Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-31
JANUARY,

The slattery family formed n syndicate Mt
Shenandoah Pa, to prosecute claims for prop
erty worth S5J0,0Oo 01o in England scotland, and
India. st. Louis, Mo, was repofted swarming
with beggars 20OJO people cut Of employment.
Twenty ey-thfee ~ tlae Younger priests and stu
dents OF the Moscow Theological Seminary were
rogged by the Archbishop OF the dinePSe Tor eX-
htbiting symptoms Of reheliicts. Gov. Cleve-
lnpa sent his resignation 70 the New York AS
sembly ON the 6tst being succeeded by Lieut..
Gov, Hill immense coal deposits, said to be
the richest in the world discovered in tho vieins
sly bf Pekn, China. Gen. Grant, in lettef TO
Cyrus w. Field, declined to accept the money
raised to oxtricato him from his financial
banassment. Prestdeht-elect Cleveland was
notified by nearly 100 parents that as mary ba-
bies were nanied after him, md nc sent Il pho
togfsph % each one, Discovery of an emerald
weighing over q pound at Boyaca, Colombia.
Faiturp OF the banking house Of John j. Cisco's
Sons New York liabilities, s., 100000, runhrut
Of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, ut South Rend, Ind.
The mercury at Mount Washington, N H., sank
to 80 degrees below Heso on Jan ~ and hurri-
cane for half day was at the rate of 100 miles
er hour detachment OF British troops,
l,50O strong, fought the hosts Of III Mehdi at tho
Wells of Abu Klea, in the deserts OF the Sou
dan. and after a fierce battle tho rebels were
driven from the field with heavy loss, London
startled by three explosions of dynamite in the
Parliament House and at the Tower; the lobby
d the British House Of Commons blown to
pieees, and the Speakers chair destroyed; SEN
ator Bayard introduced q resolution In the
United States Senate expressing the indigna-
tion and sorrow of this country at the event.
The Liberty Bell taken from Independence
Hall, Philadelphia, under escort Of 800 police
men, and started for the New Orleans Exposition.
Texas stookmen estimate their loss account
of the cold weather Will exceed al 900 100. Rus
sia and Germany conclude treaty providing
for extradtion OK assassins or abductors OF royal
personases, and persons guilty Of illegal manu-
faeture of explosives. Continued excitement in
London over the dynamite explosions; numer-
nToossed da and a sest2n of espf6hage oVSsf persons
Of irish extraction suggested. The Liberty Ben
hceorspd hearty reception ut New Orleans sa-
ihtes being fired ana shipping decorator at
Beauyoir Miss, Jefferson Davis met the train
| bearing the famous relic, and made short
| speech to those III attendance. solomon batt
| and Elias Grossfeldt, educated Hebrews, re-
| nounce Judaism, and unite with the NJ IL.
| Church at Cincinnati, Ex-Gov. Moses, OF
| south Carolina, released from prison nj
| Detroit and rearrested on the charge OF swind-
ling Col. Il. w. Higginson and other Bostonians.
| Amount of gold obtained from United States
mines in 1884 ascertained to have been S3l 900.
| OOO Kansas and Missouri Legislatures adopt
| resolutions pettioning Congress to open Okla
| homa to settlement. News received OF hard.
| fougbt battle between Gen. Stewards command
| and the Arab rebels, in which five OF I'll Mehdi
| emirs were killed Stewart was badly wounded
| and disabled for the remainder OF the campaign
| Mrs Thankful Tanner, of Cleveland brings SUI
against Mrs. james A. GARFIELD Tor sIo,OOO for IN
juries sustained by being run over by the lat
ter's carriage. Thaddeus Louis Poniatowski,
| grandson OF King Stanislaus of Poland, fount
| working as a cattle tender near Baltimore. Ih'
Minnesota Senate passes bill making II
| felony to attempt To increase or diIninish TN
| market price of cereals After deadlock last
ing twenty-five days, the lower house OF tn
Illinois LEGISLATURE organized by the election @
Elijah Nj. Haines as Speaker. A party OF Okla
hona boomers numbering lj6 persons disperse
bound over in eI 900 eacn they threaten TO max
| another raid ON the coveted territory March 4.