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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
The SanguinarY Record Connected
with the Crouch Case.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec 13.--Silas Sanders
(colored), a witness in the Crouch murder
case, tried to cut his throat at Jackson Thurs
day morning. but was prevented by Off
Ger JudsOn, after he had made two ugly
wounds i'm his neck. The singular fatality
connected with the Crouch case. IS again
that the end Is not yet
directly connected with and growing out of
the Crouch tagedy there have now been nine
above. another death from natural causes,
two persons have been badly wounded and
seven persons arrested, as follows:
FIVE victims OF the original NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., ,ed
his daughter, aged thirty-three, and her un.
born babe; Henry White her husband, aged
thirty-one years; Moses Policy, tho drover,
Other violent deaths-Mrs Daniel Holcomb,
February 2 1884, heart disease, stimulated by
the tragedy; James Foy, February s, 1884, com
1884, in paroxysns brought ON by insanity
caused by bIooding over the ernie; Alex.
andcr II; Lee. April ID 1874, thought he was
one of the murdercrs and suicided.
Attempted suicide--Silas Sanders, men
Seriously wounded-Elrner shuler, shot by
James Foy, February 4 1884; Detective
Browns attempted assassination, February Z,
The Prosecuting Attorney, Frank Hewlett
died November -, 1894, of quick consumption
aggravated by hard work on the case.
Arrests-James Rees, the servant of old
man Crouch. and George Bolles, colorcd boy,
both discharged; Andrews, arrested ut the
instance of Crank Perry and released; Jud
Crouch and Hugh McCallum, charged with
shooting Detective Brown, dismissed, but Jud
rearrested and held I'm bail: Dan Holcomb and
Jud Crouch, March 1, 1884, charged with the
original murders. held I'm $4,000 bail each and
now on trial; Joseph Allen, April y, 1884
charged; Henry Hocomb, alleged perjury IN
the Allen case, held In 5000 BALL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
A Great Monopoly Defeated.

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 15.-The famous
freight discrimination suit of Scciield,
Shurmcr q Teagh. oil refiners of this city,
against the Lake Shore Railroad came to
an end here Saturday with verdict of five
thousand dollars. Suit had been brought
for one bundled thousand dollars,
but the court held that recovery could
pIaintiffs were abtc 70 prove. The
prosecution claimed that they were unable
to compete with the Standard Oil Company
because the latter was enabled, by lower
freight charges on the part of defendant to
place its oils on the market at a lower fig
lue than plaintiff was able to do. They
also claimed that defendant refused to fur
nish them with the same transportation fa-
cilities as those given the Standard Compa-
ny, TO whose refinery side track was built
by defendant; similar treatment being de-
MED the plaintiffs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
PIN AND PosNr.


"A man who brings suit against .
young woman and wins her Tor HIS
wife sometimes gets heavy damages.
..Do not marry a widower," said the
old lady; "a ready-made family Is Ike
. plato Of cold potatoes" "oh, III
soon warm them" replied the damsei.i
"A little town in New York has 2
skating-rlffk they call the Niagara :"
1t is supposed that they call It that be-
csuse the people go there to sea the
s.fal1s."
The mania for clipping with coach
men is rapidly subsiding, and the old
folks are again keeping watchfui eye
on the eldest SON and the family cook
--Pitts6urgh Chronicle Telegraph.
"A Colorado man, in Boosting OF
that State, said: ''Why, even our winds
out here beat all creation. III . man
loses his hat I'm what's an ordinary
breeze anywhere in Colorado, he mas 10
telegraph to the next station TO nave
some one stop it''
-sDid YOU take me for fool when
you married meP' cried an angry hus-
band in the thick of a domestic quar-
rel. 70 which the wife meekly respond
ed: s.No, James, / did not;. but then
you always said was no judge OF CHAR
acter, don't you knowr'-MK. Ledger.
Johnny, do you know the tenth
commandment" "Yes'm." ~'Say IT,
Cant" 'sBut you just said you knew
it, Johnny" "Yes'm, / know it when
see it. IN Y Sun.
my son, what is thisp" asked a fond
parent. "Your school report of last
month said: 'Conduct-exemplary,
while for this month it reads: Conduct
-execrab1e.' what did you dop''
"Just what did the month before, on
ly the master happened to notice me
this time" ftt
-'1ndustry am ssrtin to bring plen-
ty, an economy Deber goes barfut In
winter" Between sayin' muffin an
talkin' too much de world leans to de
man who holds his tongue" sour
opinion of ourselves makes us all great
men. Proceedings Of The Lime hst1s
Club, in Detroit Free Press.
These firemen must be a frivolous
| set.n said Mr.. Spilkins, who was read
| inc a paper. 'Why so?n II read in
the paper that after the fire was under
control. the firemen played all night on
tic ruins. Why didn't they go homo
| and 90 to bed like sensible men, instead
Of romping about like childrens'-H1
City Derrick.
-"What are you doing, Maryp"
asked Somerville husband addressing
i his wife. II am sewing on crazy
Quilt" she replied. ''Are there any
buttons on itP'' ''No." II thought
not" he said ..it wouldn't be like you
buttons" and drawing deep sigh he
proceeded to fasten his suspenders with
a half-burned match.-Soneryt1Ie Jour
nal. @
Says a correspondent: 81 am
reminded by seeing an advertisement
in this mornings paper of the follow
ing incident: While in the Office OF q
White Mountain hotel talking to a
group of elegant and wealthy women,
one of them inquired for laundress-
Just then villager passed by and the
clerk referred to her for the required
information. On being questioned she
calmly surveyed the group and ut
length answered.: i think know OF
lady that will wash for you women. T"
| Boston transcript.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
xLvntA CONGRESS-
Second sessleNA


