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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
WESTERN.

A train on the Colorado Central Road
was blown from the track, near Georgetown,
into a ditch, causing injuries to eighteen
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of Denver
The unlicensed association of barb
wire manufacturers met last week at St.
Louis, and agreed to advance prices 4 cent
per pound. Fifty delegates of the equitable,
or unlicensed association, were present
President J. w. Gates, OF the former society,"
believes that syndicate viii DO perfected
which will rebound 10 the benefit of all the
manufacturers.
Ashland (Qregon) dispatch: Alex
ander Jones, a mail-carrier from Grants
Pass to wilderville, Mrs. George Gibson and
her two children, and Mr.. McClung we're
drowned while attempting to ford Apologize
Creek, which was swollen by the recent
rains.
On Shaw's Island, Washington Ter
ritory. a lunatic, who lived in lonely spot,
killed a hunter, and, later, shot and killed
one of a Sheriffs posse. The latter then
burned the cabin, the murderous lunatc per
The Kelly barb-wire patent, owned
issue is controlled in Joliet The Glidden re
issue, also owned by Washburn, has been
declared void at st. Louis, and is being con-
tested at Leavenworth, which leads a "moon-
shine" manufacturer at Joliet to believe that
crisis in the barb-wire industry is at hand.
Matte Reed shot and fatally wounded,
at Youngstown, Ohio, Edward Shell, who had
seduced her and refused to right the wrong.
Independence (Kansas) dispatch: A
horrible murder near the village of Radical
City, in this county, was discovered by Frank
Bonham, the eldest son of widow living on
farm near that place. On his return home
after a three days absence, he found his
mother, brother, and sister murdered. TIC
all appearance they had been dead day OF
two.
John Monaghan, once a well-known
marine grocer of Detroit, but OF late years
.annanad- -lIImharinG- at AlnAnA-has- r'pnhH
At Muskegon, Mich, Philip Ivet Sc
riously wounded his wife with revolver and
then killed himself. For years he had done
no work on their farm, and she sought relief
by removing to the city with her three chill
dren.
AT Vincennes, Ind, Henry STRAIT
man killed his father-in-law and fatally in.
jured his wife. The murderer had foul
children very Ill of typhoid fever, and wal
probably driven insane by grief and religious
fanaticism.
The Union Pacific Road reports it,
gross earnings for 1884 at $25, 7o1, 900.
The assignment is announced of D
w. Miller, proprietor of the carriage com
pany of the same name in Cincinnati. Hi
liabilities are s16O, 900, with assets of Sl25,OOO
MASKED burglars entered Philil
Glass house, near Dayton, Ohio, bound an
gagged Glass and his sister and demande
$1,000, which was in the house. The robber
tortured Glass for three hours, and while h
was suffering they enjoyed themselves smok
ing and eating, but departed without tn
money.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
FOREIGN.

Dispatches from Gen. Wolseley an
nounce that Khartoum was taken by the
Mahdi Jan. 20. Col Wilson arrived at Khar-
toum Jan. 20 and found the enemy in pos
session. He started at once on his return
down the river under heavy fire from the
rebels. A few miles below shubaka
Cataract Colonel Wilson's steamer was
wrecked. Colonel Wilson with his whole
party reached an island In safety, and
A steamer has been sont to convey them to
the British camp near Metemneh. Gen.
wolseley says that he has no Information as
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
The Art of Getting Vigorous

Is comprised in one very simple piece of advice,
improve digestion. No elaborate system Of
dietetics is needed. II you lack vigor, use sys-
tematically that pleasant promoter OF it, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. II you take this hint,
and do not commit any excuses, there is no
reason why you should not gain in strength,
are to-day building foundation for years OF
vigorous health with this sound and thorough
renovator OF dilapidated physique and failing
energy. Dyspepsia Is oradicated by It, and the
constitution fortified against disorders to which,
II it were exposed, 1t must surely succumb-
notably malariaf ever. Rheumatism, inactivity
of the kidneys and bladder, nervousness, and
their various symptoms, disappear when IL IL
used with persistency, not abandoned after a
brief and irregular trial.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

gress for $500, 900 In addition to the $1,000 900
already given. A Louisiana Congressman
says that before any more money is granted
there VIM be thorough investigation OF the
manner in which the $1,000, 900 was spent
Cattle are dying rapidly in Marshall
County, West Virginia, of disease which
begins in the hoof, causing a swelling Of the
leg to an enormous size, death resulting in
twonty-four hours.
After two minutes sparring with soft
gloves at Louisville, Mike Cleary knocked
Capt. Dalton senseless, blood squirting from
the fallen pugilist's nose. large number
was present, and Cleary took ali the receipts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

