Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-02


extraction of large number of them,
Rev. Vim Putnam will be compelled
to forrgo his regular preaching APP
pointment at the Baptist church next
sunday. Sunday School at usual
hour. - Otsego 20. Herald.
A sample OF wheat. timothy and
clover from the farm of Supervisor
Wakeley. Of Grove, will compare
favorably with any in the State OF
Michigan, Notwithstanding the dry
season.
Chas. L. Reynolds and party, of To.
ledo, are expected to go down the Au-
Sable Aug 6. in care of the old reli-
able guide, r. s. Babbitt, who Is sure
TO satisfy the most fastidious
John Burns and Daniel Mcintosh
were sent up for five and ten days as
disoruerly, Tuesday, in default OF
payment of fines. Justice Taylor
makes short work of such cases.
Burns demanded jury trial and
Mcintosh plead guilty.
A Scotch sailor named John Mathie
son without family or friends in this
county was stricken with a heart dis
ease and became county charge
some months ago. He was buried
last Sunday by the commissioner OF
poor.
Messrs. Shearer. Bousefield, Web
ster and others of Bay City, with their
ladies, a party of ten are booked to
go down the AuSable Aug. IA, under
the guidance of the Veteran r. s.
Babb;tt. They are old patrons of his
and would not accept other escort.
r. s. Rabbit has gone to the Upper
Peninsula to prospect new route for
trout fishing, for a party from the
east, whom he will escort there during
Aug. He is accompanied by Banker
John Staley, who enjoys such sport as
we'll as any man we know.
G. f. Somers, treasurer of Nestor
township, Roscommon county, has
been bound over for trial on charge of
embezzlement. He claims it's put
up job, and in that case will prove his
innocence and sock it to the fellows
who have traduced his fair name. =
Detroit Ne,cs.
At the republican caucus last Thurs
day evening. f. l.. Hadley was elect
ed chairman and Jno. G. Hanson, Sec.
Messrs. N. j. Connine, Palmer, S:aley,
Hum, J. s. Harder, Nutten, Blakes-
lee, Lankenaw, Owen. q. ii. Hicks
and W. s. Chalker were delegates to
the county convention.
The crops in the hard wood west of
here are burned MP 10y the drought
aid will be near failure.
Potatoes and other crop on the
plains are looking fine and the dry
weather does not appear to hurt them
vet.
The above items are from the Allan
Ia Tribune and sustains our theory
that the plains soil is superior in with
tsrunurng uroutn.
A. the train on Gratwick, Smith
and Flyers logging road, in the north
part of the county, was drawing
about n hundred men to dinner on
Monday, a stick of wood fell from the
tender and derailed the train. Sixteen
men were injured of whom two or
three may die and ten others e
seriously hurt. We are unable to
learn their names.
AT the republican county conven.
tion held al the court house last Satur-
day, a full representation was present.
Prof f. w. Lankenaw was elected
chairman and j. j. Coventry, Sec.
The following delegates were elected
with authority to choose their own
proxy. To the State convention, Ino.
Staley; Congressional, NJ. J. Connine
Senatorial, o. Palmer and o. j. Bell
Representative, Chas. Ingerson and
w. s. Chalker.
Two boat loads of the Ward family
went down the river the other day and
enjoyed the well known known hospi-
tally of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Steckert
with whom they spent Il very pleasant
hour, as the gentleman and lady are
well informed and pleasing entertain
ers. A further trip down took them
to John LeliDe's home where they
were we'll entertained and brought
back home by moonlight in the eve
ming. 1t was pleasant trip and fully
enjoyed. RIOS. Ne,Cs.
Here is enterprise for you. Last
week the democrats of this county
held their county convention and elect
ed full set OF delegates TO the vari-
Gus conventions and tile AVALANCHE
forgot TO mention it. democrat.
And two of the delegates were from
lumber camp. and had no more
right to represent the people of thar
township than any other citizeDs OF
Kent county, and the actions of a
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