TUESDAY, Dec 0--The Senate, by a
strict party vote, decided to take up
the bill for the admission of Dakota, and
Mr. Harrison gave statistics 10 establish
the claims of the people of the south
ern half Of that Territory. A bill for the
sale of the Cherokee Reservation In
Arkansas was passed. Mr.. Sherman
introduced a bill for the erection OF q
statue of Lafayette. In executive session,
Mr.. Riddleberger objected TO the conir-
nation of Hugh McCulloch as Secretary OF
the Treasury. In the House Mr.. Chalmers
introduced a bill to restore the republican
form of government to the State of Missis-
sippi. Further consideration of the Inter-
State Commerce bill occupied the remain
der of the session.
"WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10.-Mr. Vest pre-
scented several memorials In the Senate
from Dakota in opposition to fits admission
as State, and claimed that the movement
was engineered by ambitious Territorial
politicians. In the House the West Point
Appropriation bill was passed and the In
ter-State Commerce bill was further con.
sidered.
THURSDAY, Dec. 11.-Mr. Van Wycl
offered n resolution in the Senate that
as the commercial treaty negotiated
with Spain had been given to the public, 4
rule be adopted for its considera,
ton In open session. A join
resolution was adopted appointing Feb
ruary 81 for the ceremonies connected
with the completion of the Washington
monument There was prolonged debate
on the Oregon Central Land-forfeiture bill
and the measure for the admission of Da
kota. Adjourned TO the 10Th. In the
House the Invalid Pension Appropriation
bill was reported, after which considera-
ton of the Interstate Commerce bill wai
resumed.
FRIDAY, Dec. 1.-THE Senate was not
in session. In the House concurrent
resolution was adopted for gathering OF
Senators and Representatives at the White
House on the 10th, to witness the opening
of the New Orleans Exposition by the
President, by means of electricity. After a
long debate a resolution was adopted to
expunge from the official proceedings of
last July speech by ]. d. Taylor, which
reflected on the Pension Committee At
orc 0vvnrrfg scssr0u
passed, including one granting thirty dol.
lars month 30 Emma De Long, AID.
journed to the 18th,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
ROASTED ALIVE.
An Awfui soens in the Mining
- Town of Trenton. Pa.
An Entire Family. with the Exception q
q seven-Year-Old Child. wiped Out
The Fathers Heroic EFFORT
60 Save tits Family.

