Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-04-30

erection of residence for himself, on
the corner of Peninsulnr Avenue ana
Ottawa street. AS a dispenser OF lac
teal fluid, Chris. is success.
If the land OF Alexander 0'Dell OF
Beaver Greek township, Is not produc-
tive, lie must be in league with witch
es, as we can testify from the products
Of his garden, most generously be-
slowed,
Six inches of snow fei, during Mon
day night and Tuesday morning, but
it soon disappeared. The amount of
snow which fell during the past win
ter made the last fall kind or monot-
onous.
WM Mccullough hrs rented the
new building, constructed by w. A.
Masters. on Peninsulaf Avenue, and
will move into it as soon us the plas-
terers and painters are through with
their work.
We send out few hundred papers
to non-subscribers this week, many of
whom we hope will think well enough
of the AVALANCHE TO subscribe with
out further solicitation.
The Board of Supervisors met in
regular session last week, elected II.
F. Hastings, chairman, attended to
soxle uninportant business and i'd
journed to meet on call, perhaps In
June. The call will be forthcoming.
The largest and best assorted stock
of wall paper ever brought to Grayling,
consisting of Brown, Buff and White
blanks; Satins, Micas and GiIts, with
an endless variety of borderings, can
now be seen at Traver's Furniture
Rooms.
o Palmer has sold his residence on
James street, to Messrs. Selling, Han
son & Co., who intend moving it on
the lot formerly owned by Thomas
Woodfleld. This will give them nm OPP
portunity to extend their tracks and
the boundaries of their lumber yard.
There will be Missionary Services at
the NJ, II. Church, on Sunday, May
10th. An effort will -ba- iiihria in the
entire church, (Methodist), to raise q
million dollars for missionary purpos-
es. A collection will be taken DIP at
each service, las usuaD for that pur-
pose.
MIS-. NJ. S. Hartwick, who is sojourn-
ing in Kansas City, Mo-, for the beue-
st of her health, does not seem 10 i'm
prove, according TO latest hdyices re-
ceived by her friends here. We trust
that she will entirely recover and soon
be able 70 return TO her home end
many friends IN Grayling.
The Pet0Skey Record, says. Mr.,
Thomas Hyst left at the Record Office
last week an egg, the product of Il.
Brdhina hen, which measured S 3-4N6
3.S inches in Giro umference and weigh
ed exactly ! OF a pound. Next. Eu
itors sl,Utild be careful in regard to
putting hens that lay large eggs, for
what is fun for them. is rough on the
hens.
IN addition to the previous large
stock Of wall paper which has been
mentioned in the AvAtANCHE. there
was received to day, 1000 folls more at
Traver's Furniture Rooms, making
now the largest stock and greatest va
riety of patterns ever brought to this
section of county,
A few days since it was our good for
tune to be caught about dinner-time
at the hospitable home of ID. s. Wal
dion, of South Branch. or course We
stopped to feed our horse, and of
course, Mrs. Waldron fed us, After
dinner ne took ii look over the farm.
The spring work was but just begun,
but fine field of wheat, slightly wash
ed on the hillside, promises we'll for
the harvest. The cattle have~come
the winter i'm fine condition
and his pigs are as good as can be
found anywhere. Success is there.
The Saturday Night of AuSable, in
its last issue, says: "Silver has been
at Tawas City. a well was
being sunk on the place belonging to
Ino. Huston, when rock was pumped
up which assaved $500 TO the ton. -
What wonderful country this is, for
of precious metals, which
are being discovered by the pumping
process. Gold and silver isso common
in Northern Michigan, that no one
pays any attention to it except the To-
cal newspapers in the immediate vicin-
ity of the pump.
a good place to break buggy il in
the vicinity or j. p. IIanna's resi-
ience, for tile reason that you natural
" stop for tools to repair it, and while
Mt work, dinner is prepared for you.
After which, feeling well, if o man ev-
er does, the genial host will proudly
show you over as fine farm as any
one need wish for. A strong gravelly !