Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-27
WEST AND SOUTH.

| In San Francisco on the nth nj, III. DE
Young, proprietor of the Chronicle, was
shot by Adolph Spreckels, son of Claus
Spreckels, the Hawaiian sugar king. The
wounds were not considered fatal. The
shooting was the outcome of an article in
the Chronicle rejecting upon Spreckels'
| father.
THE loss of six lives was caused by the
recent explosion of the boiler of the steamer
Captain Sam, plying between Selma and
Montgomery, Ala.
A FREIGHT train was wrecked the other
morning near Rayville, La, and four
tramps were killed.
In Baltimore the other evening Charles
Leopold was accepted by Miss Bette Win
terbauer, a handsome brunette. A few
minutes afterward he drew a revolver in a
careless manner, accidentally shooting his
betrothed in the side Win rata1 resuiuss
THE new capitol of Dakota, at Bismarck,
having been completed, Governor Pierce
on tho 10Th issued a proclamation, under
the Removal act, requiring all Territorial
officers to be at Bismarck within thirty
| days.
HOUSEHOLDS in Buchanan, Wise and
! Dickinson Counties, Va, were being deci-
mated on the 10Th, and In some instances
four corpses had been found under one
roof Wells and springs had been absorbed
by the drought, and the little water that
remained was supposed to be tainted with
mineral poisons, which were causing the
mortality.
ROBERT HOWARD, a leading farmer in
Marshall County, Ala, went to James
Peake's house few evenings ago to settle
an old grudge. Peake OWNED his purpose
and shot Howard through the abdomen,
but the latter ra' sing himself with an
effort, shot Peake dead. Mrs. Peake then
rushed upon Howard, but met the same
neighbors arrived all three were foufid to
| be dead.
In Kansas the official count was COM
pleted on the 10Th, and shows the vote on
President to he as follows Blaine, 154, 40G;
Cleveland, &c, 1872; Butler, 1886; st. John,
4,495. On Governor the vote was as fol-
lows: Martin, Republican, 146,777; Click,
Democrat, 1Os,2 S4; Phillips, Prohibition and
Greenback, 0,99S.
THE North Carolina official vote at the
recent election is as follows: Cleveland,
142,9O0; Blaine, 125,O7O; st. John, 425; But
Ter, 10. For Governor, Alfred NJ. Scales,
Democrat, received 1879 votes; Tyre
|
Scales, 1887.
On the Armant plantation in st. James
Parish La, a sugar-house owned by Oliver
Brine, together with 10000 pounds of
sugar, was burned on the 10th. Loss, $780,
600.
THE execution of Isaac johnson took
place at Canton, Miss, on the 10Th for the
4 muruer or refIc i5rovE,rs
MINNEsoTA's official vote at the recent
election gives Blaine 111,023; Cleveland,
70,144 st. John 1891; Butler, 3,5S7. The
Republican Congressman had majorities
as follows: First District, White, 2,643;
Second, Wakefield, 10,164; Third, Strait,
1,4lS; Fourth, Gillfllan, 4,434; Fifth, Nell
son, II, AL.
A FIRE destroyed Toisnot, N. c., a vii
lage on the Wilmington g. Weldon Rail-
road, few days ago.
THE failure is announced of Adams &
Leonard, private bankers at Dallas, Tex,
with liabilities estimated at 5000
THE business portion of Hickman, KY,
was destroyed by conhagration, caused
by torches and fireworks used by Demo-
Gratis, the other night, the loss reaching
$4,000.
THE Democrats of the Fourth North Car
DINA District have nominated John Brat
ton for Congressman, to fill the unexpired
term of the late J. H. Evins.
[ THE arrest is announced of Amos A.
Southwick, late cashier of the defunct
Ashtabula CO., Loan Association, on a
warrant charging him with the embezzle-
, ment of $50, 900 of the funds of the bank.
, In Mitchell County, N. c., beyond the
Blue Ridge, extensive forest fires were
| orfu ha
2 Of timber and fencing had been destroyed,
and a number of houses were swept away.
4 IN the 10Th carriage hardware manu-
: facturers representing &,0O0,0OO capital
5 formed a National Association at Meriden,
| Conn.,, and decided upon pooling combi-
: nation for the restriction OF goods placed
upon the market,
Q THE disease reported recently as prevail
q ing in Virginia also exists in Kentucky
4 and West Virginia, where whole families
have been swept away, and thirty or more
new graves are seen in a small cemetery.
, The people call it cholera for want of q
], better name, and the malady upholds its
: dreadful title, victims, upon being seized
: seldom living longer than twenty -four
, hours.
In North Carolina the official vote at the
: recent election is as follows: Cleveland
,0O0; Blaine, 125,O6S; st. John, AS.
8 PHYSICIANS say that acute typhoid dys.
), EMERY is the cause of the fatal scourg'
4 which hes recently broken out in the west.
. ern portions of Virginia. One hundred
e and fifty deaths had occurred in Wis
: County alone.
IS THE two children Of William Greed wer,
t drowned few days ago near Mitchell
ID. T.
Il AT the National Cattlemen's Convention
{, at st. Louis on the Dist n fund of 40
. was raised in few moments for the relic
: OF the Virginia, West Virginia and Ken
lucky drought sufferers.
d THE other day Il. Il. johnson, formerly
n Northern Pacific express agent, accused o
}. embezzling $4,000, was acquitted at Walli
Il Waila, w. T.
: TEE returns received by the Secretary Q