Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-01-30


West Branch Times.
w. r. jackson and Sanford Brad
ford are numbering at Cheney and will
put in and saw 1900, 900 feet. They
have 1000. 900 feet on skids and bank
ed 400, 900 feet of logs last week.
Louis Sands has a crew at work In
Missaukee county getting ready to
build large mill near Lake City.
Sands has enough timber in that
county to keep It running several
years.
Rev. L. NJ. Wright, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at Beaver
Lake, dropped dead OF heart disease
the other day. He was 20 years old
and had been pastor at Beaver Lake
for eight years.
Mr.. Charles Trombley and family
have returned from Bay City. Charlie
has not entirely got over the injuries
he received at the mill some time since.
Michigan still leads in the matter of
lumber. The output
for last year was: Lumber, 4,207, 741,-
224 feet; shingles, 2,603, 430, $50.
Lumber on hand, 1,447, 500. 997 feet;
shingles on hand. 1854, 3O7, $50. The
output was a trihe less than that of
1888, but is far above the average.
Detroit Journal.
The New York Weekly Mail and
Express proposes to devote all its sub
scriptions this year to the Grant Monu-
ment fund. Any person sending 81
for one years. subscription will receive
the paper one year and also a receipt
from the monument committee for
the amount. Col. Shepard has be-
sides given $40, 900 cash toward the
fund.
Hon. E. z. Perkins, recently APP
pointed aide to Comptroller Lacey, at
Washington, left last night to take up
his new duties. He will soon be join
ed by his accomplished wife, and they
will take up their residence in Wash
ington. Mr.. Perkins appointment
meets with much favor here where
both he and his wife are well known
and highly esteemed. Bay city Times.
Most of our local physicians report
that they are over worked. There is
a large amount of head, throat and
lung trouble, most of which will come
under the head of influenza. There
are comparatively few pronounced
cases of la grippe. --AU Sable Times.
During the week Sheriff Blanchard
has received from the Auditor General
% tax warrants against parties who
are cutting timber on lands bid in for
taxes by the state prior to 1887. The
law says that no timber shall be cut
on any lands held by the state until
the taxes held against them have been
paid. -Ros. Neacs
The Detroit Tribune, in referring to
Royal Oak, says: There is good
house of worship at Royal Oak but no
service have been held in three years.
There are only four or five Baptist
families in the place. Rev. Silas Finn
lives on his farm half a mile from the
village. He is in his 10Th year. He
came to Michigan 35 years ago, was
pastor in st. Clair 10 years, and after
ward in Amanda, Rochester and
Royal Oak"
Mrs. s. w. Foster, of Big Rapids
will make her home at the GrayliLg
House for time. We thought s. w.
had expanded every way, and wore an
uncommonly genial smile. for which
we were unable to account, until we
heard of the arrival Of his "better
half" when it was fully explained.
He has a right to smile, for It will
seem more like home and his business
here has kept him away from home
for long time.
News has just been received that
three Saginaw woodsmen, working in
Martins camp, near Indian river,
Cheboygan county, went to Indian
river last Friday night and proceeded
to ill themselves full of whisky and
then to break up dance being held
at Hafacker's hotel and saloon. In
the scrimmage which ensued Hafacker
was so brutally dealt with that his
life is despaired Of. The men were
arrested in camp and jailed in Cheboy-
gan. where they are held awaiting the
result Of their victims injuries. The
affair has created considerable excite
ment In that neigbborhood. as the
assault was dremed TO be wanton and
unprovoked. Bay cng Times.