The Chaplain Of the Southern ILL
nois Penitentiary, in his biennial re-
port, recommends that criminals be
kept in confinement until they are
thoroughly reformed, whether the time
be two years or twenty. He argues
that the safety of society demands the
perpetual confinement Of the hardened
and hopeless criminal, and that il there
is no chance for his reformation no
good TO the man or the community is
accomplished by sentencing him 10
hard labor for o limited period, and
then setting him loose to repeat hid
evil deeds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

When you visit or leave New York City,
save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire, and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand
Central Depot: 600 elegant rooms htted up AT q
cost of one million dollars, reduced TO 81 and
upwards per day. European plan, Elevator.
Restaurant supplied with the best: Horse cabs,
stage and elevated railroad to all depots. Faml,
lies can live better for less money AZ the GIaho
Luton than at any first class hotel IN the city
Because it is the place of departed Spirits
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
A Blood Purifier.

As blood purifier the Compound Oxygen
Treatment of Drs. Starkey x Palen, 100 CT
rard St, Phila, has no equal. 1t is taken by
inhalation, and gives larger supply of oxy-
gen to the lungs than Is contained in common
air, and SO rapidly puriles the blood and vital
ICES the whole system. Write for Treatise
on Compound Oxygen. IL will be sent free.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

Lieut.. Charles w. McKim, Portland, KY,
states: "For twenty years suffered with
rheumatism. During the bad weather my
suffering was terrible. / was about 10 give
MP. Some one suggested the application of
st. Jacobs Oil. tried ii and its relief was
rapid. In half an hour / could stand up.
/ no longer suffer with the palms."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

of life which 10 usually unappreciated until
II Is lost, perhaps never 10 return, Is health.
What priceless boon IL Is, and how we
ought 70 cherish Il, that life may not be a
worthless blank TO US. Many OF the diseases
that flesh Is heir 20. and which make life
burdensome, such as consumption (scrofula
Of the lungs) and other scrofulous and blood
diseases, find complete cure I'm Dr. r.. v.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery when
all other remedies h We failed. DIR. Perce's
pamphlet on consumption mailed for two
stamps Address, Worlds Dispensary Medi-
cal Association, Buffalo. N. Y.
AN opera glass 1.-The one taken between the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12


Lovely daughters. and noble mon.'
my farm lies in rather low and MAS
matte situation, and
my wifel"
~Who?"
WAS very pretty blondeis
Twenty years ago, became
"Sallowl"
"Hollow-eyedl"
"Withered and agedl"
Before her time, from
"Malarial vapors, though she made no par
ticular complaint, not being of the grumpy
kind, yet causing me great uneasiness.
"A short time ago I purchased your rem
edy for one of the children, who had very
severe attack of biliousness, and it occurred
to me that the remedy might help my wife,
as ] found that our little girl upon recovery
had
"Lostl"
Her sallowness, and looked as fresh as q
new-blown daisy. Well, the story is soon
told. My wife to-day has gained her old
time beauty with compound interest and is
now as handsome a matron (if do say il
MYSELF as can be found in this county
which is noted for pretty women. And
have only Hop Bitters to thank for it.
The dear creature just looked over my
shoulder and says, I can hatter equal to the
days of our courtship, and that reminds me
that there might be more pretty iOives II
my brother farmers would do as have
DONE"
Hoping you may long be spared to do
good thankfully remain,
@. L. JAMES.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

said David of old. He was probably prompted
to make the above remark after trying some
unreliable catarrh remedy. Had he been
permitted to live until the present day, and
tried DR.. Sage's Remedy, no might have had
better opinion OF mankind. We claim
that no case of catarrh can Withstand tho
magic effects If this wonderful medicine.
One trial OF twill convince you of its efficacy.
BY druggists; fifty cents.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

