Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-01-29
POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

| uc AAothSuiB PoiCc u"ff "ahii'k
of plot to blow up the bourse with
dynamite.
The Richmond Whig, says: General
! sherman only proveswhat all of US in
the South knew of jeff Davis long ago.
He was a tyrant by nature, as well as
POLITICALLY.
9'he st. Louis Globe Democrat, says
General Logan had good deal of
trouble with Haine's Bluff in the Vicks-
burg campaign during the war. but he
captured it by aank movement. he
is confronted by Haines' bluff again,
and lac will capture ir yet.
The ST. Louis Globe Democrat says: :
Frrnk James has ''got even" with the
republicans of Missouri for refusing to
hold their convention at MOberly on
his account, by securing the appoint
ment of one of his lawyers as a circuit
Judge, And by the same token, he
gives proof that lie has considerable
more influence with the present COVER
nor than he had with the proceeding
one.
The New York Tribune says: The
letter head upon which Mr.. Cleve-
land wrote an unexpected declination
TO meet the Buffalo democracy is ap-
petizing. 1t reads: "E. Gerot & Son.
French restaurant, importers of wine,
brandies. etc. aiSaSaala sSaAaks-jjt
ing .l,at the presitlent-elect was with
his .,uld friends" in Bu ffalo hit the
nail sQuarely.
The Baltimore American says:
Whenever Holman objects to appro-
priations for somebody else's district,
the democratic papers call him the
noble Watchdog of the treasury and
pet lin with gentle editorial caresses.
but when lle raises up and puts his big
foot down on the appropriations for
their own districts, they come forth IL
tjoleful complaints about ECONOMY be-
ing used as "a cloak for niggardiiness
Consistency is not always Il drmocritt
ic jewel.
The Dsrliam IN. ca Reporter says
Lem SllarulaIl- ,,ilil1ht- -lnsif LIT t--'-
apainst jeff Davis, la the classic Ian
guage OF Zeb Vance, from nov unit
hell freezes over" and we leoPle il
this latitude, and all along down tn
line TO Columbia, =. g.. and still on e
Atlanta. Cia. wouldn't believe Il darn
ed word of it, We esteem JET Davis
corpse much more highly than th
4 living Sherman.
'6 Col. Raymond took charge OF the .o
IS flee of insurance commissioner 1hnr'
q day. His appointment gives very gtl
IG eral satisfaction here. where the co
)G onel has so long resided, and wleI
Y his genial and generous disposition Ina
'G made for him host of friends. ii
10 comrades OF the q. A. r. are especial
well pleased That he will prove lin
ve self a competent and efficient Office
MI nrinIy DeIieve. --Iy0I City Itto0te
The Wilmington (N. Co Star say
The southern people can never
brought to any other conclusion tia
they fought for conscience and for tl
maintenance of rights. They we
ne animated by the highest devotion
in principle and country. They sougl
pi- to get away in peace from insolent NJ
le. i pertinacious assaults, and from a pc
m ple who hated them because the SOU
be deemed itself superior in all the e
be ments of a noble manhood. Tie W
he came and was fought out with hi
w. courage aud resolved will. If I
zoe south had triumphed, as its gra
as cause deserved, the men of the Ha
ct lev sort, who now mouth about ''co
fif spirators and traitors" would ha
en- INDUCED in heroics over the gra
ore success Of the south.
sti- The st. Louis 6lobe-DemOcrdt
ro- '.loaded for bear" and il urges Sal
viii John, the prohibitionist, to come
mo of his den as follows:
TN st. John is advised by his frier
cen and enemies to sue the Gto6e-De'
ea- crat. We second the motion. \
'no case will be heard before a democra
'w' Judge. He. shall have n democra
un- jury, or a prohibition jury II he wa
en- It. Indeed, we will consent that
ma shall himself be foreman Of the in
ng. and before the close of the case ne
nd' be compelled acknowledge, with te
TO In his eyes, that he is the worst pol
iity cal dead-beat ever known to Ameri'
de- politics. lie will publicly thank
AT in the name Of of the prohibition
oe ty. for exposing him. The sinless
are enseless hand of long-hared 1
this short-sighted patriots who follo'
ady thefortunes Of John p. st. John
to the last campaign are now engae
4tu- for the most part. in centemplat
tie ruin they have wrought IL
defeated the only potent foe the !
the power ever had; they set back