Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-23

Dut uou lOfget the qulnluo
When you take the rye"
The.bear market Is brisk in Arenac
county. Three OF 'cm, shot near
omer, have been sold for S25 apiece.
The soft winter has caused the
Bay City shipyards to run short Of
timber. and good many men aie laid
off in consequence.
s. Hampstead had severe attack
OF the " Grippe" but is now around
as usual, but considerably thinned
down.
Messrs J. o. Hadley and ID. L. Wal
dron who were seriously attacked by
the prevailing malady, are pow able to
appear on the streets.
Ben Huston, OF Vassar. has been in
Washington for the past 10 days, and
as result of his work down there, his
son-in-law, Will j. Spears, will handle
mail ut Vassar for the next four years.
Bay city Times.
The air appears to be full OF snow.
and nearly every day this week it has
made an effort to come down. One
good days fall would be a boon to
lumbermen, business men and citizens
generally. West Branch Dem.
Roscommon is now lit by electricity,
which, of course, is good thing. If
a slight current could be infused into
some of the citizens, SO as to liven
them up a bit, the town would receive
some substantial benefit, more than it
will derive from the mere lighting of
its street or streets. ". B. Dem.
John Leline, of South Branch, is in
hard luck, one of his horses is laid up
with a sprained leg, just at time
when he wants to use it to haul logs.
RIOS. NeIoS.
Jacob Walton figures that the
average temperature of December was
$40 warmer than the average of the
same month for the past ten years.
-Cheb. Tribune.
Judge of Probate Frank Shepard, of
Cheboygan, has been appointed by
the governor a member of the board
of control of the Marquette prison, in
place of Judge Perkins, resigned.
Some woodsmen in the northern
part of Oscoda county have found the
body of Thomas Gambell, settler
who left home on Thanksgiving day
to go to lumber hospital for treat.
ment, and had not been heard from.
Herman A. Herbst, a resident Of
Cheboygan, Mich stopping temper
ariy at the Belvidere hotel, in New
York, was seized with sudden attack
Of insanity in his room in the hotel
and was taken to Bellevue hospital.
The Fife Lake Sun has ceased to
shine and the Paradise Enterprise hus-
ties itself no longer. Fife Lake and
Kingsley aren't big enough yet
to enjoy the luxury of local news
papers. That's the reason why the
Sun no longer shines and the Enter
prise hustles itself no longer.
Trains from the north were all late
Monday. Our big rainstorm Sunday
night was snow at and above Grayling.
The big cuts were all filed and it took
all day to plough them out West
Branch Times.
Detroit post g. A. r. was entertain
ed by U. s. Grant post at Bay City
last Thursday evening, 1t was an en-
joyable occasion. Gen. Alger who
accompanied the post, made the prin-
cipal address of the evening.
The Supervisors of RoscommOn
county have voted that the county
poor shall be cared for by the county
instead of each township taking care
of its own as heretofore.
No one knows the combination of
the safe of the late Geo. w. Brown,
Omer, and as he was deputy county
treasurer and register of deeds, it will
be impossible to do much county bust
ness until an expert is found who can
unlock it.
Daniel Jacobs has purchased meat
market in Wolverine from j. ID.
Wright of Ogemaw. He went up
Saturday to take possession. He Will
either lease the shop or run it himself
West Branch Times.
Isaac Douglas, of Worthwhile, was
killed on Wednesday of last week at
McDonald's camp, in Presque Isle
county. by being caught under fall
ing tree. He was 60 years of age and
a member of the G. A. r. -Cheb. 7yib.
The bondsmen of ex-Postmaster
Washington, of Bay City, have been
asked to pay 81, 900 which the govern
ment claims was due it when Wash
ington stepped out of the Office. They
have been threatened with suit unless