Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-03-24

The Northern Michigan woods con
tain celebrities known CD TO the whole
civilized world. Prof. Travis, the rope
walker, is located near Grayling Prof
Hansley, the magician. and the Orig
inal and Only Silver Family" live at
Williamsburg; while Daniel Webster
and Josh Billings may be found III Kal-
kaska. -hdlkGSkaidn.
Mr.. s. Hutt of Cheney, has lately
leased his hotel property To Mr., Il. j.
Comfy, who we had the pleasure of
dining with last Monday, and in credit
to the establishment, would say its ap-
pointments are good, and tables served
in a manner to strike envy in n much
more pretentious house.
The up-bound passenger ran over
and killed man who was lying on the
track near ST. Helens, Tuesday The
engineer mistook him for the shadow
of large pine stump which stood
beside the track. and only discovered
his mistake when too late to avert the
calamity.
Surveyor Britt informs us that its
next to impossible to navigate the
woods a-days unless he's mounted
upon a good pair of snow-shoes, and
reports the snow as being three feet on
level in the vicinity of Forest, and
that he patronizes home trade and
didn't buy his chewin' gum mp in 2S-4.
but OF Sailing, Hanson Il Co.
One hundred and forty-five con
secutive days of sleighing up to date,
has helped TO beguile away many an
hour for the average small boy round
here, in coasting; but even that has at
last lost its wonted charm and grown
scrapes away the "beautiful" from a
small section of sidewalk and says
"phen-histin's' ''roundin's,' an
''nuckel-down-tite.'
While at Cheney one day this
week. we had occasion TO visit the mill
premises. some 2 miles down the track.
and found things under good head-way,
with lumber piles looming up all
around. The mill was built and
equipped during the fall and winter
| f,,g ic hn Hpt,a
name of Mcdonnell Il Bowers. who
! have some q or 3 million in the vicin-
! ity To cut for Pearson y Son, of Sag
inaw.
Mr.. Thomas Craven was his name,
and scaling his occupation. He "caine
out" day or two since and while
strolling up our Michigan avenue
thought TO take little" just for his
stomach's sake but that organ rebelled
against such foul proceedings and
bilged badly, and he stepped high, and
in the fracas the bar rose up an hit
him on the eye, and he sat down in the
wash-tub of aqua pura more forcibly
than genteely. and now muses. on the
old adage that the way of the trans
gressor is hard"
He was going to the Saginaws'
was this Otsego Lake man, and JUS
stepped down from the coach in order
to stretch his off leg, but being in that
condition where careful attention t
ballast is very essential in order Il
maintain perpendicular, inadvertent
ly shifted his quid from one cheek tC
the other. and as result his feet anC
head changed places. making only on,
stop in the change The conductor ad
monished him TO get aboard as the iroI
steed was fractions and liable TO get
send-off at any moment. ''All (hic
right, boss, no danger (hic) bein' lef'.
Just here the scene changed, and on
hero made a grab for the safety-guard
which he tightly gripped, but his puck
ering string was busted and he couldn'
gather, and for rod or two twas hun
rying times with him, and had it no
been for the kindly hand of frienC
Kendrick, who chanced to be aboard
and witness, this might have takel
the form of an obituary.
, Petit Jurors.