READING, Pa, Dec. 1o.--Trenton, q
small mining village about two miles from
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, was the
scene of fearful holocaust at an early hour
yesterday morning. The houses in the
place were all built of wood, and about day
break smoke was observed 10 be issuing
from one OF. them framed by furious
gale the flames spread fast and In
q few minutes three adjoining houses
were also ON fire. The residences
were provided with only narrow means OF
exit from which the occupants were cut off.
Ladders were quickly procured, and the
people in three OF the houses were rescued
with difficulty. In the house where tho
flames originated the rescuers were unable
to rouse the inmates. II. Is supposed the
unfcetiinate people were overcome by the
smoke, for all efforts TO arouse them were
unavailing and those on the outside were
prevented from entering the windows by
occupied by miner named Frank Farrell,
and while the horror-stricken people on the
outside werb shouting themselves huatsf
Farrell appeared at ali open window hold.
ing his seven-year-old boy In his arms. The
flames were by this time playing fiercely
around the window at which the miner
stood With one blow of his foot he knocked
the window into splinters, and then, lean
ing far out dropped his child into the
arms Of some men standing on the ground
below. The father then returned evidently
with the intention of endeavoring to rescue
the Others He wis fever afterward seeh
alive. Just then the house began to shake
then 1t careened and fell, burying six per-
sons In the mass of smoking ruins. The
names OF the victims are as follows: Frank
Farrell, aged forty; Mrs. Frank Farrell,
aged thirty-elght; Amy Farrell, aged four,
teen; Walter Farrell, aged ten; Thomas
Farrell aged 4; James Fitzgerald, board
er, aged twenty-five.
The flames after entirely destroying the
four houses attacked, finally siibsided. BY
noon the ruins were partially cleared away
and the six bodies, all burned to a crisp,
were recovered.
How the fire started Is not exactly known
From statement made by the little boy
saved 1t Is believed the father was smoking
while in bed, and that he fell asleep while
so engaged. The burning tobacco Is be
lieved to have then fallen on the bed, ant
so started the terrible eonfagration.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18

from his residence In the lower section OF
Howard County, Nd, on the 18th by thir-
teen masked men and hanged 20 a tree.
The offense was said 70 be ah ASSAULT Upon
white Woman
THE buidings, walks and lakes for the
Worlds Fair at New Orleans were nearly
ali completed ON the i2th. Several thousand
men were at work night and day In ar
ranging exhibits, which poured in at the
rate Of one hundred carloads daily. The
main structure covers thirty three acres,
and has eighteen iiiles Of aisles and a mile
or galleries.
GENERAL BRIsBIN, In a recent letter pub
lished in Montana newspaper, declares
free cattle-ranges no longer practicable,
and advocates a Texas cathedral. He
states that one-sixth of the herds west of
the Missouri River are controlled by En-
glishmen, who get free grass and drive
citizens out of the business.
ABOUT forty negroes lost their lives by
the recent capsizing of oyster boats in the
Rappahannock River, in Virginia, during
gale. Seventeen bodies had been recov-
cred.
A FIRE broke out suddenly In Gray,
Toynton a. Fox's candy factory ut Detroit
on the evening Of the 18th, causing the girls
employed in the second story to rush for
the fire-escape, in descending which one
young woman fell and was slightly hurt.
Three girls were seen at a window, but a
sudden burst of the flames drove them back,
and they were burned to death.
In Idaho two cowboys recently tied
their left hands together and fought duel
with kni res until both fell dead.
ORRIN A. CARPENTER, of Lincoln, ILL.,,
who was acquitted of the murder of Fora
Burns, fled from that place on the 18th to
avoid assassination by the girls father. His
once ample fortune has shrunk to a quarter
section of farming land.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
THE EAST.

THE death of Pierre Prefaux, blind
beggar, occurred recently at Pittsburgh,
Pa, and investigations showed that he had
5000 on deposit in a savings bank. There
was no clew to his heirs.
of houses at Trenton, Pa, were burned,
Thomas Barlow, his wife and three chill
ing in the flames.
FROM the port of New York the exports
during the seven days ended on the 9th,
exclusive of specie, were 50, 456, 000-an in
crease of 81, $4,000 over the previous week.
In New York on the 9th William H.
Vanderbilt fled a judgment for $155, 4O7
against General Grant-money loaned the
General few days before the failure of
the firm of Grant e. Ward.
THE failure is reported of Wilkinson e.
Co., private bankers at Syracuse, N. Y.
Their liabilities were estimated at about
100000, with assets less than half that
sum.
THE other day Allen B. Wilson, of Wa
terbury, Conn.,, one of the earliest invent
ors of Sewing machines, was taken to the
insane retreat at Hartford.
THE furniture mandatory of Clark
Bros. g. Co., in Philadelphia, together with
a few other buildings in the same block,
were destroyed by fire a few days ago.
The loss was about $105,000.
A CONFESSION was made by H. Worth
Wright, who recently died in Connecticut,
that in 1878, while medical student, he
aided in disinterring the body of Estelle
Newman, at Egremont, Mass, and took it
to the Albany Medical College, where, aft
err being placed on the dissecting table, she
showed signs of life, and was resuscitated.
The woman was then sent to the insane
asylum in Schoharie County, N. Y, but
Wright knew nothing of her subsequent
movements.
WEscoTT & Co., bankers at Syracuse, N.
Y, have made an assignment, with liabili-
ties of 100000.
A FUND of $4,000 was raised by the vari-
Gus glass-workers' unions throughout the
country on the 18th to aid the prescrip-
tion glass blowers on a strike at Pitts
burgh, Pa.
s. DANA GREENE, Commander of the
Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H., COM
mitted suicide the other day. His mind
was supposed TO have been unbalanced by
literary work.
MRS. AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS, of Woon-
socket, r. l., was surprised q few days
ago by q call from her husband, who mys-
teriously disappeared eight years ago, and
had been mourned as dead. He invited
her to furnished house in Georgiaville,
which he purchased with part Of fortune
left him recently by his grandmother.
q OTFIcERs of the Philadelphia mint re-
ported on the 18th that attempts had been
made lately to palm of spurious bullion.
AT New Bedford, Mass, a fire the other
morning caused loss of $4,000, with
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
Strangely Afflicted.

