Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-01-08
THE EAST,

1T was reported on the 10Th that the New
York Star (John Kelly's paper) had been
purchased by w. II. England, who was
understood to represent syndicate, in
Guiding his father, /. w. England, pub
Usher of the Sun.
l. On the Goth a dense fog had settled down
over New York harbor, and incoming
steamers would not trust themselves within
the bar. Vessels of all sorts were waiting
for the mist to lift before starting.
FEW days ago State Senator Herman,
OF New York, married his brothers. wild
ow, having fi,st obtained special dispen-
= sntion. fraan the pn,l~
ONE of The Inmates of the Charlestown
(Mass.) Alms-house is Mrs. Matilda
Roulston, the widow of Sergeant d. c..
Roulston, u. s. A., who lost his life ON the
Greedy expedition.
Four young Greensburgh (Pa.) men pro-
cured half gallon OF alcohol at a drug
store recently and drank it all. Two of
them died the next day and the others
were suffering greatly.
PHILADELPHIA detectives learned few
days ago that Mrs. Amelia Gibson had for
years been enticing children from their
homes and training them to steal. Among
her pupils was her ten-year- son.
OFFICIALS and employees of the Philadel-
phia & Reading Railroad have been noti-
fled of a general reduction in wages.
THE suspension Is announced Of the Lo-
Gust Gap and Locust Spring collieries, at
Mt. Carmel, Pa, operated by the Philadel-
phia 81 Reading Railroad Company. Two
thousand men were thrown out of employ
meDt.
i To- h. "a
John Marin, carriage containing an OH
couple named Nicholans was driven over
an embankment on the Brownsville pike,
near Pittsburgh, Pa, few nights ago, and
the occupants were fatally injured.
FRANK TALLMAN, of CASTLE, N. Y, a
wealthy farmer, was fatally shot a few
days ago by the accidental discharge of a
pistol in his own pocket.
THE Pennsylvania Company recently
discharged seven locomotive engineers for
a conspiracy with the time clerk at Erie,
by which they obtained $1,000 Of unearned
pay.
A FIRE few days ago destroyed e. NJ
Jewett's extensive cooperage establish
ment at Buffalo Plains, N. Y, with ma.
chinery, stock, supplies, and a boarding
house, causing a loss ofI$1OO,OOO.
THE exports from the port of New York
exclusive of specie, for the seven day;
ended on the 3Oth ult. were IS, 49,, 900
against S6429,OOO for the previous sever
days.
THE Pennsylvania Coal Company has is.
sued a circular announcing an average re-
dustiasa af twanty five per cent. per ton In
the price of coal.
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN, the pugilist, without
cause, beat and kicked into insensibility il
a Boston restaurant the other day wait
or girl named Rose Booth. Sullivan wa
intoxicated at the time.
WHILE temporarily insane Mrs. De Hofr
who, with her child, reached Macedon, N
Y, the other day in search of her husband
cut her babes throat in the railway sta
ton and then cut her own.
THE Philadelphia Mint coined 1920, 00
pieces during the year 1884, the value o
which was $16,9i3,0O0.
THE issue on the 31st ult. of Rrddstreet'
annual report gives the total number o.
business failures in the United States dur
ing the year 1884 at 1896, against 9,1S1 II
1888. The total liabilities were S226, 643, 427
against $172,S74,172 in 1888. Canada haC
327 failures, with liabilities of $40, 191 1906.
In the carpet factory at Roxbury, Mass.
eight hundred employees struck on the 3ls
ult. against reduction of wages.
II was announced ON the 1st from New
York that the 100000 necessary to pay
Vanderbilt's claim on General Grant haC
been raised. The money raised had beer
fixed so that none of the creditors of tn
firm OF Grant e. Ward could touch it.
In Jchnson's mill, at North Adams
Mass, one hundred weavers struck on tn
2d against reduction, and were ordered
from their tenements.
The death of Mclaughlin, the yount
coachman who, ON n sick bed, recently
married the wealthy Widow Britton,
relative Of Vanderbilt, occurred on the q
at Staplcton, s. I.
Tue Glen Wooden Mill at North Adam
was recently destroyed by fire, causing
Loss Of 100000.