Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-06-09

Our neighbor has been perfuming
the air with the odor of super-phos-
phate. We should much prefer the
"sweet breezes from Araby."
MIR. n. Nicholson and family ar
rived yesterday from Manistee, to take
up their abode with us, as heretofore
mentioned.
Rev. Dillesoe, Danish) of Manis-
tee, is in the village, the guest of Mr..
X. Hanson and family, and who comes,
we are informed, to perform the rites
of Baptism in the family of Mr.. Han
son.
Mr.. WIN. Davidson, who has been
working at his trade in Petosky, is back
to town on a short stay, and his friends
will find him at the Exchange.
1t is rumored that railroad strike
is the great excitement i'm Gaylord, just
now; the men demanding 81. rs instead
of 81. so per day.
Chris Range has just rrturned
from ten days visit to Detroit, and
other parts of the State, and came
home, we believe, by the way of Elsie
The frost that visited this section
on Sunday night seems to have been
quite general through the north, and
must have inflicted much damage in
the aggregate. In this vicinity corn,
potatoes, and our native fruits escaped
without material injury, while the ten
derer vines like tomatoes and cucum-
bers were badly nipped.
An English Lord, while engaged
in buffalo-hunt on our western plains,
fell i'm with Yankee who had travelled
in England. "And how did you like
my country?' asked the Englishman.
so, it will do to sleep in" TO sleep
in2 and what do you mean by that p
so, only that | was afraid to get up
and go out in the night, lest should
! walk off.
Mr. III. sAlger, of Summit county,
Ohio, is the guest of A. f. Bradley, OF
Grove, and bas come to this county
with view to permanently remaining
if things are satisfactory TO him after
more mature inspection. Mr.. Alger il
said TO be school teacher of much abil
ity, having taught in the public schools
of that State for n number of years
past, with great success, and should he
decide to remain will send on for his
family, and will no doubt form n good
acquisition to our already thriving
community.
There are quite number of good
painters in the State of Michigan
some of course, being much better
than others. Now, among the good
knights of the brush" we may safely
class Mr. Hiram Brown, of our village
whose work is of superior excellenc,
and commends itself at sight. Mr.
Browns last or present work is in put
ting the artistic embellishments OF
over a jet black background TO tn,
large safe in Sailing, Hanson e. Co. y
store, which, when completed, will b.
not only n depository for valuables
but beautiful ornament as well.
The very laughable and popula
drama, widow Bedott," was givei
here last Tuesday evening by the Hell
Ell Coleman Troupe. The character
were well represented, and the imper
sonation of the Widow by Miss Cole
man entities her to high rank as al
actress. Miss Laura Clarion as Sail
Sniffles, ]. w. Franklin, Thos. Sea
brooke, and others, in representing
characters. and Mr. Frank Wynkool
as Elder Shadrack Sniffies, ''gave u
unmitigated pleasure" i'm the rendition
of their respective parts. They wer
greeted with a fair audience, and tn
unanimous verdict was, that ''Wido,
Bedott" is simply immense. Ever
} one should make it in their way to al
tend the Great 5 Act Play of 'Buffal
Bill' to be given here tomorrow eve
ming by this company.