Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-12-21

A large party of young people as
sisted Miss Alice Burt In the celebra-
tion OF her birthday last Tuesday
evening, 1t was moIe pleasant fol-
being complete surprise.
A dozen or more OF our Maccabees
swarmed yesterday and alighted In
Roscommon for the night, enjoying
the hospitality of the Bees OF that
village.
Losr-A galloway mitten for RICH
hand, between Grayling and Fred
Hoesli's. The finder will please leave
1t at this ONCE, or call and get its
mate, as one is no use.
Advertised Letters-Peter Pease,
Geo. Martin, John Hauser, Geo. ii.
Folsom, Andrew Flowers, @. III.
Davis, Arthur P. Cady, Edgar Asel-
tine, Frank N. Spencer.
School districts No. one, three and
five, In Maple Forest. unite in Christ
mas tree, with musical and elocuti-
onary exercise, tomorrow evening,
ut the Sherman school house.
Orders for parts of all kinds, and
for all kinds of Sewing Machines will
have special attention at J. W. Sor-
enson's. He also keeps a good assort-
ment of Machine Needles.
# you can drink other kinds
Of Coffee, you can surely drink
Bell Coffee, For sale by s. =.
& Co.
For SALE-Cheaper than to pay
rent, one of the cosziest homes In
Grayling, In good repair, and nicely
situated. Also a fine six octave
Estay organ, as good as new. En-
quire at the Avalanche" office,
Miss Laura Simpson came home
from her school at Appenzell, Sat.
urday, returning on her wheel Sun
day morning. They could not do
that in Southern Michigan, where
the ground is covered with 6 inches
Of snow.
Oranges, Bananas, Almeria
Grapes, and all kinds Of fruit,
at S. q. & Co.'S.
DIED-At her home in this vii.
lage, Monday, December 18th, Mrs
Kittie Valid, aged "a years, De
ceased has been resident here FOL
many years, and could count hel
friends by the number Of those whC
knew her. She leaves her husband
Fred VALID. and son and daughter
to mourn her loss. The intermen
will be in Bay City, Saturday.
We neglected last week to motto,
one of the pleasant events Of thu
year, which occurred the previous
Saturday evening, when the W.,R. c
assembled at the residence Of Henri,
Trumley, and after the meeting o
the Post he was invrigled dow
town until the members of the Pos
had time to reach the house, whel
he was led home to be most thoul
oughly surprised to learn that h
was a year older than he had been
A social hour and refreshments fol
lowed, and he was presented with
G. A. r. pin by conrad Wisner Il
behalf OF the Post.
Frank White, the thief who hel
; up Chas F. Kelley, of Frederic, an
was in Jail awaiting trial, escape
Thursday evening, by tearing up tn
floor and removing a part OF tn
brick wall, through which he crawle
out. AS usual he had been above
the freedom of the jail corridor duI
ing the day, but was locked in tn
steel cage at night. Wednesday an
Thursday he was the only prisoner
and did his work In such a name
that it was not noticed by the sheri
who examined the prisoner at fou
o'clock, as he was about leavin
town. At seven, Under Sheriff Nola
went In to lock him up for the night
but he was gone. S25. 90 reward
+ |offered for his capture.
Thirty. FIVE literary lectures by
world-renowned authors, each an e,
pert upon the subject about whic
| he writes. Most beautifully printe
, and illustrated, bound in one volum
and sold at the remarkably low pric
7, o, and IA cents per lecture az
cording to the style of binding, 4
book of the most wonderful value Q
. this most wonderful century. Ever
To- ~ r,1l v,oecc.a <tx1o