Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
WEST AND SOUTH.


the Carolina Central Railroad, was de-
stroyed by fire at two O'Clock on the morn
Ing of the 9th. The fire was accidental and
originated in drug store. This is the fifth
North Carolina town burned in the last
thirty days, tho others being Goldsboro,
Wilson, Toisnot and Warsaw.
THE other day Mrs. Jane Ewing, a
widow, who lived twelve miles southwest
of Selma, Ala, was going TO town on horse
back with two little sons, one before and
one behind, when dead tree on the road
side fell on them with a crash, instantly
killing the three together.
In Western North Carolina great excite
ment existed on the 9th over the discov-
cry of new gold mine near Marion, Nc
Dowell County. Scores of miners were
focking there from all sections.
The wife Of g. e. Geisendorff, a wealthy
manufacturer at indianapolis, committed
suicide few days ago by drowning her.
self in cistern. Deceased had been an
invalid for years, and on the day of the
suicide eluded the vigilance of her attend
ants.
A FEW mornings ago William Pitts, alias
White, who recently beat a citizen to death
with wagon spoke, was taken from the
officers at Daggett, CAL, and hanged to a
telegraph pole.
A MOB took Charles Stevens, alias
"Omaha Charley" desperate, from Jail
the other morning at Maryville, No., and
hanged him to the railway bridge.
THERE was great excitement at Cullom
Springs, Choctaw County, Ala, on the 9th
over the discovery of oil, drilling for which
had been going on for over year. 1t was
said that the how of oil was greater than
could be secured,
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ence of Methodism at Baltimore, were
given n reception on the evening of the 9th,
three hundred members attending.
WADE HAMPTON has been reelected
United States Senator by the South Caro-
lima Legislature.
The saloon of j. w. Mills, at New Paris,
Ind, was destroyed the other night by in
cendiaries, who were opposed to having a
liquor shop in the town.
On the 10th Reuben r. Springer, of Gin
cinnati, known throughout the country for
his gifts to public institutions, died in his
chair from paralysis of the heart, in his
eighty fifth year.
Miss MARY j.. CALDWELL, of Baltimore,
Nd, whose sister has already given $780,
600 for a new Catholic university, signed
her check recently for the same amount for
the same purpose.
1T is officially reported that the wheat
yield of California this year is 57,420 1888
bushels leading ell other States in the
Union. Lass Is the product OF S,Ss1 ,S94
els.
OWING to jealousy Mrs Kennedy shot
I'LL 4 A..
in San Francisco the other morning and
made two attempts to kill herself.
JOHN s. SHoNDLEMEYER, a farmer, threw
himself in front of train near Lafayette,
Ind, the other night, and was instantly
killed. This was the third time he had at
tempted suicid. within the past year.
CITIZENS of Andersonville, o., turned
out in great numbers recently and dis
patched tiger which had escaped from
his winter quarters in menagerie. The
animal had killed hogs, sheep and Cows
along his route, but attacked no human
being.
A MOB took John p. Martin, who shot
Floyd Tolliver at Morehead, KY, from a
train on the 10th not far from that place
and killed him.
On the 10th the Centennial Conference of
Methodism began at Baltimore, Md.
INDICTMENTS were found on the 18th by
ths E,aaeEala GSRRe, 4asGdft GhtaRSa ,a62iast
Biehl, Hansbrough, Shields, Strausser,
Kelly and Sullivan, for completely in the
election frauds attempted in the Eighteenth
Ward, and each gave bail.
The other day a robber who was cap
| tured at Hannibal, Mo-, proved to be WILL
lam Callaghan, who escaped from Jail at
Sandwich, Ont, last March, by numbering
George O'Leach, the Governor of the Jail.
FOUR years ago Mary Brannan, was a fa-
vorite in the highest social circles of Balti-
more. Recently she was released from Jail in
that city, and ended her career by fiinging
herself on the track before q passenger
| train.
AT Jumpers Station, in the Hooking
Valley, new mine was opened on >ae
18th, and two houses from which striking
miners had been elected were burned to
the ground.
A BLACKSMITH named John Henry, Of
| Spring City, Ca, while digging in his yard
few days ago struck a vein of gold which
| assayed fifty dollars to the ton. He had
been offered and refused $4,000 for his
property.
A FEW days ago John p. Harden, who
resides near Littleton, w. Va, accidental
| ly shot himself, his wife and four children
while trying to extract load from a shot
| gun. Mrs. Harden and one child were the
only ones fatally injured.
y IT has been decided by Governor Rusk,
of Wisconsin, that there shall be no public
ceremonies at the Inauguration of State
officers. They will quietly take the oath
of Office and retire to their respective de-
partmenUs.
LEADING hominy millers of the United
States effected a permanent organization
on the 18th by electing George j. Heilman,
of Evansville, Ind, President, and George
N. Flanagan, of st. Louis, Secretary and
| Treasurer.
AT st. Louis five inches Of snow fell on
the 18th.
The following executions took place on
the 18th: George Cook, at Laramie City,
Wy. T., for killing his brother in-l law; and
| Warren Price, at Wrightsville, Ca, for
taking the life of his son-in-law.
DURING court at Atlanta, Ga, a few days
ago United States Judge Mccoy became
insane, and the bar prevented the transac-
ton Of business. Insomnia was believed to
have clouded his brain.
| DURING the past year forty-Ave lodges
and 900 members were added to the Good
Templar phalanx in Dakota.
THE other evening Lewis Fox, manager
Of the Tate plantation near Little Rock,
was shot dead while sitting at a table
writing, the assassin having fired through
| a window.