Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-18

er amount OF lumber this season than
they have done heretofore.
Mrs. A. j. Rose did not leave for
New York State last Thursday, as we
announced. but postponed leaving un-
til last Monday, when she was accom-
panied by B. f. Rose, who has had an
opportunity presented him of going
into business ut his old home.
H. L. Parker, who has served the
township of Higgins, Roscommon Co. {,
ten years as supervisor, and serving
the second term as Judge of Probate,
has just taken a Job of banking 100,
900 feet of logs in the "cut" for s. w.
Turner.
Mr.. J. II. Hartman, OF Grove town
ship, whose family has suffered so in
tensely from Diptheria, four having
died. was in town few days since, re-
porting all the remaining ones well
again. He says recent cases in that
| NiOih'y nave al oeeh very uhu.
"Thr man who .haws himself out
with Tom and Jerry when the Their
mometer is hugging the zero Notch,
Brother Beacher says. is better citi-
zen than tho prohibitionist who goes
to bed cold and shoves his wife's feet
out of their warm place. "-Er.
The new Drug and Book Store of L.
Fournier h Co. is now open for bust
ness, the firm is composed of l.. Four
nier, for the past five years dispensary
clerk OF Loranger's Drug Store, Bay
City, and Arthur Loranger the we'll
known proprietor of Loranger's Drug
Store corner 3rd and Washington SITS.
The members of the Church and
Sabbath School wish TO thank Mr. N.
Nicholson for his generous gift Of $50,
90 made TO them few days ago. 1t
proved very acceptable and timely
The S. s. money has been applied to
the purchase of new books for the Ii
brary.
A number of Bay City Masons will
visit Grayling Lodge, on Saturday
Evening, of this week and will.confer
the Sd degree of masonry on candi-
date that is ready to take the work.
All members of the order should make
it point TO attend, and get brighten
ed up in the work of tn, third.
The cry of hard times and no life in
business, is not confined to any partic-
ular state or locality; Il is general
throughout the country, and all who
are doing an expense paying business
are the fortunate ones and should do
little if any complaining. = EG.
The AVALANCHE office IL under
obligations to Homo. v. r. Pond, for
a copy of the Third Annual Report OF
the Bureau of Labor. From a cur
sorry examination of the report, we
believe u is gotten up In about as thor
ough n manner as possible, for the sub
ject is rather a dry one even If it is the
most prominent before the country.
The AlconG 70. Rerie,o, says: SIN
last weeks Grayling Avalanche, we
noticed that while making n trip with
team, Bro. Palmer of that paper,
fell asleep and the horses ran away.
We can tell honestly that he escaped
death, but we will leave II to him to
answer for the cause of his sleepiness. :"
No inuendoes. please. That story was
a Roscommon Nescs roorback.
Efforts are being made TO get the
land Office now located at Reed City.
located at Giayling. Grayling shonld
have Il of course. -Atcond Co. ReUie,O.
\ on are mistaken Bro. Axtell IL is the
Offices at Detroit and Saginaw that we
want. We are not piggishly inclined.
by any means.
The Otsego Herald says: &c. w.
Sickles, of Vanderbilt faiue, Is so lie
sirous of being Mt the head Of the Gay
lord schools. that he makes applica
ton. Thank you, no auctioneer or
blacksmith printer need apply" You
should not go back on the craft. You
was pedagogue yourself lees than a
decade ago.
The Hartsoilte Rerieto, says: "La,t
Sunday, Ms. r. X Corcoran, while
coming in from Pack. Woods & Cos.
camp on Pine river, where her hus
band is foreman, was followed for
some distance by huge wolf. She
drove away rapidly and the wolf soon
become discouraged and took himself
out Of sight" Several wolves and ~
panther have been seen IN this county
this winter, but when our hunters get
In sight Of them. they become discour
AGED. buck ont and declare that they
u WIT lost any such varmints.