Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-05-25
LOCAL ITEMS.

Our school opened again on Mon
day.
A full line of school district and
township books at the Post Office.
The walk in front of the new depot
il completed.
Ladies' aid social tomorrow evening
at the residence of Mira. VIM. Brink.
The second line of telegraph for this
division passed up the poles here on
Saturday.
Mr. David London Las some nice AZ
pie and cherry trees for sale. Th, BE
in need give him a call.
Station-agent T.. l.. Davis has been
TO Detroit for n few Gays. hut looks
natural again in his office.
Since David killed his bears ust week
there seems to be sort of mania in
the town about bear hunting.
Fruit growers are still on the rag
ged edge" There is frost nearly every
night. .-Hillsdale County Gazette.
The maple trees set one and two
years ago in our streets are putting on
their green livery, and growing nicely.
We understand that Mr. Obere, a
brother-in-law of NJ. s. Hartwick, is
building n shingle mill at Goel's land
ing, south of Roscommon.
Best in use New American and
White Sewing Machines.
Miss Abbie VanZant started Tuesday
night for her old home i'm ST. Clair
county for visit of week or two
among friends and relatives.
Three dogs got into Mr.. Hubbard
Heads flock of sheep on the morning
of the 18th inst. and killed one and
wounded three others.
The drug store of Dr. \. II. Traver
is assuming metropolitan airs with its
new glass furniture and labels, but the
room is limited for his rapidly increas-
ing business.
Highway Contract blanks for sale ut
the Post Office.
The timbers for the new hotel are
fast assuming shape under the hands
of the workmen, and before we go to
press again will begin at least to b put
in place.
Dir. Hubbard Head, while hunting
for his cows on the 18th. found one 2.
year old heifer with her hind leg broken
at the gainbrel joint, as though some
coward did it with a club.
The dry weather Of the last week
gave ample opportunity for fires in the
woods which ragged to considerable ex
tent, damaging good deal of pine
and endangering Buildings iii some 10
calities.
Another sly boom has been started
for Congressional candidate in tn,
Tenth district. This time it is for Jes
re N. Miller, of Bay City, "A gentlemai
of the greenback persuasion. Even
ing News.
Mr.. John Kelley gave his foot a se
we're cash with an axe while cuttinI
lightwood for fishing at Portag
lake last Friday. He will limp aroun'
for a while feeling as though that foo
WAS the biggest part of him.
A little girl about seven years old, a
Mr. Secor's, came near meeting with
fatal accident on Tuesday. Her clotl
ing caught fire in some way and wa
nearly burned off. but she fortunatel
escaped with some severe burns of tn
arms and face.
Albert Maxwell, formerly n vel
known hotel proprietor, has leased I'll
n eating house privileges of the Mack
n nav division of the Michigan Contra
u The first lunch rooms will be estal
= lished Mt Bay City and Grayling d
n troit News.
II Forest fires are raging in all parts
II the county, some of them doing co
II siderable damage. A fire started
u Beaver Greek township, Crawfol
county, overrun some twenty sectiol
and came near consuming Nortc
l Smiths buildings at Beers landing. {
!, Higgins Lake. Roscommon Pionee
~ !, Reports from several localities in Il
M county ray that clover is in fine cone
m ton, though the top is small on a
In count of the cold weather, but If {
~ roots grow, the land will be as w
~ - fertilized as by larger growth abo'
m A larger area will be sown this spri
NJ than ever before in this section.
We heard a gentleman who kno
whereof he speaks, say that shinI
and Iath would be manufactured
Grayling within ninety days. We
III not at all surprised at the assertion a
!. expect that other factories will