Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-07


Forest fires ARE still raging neal
Alpena. In. Aipena township sew
sral families have been burned out and
Others have been driven TO the swamps.
A high wind Is raising and much valu
BILE timber Is being destroyed. There
are no signs OF rain and everything Il
AS dry as finder.
Charles Lamont. who lives at Hig
gins lake on u homestead. Frenrh
man. will be 80 years old 10 July. and
is a better man, physically, than most
men at go. He ran do full day.
blowing or any common work. He Of
ten walks 10 miles la day on bust
ness.
700D Doc. Dress Buttons Just received.
at Claggett & Pringles' Price very
low.
The forest fires In Gladwln and Glare
counties have jumped over the county
line into Roscommon county and are
doing an immense amount of damage.
The damage In Gladwin county Is said
to be close to 1925. 600. In Roscom-
mon county several barns and farm
buildings were burned. Diet. Journal.
Benson's millinery stock is now com
plete. He carries all the latest novel
ties In Flowers, Laccs, Gold Trim
mings etc.
J. w. Jubb. of Gaylord. L. NJ.
Hugh. of Omer, and Mr.. Davis. OF
Standish. were in town on the I'd. at.
tendipR the meeting of the Executive
Committee, of the Soldiers and Sail
ors' Association of Northern Mich.
gan. 1t was decided to postpone the
annual meeting of the association un'
Ill August 1892. on account of the
National Encampment
Benson has just received line OF
Lace Braids, which he offers at 20 cts.
Childrens School Hats from 10 to 90
cts. Wreaths for children's hats 1O
and Is cts. Bunch flowers l24, 20 and
% cts. No charge for trimming.
In a mixed husbandry some are SC
mixed that they cannot tell which
crop pays the best, but If there are
sheep on the farm there is no need of
doubling their profitableness, provid-
ing they are intelligently managed
| &c.
No trouble to show goods. Call
and examine before purchasing else
where. D. j, Bell.
Under the new apportiunment bill,
MontInorency county will be in the
representative district composed of
the following counties: Altoona, CISCO
da, Crawford. Kalkaska. Otsego and
Montinorency. The district will be
safely republican.
Sewing Machines and Musical In
struments repaired by G. W. Smith,
Jeweler.
The sheep husbandry of this country
in our judgment, has always paid its
way, la one way or another. Hun
dreds of farms would not be in MS
good condition as they are to-day, but
for the benefit sheep have conferred. -
Er.
Call and examine the Prize Coffee mt
the store of Sailing. Hanson g. Co, be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
Alpena, Mich, May 4. Grand Rap
ids capitalists are here with view to
building u railroad west to the sec
ond city. A meeting was held this
morning and much interest was man
ifested. They asked S36, 900 from AL
pena. and the amount was immediate
ly subscribed. The stock and sub
scriptions will probably reach $50, 600.
Diet. Ne,Cs.
Remember / will sell out my entire
stock by May tie 18th. Everything
goes cheap, at Max Lewinson.
by increasing the fertility of the
soil comes che ability to feed and fat
ten more stock. and with more stock,
il good management is given. an in
creased supply of manure can be BE-
cured. The more feed the more stock,
and the more stock the more manure,
and usually the better the profits"
Keep sheep.
Now that the democratic howl
about the republicans having ''stolen"
Montana in 1888, has somewhat sub
sided, the fact is of interest that In
the recent municipal elections the re-
publicans carry every city but one in
the state. Another republican steal,
of course. Grand Rapids Eagle.
Going out of business, by May 18th.
Every thing goes cheap, at Max Lew
inson.
THE DETROIT TIMES proposes TO
Guido its self in the gift lite. BY
reading and paying for THE TIMES
two months the subscriber will re-
ceive two beautiful domestic pic-