The business man or tourist will ind frst-
class accommodations ut the low price of 81
and e.. 80 per day at the Gault House, Chica-
go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This
far-famed hotel is located in the center of the
city, only one block from the Union Depot
Elevator; all appointments first-class.
III. w. HOYT, Proprietor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

CARpoLrNR. q natural hair restorer and dress
ing, as now improved and perfected, Is pro-
nounced by competent authority to be the best
article over invented to restore the vitality OF
youth TO diseased and faded hair. Tryit Sold
by all druggists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
Horsford,s Acid Phosphate,
FOR SICK HEADACHE.

FOH ETNk HEAUAOHEs
DIR. N. s. Read, Chicago, says: II think IL Is
a remedy OF the highest value in many forms
Of mental and nervous exhaustion, attended
by sick headache, dyspepsia and diminished
Vitality
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

PHYSICIANS prescribe Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

WHEN young man is lingering the cash
left him by his grandfather, can IL be said he
is reveling in his ancestral hauls?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
.Put NM at the GauIt House

ABOUT the only chin awaiting the initiatory
labor OF the barber is the urchin.-Hdrtlord
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

DELICATE diseases of either sex. however
induced, speedily and permanently cured.
Consultation free. Book three (3ct.l stamps.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Buff
falo N. Y.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

The irritation which induces coughing inn
mediately relieved by use OF "BrOlCn's Bron-
chtdI Trochcs." Sold only In boxes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
Important.

CYCLONES are becoming so plenty out West
that almost every poor family can afford to
have one.-BrddfOrd Mail.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

The fame that comes from hanging is but
bemp-tie honor.-NelO Orleans PicdylIne.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
"An Men Are LIARS"

AN opera glass 1.-The one taken between tn,
Post
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
! BUY NORTHERN

r nnHYOUNd MEN-A chance 70 get 40 acres
IIIlN good land. well timbered and watered. =
miles from county scat. In fine rich coun-
uUOlAty by paying a. wk for year. or 500 cash.
Title good Address WON, boz S5i, Dos Moines, Iowa.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

snce may be avoided by counteractng the first symp-
toms of sickness with this great German remedy.
They recommended from friend TO friend and the
sale increases daily. We warrant a cure, GOLDEN
6EAL BITTERS CO. Holland City, Mich. Sold By
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

BELTsvILLE, Prince George Co., Nd, I
May Goth, 1883.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
GOLDEN SEAL BTTTERs.

Broken down invalids. de
you wish 10 gain flesh, to ao-
quire an appetite, to enjoya
regular habit Of body. TO OBJ
tain refreshing sleep, to feel
and know that every fibre
and tissue of your system IN
being braced up and reno
vatedf II so commence at
once n course of GOLDEN
SEAL BITTERS. In one
week you viii be GONZALES
cent. In q month you
viii be well. Don't despair
because you have q weak
constitution. Fortify the
body against disease by
purifying all the fluids with
GOLDEN SEAL BITTERS,
No epidemic can take hold
OF q system thus forearmed.
The liver, the stomach, the
bowels, the kidneys, are
rendered disease proof by
this great invigorant. Ruin
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

Hoping you may long be spared to do
good thankfully remain,
q 7, JAMRa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12
WASHINGTON.

Following is the official monthly pub
lie debt statement:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-12

A train on the Colorado Central Road
was blown from the track, near Georgetown,
into a ditch, causing injuries to eighteen
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26
Never Give Up.

If you are suffering with low and de,
pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general
debility, disordered blood, weak eonstl-
tuition, headache, or any disease OF a
bilious nature, by all means procure a
bottle of electric bitters. You VIII pc
surprised to see the rapid Improvement
that will follow you will be inspired
with new life strength and activity
will return pain and misery will cease
and henceforth you will rejoice in the
praise Of Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty
cents bottle by M. P. Young & Co.,
druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26

