Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-04-02

Perry H. Smith, formerly Vice Presi
residence in Chicago, of congestion of thu
liver. For some years his health has beer
extremely poor, and conservator was ap
pointed for his estate.
The Celestials have scored another
victory, they having carried the intrench
ments ut Langson, securing the key TO IT,,
position and forcing the invaders TO retreat
beyond Dong Dang along the Lougkoi. II,
losses are unknown. The Orientals hav,
$4,000 men and seriously threaten the French
lines of communica. ion with the South
Gen. Br.ere de rIslc has asked for 20, 00C
men.
Gen. Middleton and 700 men are on
the march from Qu'appelle to the scene OF
the Riel instruction. The Canadian Govern.
ment has ordered the immediate dispatch OF
500 militia from Ontario and Quebec by the
Lake Superior route. Capt Moore died from
wound received in the engagement of the
25th ult., and there are rumors that Mai.
Crozicr was killed.
Tho Russian organ, lie Nord, pub
lished at Brussels, prints a letter from st.
Petersburg which is regarded as good author
ity, and says; present Russian military
movements ara nnthinc h.. -
measures, dictated by the most elementary
principles of national prudence The same
paper states editorially that the people OF
Russia regard the whole quarrel with no
trace of irritation. A London dispatch states
there is lul there in the war scare. The call
q. al. ala a
the people, and after the subsidene of
the first excitement they are asking what
number are to be put under arms. The Min
istry, it is claimed, have allowed reports to
circulate without contradiction that in fact
no more than $4,000 men are wanted. This
is just about enough to fill the vacancies in
the muster rolls caused by the recent draft
for the Egyptian and Mediterranean stations.
Gladstone replied to the most press ng re
quests as to the true import of the Queens
summons By saying that the Government
had decided to postpone all statements upon
the subject until after Easter, hoping in the
meantime to meet with some arrangement
with Russia.
landing ut st. Augustine, Fla, in 1912, was
celebrated at that place March 2s.
A corpse found in the Delaware River
at Trenton, N. j., has been identified by sew
eral persons as that of s. S. Conant, the mis- 3
ing editor of Harper's Weekly.
After two weeks of active campaign
ing, during which several hundred lives have
been lost, Gen. Graham's camp Is just two
miles nearer Berber than when he started
from Suakin. The army is suffering from
typhoid fever and dysentery. The Berber
Railway has not yet been begun.
The cable chronicles the death of
Prince orloG, the Russian diplomat, at Fon-
tainebleau.
The Court House at st. Joseph,
Mo-, was burned, with the court records and
law library. w. i. McMett, Chief of the
Fire Department, received fatal injuries.
The buildings cost S25O,OOO.
rsosIon III n coaf mine 1T cAiifsfcf,
Indian Territory, and twelve miners were
taken out dead.
The VARSITY" race of 1886 on the
Thames, at London, between the oxford and
Cambridge crews, was won by the former by
three lengths; time, 2l;S6. .t
DR.. Higgins, the Catholic Bishop OF
Kerry, at a meeting held in Killarney, offered
a resolution to the effect that an address OF
welcome be presented to the Prince and
Princess of Wales, and was greeted with
Kisses and groans. The resolution was finally
carried.
A cablegram from London says Par
lament believes that peace will continue be
tween England and Russia, while the cour
is certain that war is mt hand.