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


lower house of the Michigan Legislature killed
bill requiring the securing OF licenses 70
marry. New York and Chicago merchants
anticipating socialist outbreaks. The Washing
ton Monument was dedicated on the 2lst A
tramp secured place ON tho Cincnnati,
the special train OF Vice President Waite
from being wrecked ON broken rail.
Wood-choppers at Gallon Ohio, beheaded
pair Of revolvers and some burglafs' tools were
discovered, huge meteor, throwing on smoke
and fumes, and kissing loudly, passed over Vic.
toria, b. c., and was seen TO plunge into the sea
OF Haro, throwing up cloud OF spray. Judge
Advocate General Swain was court-lnartiaieu
at Washington for conduct preludicial TO mill
tary discipline, and suspended from rank Tor
twelve years, with the forfeiture Of half his pay
A New York telegram Of Feb. %, based ON relia-
BILE authority, stated that Gen. Grant was very
sick man, and that the fact should no longer be
concealed from tho country that he would net
be long among the living
MARCH.
President Cleveland took the oath Of office ON
March T. in the presence OF an assembly estimef
ted at $50, 100; about $4,000 people ih organized
bodies escorted him from this Capitol TO tho
White House, to the music of 100 bands, and TO-
6fae0n tan Si8feen reglments Of Pennsyi7ania
militia, headed by ex-Gov. Hartrnnft bore of
of Congress was tho passafe Of BILL putting the
name of u s. Qrapt OH the retired list with the
rank OF General; President Cleveland's first Of
hts second was the signing of the commission
of U. s Grant as a General ON tho retired list.
The Chinese Government ordorod home all it's
subjects studying IN French schools, sAhdrew
Carnegie, tho Scotch tniliionaire pt Pltts-
burgh, was blackballer whsn Nominated for
membership IN tho Reform Club OF London.
Prestdeht Cleveland issued proclamation for
bidding tho invasion Of trespassels upon Okla
homa, and ordering all unauthorized possessors
OF land 20 withdraw. The Supreme Court Of
iowa decided unanimously that ths pfuhibitbiy
1atv "a aft tut nafticular.
Deiawste River was frozen over at Easton, Pa,
on March % the signal-service observer ON
Mount washington, n H., reported gale od 81 do 5Oo
groes below zero. On the Goth, Queen Victoria
called put es 600 reserves Of the regular army
and tiO, 900 militia for permanent service. Maj.
Crozier of the Dominion frontier mounted police,
with force Of 100, encountered several hundred
rebels commanded by Louis Riel at Duck LaAo,
Manitoba, and after hard fight CfO2ief was de-
feated, with ~ killed and IL wounded. The ami
veraary 81 Ponce de Icons landing at St Angus
tine, Fla, in 1912, was celebrated with elaborate
ceremonies at that place March 2e.
APRIL.
Mahion Van Horn, OF Newport n. l., who was
chosen as n member Of the General Assembly Of
that State ut the election April l. was the first
colored man ever elected TO that body. On the
9Th, tho Prince and Princess of Wales and their
eldest con, Prince Albert Victor, arrived in
Dublin, being tho first members OF tho royal
family to visit Ireland for many years; they
wSo Sord% Mas Il Rsye
Information was received at the Rus
sion .waf Office that Penjdeh, in the dis
sian troops on the I'd inst The New York Pres
bytery decided to retire Rev. Dr. Burchard of
"Rum Romanism, and Rebellion" fame, ON q
pension OF $500. snow-storm was general
throughout Illinois and Wisconsin on the 14th
the snow drifting badly in many places snow
fell also in Michigan and Northern Indiana
Orson z. Arnold, a leading Mormon Of Salt Lake
City, pleaded guilty TO unlawful cohabitation
and was fined 500; he promised to obey the laws
and abandon, polygamy. The twentieth ami
versary OF the death OF Abraham Lincoln
April Isl was marked by memorial services at
the Capitol at Springfield, Ill. Veterans of the
Texan army OF 1886 met at sherman April p,
and celebrated the forty-ninth anniversary of
the battle of San Jacinto, by which Texas es-
tablished her independence. The Ohio Legisla-
| ture passed an act requiring all executions in
| that State 10 take place within the walls of the
1.'.d6tinp- Iasteu- 1ort ga IeoIsy s. IU n 70 NrtSs
| preceding her death refraining from partaking
Of water The 3slst anniversary OF the birthday
| of Shakespeare April 23) was celebrated with
| much ceremony at Stfatford-un-A Avon
MAY.
