Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-10-11
"A Lansing man has invented a hat

IcuIlly.
The Indian church south Of Mikado,
Alcona County, is ne,t, tasty little struc-
tnre, and presents such an all-round al,
tractiye appearance as would put many Of
the pale faces churches TO the blush. Lo
is pretty good hand to go to church, too,
and John TadgAhsong, the intelligent
native who fills the pulpit, is an eloquent
expounder of the gospel. The entire SER
vice is in the native dialect. Tas service
follows the ritual of the Methodist Church,
consisting of singing, praying, thirty
minute sermon, and concludes with the
doxolo2y (hardly recognizable, however),
and the usual benediction. There are
three services on Sunday, but no Sunday
school,
The Saginaw Courier says: The first
of the new freight cars built by the Mich
igan Car Company for the Toledo, st.
Louis and Kansas City Road, to be hauled
into the valley, were placed on the Flint
and Pere Marquette tracks in this city
lately. They are peculiarly adapted for
the carry ng of lumber. They are thirty
four feet long and have capacity of from
IL, 600 to 10000 feet of lumber. few
years ago 5000 feet was regarded as
good load. The cars are fitted with end as
we'll as side doors, which makes them
especially convenient for shipping long
stuff. The weight of the car is thirteen
tons.
"A we'll known and successful jackson
doctor missed his sign few days ago, and
after considerable search gave it up as lost.
One morning not long after little boy
visited his Office and asking, "Re ynn the
doctor what's lost sign?" and being an
swered in the affirmative said, IL know
where your sign is, does, it's in the GEM
etery." And sure enough it was found in
the Main Street Cemetery, put up in plain
sight, informing every passer on the street
that there was "Dr IS Office"
The Adrian Furniture Company have
sent a car of their goods to Houston, Tex,
and one to Pittsburg, and are now hustling
out one for Dayton, Ohio.
In one of the State papers last week
were the words "Tioibiaicicio and CHI
giairis." The devil must have been left in
charge. 1t was a case of a." not I'VE, E"
this time.
Romeo hunters are gathering in many
fine gray and fox squirrels.
Chippewa County has twenty three
lawyers.
Ists Is estinated5 Jtb@st @ UNA n Haile, ai a&
his orchard, the largest crop he has ever
had
Mrs. Worden, of Nirvana, sits by the
hour chewing gum and foldly watching
her great masterpiece-a quilt containing
81, ,402 blocks. The people thereabouts
are mighty proud of it, too. It's a draw
ing card, and less attractions have started
summer resorts and boom in real estate.
Willie Gordon, ii years old, was
caught by the right leg in shaft on his
fathers tug, Witch of the West, at Sagi-
nav, and it was so badly bruised that am
putation was necessary.
Last winter Willilm Westover, of
Bay City, and Robert Dollar purchased a
tract of redwood in Sonoma County, Cal.
1t is located seventy five miles north of
San Francisco, and is pronounced to be
the best piece of land on the Pacific
coast, considering its size and closeness
to the market. 1t is estimated that it will
cut l23, 900, 900 feet of logs. A standard
gauge railroad runs within half mile of
the tract, while a narrow gauge runs
through it. If the firm can induce the
standard gauge railroad company to
run spur into the property, they will
erect sawmill and begin shipping lum-
Der, Michigan fashion, down the coast.
Plans for the mill are now being made by
George II. Patullo, of Bay City. The
mill will be 36 feet wide and 1881 feet in
length. 1t will have boiler and engine
room, built of brick and stone, 3Sx53 feet.
The mill will be supplied with Eastern
machinery. II will contain n combination
band and double circular, the circulars
being 60 inches in diameter. 1t will have
a 6O-inch edger, cutoff saws, steam feed,
slash table, and all the modern improve
ments. The capacity of the mill will be
about 100, goo feet per day. There will be
four boilers, each 4x2O, and an engine 22x
80 II is very likely the mill will be con-
structed
The wind storm which struck South
Bay City the other day was full of life.
The large smoke stack on G.. G. Myers
mill was blown down and made complete
wreck. The fire room roof was also
broken in. The iron roof of Bous6eld &
| Co. s new warehouse was peeled off like
so much tissue paper Jas. A. Green, Of
the firm of Green & Stevens, stated that
twenty piles of lumber were unroofed and
scattered half way across the river. l.. l..
Hotchkiss a. Co., and Hitchcock & Baily
had large amount of lumber destroyed
and lost by floating down the river. Aid.
Grisdale's land pile driver, which set on
the South Center street dock, was blown
over and wrecked A large number OF
shade trees were blown down. G.. G.
Myers loss is $500. The loss on lumber
blown into the river and lost or broken by
striking logs, etc, will amount to small
fortune.
Josephine Crawford suicided at East
Saginaw by jumping into the river. She
is said to have hailed from Detroit in