The school board requires white APP
plicants to become school teachers, to
answer eighty-five per cent. of the sci
entifc questions prepared as q test,
while colored applicants are required
to answer only seventy-five. White
teachers frequently teach colored
schools, but colored teachers never
teach white ones. It would seem
therefore that the color of the school,
and not the color of the teacher, ought
to determine the number Of questions
required to be answered. However. a
white applicant for colored school
answered seventy seven per cent. of the
questions, and was rejected he no
doubt thinks it hard that a ''nagu" can
get that school by answering seventy
five per cent.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26
COlored Baptism.
Texas Siftings.

lSAdS SlAl1ASs.
az hears you has got boy at your
house, last mumf," said Sam johnson
to Jim Webster, both colored.
Slit am fact"
chad him baptized yet?"
"Not yet, but next Sunday l'ze gWln-
ter tote him ter de Austin Blue Light
tabernacle and hab Parsen Bledsoe bap-
tie him. He does all my baptlzIn'." :.
"How much does he make yer pay z
81 alters pays him a dollar a head"
"Why, niggah, you is 'strayagant
you is. Why don't yer patronize my
pasture, de Reverend Whangdoodle
Baxter. He am de most reasonablest
pasture in de State of Texas"
How much does he get for duckln
'em 2"
!" He ulster charge dollar for sprink;
lin a chile, but jeWed him down, and
now, he's glad ter git sebenty cents
Pse got contrac' wild him, and we car
run your chile in on my contrac'."
Seventy cents for baptizin a chile.
No, sab. Dat sort OBJ cheap work don't
count ter muffin. 10 de end de cheapest
am de dearest. | want hit ter last
Sebenty cents! G'way niger wild yel
cheap noshuns."
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26
BAYOU CHrcor, La, Sept. 81, 1885.

BAYOU CHICOT, La, sept. II, 1000
Mr.. Editor:
Planters about here, who month
ago, expected to secure more than av-
erage crops of cotton and corn are
now feeling quite depressed at their
prospects. For the last three weeks it
has raised almost daily making wealth
er too wet for picking cotton or gath
ering corn, and to make it still worse,
the caterpillar has put in his appearance
and about wholly destroyed their crops
in some localities. If the "knawing of
the worm that never dies" makes as sad
havoc mentally with the human soul,
as the knawing of the caterpillar does
materially with a field of cotton, it
strikes the writer that the worm has
the best of it.
1.-THE June bug comes with wings of gold,
The lightning bug comes with flame,
The caterpillar has no wings at all,
But gets there all the same"
HOPE SMITH.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26
A Great Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, of Newton, Ia.
says: any wife has been seriously af-
fected with a cough for twenty five
years, and this spring more severely
than ever before. She had used many
remedies without relief, and being
urged to try DR.. Kings New Discovery
say so, with most gratifying results.
The first bottle relieved her very much,
and the second bottle has absolutely
cured her. She has not had SO good
health for thirty years" Trial bottle,
free at M. P. Young & Co.'s drug store
Large size $1.00.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26
The Free school Fund.

Article 1913 of the Constitution of
Louisiana, says
"Ihe debt due by the State to the
free school fund is hereby declared TO
be the sum of one million one hundred
and thirty thousand eight hundred and
sixty -seven dollars and ffty-one cents
in principal, and shall be placed on the
books of the Auditor and Treasurer to
the credit of the several townships en-
titled to the same; the said principal
being the proceeds OF the sales OF lands
heretofore granted by the United
States for the use and support of free
public schools, which account shall be
held by the State as loan and shall be
and remain perpetual fund, on which
the State shall pay an annual interest of
4 per cent from the first day of January,
1880, and that said interest shall be
paid to the several townships in the
State entitled to the same, i'll accord
ance with the act of Congress, No 68.
approved February 10Th, 1913"
The annual interest on this debt,
which should be increased continually
by the sale of school lands, is consider
ably over $4,000, and that part Of it
coming to the townships in this parish
is about $1100 per annum and the ac-
crued interest for the years 80, Isl, '93,
1913 and '84, about $500, should now be
in the hands OF the parish treasurer.
This money could be used in the town
ships to which it belongs, for building
school houses, or paying teachers but
unless the citizens OF these townships
call for it in the manner prescribed by
law, they will never have the benefit of
If
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26

Honey for sale, crop of 1885, so cents
per gallon. Apply to Thos. J. Bell, at
this Office,
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26

