Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-01-07
LATER NEWS IETMs.

GermanyS traue roVleW SHOWS
gloomy outlook
Pope Leo has given to the College
of the Propaganda the sum of 10000, which
he obtained by selling personal presents re-
ceived during several years.
Latest reports from the west coast
of Ireland are heartrendng and show that
prompt and liberal help for the poverty
stricken people is sorely needed
1t is reported that Lord Randolph
Churchill's scheme for Irish home rule does
not include Parliament for Ireland, but abol-
ishes Castle rule, substituting therefor officers
elected by the people for fixed terms
The annexation of Burmah to the
British Empire has been formally announced in
India and England Officers appointed by the
viceroy Of India are to administer the Govern
ment
The Egyptian problem is again fore
ing itself to the front in British politics, and
bids fair to prove almost as severe tax upon
the resources of British craftsmanship as the
Irish question itself. Great interests are at
stake in Egypt, and it is becoming more evil
dent every day that the safety of Englands
Eastern possessions is largely contingent upon
the result of the pending struggle in the
Soudan.
President Cleveland, at his New
Year reception, was assisted by his sister and
the wives Of Secretaries Bayard, Manning.
and Whitney, andof Postmaster General Villas.
Secretary Lamar is on holiday visit to the
South Three nieces of Samuel ]. Tilden stood
beside Mrs Manning. Miss Cleveland was
robed in crimson velvet. Mrs. Logan failed to
accompany the Senator. The diplomatic corps
outdid itself in colors and decorations. Over
six thousand persons shook hands with the
President
The police of New York arrested
IA, 372 persons last year.
The amount required to maintain
municipal government in New York for the new
year is estimated at $35, 4S6, 800.
Boston's yearly record shows q de-
cided improvement in business, while $780,
600 worth of building was done.
1t is proposed to introduce in st.
Louis Pasteur's method of treating hydropho-
bia The Hydrophobic Institute in New York
is ready for patients
Three wooden dwellings, erected in
Boston in the early part Of the eighteenth CEN
fury, from whose windows a party of British
officers witnessed the battle Of Bunker Hill,
are being demolished to give place to gas
works
William H. Mcneil, President of the
Lancaster National Bank, at Clifton, Mass,
disappeared last week, and he has since been
shown to be defaulter for 100000 or more
He was also one of the receivers of a savings
bank, which had $50, 900 on hand He is known
to have invested large amounts in cattle COM
panies, and is believed to have speculated reck-
lessly
The Civil-Service Commission, en-
barrassed by applicants for place, has decided
to permit no request for examination to remain
on its books longer than six months.
Fire swept away Maurer's Touring
mill at Tallmadge, Ohio, the loss being $40, 600.
A steel steamship, 265 feet in length,
is being constructed at Cleveland, and will be
used in the Lake Superior trade She will be
| launched about June next, and will cost
| $4,000
An alleged Internal machine turned
up the other morning at the general Offices of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Company in Chicago, and the theory is adj
vanced of plot to blow up the costly struct-
ure in which the corporation does business.
"The Silver King" one of the most
intensely interesting of modern dramas, forms
the attraction at Mcvicker's Theater, Chicago,
this week. F. G. Bangs, an actor of excellent
parts, enacts the title role, and is supported by
strong company.