Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-05-18

out TO be "deadfall which had
been set for bear. Az he crawled In
he set the trap Oft, which let log
about twenty inches in diameter down
on him. driving the spikes through his
thigh. wirich held him fast until his
cries brought. h.lp from the camp
Fortunately no bones were broken and
it Is Thought hs viii seon recover.
Mrs John Norris, eff Norrisville.
has given birth To ,n)ther pair of
twins. We say another because thisis
the fourth time, and the whole crowd
are alive and kicking. Elk Rapids
Progress.
A petition was circulated about town
this week, receiving the signatures of
parties who were in favor of not hav-
ing Frank Cutting prosecuted. Frank
has been under arrest for some time
for burglary, and is awaiting his trial
III the circuit court. The petition was
presented 10 judge Gage, who took no
notice OF II. cons ,quently Frank will
have TO stand the trial. --Chesaning
Argus.
Two Cinnamon took out naturaliza-
ton papers in Grand Rapids April %
lung Joe Jouan was admitted to full
citizenship, Chow Chang took out his
|
first papers. These are the first Chi
uamen ever naturaliZed in Michigan,
a friend sends the following: "An-
drew Stebbins, of Helena, is the lucky
man-his wife has twins, also his COW
and two ewes. being all the stock he
has got. Increase of eight? Who can
beat iti Mothers and children are all
doing well, and fathers as well AZ can
be expected. -Kalkaska Leader.
A mysterious explosion, which shook
the earth for miles around, occurred on
Fox Island few weeks ago, and in-
vestigation showed that a strip of lond
comprising several acres had been torn
from the top of bluff and thrown
four or five hundred feet TO the beach
a9eTo,n -2Aai!iaska Leader: =. -,
Tile sermon was duller than nslal,
and it was only here and, there. that a
fully wide-awake member of the con-
gregation could be seen, when n little
fellow whose uneasy twistipgs had
aroused his father from n comfortable
nap, pipei up in clearly audible
voice: PA, what do we have to stay
here for3" That simple, childish ques.
tiou injected more animation into the
members of the church on that one
evening than the pastor had aroused
during his entire ministry. Chicago
Times.
man from Chicago recently went
into n country church where they We're
auctioneering them, and bought every
seat in the building. They. thought
him religious crank until he offered
To sell at 10 per cent advance, when
they became aware that he had rented
the building for year, and that no
seats could be got without applying to
hm. a meeting of the congregation
} was held aud plan was decided upon.
/ Seats were quietly purchased until lit
, tie more than half of them were taken.
: The speculator then found that he had
/ half the seats on his hands and il
; would require an army Of policemen
- every Sunday TO keep people from oc
T. cupying them He offered to sell of
V at cost; then at discount; but there
e were no takers. and the smart Chicago
v man went back home convinced thai
: the Lord wasn't on his side that time
: detroit Free Press.
+ The evening train from Bay City, OF
e last Friday, left stranger at the Vas
sar depot, helpless and unable TO speal
u or move. The board of health at one,
) took charge of him, and he was takei
E to the American House. DIR. l.. &. Da
p Wis made All examination and foun,
y that the man was in the last stages q
l. acute pneumonia. On Saturday fore
q noon he was able to speak his name
and informed the doctor that his nam
was John Truman, of Cambro, Gran
b township, Huron county. In shor
-, time he died. a telegram was ut ono
sent to his home. On Sunday his viii
:. reached Vassar and took charge Of I'll
body. Monday morning she took th
d. remains with her to her home in III,
ron county. The coroner's inquest r.
De turned u verdict of death from matt
es raj causes. Mr.. Truman had been 4,
- some weeks past at work for Charl,
- Woods, of 0gemaw Springs. - Sagina
!, Herald.
lls Judge Tuttle and his family arrive
e. at East Tawas, Monday noon, to tai
up their residence permanently. II
y. Judges family will have exceeding
OF pleasant quarters in their new honi
re --Au Sable News.
10 At last the Post Once departme
0 has be .ome self-sust aiming, an eve
1T that has not teen reached before for
all years, and would rot nov but for Q