Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-12-25
WEST AND SOUTH.


Fair at New Orleans was opened by tele-
graph from the Executive Mansion at
Washington. President Arthur started the
great machinery of the exhibition by an
electric spark, and the address of congrat-
ulation was sent over the wires to the
Crescent City. In New Orleans the Expo
sition Commissioners, home and foreign
delegations and notable visitors were es-
corted with military honors to the grounds.
Rev. DR.. Talmage, of Brooklyn, made the
opening prayer, and Director-General
Burke made an address.
THE people of the United States and of
five foreign countries have contributed
S132,369 for the Garfield monument at
Cleveland.
INSTRUCTIONS were given by Mr.. Blaine
to his attorneys on the 10th to dismiss his
suit against the Indianapolis Sentinel for
libel.
- NY I...'esa ras,io~.- Indian
apolis, is to the effect that the Pullman
Car Company is responsible for the goods
and chattels of its passengers, and gave
judgment for $40, of which a patron was
robbed on a sleeper.
AT independence, Kan, a recent fire de-
stroyed the Star office, G. Gottlieb's cloth
ing store, II. Calkins' law office, and the
Odd-Fellows' Hall.
The execution of John B. Hoffman took
place at Cincinnati on the 10th for killing
his son three years ago. Two men sup
ported him while the handouts and moose
were being adjusted, and he wept like u
child at thereading of the death warrant.
In store at Newport, Ark, Ave persons
were burned to death few days ago, and
property valued at 100000 was destroyed.
A FEUD engendered by the victim taking
the part of a woman who had been de-
famed by the assassin, caused Edward
Richmond, a young lawyer, to murder
Clifton Kirby, a wealthy farmer, at Hunts
vile, No., the other night.
OdnSeffnon isfcsh 6jb6Rai-t5.. nsat In .E tate.
adopted resolutions renouncing all al
legiance to former parties, declaring in
favor of National prohibition, demanding
woman suffrage, favoring the Government
issuing all money, a tariff for revenue and
high tax on luxuries.
In Vincennes, Ind, a horrible case of
starvation was discovered ON the 18th. A
widow with several children was found in
bed cold and stiff in death. Her children
were aronnd her, shivering with cold and
crying for mercy. They were saved from
starvation by the mother, who, rather than
see her children suffer, suffered herself.
Another widow with several children was
rescued.
In the Western Union office at New Or
leans the telegraph operators struck on the
18th, owing to reduction of wages and an
increase in the hours of labor.
A FIGHT between the local authorities Of
Dunegan Settlement, Ga, and n gang of
moonshiners few days ago resulted in the
death of two of the moonshiners.
..aggsElz-g ageexx .iea SlAiGa&a sesElssar8ssJse
zero. California reported heavy rain
throughout the State. Railway traffic was
suspended in the Willamette Valley of
Oregon by the worst snow storm known in
thirty years.
THE hog cholera in Nebraska has caused
loss of probably 100000, the loss in
Sarpy County alone amounting TO sd, 900.
AT meeting in Chicago recently of the
general freight agents of the railroads
in Iowa, Dakota and Minnesota il was re-
solved not to reduce freight rates on grain,
as they did not ask share in the shippers
advantage last year.
SEVERAL representatives of the Lake
Superior iron interest, claiming to have
$50, 000, 900 behind them, met at Cleveland,
o., on the 18th and memoralized Congress
in opposition to the ratification of the
treaty with Spain.
AT the late election the people of Florida
voted in favor of holding convention to
revise their State Constitution. The vote
was: EYES," 81, 1884; "No," 2S,130.
THE other night farmer Harrington of
Geneva, o., was shot dead by burglar,
who also shot Mrs. Harrington through
the shoulder. The woman recognized the
murderer as Lewis Webster, ueigbbor,
and the district was being searched for
him.
THE other day Edward Giltings, who
attempted to burn up his wife and child,
was sentenced at Baltimore to five years.
imprisonment and expired in the city Jail
in the evening.
LIEUTENANT ABERcRoMBIE arrived from
Alaska recently, and reported having ex-
plored the Yukon River for 2, 700 miles, and
found gold placers paying fifty dollars a
day to the man.
On line across the continent from
Washington to Portland, Ore, the mer-
curry was below zero on the 18th. Tho
thermometer at Milwaukee marked % be-
low, 16 at Chicago, 36 at st. Paul, 25 Mt
Rockford, ILL.,, and "a below at Des Moines,
la. At Davenport and Dubuque the
Mississippi River was frozen over. Lead
vile, Col, reported two feet of snow and
all railroads blockaded. Heavy snow
storms prevailed at Lynchburg and Rich
mond, Va, at Mobile, Ala, and at
Raleigh, N. G. The indications were that
the cold would be more severe.
FRIENDS of Temperance met at Des
Moines (Ia.) recently and resolved to call
State Convention for January 81 to con-
slider the outlook for the Prohibitory law.
OWING to the general depression in trade
it is said that the railroads running east
from st. Louis are doing only about half
the business done at this time last year.
WILLIAM SoMERvILLE, q bachelor, was
shot dead by three negroes near Hazel
hurt, Miss, on the 18th, and robbed of
5000. Two negroes have been arrested on
suspicion.
HIGH water III the Arkansas River swept
away a large portion OF the Government
Works at Pine Bluff, Ark, few days ago. ]