Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1881-02-24

camp, Roscommon county, Saturday,
by two logs rolling over him. His fa-
Remember the readings, recitations,
etc, at the Hall on Tuesday evening
next, under the auspices of the Grayling
Literary Society. These readings are
very entertaining ani instructive, and
should be well attended.
At the Reed City land Office during
the month of January 2, 696 acres were
proven up, J, 800 acres homesteads To-
Gated and 377 acres sold for cash.
A fine frame school house is being
built in district No. 2, Maple Forest,
to meet the requirements of that fast
growing district. 1t is to be 20x32 feet
in size, and TO be completed for occu-
pancy by May 1st. Its location in on
Section 30, Town % North, Range 2
West, and is being rapidly pushed to
completion by Mr. Frank Owens, who
has the building contract.
On the evening Of the 22d, social
chop was given at the Hall. in this
village, in which about 30 couple par.
ticipated. II was given by Mr.. j. G.
Goodale, as a farewell benefit, prior to
his anticipated removal to the great
West. Good music was one of the
features of the occasion, as was also
the oyster supper at Mr.. Fred Soren-
sons. The oyster is not handsome
bird, and he fles by-cal,es.
Mr.. j. NJ. Finn, who recently pur-
chased the Meat Market Of John Walk
er, has erected n large ice house near
his store premises, and has commenced
the storage Of ice for the Summers use.
The ice is Of good quality, in cakes
approximating 20 inches in thickness,
and Of some 30 inches in length, and
is procured from School Section lake,
about two miles from town.
This winter has been hard OH the
stock-raisers of the far West. Out i'm
Montana the cattle will cost more to
winter them than they will be worth
i'm the spring. The same is true of the
sheep Hay is now $50 per ton, and
scarce at that. HcsiG these draw
backs, more than one-fourth of the
stock has died, and the mortality list,
it is expected, will be augmented be-
fore spring.
There was an exciting race between
a lightning express train and an ice
boat along the Hudson River on
Wednesday The engineer of the
train put i'm his best licks and the fire
man worked like hero. The train
had no stops To make and the ice-boat
made none. For about eight miles
they were even, but as the wind fresh
ened up the boat batle adieu TO the
train, and, rounding point, speedily
left it out Of sight.
! We dShcu VT. IDdDipill IlON DlSlllrSS
was nowadays, and he replied that it
was picking up right smart he said
the boys were giving him orders for
boots no doubt anticipating an early
break-up-when off must come the
packs and rags. He said that moth
ing of sufficient Importance worthy to
chronicle had come under his observa-
ton, but that his gentleman bantam
was somewhat under the weather. Pip,
perhaps, fowl disorder.
The winter term of school in dis
trict No. 5, Grove township, closed on
Friday, the 18th inst, and was ac-
counted very successful one by its
patrons, and was conducted by Mr.. ii, !.
Penoyar, of Bangor, Van Buren, Co.,
who returns to Lansing this week, to
re-enter his classes at the Agricultural
college, which he has been attending
During his brief stay in this community,
he won numerous friends by his genial
IutlBoIlllltlll, dnu was ItCOShlH'u 40 a.
young man of steling qualities, and
his services will probably be in demand
should he consent to next winters
term.
A party from Sandusky, Ohio, was
i'm town this week, in the interest of a
large firm i'm that city, who are en-
gagged in the manufacture of slaves for
fsh-kits bowls. and other wooden
ware. Second-growth white pine is
what they use i'm their construction,
and of which they require about 4, 900
cords per year, and they intimate, 1T
could be had in abundance at this
point, they would erect a mill here for
their manufacture, and, on the author
ity of Mr.. Hanson that such was the
case, we may reasonably hope to see
such an enterprise in our midst ere
long. So mote it be.
, An unfortunate affair occurred i'm this
village on Monday evening last. in the
/ destruction of Mr. David Shoppene-
, gan's residence, near the bridge. The
inmates, his wife and five children,
, barely had time to escape the devour.
ing element, and saved nothing oi
, much Valup ms the structure was q