Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-01-12
Gonel Our Loved One.

Dearest Foid, thou hast Left Is
And thy loss we deeply feel
But 'tis God has bereft IL,
He can all our soITows heal
Yes, our home viii lonely be,
And vacant spot We see;
But we hope 10 meet you there
In that brighter houe fair
Friend.
j. VI. Jones. we'll known 10 our
village fola as being the heal sawyer az
the mill in this place for number of
years past, has been sent up 70 Fred
ericNiIle by the company TO act in II
like capacity at the mill at that place.
"A young man by the name of
Johnny Link, employed in the camp
of a. w, Shaw, few miles north of
this place, had At leg badly crushed by
log rolling on it last Monday, and
was brought to this station and sent to
his home at Kawkawlin.
Under the plea of cleansing out
some of the slum-holes which infest
her precincts, the village of Roscom-
mon has been incorporated by n vote
of to / by the Board of Supervisors
of that county.
"A RARE CHANCE FOR SCHOOL
Books. Sin order to close out Stock,
DIR. Traver is selling School Books at
cost. He is also selling the Best Sew
ing Machine for the least money in the
State. All in need should call on him
and take advantage of the offer. 37-4.
N oTICE.-The undersigned Treas
urer of Maple Forest, will be at his
residence in said township on Friday
of each week, until further notice, Cor
the purpose of receiving Taxes.
JEREMIAH SHERMAN.
Competition having produced n
tumble in the price of School books of
from 90 to 50 per cent, all those in
want of anything in that line will find
it to their advantage to call at the Post
office and get prices.
We do not claim that all the first
class sewing machines are only those
sold by VIM. A. Masters, but we do
think that the candid, unprejudiced
observer will find more points of ex-
cellence in the White than in any other
machine in the market.
Pack, Woods & Co., who are lum-
bering about IL miles east of Freder-
icville, in the vicinity of X. p. Lake,
have got to hauling logs on sleighs in
earnest now, and take from 8, 200 to
| 6, 200 feet at load.
And now comes Justice Kilbourne
into our sanctum with a specimen of
hen fruit, the product of modest
Buff Cochin chicken but nine months
old, which kicked the beam at 81 ounc-
es, and measured 6xS4 inches. When
you can beat this, you may crow.
Supervisor Richardson, of South
Branch, has eight hundred and twen-
ty-five bushels or nice merchantable
potatoes in his cellar, seven hundred
of which he could be induced to dis
pose of at market prices.
We understand that Mr.. j. Harder
& Son are negotiating sale of their
hotel property in this village to parties
in this vicinity who, if the purchase is
made, intend to reopen the house to
the public in flrst-class shape.
Business about our village is rath-
er quiet, but yet has an improved look
indicating that in the near future the
volume will be increased into a much
livlier flow, and by the time spring
opens will, in all probability, have
reached a state of greater activity than
has ever been known before i'm its brief
history.
"A fresh installment of the beautiful
Tuesday evening creased up the track
and the sleighing is just superb, and
consequently lumbermen are happy at
the prospect of banking their logs in
good shape, while the merchants smile
at prospect of increased trade. So
mote it be.
Three of the four side-tracks are
now laid and leveled up so as to allow
trains to occupy them, and work will
soon commence on the engine house
and turn-table, while work on the huge
water tank will be steadily prosecuted
to completion.
Mr.. II. G. Mckinley, who has been
doing the pencil pushing" on the Av.
ALANCHE during the past year, has
been engaged by the school board OF
district No. 9, Grove township, to
teach their winter term, and expects to
begin his lsbors In that direction in a
few days.
In view of the increasing indebt.
edness accrueing on their books, the
firm of Sailing, Hanson & Co. have re-
solved and fully determined to hence