Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-05-09

Rev. Oscar CIuto. 81 CtIiofnia, aud
a graduate OF tho Michigan Agrlcultu-
raj College, was elected presIdent Of
that Institution, by the State Board OF
Agriculture. Tuesday.
The Crawling Gold and Silver Min
ing Company 10 to have some opposi-
tion In mining. as q company organiz-
ed In Grand Rapids will commence
mining this week Ia the same neigh
borhood.
All lumbermen In want of Boots
and Shoes, should enquire for the
rKey Logs river tboots and shoes.
They are hand made and manufaetur-
ed by Parks a. Hazard, jamestown,
N. Y. For sale by o. J. Bell.
Presiding Elder Caster and Revs. j.
i. Nickerson and H. W.. Hicks went
TO Grayling Wednesday where they
attended jubilee meeting over free
ing the church from the debt Of 81,
OOD. West Branch Times
The Misses Peterson and Meagher
have 'opepd dressmaking rooms two
doors North of the Presbyterian
church. and would respectfully ask a
share of the patronage of the people
of Crawling and vicinity.
The evening train was delayed in
Grayling several hours last Tuesday,
by an extensive forest fireabout three
miles north of town. Fires are doing
much damage in this county as well as
in adjoining counties and the end is
not yet.
| Every Saturday evening will make
special sale of Roasts, Stews. Soups
and Boiling Pieces of fresh meats.
Come and see the bargains. To save
sailing. will make special prices OF
above sorts. All which are guaranteed
to be prime stock. G. w. WIGHT.
III. J. Smith, the lumberman, has re.
turned home. bringing with him an
excellent specimen of magnetic ore.
While digging a we'll in Crawford
county a man discovered a large vein
This Is the only magnetic iron ore ev-
er found in the lower Peninsula.-Bas
city Press.
Four saloons and two drug store
proprietors have given bonds in ac
cordance WIN the Mw-fof tie sale. Of
liquor in Roscommon Roscommon
must be improving morally. for few
years ago according to the signs on old
buildings there must have been score
in full blast at one time.
Petitions for the retention of Mrs,
Rhoda Strunk in the Gaylord postof
flee are being circulated and largely
signed, a good many seeing no cause
for a change in the present admirable
administration of its affairs, and be
lieve in giving a woman the preference
other things being equal. -Otsego Co.
Herald.
A quantity of seed potatoes, En-
pire State, Early Telephone and
Morning Star, for sale at S1.00 pei
bushei. These yarietieS are true t.
name, the seed being obtained from
Burpee, Philadelphia, who charges
81, 10 per bushel for the same this
year. Orders received at the AVA
LANcHE Office. w. H. NILES.
The boiler at the Vassar water works
has been provided with. whistle
which the Pioneer. says will not only
arouse the slumberer. but will stand
him up in bed, put his hair on end
and, it be ESCAPES p iralysis. the
second blast will dress him for the
street" The whistle of the Graylin9
mill will discount it 80 per cent, and
makes many of our people wish 'tha'
they were dead, or qeeyser been born. :
An unknown man was killed on the
railroad one and one-haif miles south
of Vanderbilt, last Saturday by the
morning passenger train. As near az
can be learned be was lying on the
track. He is said to- have left hi,
trunk at the Commercial House, Gray
ling. A trunk key was all that wa
found on the BODY. which WINS much
mangled. His home is said to be il,
Manistee.
Rev. II. W. Hicks, OF Charleston.
lectured ut the NJ. Il. church Tuesday
evening, to good audience. His sub
ject "Salmagundi'' developed into
Character" He portrayed very
nicely the elements that 60 to make
up true manly CHARACTER. A vein OF
humor tended to make the discourse
pleasing and interesting. Presiding
Elder Caster was present and contrib.
uted few remarks at the close.
West Branch Times.
Christian F. Halter and Miss Emma
}. Lassen, both of Grayling, were
united in marriage by Justice Parker
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