Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-15
WESTERN.

Seventy persons were poisoned at
Coulterville, Ill, by eating picnic ice cream,
four of the victims dying few hours later
Col. George B. Corkhill, who will
be remembered as having prosecuted the Gov
eminent case in the Guiteau trial, died last
week at Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Mrs. Arnold, residing near New Hol-
land, Ohio, has celebrated tho 1O9th anniver-
sary Of her birth. She has one sister aged 1c6
and another who is liz
Chicago elevators contain 600, 271
bushels of wheat 2,0sO,92 bushels of corn,
219016 bushels of oats, 1889 bushels of rye,
and %, 5C4 bushels of barley; total, 1002S, 7O4
bushels of all kinds of grain, against 16, l5l,-
800 bushels ayear ago
A Justice in Cincinnati exacted bonds
Of 1000 each from seven journeymen bakers
who have been boycotting Charles Binnie
The charge was attempt to blackmail
1t is understood that Judge Samue
H. Treat, of the Southern District of Illinois,
intends TO retire from the bench next fall
Among those named for the position are
George w. Wall, W. H. Barnes, William ].
Allen, and Jesse j. Phillips
The Criminal Court of st. Louis has
overruled the motion for new trial for Max
well, the murderer of Preller. An appeal will
be taken
Cattle from Southern California to
the amount of twenty-three carloads were
recently marketed at Kansas City.
The numbering hamlet of Romeo,
Wisconsin, was destroyed by fire, the loss be-
ing $4,000.
Chicago newspapers print crop re-
ports from every section of the Northwest In
nearly every instance it is shown that drought
prevails, and that wheat in the milky state is
drying up. Corn is not seriously affected as
yet The Kansas State Board of Agriculture,
in its monthly report estimates the win
ter wheat yield at II, 200, 900 bushels, or one
half the usual average. A Chicago dispatch
reports: ~The drought scare in the grain trade
continues, and all the leading cereals sold on
the Chicago Board of Trade at further ma
terial advance Since the opening of the
present month, or in five business days, No.
2 wheat for August delivery has advanced
seven cents, corn three cents, and oats four
and one-half cents Wheat closed yesterday
at So cents the highest price of the day being
S3S4 cents"
In three-mile boat race at Ocono-
mowoc, Wis, Gaudaur defeated Hamm by two
lengths in l9:O614
Mrs. Theresa Turpin, who lived near
Princeton, Ind, cut the throat of her 7-year-
old daughter, hanged her baby daughter, and
then went to the barn and hanged herself.
The youngest child is still living. The wo-
man left note stating that the devil had
been after her, and she couldn't get away
from him
The Republican State Convention of
Kansas assembled at Topeka and nominated
the following ticket: For Governor, John A
Martin; Lieutenant Governor, A. p. Reddle;
Secretary of State, E. b. Allen; Judge of the
Eleventh District d. M Valentine; Treasurer,
J. H Hamilton; Auditor, Timothy Mccarthy;
Attorney General, F. b. Bradford; Superin-
tendent of Schools, J. II. Lowhead The
platform charges the Democratic party
with dsplacing veteran Union soldiers and
rewarding ex-Confederates with office; with
holding Just pensions from disabled soldiers
rewarding Fitz-John Porter for insubordina-
ton and treachery; and annoying settlers in
the West by vexatious rulings and ill-consid-
cred orders. 1t demands a continuance of the
protective tariff, the enforcement of the State
prohibitory law, and expresses sympathy with
Gladstone in his efforts TO secure justice for
the Irish people
Seventy-fve Republican editors of
Ohio met at Columbus and passed resolutions
earnestly requesting the United States Senate
to investigate the charges of bribery in con-
nection with the election Of Senator Payne.
The Chief of the Fire Department
at Evansville, Ind, cut all the telephone wires
in that city because the company failed to
comply with a recent ordinance.