The Constitution of the State says
"the general exercises in the public
schools shall be conducted in the En-
glish language and the elementary
branches taught therein" Half cen
fury ago, the elementary branches"
were reading, writing and arithmetic !;
but now grammar and geography may
be included. Before being admitted to
teach these things in the public schools,
the State board of education requires
an applicant to answer questions that
no ordinary doctor, lawyer, or minister
OF the Gospel could answer without
first being coached" TO answer these
questions promptly, without having
access to books or other quarters be-
sides the resources of ones own mind,
would require an applicant to be a
walking encyclopedia of all human sci
ence and learning, ane probably some
knowledge of the mysteries that the
Creator has reserved to himself. For
instance the applicant to teach reading,
writing, ETC., has to tell how many
bones there are in the human body ;
now as anatomists, from whom all in
formatian on this subject is derived,
differ greatly, how is the elementary
would-be school teacher to know more
than they know ? He is also required
to tell about the circulation of the
blood in the body something OF which
the whole learned world was ignorant
from the remotest till modern times
when Harvey made the discovery. And
to cap the climax he is required to go to
the North pole so as to find out where
his shadow would fall at a certain hour
on June 21st. We heard one sagely
remark that it would fall east but
north, south, east and west are merely
relative, and simply indicate particular
directions from a person or place latl-
| tude is distance north or south of the
equator, but there is none at the equa-
tor, for it begins there longitude is
| distance east or west of an imaginary
| line running around the earth through
the poles, but there can be no longitude
and consequently no east or west at the
poles, for there alf the meridian lines
come to a point; and as this humble
applicant to teach elementary geogra-
ply will stand on the very pinnacle OF
the north pole itself, Of course there can
be no north in any possible direction
from him. Where then will his sliad-
oW fall at noon, on June 21st @AVe
hope that all the school teachers, public
and private, and as many others as may
answer to this question, unaccolnpanied
by any calculations or explanations. Il
must be remembered that at the north
pole there is but one day and one night
in the year, daylight beginning to
break aboat March 21st, and the sun
going down about Sept. 21st.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26
Dreas For. safe.

Several yoke of good work oxen for sale.
For further information, apply at this office.
sept 26-tf
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26

1t is unjust to tax the property hold
ers of the State, in order that favored
few may receive collegiate education,
especially when such wrongful use of
taxes collected for school purposes
leaves thousands of children without
any education whatever. How true
this is, will appear from the disposition
Of the annual school revenue for 1882,
which was 100000. It was reduced by
$45, 1886 to pay the interest on the school
debt recognized by the Constitution Of
1879, and by $14,551 interest on other
funds by $4,000 paid to the three col
leges, one at Baton Rouge and two in
New Orleans. These reductions, and
others for the pay of school officers, left
less than $4,000 Of that fund for the ac-
tual support of the free schools through
ont the State. No wonder education
languishes in Louisiana.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26

Some lawyer who seemed to be Of the
opinion that the proceeds from the
sales of all school lands sold were not
collected and turned over to the State
treasury, proposed to the school board
here to collect the same, one-half for
the other. The board declined for two
reasons first, it is the duty of the pub
lie officers to collect this money and
second, the collection of it is no advan-
tage to the public schools under exist
ing laws, because after being collected
and turned into the State treasury, all
the schools get of it is four per cent. in
terest, which interest is deducted from
the annual school fund a veritable
stealing from Paul to pay Peter bust
ness, authorized by the laws of the
State. So long as the annual school
fund is robbed to pay to the schools the
interest on the proceeds from the sales
of lands granted for school purposes by
the Federal government, and of which
the State also robbed the schools, there
will be no good reason why any more
school lands should be sold, or any
more money derived from the sale of
them turned into the State treasury.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-26
NArcHEz, Miss, Sept. 9th, 1884
HOPE SMITH,

DR.. G.. H. Tichenar:
Dear Sir-Please ship us by return
boat, ] gross Antiseptic Refrigerant
Your Antiseptic sells more readily and
gives better satisfaction than any med
icine we have in stock.
We have learned by experience to
confidently recommend it in all in
stances in which it claims merit.
Yours truly, WILSON & Co.,
Druggists.