Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-07-27
LOCAL ITEMS.

A magic lantern concern held forth
at the school house Tuesday evening.
Misses Wilson and Yates, of Pere
Cheney, are guests of Mrs. DR.. Davis.
Mrs. Vincent, of Center Plains was
tie guest of Mrs. David London over
Sunday.
A nice line of boxed stationery at
the u. O.
A. II. SwaIthout leaves for Oscoda
county today to attend to an import
ant lawsuit.
Miss Mary Swarthout, of Saginaw,
is visiting at this place, the guest of
her brother, H. ii. Swarthout.
Mrs. G. T.. Harlow, of Leslie, Ing
ham county, this State, is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Martin Johnston, OF
Pere Cheney.
Ice cam constantly on hand by the
dish, quart or gallon, at the bakery
NJ. S. Meagher, proprietor
Mr.. Mack Taylor went down the An
Sable Sunday with party of piscato
rial pleasure seekers. lie will be alb
sent about four weeks
Rev. Mr.. Putnam started last night
for two weeks visit to his home in
Mason. There will in consequence be
no services at the hall next Sabbath.
Legal blanks and blank books of all
kinds, at publishers prices, at the p o.
. The long-looked for pevie.handle
and cant hook establishment in Maple
Forest started up last Saturday, and is
. now running full blast. j. u. Hildreth
is owner and manager.
Mr. +. ii. Beach, of Detroit, made
\ us friendly call last Monday. Mr..
4 Beach has been rusticating at Portage
Lake, guest of the Williams party
:, lie is book keeper for ii. ID. Edwards
i 6, Co.
= Mr. A. J. Rose will deliver his sec
n ond lecture on the customs of Mexico
II at the school house on Saturday even
II ing. He will talk on Mexican mar
= riaceS, Mexican funerals, and Mexican
n bull-fghting."
u u Mr.. J. G. Obeare, of Midland City,
n was i'm the city day or two this week
II visiting his daughter, Mrs. NJ $. Hart
II wick lie says his grand daughter is
u the blossom of the town." which is
n the way ali grand parents say and feel.
IL A juvenile cyclone circled around
the farm of Geo. Fauble, of Grove
township, one day last week, accom-
panied with hail which cut down rye,
m corn and garden sass" in terrible
IN manner. Large hailstones were picked
IN up eight hours after the storm.
m VIM H. Shoop, of Maple Forest
III aged If years, met with n severe acci
III dent last week Tuesday. While cut
y, =, ting poles for cross-way his ax glanc
m ed, striking him on the left foot anC
III nearly severing three of his toes. I'll,
Ill young man was duly cared for and il
~ ~ at present doing as well as can be ex
IN pectod.
m We present our readers this weel
IN with n list of the Flora, etc, of thi
III county, prepared by Prof. V. NJ. Spald
III ing, of the State University. He ha
=. seen each specimen named during tn
- past week, and will without doubt adj
n largely to the list ere he leaves us
Is. We are again inpelled to ask, Do w
is. live in n barren desert!
The temperance lectures OF Capt. j
G.. Bontecou, in the interest of tn
n Michigan State Temperance Alliance
III last week, were fairly attended, show
ing a strong temperance element in on
III city, yet we believe there was not
-, sufficient number who agreed that n
~ plan of work was the best, to form
III branch alliance here. The Captain
III a fine speaker and an earnest work'
- i'm the temperance cause.
III A strange freak of vegetable growt
III has occurred on the farm of Lou
nm Strtzenberg, in the township of Grow
this season. lie received a potat
from Faderlsnd," which he divide
M and planted carefully in five hill
III marking the spot. No vines were sci
I'M up, and upon examination to see
eIi til. seed had decayed, lie was surpri
~ ~ ed to find that the root growth WI
, nj excellent, each lill being well file
III with excellent tubers.
III Mr.. ID. II Shoop made us pleasa
III call Saturday. Mr.. s. says h6 do
~ not want TO brag, but he does wish
assert that for crops cf all kinds the
Is NJ township IN Crawford coun
NJ that can excel Maple Forest. lie b
+. n garden lie claims TO be par ercetten'
enl and he extends n cordial invitation
q all "unbelievcrs to call and see
- themselves We are glad to hear su'