The resignation of u. g. Treasurer A. u Wy
| man made it necessary to count all cash and Sc
| curties in the public vaults at Washington
task of great magnitude; ON the lst inst, lot
| clerks began the work, and consumed eDou'
three weeks in accomplishing it; james Il. Us
good g. Co., well-known Boston puonShepnsS sh enS
failed: liabilities between Sl5O,OOO and SZOO,OOO
Cant. Lord, of the steamer Critic which arrived
| at New York on the 14th, reported en-
countering miles OF solid ice, ot xi'h biaS nS
| prof Odlum leaped from the Brooklyn bridge
1876 feet TO the river beneath, and was killed; II
the Illinois Legislature, on the 10Th inst, Gen
| John A. Logan was elected United States Sena
| tor ON the l20th ballot, thus ending memora
bic contest OF four months duration. The Brit
ish evacuation of the Soudan commenced on tn
DIST day OF MAY. The bill to restore the dealt
| nenalty failed in the Michigan Senate. Propel
Ter lines running from Chicago to Buffalo oiere'
to carry wheat ut one cent bushel' tne loves we,
Gr,f "a
toria's sixty-sixth birthday was celebrated In al
elaborate manner; but nine OF the hfty-hve SOY
ereigns who have preceded her on .he BTU brlsis
throne have attained an equal age by dlrectio
| of Gen Terry Gabriel Dumont, Reils lieuter
> ant was released at Fort Assinaboine, Montana
2 The Brazilian Government adopted n pre-
oramme for tho abolition of slavery. A dis
| patch from New Mexico stated that mo India
raid for the last ten years equaled the preseI
| outbreak for cruelty;" 75 whites were known
: | have been murdered women were outraged an
their bodies pinned TO the earth by wedge
. | driven through them into the ground men wer
!, terribly mutilated and one little girl was nun
: | mn alive by a meat hook stuck in the back OF he
! | head. Louis Reaume, French-Canadian, b'
| came n raving maniac on Wabash train frol
. | the West for Chicago and on reaching that cit
= | killed officer Barrett and badly wounded Lieu
. | Laughlin, who were waiting at the depot to r
| | ceive him; the maniac received three shots
: | the back.
|. James McCann, OF the Herald, defeated Ir
/ Somers, OF the World in q type-settlng conte
s at New York the former piled up 6,342 ems
j. solid minon in three hours, the latter 6,O3
k Snow fell at several places in Maine June 4
) An Eng ish insurance company sent insTu
o tons to Sc. Louis agent to investigate .
q | MAXWELL Preller murder at the Southern Hot
\ i'm March, the company stating their belief th
s tho boly found in the trunk was medic
d subject; = that Preller, before leaving Englan
q had his life heavily insured that his relatiy
l. were anxious to get the money and that Prell
10 was still alive.
The anniversary Of the fall of the Basti
3 duly Ia was celebrated at Paris as gener
!. holiday TIE Ma yara Falls Park was formal
y dedicated to the public on the 18th July, wi
70 appropriate ceremonies. John Roach, the shi
- builder, made tn assignment, with PREFER
70 | claims mounting to So, 900. Princess Beatri'
~ Youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, was mt
- ri d July ~, TO Prince Henry OF Bate
~ iurg. Appalling news from SPAIN IN IN
y | ta,ity from the dreadful scourge OF CHI
~ ~ averaged 1000 daily. in the kingdo
~ ~ sixty Russian criminals while en- route TO
y IBERIA. made n break for liberty twenty-thl
~ were killed by the soldiers and thirty of {
w snrviyors made good their escape. In the BI
y, | ish House OF Commons petition mile an6
~ ~ half long, and containing 100000 signatures,
Z presented urging the passage s OIL law i0r to
~ memory of Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged
M Salem for witchcraft, July 10, 1852, was dedic
ts ed at Danvers, Mass. The famous mare, Ma
nt s., wiped out all previous records by trottin
~ mile at Cleveland, Ohio, In 2OSA.
H. AUGUST.
er Miss Adrinnna Physick, gray-haired won
IN of 60, who was once n reigning belle OF Philao
RS phia, was released from an insane asylum
Id that city, where she had been incarcerated
h twenty-seven years as "extravagant" and
he centric !" she was in full possession of her fac
en- ties, and, Il e claimed, had never been ots
ng named TRULY met violent deaths at or near M
a tins Valley, Pa one fell into cattle guard {
lot broke his neck, another was drowned in gu
ral ry-pit and the third was suffocated in gra
or, | bin The Oklahoma boomers broke up ca