Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-19
WESTERN.

A defective switch on the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago Railroad, near Bloom
angton, Ind, caused passenger-train to run
into some loaded freiRht-cars- A nnmhar- of
the passengers were seriously hurt, ana the
baggage-car with it's contents, including sew
eral thousand dollars in money and much
valuable property, was destroyed.
Springfield Qll.) dispatch: State
Veterinarian Paaren reports to the State
Board of Health another case of CHAMBERS in
the person of Frank A. Curtis, living near
Belvidere in Boone County. With the case
recently reported at Elmore, Peoria Co unity
this makes three cases of CHAMBERS in the hui
man subject at present under treatment in
the State-the third case being that OF
woman at Batavia, in Kane County.
Lee Linn, the editor of the Courier,
at Wabash, Ind, underwent a preliminary
examination for the killing of Bill Mcguire,
and was discharged.
Chicago Tribune: A fresh compli-
cation in the Storey will case has arrived in
this country from Europe in the shape of the
first Mrs. Storey, who was divorced from the
SSsfeSsdt d o9 @ Tie
alimony awarded her quarter of a century
ago, with view to obtaining instead her
"dower'' out of the estate.
A party of thirteen laborers, while
engaged in cleaning a sewer at the corner of
Kinzie and Union streets, Chicago, were sur
prised by a current of gas Five of the men
were taken out dead, and two are in a dan
gerous condition.
It was voted by the Illinois State
Board of Agriculture at Springfield to hold
the next State Fair in Chicago.
Judge E. Van Buren,, who died in
Chicago last week, was born ut Undertook,
N. Y, In 1903. He was well known in legal
and political circles in his native State. He
had resided in Chicago since 1855. A wife
and five sons survive him.
Fire destroyed the entire west side of
the public square at Princeton, NO. The loss
Is estimated at ST5,O01.
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McKim, of Kansas City, being chosen Presi-
dent. Clubs from Toledo, Indianapolis, Kan
sas City, st. Paul Cleveland, Milwaukee, and
Nashville were admitted.
The two houses of the Illinois Legis-
lature assembled in joint session, on Feb. 10,
to ballot for United States Senator, but when
the roll was called no member responded &c
his name.
Fifty fat hogs valued at 5000 were
found frozen to death on the Carson farm
near Lexington, Ill.
A large portion of the business sec
ton of vassar, Mich, was destroyed by fire
To prevent another raid into Okla
homa, i've troops of cavalry and a company
OF infantry are encamped at the Ponca In
dian Agency and Camp Russell.
A game of balk-line billiards for 500
n side will be played at st. Louis next montl
between 7. J. Gallagher, sporting editor o
the Globe Democrat, and William II. Cation
The Rockford Qll) Steam Baker,
Company has failed, and judgments aggre
eating large amount have been entered
The liabilities are between $25, 900 and $40, 600
The telegraph chronicles the crema
ton OF william Frazier, his wife, and grand
child, all colored, about fifteen miles back o
New Albany, Ind. 1t is supposed that tn
house caught FIRE during the night and tn
inmates were burned while asleep.