Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-01

for the reception Of guests tomorrow.
! A colored man from FrederievIlle,
named jackson. was in town last Mon
day. and imbibed to much of the ar
dent. The indignities offered him by
some of the citizens of 6irayling. were
characteristic of the party to which
they belong.
Mrs. Curran of Crawling, has been in
town this week delivering goods for
which she had before taken orders.
She will be here again in about two
weeks, and ladies wishing anything in
her line will dc we'll to see her. -Oge-
mao Co. Times.
The date of the Otsego County
Fair has been fixed for Septem Der 20
and Both. The premium list, contain
ing sixty pages, is now being gotten
out ut this Office, and will be ready for
distribution some time next month. -
Otsego Co. Herald.
Jackpine township is patriotic
enough to have a celebration of the
Fourth of July of its own. A com
mittee composed of Charles Jackson,
Geo. Hartman and John Smith are
arranging the details Of grand picnic
there ON the third. Everybody is in
vited and everything free. RIOS. Nesos
A pure, clean joke is q happy thing;
but it were well il the young could be
taught that n Joke which carries a
sting, or contains an element Of mean
ness, reflects upon its perpetrator. and
degrades him in the estimation of
every lady and gentleman in the COM
munity.
The NJ. G. r. r. will run n special
train on the morning of the fifth from
Grayling to Cheboygan. The train
will leave Crawling about $3.50 and
Gaylord about 6: 80 a. H., arriving at
Chebygan at $3.50. One fare for round
trip. This will enable the residents
along the line to enjoy the great cele-
bratioh and return home on the same
day.
| A dance will be given by w. w. Met.
calf and Glare Hadley at the Opera
House, on next Monday afternoon,
and in the Evening. Ten cents set
will be charged in the afternoon, and
fifty cents for ticket at night. Good
music and callers will be furnished i.
Refreshments can be procured at
Saunders Restaurant.
Thomas Lound and wife, of Craw-
ford County, were guests of we editor
and family couple of days this week.
Mr.. bound was up for examination be-
| fore The United States Pension Board
Wednesday, lie being an old veteran
of the war. His health is quite poorly
of late, the inflrmities of age togeth-
err with the rough exposure during the
war having made sad inroads on his
otherwise vigorous constitution. -Otse-
go Co. Herald.
s. HUT, of Chenev, who keeps a
general store in that place, states that
\ uusiuvss is goou TOT tine time or year,
and that it is gradually increasing. He
does not write p. III. after his name at
present, as the powers that be, have
reduced him to the ranks, and appoint.
ed in his place follower of the pres
ent dynasty. Mr.. II. has some as fine
looking fruit trees as grow in any To-
cality, and il the frost had not
been so severe would have had nice
crop of fruit.
Some one without the fear of the
law or danger from fire, knocked the
ashes out of his pipe in the saw-dust
banked up against the store of DIR.
Traver. IT, charred q board to the
depth of half an inch and spread in
saw-dust from six to eight inches.
Without fire-protection of any kind,
and the large supply of ignorant num-
skulls who go around smoking pipes
and who care not where they knock
the ashes out, it will not be long be-
fore Crawling will go up in smoke.
The first annual commencement OF
Grayling Graded School was celcbrat-
ed at the Opera House on Friday eve
ming. The stage was beautifully dec
GRATED with flowers, and the program
was listened to throughout with close
attention by the largest assembly ever
congregated in the room. The essays
and orations were we'll written and
finely delivered and the music was ex.
cellent. That our school is deserving
a place in the front rank is generally
acknowledged and we believe the con.
tinued encouragement of its patrons
will continue it In its progressive
course.
On last Saturday evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L. Wild gave n surprise birth
day party to their granddaughter.
Miss Bessie Merrill, of Birmingham,
who received numerous gifts from hei
young friends appropriate to the occa