Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-26


corn.
The Oliver Chilled P1ow Works pur-
pose removing from South Bend, Ind, and
Logansport offers large house to the COM
pany If they will locate in that city.
By order of the United States Court
ut Columbus, the Marshal sold 100 acres of
coal lands belonging TO the Ohio Central
Company, for which the firstmortgage bond
holders bid 100000. The Ohio Central Rail-
road will be knocked down April II.
Twelve bodies of the victims of the
snowslide at Alta, Utah, were brought to
Salt Lake. Fur OF those reported dead
were rescued alive. after being buried for
hours. BY other avalanches in the vicinity
six persons have persisted.
A petroleum well, gushing twenty
FIVE barrels an hour, has been struck In Dali
las, Wyoming.
Bray Bros, San Francisco commits
sion merchants, failed, with 100000 habili-
Lawrence Spoyde & Co., bankers at
Pierceton, Ind, failed for $4,000.
The late S. S. Merrill, of Milwaukee,
left an estate valued at S775,OOO. The will
gives the widow the homestead at Grand
Haven, 100000 in cash, and liberal income
besides. Two sisters and brother OF de
ceased will receive $500 annually, and hii
children are to have the income from the
bulk of the estate.
The wine house of G. Cavaroc, Sor
& Co., in Chicago, was seized by Deputy
Sheriff on confessions of Judgment. The liza
bilities are $93,051, and the stock and &C
counts are valued at $105,OO0 The Cavaroc
have been engaged in the wine business IL
New Orleans for more than century.
Mrs. Mack, who was convicted o
numbering her husband at GAINESVILLE, Wis.
sentenced to life imprisonment and grantees
new trial, has married the principal witnes
against her and thus rendered him incompe
On the Palouse River, Washington
Territory, a desperate named Calvin
Pierce quarreled with young miner names
w. II. Newcomb, and subsequently crept N
behind him and split his head open with
pickax. The murderer fed, but an alarr
was given, and he was speedily captured. !
vigilance committee. composed of miners
tried Pierce, condemned him to death, an
he was Immediately hanged to the neares
tree. The body was left suspended som
time, but was finally buried.
A stock train on the Alton Road wa
wrecked at Sag bridge, near Chicago, by
broken rail, killing one hundred head o
cattle.
The great spectacle of Zanita ha
entered upon its fourth week at McVicker
Theater, Chicago. The dancing Of Senorit
Bella, the premier Of the troupe, has create
perfect Juror among Chicago theate
goers. The Tribune says of her: "A moi
graceful, soulful, and joyous dancer he
seldom before visited this country; and nor
has been received with more unanimot
praise. It is not that she accompllshes pa
ticularly difficult OF startling feats, but it
her natural perfection OF motion that In Il
delight of its abandon captivates attentio
and makes what is extremely artificial o.
pear to be the emil odiment Of ease. Wit
such gifts as hers united to willpower ar
intelligence there is no reason why 81
should not become another TaglioDi
Elssler."
Farmers in the Edwardsville Gil
section report the winter wheat plant vel
badly damaged by the cold weather.
A well at Bay City, Mich, has bee
sunk 10 a depth of 2,e2O feet, with favorah
indications for salt.
An Internal machine is reported
have been found in dwelling at sturg
Mich. The fuse had boon lighted, but fail
70 burn