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. ia peculiar
case of destitution and distress became pub
lie in this city Saturday. Michael Master
ton, young Irishman, applied to the city
for aid, being unable to find work. With
his wife and three children he lives in a
howell OH Bentley alley, and when the re
leving officer visited the place he found
that none of the children were able to talk,
walk or feed themselves. The eldest Is but
four years old. They are not deaf, and all
have suffered since birth in the manner de-
scribed. Their faces are pale and theiI
limbs shrunken. Masterton came to this
country about four years ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
Four Victims Found.

SHAMoKIN, Pa, Dec. 10.-The bodies OF
Koble, Fox, Duzman and Tuckett four Of
the miners entombed in the Henry Clay
shaft Monday, have been recovered. Gangs
of men worked all Monday night and yes
terday removing the great mass of coal dis
lodged by the explosion. Duzman aud Fox
were terribly burned; Koble and Tuckett
were suffocated. Williams, reported fatal
ly injured, managed to reach the open air
through large body of gas. lie fell pros
trate upon reaching the open air. His in
juries are very slight. Williams says the
explosion was caused by a vein of gas,
which the men tapped, coming in contact
with the lamps.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
vanderbiIt's Judgment Against Gen
eral Grant.

NEW YoRK, Dec. 1o.-Several days prior
10 the failure of Grant & Ward, William H.
Vanderbilt loaned General U. 5. Grant
s15O,OOo. The money was not returned,
but no step was taken In the matter until a
few DAYS ago. when Mr.. Vanderbilt began
an action in the Supreme Court for the re-
coyery of the same. General Grant con-
scented that judgment should be taken
against him for the full amount together
With interest and the cost of the proceedings.
The offer was accepted, and judgment was
entered in the County Clerks Office yester-
day. the amount being Sl5e,lQL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18

BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec 15.-The pulp:ts
of all the Methodist churches of this city
were occupied yesterday by delegates "a
the Centenary Conference. After MOOT
there was a Sunday-school celebration In
which twenty-five thousand children par
ticipated. IL was held in twenty-ons
churches--fifteen white, representing forty.
two congregations, and six colored, repre-
senting thirteen congregations,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
"A larger business is done by tel,

"A larger business is done by telc-
graph companies in the United States
than in any other country in the world.
Over 40, 600, 900 messages were sent last
year. Great Britain sent nearly 33, 600.
600, France 26, 600, ! 600, and Germany 49,
100000. The total for the world was
1858, 100000, fully one-haf being sent
in English speaking countries. Ger
many has nearly as many telegraph
offices as the United States, although
so much smaller in area, and doing
less than half the business. Great
Britain on the contrary, does a large
business with comparatively few offices.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18

"A Nevada raDchman has herd of
hybrid cattle, crossed between the male
buffalo and the domestic COW. They
are not housed during the winter, but
find their food and thrive where other
cattle would starve. Their beef Is said
to be excellent, and yarn has been spun
from their hair.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18
A woman at Fonda. N. Y.

"A woman at Fonda, N. Y, COM
mitted suicide with strychnine rather
than dress an unplucked turkey which
her husband bought for Thanksgiving.
She was so vexed because her husband
asked her to do 1t that she declared she
would die before she would do il"
and she was as good as her word. She
leaves FIVE children.-M Y. Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-18

THE death of Pierre Prefaux, blind
beggar, occurred recently at Pittsburgh,
Pa, and investigations showed that he had
5000 on deposit in a savings bank. There
was no clew to his heirs.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-06
Modern Champagne.

