Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-01-24
Modest Ben Davis, the poet pilgrim

the largest chemical works, the most anu
best churches, the finest fishing, the most
ell-bred girls, the most charming
widows, the largest machine shop, the
handsomest grist mill, the best equipped
saw-mill, the handsomest town hall, the
cosiest Peoples Opera House, the finest
livery stable the best kopt hotel, the most
entertaining and polite people, the best
poet, pilgrim and publisher and paper OF
any town OF its size in the United States.
The prospects Of the town of Clarks-
Vile arc growing brighter. Rev. l.. N. A.
Eastman proposes to build seminary In
the spring, and the townsmen have do
mated grounds for site and subscribed |
81, 900 in cash. The building is to be brick,
4Ox6O feet, and three stories high, and to
cost $4,000. 1t will bo called the Eastman
Seminary.
Tho village of Ironwood will make
application for incorporation as o city,
claims population of between 5000 and
200, has four banks, the biggest mine
on the range, and it wants room to swell.
Tho News says that st. Ignace is TO
have an electric railway, and is to be
lighted by electricity.
Cotton & Smith, of Evart, have taken
contract of A. p. Waite, of the same
place, to cut the timber on 6,00O acres Of
land near Campbell City, osceola County.
Cotton & Smith propose to erect mill
ON the tract and convert the logs into lum-
Der. The tract contains pine, hemlock,
maple, and ash, and it is proposed to cut
it clean.
The question of fair grounds for the
Bay County Agricultural Society has been
settled, the place selected being what is
known as the Donnelly property on Center
avenue, Bay City.
During the month of December Ill
cars of refined copper were shipped from
Houghton to various places in the East by
the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company.
OF these cars thirty eight contained each
about So, 900 pounds, and seventy-three
contained each about 5000 pounds. The
, other companies shipped only about
twenty cars in December, most OF which
t carried the smaller load of $4,000 pounds.
The 6rst shipments by rail were made on
Dec. 8.
Fred Miller, of Boy City, will'put in q
slw mill on the Hauptman branch soon.
Among the features of Adrian College
which are not set forth in the annual
i catalogue is best girl trust. The
, young men are sworn to secrecy and to
t abide by the rules of the trust, the object
being the monopoly of the best girls in the
/ college. The organization began by Sc
lecting as many girls as there were mem
| bers of the trust, who were divided by lot,
n the provision being that each man should
entirely monopolize the lady assigned to
him for one month, and to allow no other
: mln to escort her foot on pain of q
heavy fine and Imprisonment in coal
. shed until released by the faculty. At the
end of the moath each member must trade
girls with some other member, il called
! upon to do so. The trust has been II
> operation for some time, and is said to b'
- fourishing.
&C. II. Bradley, heavy dealer, ant
I ono of the best posted lumbermen in thu
- Saginaw Valley, says: "We now have ol
the docks about $50, 100000 feet OF lum
IN Der, against 3O2, 900, 900 last winter. TIL
Is increase is due chiefly to the fact that tn
ss boats stopped running earlier and tn
" mills were all operated later than in tn
NJ fall of 1887, owing 10 the more favorabl
y weather. Prices are q shade higher thai
Ks at the close of navigation, and some hold
u ers decline to give figures at all, becaus
they want to first ascertain probabilitie
ig as to the output of logs. Nearly ever
be winter there is this same cry that the 10
Nv crop will be sholt one, and every sprin
the supply is always equal to if not in eS
v. cess of the demand. There has been
st great deal of cutting done in the woods
and an immense supply is on the skid
80 ready to be sledded out and banked
There's no danger but that the crop wi
be big one, and enough to keep the mil
~ running all next season"
or The town Of Newberry, Luce Count
claims 10 have the finest school building
ice the best school. the finest churches, Il
OF best pastors, tho finest hotels, the be
es, landlords, the finest village hall, the be
on fire company. the finest streets, the be
nrt sidewalks, the finest musical instrument
ily the best musical talent, the finest res
zee Ceaces, and the best class of inhabitar
of any town of its size inthe State.
ie' A most distressing and fatal accidel
VI occurred near Wacousta, Clinton Count
ne Mrs. VIM. Benton was riding along t
M highway in road cart without any ba
zen support driving restless and spirit
m- horse. AS they approached the railw
en- track passing train frightened tho al
ave NAL and he started off on run at brea
De- neck speed As they neared the resider
'a- of Mr. Benton the horse ran into the ys
and mounted the porch, where he halt
arc throwing Mrs. Benton backward out
the cart. She aligned on her head q
ned shoulders and was unconscious VII
'eet picked mp. Her injuries were inter-
left aod at the expiration Of on hour she died
hemorrhage.
has Thomas Toohey, of West Bay Ci
With who is operating two camps In Crawf'
sid County, will put in about 5000, 600 feet
an logs. which will be taken to Saginaw Ri
,o,t vo;its NV raiI He saws the weather is