Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-08
The Soo's fire. alarm system has been
tinkered up and put in first class shape.

The stock being cut runs 70 per cent. to
stars. Twenty men are employed in the
mill, which, by the way, is SO constructed
that the manufacture of lumber can easily
be added if the proprietors should at any
time feel disposed so to do. The product
of the mill will go to Chicago via Luding-
ton until navigation closes, when it will
be sent by rail-
-Alber Vogel will stock his mill at
scottville with from 10000 10 3, 200, 900
feet of hardwood logs this winter Hepro-
poses to keep his mill in operation during
| cold weather.
The sales of salt for August and Sep
tember at Saginaw exceed those for the
corresponding months last season, but the
| movement at present is restricted by
reason of scarcity of cars. The busi-
ness of the valley is seriously handi-
capped during the active season of the
year on account of the inability of the
railroads to furnish transportation. The
matter ought to be remedied.
ward compartment of a coach on a
west-bound Chicago and Grand Trunk
tran at Lansing, and aftefwar1 by mis-
take opened the wrong door and walked
out upon the platform and off the train.
Her neck was broken by tho fall. She
was through passenger, and her name is
| unknown.
Gardner Barber, of Worthwhile, has
lived l0l years. At the age of "A he en-
listed, served during the war, and is now
receiving $50 pension month. He is yet
spry and healthy. Mrs. Barber is also a
hale old lady, and is about 80 years old,
while their oldest daughter, who is still
living, is 20 years of age.
-"Grandma" Fleser, of Salem, will be
100 years old if she lives until the 9th Of
April next. The large family of children
are accustomed to ho,d reunion with her
at each birthday, and hope so to meet her
in April, 1889, to celebrate her centen-
nial.
A shipment of batteries made by the
Kalamazoo Electro Medical Battery Com
pany was recently made to Australia.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Smith and Mr..
and Mrs. Eli Smith, old and highly es-
teemed residents of Salem, have celebrated
their golden wedding. The Messrs. Smith
are brothers.
The Elk Rapids furnace is in full
blast again.
The Isabella County Jail was empty
all one week, the longest period since it
was completed.
All the fire hydrants at Bellaire have
been placed in position, and everything is
now in readiness for a confagration.
West Bay City is going to have an
other bank.
A hog belonging to q Williamson
man strayed away few weeks ago, and
could not be found until one day recently
it was discovered in n railroad culvert,
having been there twenty days.
There are seven Swedish Baptist
churches in the State, with q membership
of $50. general missionary, Rev. E. j.
Nordlander, is supported among them,
and also lady evangelist, Miss lyman.
About eight miles west of Trout Lake
Junction Hall & Buell. have large gang
of men at work building a new logging
railroad. II runs from the Minneapolis
road into tract of pine owned by the
firm in Schoolcraft County. One large
camp will be built, and it is proposed to
cut S,000,0 feet of logs this winter,
which will be railaoaded to the mill al
South Manistique.
The Kalamazoo High School has q
company of sixty cadets.
August Hogan, of Mt. Clemens, who
recently lost his barns by fire, believes
that they caught from Grand Trunk en-
gine, and wants 80 900 damages from the
company.
"A biological laboratory, with State
Veterinarian +. A. Grange at its head, has
been established in Lansing. The doc
tors Office has been at the Agricultural
College heretofore, but the equipments
there are insufficient, and it has been de-
cided to locate the new laboratory al
Lansing. A large order has been sent in
for apparatus. The laboratory will be
conducted in connection with the veteri-
nary department of the State Expert
mental Station, and will be devoted tc
practical experiments and the study OF
micro organisms.
There is a locomotive engineer run
ming ON the Michigan Central Road who
is perfect double for the late Gen. Sher.
idan, and the striking likeness is remarked
by every one who sees his face ut the cal
window or notices him oihng up his pc
engine. His name is Brown-"Jack
Brown every ono calls him says the Kal
amazoo Telegraph. He has been con
nected with the Michigan Central TO
thirty five years. He,is stout, jolly, red
faced man, and he would create sensa
tion wherever the lamentcd Gen. Sheridan
is known If he would walk through thu
streets in his uniform.
"A boy named Guik had his nose torn
of at Sterling by ale explosion of dyna
mite cartridge.
Recently, says the Grass Lake Ners
while n small knot Of men were talking
together at tho Central Depot in Jackson
the peep or chicken was distinctly
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