Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-04-23
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The skeleton of an infant, packed in
salt, was found in the house of Kate Dubby,
at Decatur, Ill.
The rolling-mill of the Falcon Iron
and Nail Company, at Niles, Ohio, was totally
destroyed by fire. The loss on buildings,
machinery, and stock will aggregate $T5, 900.
Recent reports from portions of
Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington Terri
tory, ana Western Idaho indicate a restless
ness among the Indians that bodies trouble
in the near future. Between the white
settlers and Indians strong feeling of ami
mostly exists, which has intensified with
time. One fruitful source of irritation be.
tween the whites and Indians has been the
rivalry and jealousy concerning the use and
occupation of immense grazing tracts.
M. Patenotre, the French Ambassa-
dor at Pekin, has been ordered to proceed to
Tien-Tsin TO pursue the neg citations pending
between China and France for peace. The
KEEP incident will not interfere with these
negotiations.
A Russian Prince at present in Paris
has received a personal telegram from the
Car, in which the latter conveys the ex-
preston of u strong hope that peace will be
preserved between Russia and England by
means of mutual concessions.
The Prince and Princess of Wales
visited the Lakes OF Killarney, and were
we'll received
An Italian feet is being fitted out
for movement to the Baltic Sea- and num-
Der of seamen engaged for service in the
Red Sea have been recalled with view to a
change of destination to the Baltic The
Italian Government is preparing another
naval expedition, which 1t is understood will
be kept in readiness to go to the Black Sea
whenever necessary. -.,-a-s.s-
Friends of the administration say that
the reason why the New York World attacks
the State Department is that its proprietor
made one request of the President. That
was that Charles Gibson, OF st. Louis, should
be appointed Minister to Berlin, that the
President had decided to make the appoint
ment, but that Mr.. Bayard interfered and
secured the place for his favorite.
IN Mr. rl Bggrchard RiEeSteg of the Mint,
silver in the United States for 1884 makes an
estimate as follows: Gold, $50, 500, 900; silver,
s4s, 500, 900; total, SO, 900. This shows an
increase over the previous year of $500, 900 In
gold and g., 400, 900 in silver. Fifty-three In
corporated companies working gold and sill
yer mines paid dividends during the twelve
months of S7,567, 79s.
The President has made the follow
ing appointments: To Be American Minis
tiers Resident and Consuls General-William
D. Boxham OF Florida, to Bolivia Bayliss
W. Hanna of Indiana, to Persia; Walker
FeaIn of Louisiana, to Rouman'a, Servia,
and Greece. To BE Consuls of the United
states-James Murray OF New York, at st.
John, n. b.; Boyd Winchester of Kentucky,
at Nice, France; Charles p. Kimball OF ILL
nois, at Stuttgart Germany.
The battle of Chalchuapa, the 3lst
ult., in which Gen. Barrios lost his life, re-
suited in loss to the Guatemalan army OF
L sol men. The Salvadorinns had less than
100 killed.
Lynchers attacked the Jail at For
syth, Mo-, and, taking out Frank and Juoal
Taylor and Elijah Sublette, hung them for
making murderous assault on Postmaster
Dickerson and his wife.
THE bulletins telegraphed from New York on