Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-08-20

Ao ~ - IN poestDio 70 give any ihrgt
amouAt of our reunion notes in THU
issue, and we omit all till next week.
Do not forget to attend the Social a,
the residence of W. A. Masters, on
next Wednesday Evening. Tea viii
be served from half past five o'clock,
until half past seven. All are invit
ed.
| G. b. Johnson, left ut this office, q
fine turnip, which is the largest we
have seen this season, weighing about
four pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Edgcumbe left
on Tuesday. for their new home at
Sterling Mich. Mr.. f.. expects to enter
into the mercantile business at that
place. Success TO him.
For Roller Grain Drill, manufac-
tured by Beckwith & Lee, of Dowagi-
nc. Mich, and the best in the market
call on o. Palmer, agent, this Office
Views taken during reunion will be
furnished as follows: Stereoscopic
! views, 10c. PhotogI apis of Soldiers,
SOC. Leave orders at AVALANCHE Of
fee.
| The Apdlanche has received com
plimentary ticket for the seventh an
ual fair of the West Michigan Agricul-
tural Society at Grand Rapids, Sep
TENDER 81, %, %, "a, and 25, also for
the 37th Annual Michigan State Fair
| 18th to 18th at Kalamazoo.
A Bay City land locker estimates that
the recent forest fires in Otsego and
Roscommon Counties damaged so, 600, :
600 feet of standing pine, and he will
urge the owners to cut 30, 600, 600 feet
of it the coming winter to prevent its
total destruction by worms.-OgemaU
Herald.
According to the crop report of Mich
igan, of August l, the average of wheat
per acre in this county il 90 bushels,
oats 80 bushels. and we don't mean in
Crawford county either, as the show
ing for that county is only IL bushels
per acre, Paste this in your hat Mister
Avalanche. RoScommon Ne,cs.
Bad Drainage causes much sickness.
Bad blood and impure action of the liv-
er and kidneys is bad drainage to the
human system, which Burdock Blood
Bitters will remedy.
A basket picnic will be held at
Bucks Corners in the township of
Maple Forest, September 3, 1885. All
are invited to come and help in the ex-
ercises of the day.
BY order of Committee.
Mrs. Walker has the thanks of eye
editor" for some very fine tomatoes,
and Mrs. J. M. Jones, for a supply of
cucumbers. They are being placed |
where they will do the most good.
Enterprising traders are beginning to
learn the value of advertising the year
round. The persistency of those who
are not inundated by the cry of dull
".-------i - l'-------.iaair names eyer bafor,
the public. will surely place
the right side in the end.
Wednesday, DIR. Davis, of Grayling, |
was called to the residence of Whedon
York, OF South Branch township, and |
found Mr.. York suffering from two ao- |
cesses which had formed on his left |
side. The doctor proceeded to lance
them which gave immediate relief Mr. |
York is in fair way to recover. Kos
common Ne,cs.
We failed to notice last week, the
sermon preached by Rev. e. s. Weir
of the NJ. T.. Church, on the life and
services of General U. s. Grant. 1t
was fitting tributo to the old hero,
and was as we'll delivered as was the
arI>-aTa~iatAnAss- of the subject and |
Rev. Weir has the thanks of the mem
bers of the Post here, as well as those
of the admirers of our late conlrade,
for his sermon.
On last Wednesday Evening Frank
Young, a we'll known character, under
took to point the town a vivid red,
was run in, and and fined ten dollars
and costs. He then filed information
against one of our Saloon Keepers for
selling liquor on Sunday, who was fined
twenty-five dollars and costs. He in
turn got out a warrant against Frank
for assault and battery. The officers
who went TO serve it run him into the
cedar swamp--and it is supposed that
he is still running--May he keep on is
the wish of all.
We the undersigned business men,
hereby pledge ourselves that on and
after the 23rd day of August next, we
will not open our stores for business
on the first day of the week, usually
known as the Sabbath-day, except as
provided by law, viz: In cases of sick
ness. death, charity, orspecial necessi-
ty, also the meat market during the
months from June to September in
elusive, from z to Q a. IN. N. ii. Trav-