM FOR SALE.
have for sale cheap, a farm of 20
acres In northwest corner of Grayling
township. one and three-fourth miles
from the village of Grayling. For
particulars. call at my Office at Gray
ling. A. ii. SwARTHoUT.
We understand that our friend j.
Maurice Finn, is going TO drop the
cares, tolls, vexations and perplexities
of the mercantile business just one day
next week, and devote the whole day
exclusively to the delightful task of a
good, square, honest fish. Truly, a
most sensible way of bringing back the
waning vigor Of such exhausting and
fatigueing labor.
On Friday last, as Mr.. Henry Fill
ley and Luther Smith were polling up
the river in the vicinity of the new
bridge in Grove, their attention was
attracted by a fearful commotion in
shallow water near the shore, and on
looking to see the cause, discovered a
huge sturgeon stranded and making
great efforts to get into deeper water.
They immediately jumped into the