Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-02-25
WESTERN.

p. j. Baltes, Bishop of the Catholic
diocese of Alton, Ill, expired last week, after
aprotracted illness
Nelson Dewey, the first Governor OF
the State of Wisconsin, has brought suit fol
divorce from his wife in the Grant County Cir
cult Court charging desertion. The couple
have not lived together for fifteen years Mrs.
Dewey will contest the suit
The Rev. William Warner, a minister
of the United Brethren sect, who is said to be
uhcouth and ignorant is reported to have
cured, by faith, the wife of farmer living
near Sweetser, Ind, for whom regular physi-
clans held out no hope of recovery. The affair
has caused sensation in the district
Sister Euphrosina, nun of the Or
der of st Francis, committed suicide at St
Louis by throwing herself from a fourth-story
window Of the School of the Holy Trinity.
Mr.. @. H. Mccormick suspended
operations in his reaper factory at Chicago,
after yielding in the matter Of wages, because
the discharge of five non-union men was de-
manded by the workmen. The number of per-
sons thrown out of employment is fourteen
hundred.
A convention of third and fourth
class Postmasters has been in session in Chi
cago. number Of recommendations for the
improvement of the service were reported by
committees and adopted in the form Of resolu-
tons.
Several of the fleet of Government
boats at st Louis were sunk by the ice others
are badly damaged, and many are missing, but
may be picked up at points down the river
The loss is placed at s2OO0OO
Benz. Knoop, of Wabash County.
Ind, was bitten on the leg by rattle-snake
fifty years ago, and is now so troubled by pains
in and ulcers on the limb that amputation may
be necessary to save his life.
At Greenbush, Sheboygan County,
Wis, dwelling was destroyed by fire, James
Ehle, his wife, father, three children, and
young woman perishing in the flames. The
hired man, who escaped is suspected of hav-
ing fred the house.
The verdict of the Coroner's Jury in
the case of the burning of the Ehle family,
near Plymouth, Wis, was that the fire was the
result Of an accident The hired man is gen.
orally believed to be innocent
The body of the Rev. Jesse B. Bra
ley, of Nortonville, KY, who committed sui
eide some weeks ago owing to scandal, was
found in the Mississippi at Carondelet, Mo-, IN
cased in ice.
George Q. Cannon, the Mormon
apostle, was released at Salt Lake in bonds of
s45OO0 Marshal Ireland says Salt Lake
dispatch, expresses an opinion that there is no
doubt OF Cannon's attempt TO escape, and that
he probably had qpnfederatcs, but missed them
by not jumping at the right place. When re-
captured, Cannon was some distance from the |
track, and had two loaves of bread and bottle |
Of water in his pocket He fell on his face and |
slOnlders- His nose was broken, and he was
considerably bruised. but not seriously hurt.
Marshal Ireland confirms the offer Of 81, 900 |
made by Cannon TO the Nevada Sheriff to let |
him 60 Arnold, who was with Cannon, urged |
the Sheriff to accept and offered him life po- |
sition at good salary to let Cannon go.
The Knights of Labor at Elkhart,
Ind, have ordered boycott against the Chi
nese laundrymen in that town.
Fire in the business section of An
gusta, Wis, destroyed an hotel, the Postoffice.
anu tnirteen otner structures, entailing Z Joss
of $4,000. The insurance aggregates s2s.-
COO
Anton Pfiffner sued the st. Paul
Road at Dubuque for s45, 600 damages, alleg-
ing that his two children were drowned in
pond which remained undrained through the
negligence of the railway company.
Eight sheep herders on the ranch of
Solomon Luna, Valencia County, New Mexico.
near the Arizona line, had fight with Apaches.
All the herders were killed
A body of masked men at Nicolaus.
Cal, shipped forty-four Cinnamon by steamer
10 Sacramento. The Celestials at Snohomisb
City, Wash. T., have been fired upon and their
buildings damaged by dynamite, but they refuse
o leave
AT the session of the Northwestern
Dairymen's Convention at Beloit, Wis, w. ID
Hoard, Of Fort Atkinson, was reelected presi-
lent and r. 2. McGlincy, Of Elgin, Secretary.
l communication from Mississippi dairymen.
proposing the holding Of national convention !
n Chicago in March was indorsed.
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