Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-09-30
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The Odd Fellows Sovereign Grand
Lodge, in session at Boston, adopted report
declaring il inexpedient to establish home
for orphans Of Odd Fellowa The headquar-
ters of the Sovereign Grand Lodge were To-
Gated at Columbus, Ohio, by vote Of 70 to %
for Chicago. The Knights Templars at St
Louis selected Washington Os the place for the
triennial conclave in October, 1889
The Relief Committee at Charleston,
8 O., reports itself sbe to furnish food and
shelter TO the needy but calls attention to the
fact that many houses must be repaired, il at
all, by public aid Government engineers re-
port damage of 100000 sustained by the
six hundred buildings already inspected The
prediction made by Virgins has done much TO
unnerve the public.
Business failures for the week in the
United States and Canada numbered 1877,
against 1856 the previous week
A loss of $3.50, 900 was sustained at
Toronto by q fire which originated in the
wholesale liquor house Of Davidson Il Hay,
and extended to the adjoining buildings
Lieutenant HEM, of the Galatea, ex-
pIcbocb ulAlbohl 40 badbhO0 thab ho hoo ~
chance with the Mayhower in any breeze in
which she can carry her topsail, but he is
anxious TO learn what she can do in a gale
without IL
In the Bay of st. John, N. T., the
British schooner Summerset collided with the
schooner Mary Ann, cutting her in two
There we're thirty-seven persons aboard the
Inflated craft, four Of whom were drowned.
The others saved themselves by clinging to
the main rail of the Summerset, or were pick
ed out Of the water by her boats
F. s. HUMPHREYS was hanged at
Milledgeville, Ga, for the murder of his
niece and sister-in-law.
At Baltimore Mrs. 9. Fl. Rudolph,
aged 90, who had been married but a few
weeks, shot herself four times and expired
in a short time.
The orange crop of Louisiana is said
winters freeze Nine years Of propitious
weather will be required to fully restore the
bearing capacity of the trees.
Apparently authoritative reports are
current at Winnipeg that the Canadian Pacific
has obtained control or th5 MlnIJoDa ran
way.
Texas fever has appeared among sew
eral herds of cattle in Saline County, Mis-
souri,
A. @. Strong, Knight Templar OF
Naperville, Ill, was killed by a train at Chel-
tenham, near st Louis, Mo.
Charles Doll and Major James Nor
gan, members Of the late Board of Public
Works, of Cincinnati, and Charles 7. Black
burn, its clerk, were arrested in that city
charged with embezzling largo amounts Of the
city funds.
The Northern Sioux have decided to
establish mail and transportation routes
throughout the frontier region on the Co
operative principle, the work to be done by the
young men Of the nation As all the labor
will DO performed on foot, young warriors are
now in training Cor their part in the enterprise.
Each runner is to make seventy five miles per
week
The British Government has decided
to greatly increase the garrison at Belfast
In railroad accident at Berlin three
soldiers were killed and twenty wounded
In compartment of an underground
railway carriage in London Moritz A Fiser,
the head Of an important foreign house, was
murdered by unknown persons His watch
and chain were not disturbed, but his money
had evidently been taken.
BY an explosion of fire-damp in a
coal mino near Schalke, Germany, forty-five
persons were killed and sixteen injured An
Italian brig loading with benzine at Fiume,
Austria, was set on fire by lightning, and
eight men persisted in the flames.