Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-30
a LODGE Of tho I. Q. 7. NJ. has just

ties Is fully up to expectations.
Milo Fl. DAVIS, charged with ac-
ceptine bribes> at Detroit, la, disap.
peared.
| TIE new Upton Avenue NJ. Il.
Church has just been dedicated at Bat.
tie Creek.
THERE are 1870 men employed in
the Ironwo-d mines Tho stock pile,
are rapidly disappearing.
/ J.,O. AMEs, better known as Buck
skin Joe, I" 80 years old, is going to race
at the next .air in Bear | AXE.
| SAADAN WINCHESTER, OF Bryan
Township, Kent County, is ab years old,
but works on his farm eve: Gay.
The residence OF r. S. Munsell. Of
Jonesville, was entered By bur- lars.
They got for their reward half a pie.
ONE of the largest RATS ever taken
into Bay City arrived there one day
last week. 1t contained nearly 5000
| feet.
THE 2-year-old son of James Ball, at
Lowell, wande ed away to find his
father. He fell into the river and was
, drowned.
AN Adrian census.taker asked dar-
ky lady If she " as col red. mo, sir,"
was the ind gnant reply, Il was born
this way"
JAM" is the name OF a wv rostoffice
in Mid and county. The initials OF the
postmast sr's name, j. A. Murphy,
furnished the name.
THE State C invent on Of the Y. M.
G. A. will be held in Bay City in Octo-
Der. e!egates t. the number OF lz5
are expected.
On Monday the people Of La Sail,
have p.cn.c for the purpose OF clean
ing up their cemetery. Mind OF q grue-
some pla Q TO- picnic.
BAY Cry is en- orcing the stone side
walk ordinance and refuses togive any
one pc EMISSION to lay wooden side
walks inside the stone district.
SIMON DEsSAU, of New York.
known as the Back Diamond King"
is trying to bring about resumpt' on of
work at the Mile iron mine. near Iron
Mountain.
MAX SwEINSBURC, son OF the eX-
postmaster of Kawkawlin village, was
pitching in bail game, when he tract
ured his right arm between the elbow
and sho lder.
GEORGE ELLENBERGER, q youth OF
Il, is in Jail at Adrian charged with
robbing his employer. Robert tewart,
a Palmy farmer, of $l15. He con-
fessed the theft.
A SANI-sURR lodged in the throat
o. Mrs. Louis Gunther at Grand Rap
ids, anC 8. Q couldn't dislodge it. A
surgical operation was nec5sary to save
the woman's life.
Mrs. ALICE BLOOD, of Marine City,
asks to be appointed ADMINISTRATIVE If
the estate of the late Calvin Blood,
who died m jsterious y in Letroit. The
estate is valued at SlUt,u0l.
THE large tract of pine timber owned
by B. ana N. Mill in Ogemaw and
losco counties, has all been burned
over by the recent forest fires, and will
ha, to be numbered this winter.
II. NJ. MILLER and wife. of Inlay
City. were thrown out of the buggy by
the horse T. ming away. Mrs. Miller
escaIel serious Injury, but Mr.. Miller
had III, arm broken and wrist sprained.
The thra III NJ of wheat is in prog
ress around Hamburg. The yle.d is
re orted as good and the cry flu 1
and OF fine quality. Oats are light
crop and the yie-d of potatoes will be
onl fair.
TIE Gladstcn me Wa h board G., pany
has bee organized at Gladstone. and
will manufacture new kind of board.
Twenty men will be- employed on the
start, and 5000 boards wi, be made
every wees.
THE establishment OF home for the
frierdle IS in owes 30 is sure thing. A
number of prominent ladies are inter-
sing themselves in it. and as they
have $500 alread on hand the enter
prise is go.
CAPT. w. T. MCGURRIN, of Grand
Rarids. tri ID to board a moving train
At Island Lake and was thrown against
pile OF trunks. He broke rib and
cam, within an ace of bong thrown
under the wheels.
LAST week Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Up.
ton. of Victor, celebrated their golden
wedding. The wonderful part of it is
that In the same house Mr.. Upton's par
emit. cele brated their gol5en wedding
about twenty-five years ago
VIM. KILBURN. guest at Mount
! Clemen, hotel, while helping the girls
open canned ccrn. made the appetizing
discovery OF our false teeth, ATTACHED
to plats, in one OF the cans. All sorts
OF guess o a being made as to how
they got there.
WILL GOULD is o good-lo king young
man Of Paris Town nip, of Kent Coun-
ty. He won ap. city girl 8 affection,
and all his Jealous rivals got together
pc ting MIN wi h rotten apples. Wi
got mad, shot at them, and now he is
summoned before police court.
LAND COMMISSIONER FRENCH'S re-
port for the year ending June says the
whole number OF acres held by @
State June 80, 1893, was 43S.als..5.
During the year L., 4S2 80 acr 8 were
forfeited and l,0l0.z4 patented to the
State, making total OF 4, ,sl2 IA
acres. OF these, lo,3-4.9l were sold
and s.93?. Al licensed to homesteaders,
leaving 431, 55l.Sz owne by the state
ut the close of the year. These lands
arc a,siied as follows: Primary
school land, z12,U29.sS university land,
sO.C0. Agricultural College land iOl,-
40 .0l: salt spring land 4S,l.00; asylum
land, l,3.2..S; State building land,
900; swamp land. lit, IL, .S5: total:
Al, 55i.8.. The Commissioners believes
that 1t Is unjust to charge as much for
swamp or submerged land as for the
finest lands, which. OF course. has
largely been taken up. The State cam
not hope to sell wortnle - tr ~cxs for ST.
an acre.