Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-04-13

PARTIES In want of team work can ID
accommodated by calling Oh T.. Up
dyke, on the south side.
: MIR. John Secord and family, of Ora
tiot county, arrived here on Tuesday
He will locate in this vicinity.
Extensive platforms are being built
around the freight house which viii
greatly facilitate the loading and un
loading of cars.
A sacred concert will be given in the
school house on Sabbath evening next
by the scholars of the NJ. T.. Sabbath
school. The concert takes The place
OF the regular service. All are invited
TO be present.
Last Saturday, the mill of Sailing,
Hanson a. Co., sent forth the welcome
sound of its whistle, for the first time
since the holidays. Their extensive re-
pairs are nearly completed and soon
fhe regular routine of labor will begin.
Mr.. NJ. S. Meagher and family. form
erly of Sterling, have located IN Gray
ling Mr. NJ. has engaged in the meat
market business in the building form.
erly occupied by Airs. l.. Berka as a
millinery store.
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The Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ
Il. church will hold social at the res
idence of Mr.. John s. Harrington on
Friday afternoon next Tea serveu
from To q o'clock. All invited. ana
don't forget to bring your dimes"
The cry is; "A house, a house! Nv
country for house," Why don't some
one build lew tenement houses2
They would pay 25 per cent. on the
Investment. ihe number of inhabi-
tants would rapidly increase in this
place, If newcomers could find a place
of shelter when they arrive.
Work on the new planning mill is
progressing finely. There has been
some delay in getting material from
Saginaw and Bay City, but the arch
is now completed, the engine is in
place and shafting in line, SO we expect
soon to hear the hum of the planer.
Mr.. Albert Lovesy, of Grove, had
county surveyor Britt down the 'Sa-
BILE" last week, running out some land !
in Oscoda County, but did not stay
by him till the work was completed.
and Britt does not blame him, for he
thinks it was rather cold day to take
a SWIM
The time for flowers is near at hand
and We urge all to do something to-
ward adding to the lovliness of their
surroundings by the cultivation of some
OF these natural pictures. None are so
poor or so driven with work that they
cannot have few, if not many, of
these sweet gifts of nature, which will
doubly repay all their cost.
Mr.. Charles Turner met with Sc
we're accident on Friday last. As he
was driving into the barn with load
of bran he bent forward to pass under
the doorway, but there was not room
and he was caught back of the sboul-
ders and fairly crushed down onto the
bags receiving severe injury OF the
back. He was carried to his home and
made as comfortable as possible.
The AVALANCHE Office has new
" ID" in the person of Mr.. A. C.
Lee. Mr.. Lee is long headed. and
claims he has particular reason in
wishing to learn the printers trade. -
We are not long headed. but we are n
rood "guesser. We guess" IL il
Mr.. Lees intention. after ne has served
MS apprenticeship. to start an s-pase
. greenback organ" somewhere in the
vicinity. II he can WELD I
he pen ~ veil rs he can talk the sheet !
will be quite breezy"
QusRY: II . person wishes TO take
he morning freight south to 90 to Ros-
'oInmon ;Igoes to the depot, enters the
'caboose, takes q seat and waits there
'bout an hour for the train to pull
'ut;" finally alights to learn the cause
II the long delay, and finds the train
has already gone and that he has been
Waiting in the wrong car; how many
iours will it be before he reaches his {
destination, and will he be a mad man l
II good-natured and "set up" the ci-
arsl We give it up, but IL you wish I
o find out the exact time, and all 9th
r particulars, inquire of j. Maurice I
finn.
With the coming of spring comes 4
houghts of improvements OF the vii
age, and in considering that which c
ught to be done we should look as
much TO our future as to the present. d
The grades of streets ought to be per r
established that shade trees T
lanted now need never be disturbed,