Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-14
LATER NEWS IErMs.

| n WdIcAOuS0 III 1IOulbNllic, N.Y., ulicu
with cotton, tobacco, molasses, and dry goods,
collapsed, and a fire breaking out tho greater
portion of the contents were destroyed. A col
ored porter II. M. Wright, manager, and J. b.
Balmsforth, one of the proprietors, were
caughtin the debris and cannot DO found The
financial loss is heavy.
Charles Williams (colored) was
hanged for outrage at Cambridge, Md When
urged by the ministers to prepare for eternity,
he said, sit is too late"
Great suffering is said TO exist in
parts of Scotland, the cold weather following a
long depression in business causing much
privation among the poor. The warehouses;
are crowded, and meeting Of 5000 unem-
ployed persons was held in Glasgow recently.
1t was resolved to appeal to the wealthier
classes for assistance.
Ex-senator Thurman, who was Sc
lected by the coal-ininers and operators of
Ohio to settle their difficulties decided that
wages should be advanced to 60 cents per ton,
at which price he thinks the operators can sue
cessfully compete with other districts.
0s L NduSWOIbu, AOIAHoI uonhoh
at Ishpeming, Mich, was convicted OF embez-
element in the sum of 100000
There were 900 failures in business
in the United States reported to Brddstrecrs
during the week, against 297 in the previous
week, 44S in the corresponding week of 1885,
845 in 1884, and 342 in 1888. About SO per cent
were those Of small traders whose capital was
less than $1,000 Bradstreers Journal in its
weekly summary says:
| Special kilograms to Brddstreots from leading
business centers indicate that ut Western dis
| tributing points general trade Is almost uni
formly quiet Dry goods jobbers and commission
houses are very hopeful. Stocks ut cotton goods
mills are lighter than at the corresponding
period one year ago, with one exception.
Production OF WOODEN goods is lighter proper
| uonately than that Of cotton Jobbers have
been buying rather freely of late; Print
Fall River are smaller than at any date since
! 1879. In raw wool there have been quite
moderate transactions, but the tone OF
| opinion that an advance Is moro likely
at the present time than three months ago, in
asmuoh as manufacturers are expected to buy
more freely before the end of the month Stocks
| IRE reported to be relatively small. Makers of
pig-iron do not see their way clear to an advance
in prices in the near future, and spectators
therein are not so anxious to buy as
coming forward. There have been no
Mee steel rails s SaTa been pig SOLD during 81 the &c
| 81 per ton below the nominal quotation of
| SIS per ton which sufficiently comments on the
| lately published interviews with prominent
steel and iron makers as TO the condition OF tho
market. The movement OF grocery staples is
smaller than at the corresponding time last
year. Dairy products are in slow demand.
SENATOR EDMUNDs Utah bill passed tho Sem
ate on the sth inst. 1t Is substantially the Same
as first reported, with the addition of a section
providing that marriage between persons of the
fourth degree Of cons lnguinity, but not includ-
| ing that, shall be contrary to law. Mr.. Eusus
offered a concurrent resolution with a
preamble as follows; where's, The act
dollar legal tender for all debts, pub
lie and private that by the act Of 1869 the faith
of the United States was solemnly pledged to
the payment in coin or its equivalent of all
public obligations not bearing interest, etc. !;
that by the refunding act OF July, 1870 the prin-
cipal and interest OF the debt were made re-
deemable in coin of the then standard value !;
that since the enactment of those laws it has
been the practice of the Secretary of the Treas
ury to pay the bonds and interest in gold
coin, and that the Secretary Of the Treasury
has issued call for S10,000000 Of bonds,
payable on the LIST Of February, 1886 therefore,
Sress said bonds of Of $1,000 600 PAYABLE on Feb
1, 1866, should be paid in silver dollars, such
! payment being in compliance with existing
| law and in aid Of the financial policy es-
| tablished by the legislation Of Congress-"
Mr.. Eustis desired the resolution referred to
the Committee ON Finance, and expressed the
hope that the COMMITTEES would report on IL at
an early day, in order that it may be determined
whether or not the practice of paying the Unit
ed States bonds and the interest ON them exclu-
sively in gold coin was approved by Congress.
Bills were introduced to appropriate 81 800, 900
| for improvements at the mouth of the Columbia
| River, TO create public park near Santa Fe to
| pay the Delaware Indians S36,800 for certain
lands in Kansas, to increase to S25 per month the
pensions of soldiers sailors who lost one eve,
and to prohibit the letting of Government con-
! tracts to persons employing convict labor The
| House was not in session.