Chicago Tribune.
A New York wine dealer discourses
thus OF champagne: The new process
omits the second fermentation. The
wine is ready for sale in two months
from the time its manufacture is begun.
Ninety-nine hundredths of the wine
drunk rs champagne to-day contains nj
trogen and oftentimes albuminous COM
pounds as well. 1t is to get rid of this
nitrogen and albumen that the second
fermentation is necessary. Let man
drink too much champagne nowadays
and he will have most beastly headache
and it is hard to get rid of it for days
This is caused by the nitrogen in the
champagne, left there by the new pro
cess"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-06

Arrive at New York daily at ......... 6:30 a n
Connecting at WaycrOss with Through Pull
man Palace Buffet and Drawing Room Sleep
ing Cars, WaycrOss to New York without
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-06
Didn't Sell Any Gravestones,

Merchant Traveller.
An enterprising travelling agent for a
well-known Cleveland tombstone manu-
factory lately made business visit to a
small town in an adjoining county.
Hearing, in the village, that man in a
remote part of the township had lost his
wife, he thought he would go and see
him and offer consolation and grave
stone, on his usual reasonable terms
He started. The road was a frightful
one, but the agent persevered, and final
ly arrived at the bereaved mans house.
Bereaved mans hired girl told the agent
that the bereaved man was splitting
fence rails cover in the pastur, about two
miles" The interchangeable agent hitched
his horse and started for the ''pastur."
After falling into all manner of mud
holes, scratching himself with briers and
tumbling over decayed logs, the agent at
length found the bereaved man. In a
subdued voice he asked the man if he
had lost his wife. The man said he had.
The agent was very sorry to hear of it,
and sympathized with the man very
deeply in his great affection; but death
he said, was an insatiate archer and shot
Gown ALL both of high and low degree;
Informed the man that ''what was his
s4oss was her gain, and would be glad to
sell him a gravestone to mark the spot
where the beloved one slept-marble or
common stone, as he chose, at prices de
flying competition. The bereaved man
said there was "a little difficulty in the
way" Haven't you lost your wife ?"
inquired the agent. why, yes, have,
sa the man, ''but no gravestun amt
necessary; you see, the cussed critter
man " The agent retired.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-06
Degradation of Russia's Priesthood.

Degradation Of Russia's Priesthood.
Fortnightly Review.
Every parish priest in Russia is obliged
to be married man; that is to say, he
must have a wife as a preliminary cOndi-
ton to the possession of a parish, but
must be married before he has been or
dained priest, for a priest cannot mar
ry. Formerly the rule Of a married pa
rochial clergy was enforced so vigorously
that when priests wife died the widow
er had to resign his benefice and partaze
himself to a convent. This rule worked
50 cruelty, especially in the case of
children thus suddenly bereft of both
parents, that it was relaxed in the late
Emperors reign, and now a widowed
priest may return to his parOchial charge.
The Parish clergy, however, are still
caste, and a despised caste. In social
standing they are little above the peas
ing rooms of the gentry; and if gentle
man resolves to adopt clerical career
he never dreams of entering the ranks
of the white" that is the parochial
clergy; he joins the "black" clergy, or
monks, from whom the bishops are inev-
itably chosen. 1t is curious that peO-
pie 80 devoted to their religion as the
Russians should treat the offspring of
their priesthood with such cOntumely.
They compel their parish priests to be
married, yet they regard descent from a
priest as kind of social original sin, for
which there is no favor or regeneration.
No wonder that Nihilism counts many of
its most daring recruits among the vic
Tins of such gross social injustice.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-06
a Coward and no Gentleman.

Lie, why didn't yer let Bill Thomp-
son take yer home from the ball las
night
"'kase, Moll, he done gone an showed
hisse'f coward. that's why"
IAN how did he do dat, Lize?"
''Why, he had two razors in his peck
cts, an says dat emmy Teller what carries
more'n one razor to ball wild him am a
coward and amt no gentleman. 1 dose. -
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-06
NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS.


Connecting ut ChattahOOchee with PensaCs-
Ia and Atlantic Railroad daily for PensacCaG
Mobile, New Orleans, Texas ana all transit
siSsippi points. Pullman Buffet and Sleep,ug
Cars on this train, Jacksonville to PensaCO,a,
Mobile and New Orleans.