Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-07

There Is a woman In this county by
the name of Cat and capital punish.
ment would have been too good for
her. She named her son Tom. --Oge-
mato County Herald.
The Ohio. Indiana and PennsyI-
vania lumber dealers who are cruising
about through Michigan, we're at West
Branch last Monday and visited the
Hauptman camps.
Scarlet fever Is making terrible
ravages among the Young people oil
Roscommon and other points along
the Mackinaw division OF the Michi-
gan Central railroad. Diet. Tribune.
Some sneak thief, without con-
science, slipped into DIR. Thatcher's
Office, last Saturday, while he was alb
sent. and took $500 from a drawer
in his desk. Hf sf1 tfi
Frank Wheeler, of West Bay City.
the man who is responsible for most
of the naughty words Spencer O.
Fisher has been saying of late, Is now
in Washington sizing mp how 1t feels
to be congressinan.-Det. Journal.
Sailing, Hanson & Co., of Grayling,
moved out the last of the old Beaver
Lake Company mill last week, and II
will do duty In the new mill being
built at Grayling. Ogemaso Co, Her.
aid.
| We received letter last week from
w. r. Steckert, dated Abita Springs,
La, Jan. 26th, in which he says, THAT
they are enjoying good health, but
that the nigs are about froze on &C
count of a slight frost"
o. ]. Bell returned from the Upper
Peninsula, last Saturday morning
where he had been looking after his
Numbering interests. He was quite
sick while there, but is now somewhat
better.
The Chicago Daily News has issued
ITS 9Th almanac, or year book, the on
ly difference from others being that i
beats them ALL" For the price, 81
cents. it is cheaper than being with
out the facts contained; send for It.
The Young People of the Presby
terrain church will give literary en-
tertainment at the Opera House, Fri
day evening, Feb. 18th. The proceeds
to be used in paying for the organ
now in the church.
DR.. Q. w. Smith has bought out DIR
Thateher's interest at Grayling, anC
will move his family and Office there
in few days. DIR. Smith is goot
citizen and physician, and we wisl
him success. -Lumbermdn's Journal
The experiments on the experiment
al farm near Grayling last year show
ed, despite the extreme drought, tina
three kinds of grasses were successful
ly grown--the Alfalfa, Vetch and
Hungarian, the Alfalfa being the best
Def Journal.
A team belonging to T. E. Hastings
who is banking logs on Higgins lake
ran away the forepart of this week
and broke through the ice. Luckil.
they did not get into deep water anc
were extricated without any damag,
being done, RIOS. NetoS.
The G. A. r. of the city heve abou
decided to engage the Opera House 70
the state encampment in March.
is the most suitable place for holding
it, and a liberal offer has been mad,
by the management. The Ladies' Re
lief Corps have engaged the NJ. 4
church for the meeting of the stat
orps.-Bdy city Press.
Monday was the greatest logging
day in the history of the Mackinay
division of the Michigan Central
Superintendent Vaughn has report
from all points which show that 1,
500, 600 feet 90 logs were shipped t
and from different points during tn,
day. The record is thought to be un
precedented.-Bay city Tribune o
Jan. 31st.
William Topping. Young man q
years of age. was killed at o'clocl
lest Thursday afternoon about tel
miles from Otsego Lake. He was en-
gagged in loading cars on the Gratwick
Smith & Fryer logging road. He wa
loading the logs on car. when he slip
ped and fell, with bis face to tn,
ground, and log rolling from the ca
striking him on the back of the head
The state encampment g. A. r
meets in Bay City next March. Mr.
Philip O'Brien, one-armed veteran
of the late unpleasantness is the rep
rrsentative chosen by Ruddock Post
No. 224. of Cheboygan. The indica
tions are the encanpment will prove
very intere sting and that large at
tendance will be present. Cheboygaf
Tribune.
In snite of the effort of certain MA