Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-08
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs Nathan Griffith, of West
by religious excitement cut her husbands
throat as he lay sleeping
The Pacific Mail Line has raised the
passenger rates for Chinese from $25 to $50
per head for the purpose Of stopping the ex-
odus now in progress
kilograms to Bradstreefs report q
less satisfactory condition of general trade,
due in large part to the continuation of strikes
at various centers, as well as to the interrupt
ton of railway traffic in the Southwest Floods
in the Central, Southern and Western States
have helped depress trade through the destruc-
ton OF bridges and overfiowing of country
roads At large Eastern cities the volume OF
merchandise moving is of only moderate pro-
portions At Western centers the demands are
quite as much for nearby wants as they were
a week ago. In general, it may be stated that
the progress made thus far during 1886 has
been disappointing. There was gradual fall
ing off in the number Of failures.
The floods in the Southern States
have been attended by loss Of life. Reports
from different localities show that number
of persons have been drowned At
Chattanooga, Tenn, over 5000 people were
driven from their homes, and two
are reported drowned. Montgomery
ALA dispatch says: Thousands Of horses,
mules, cattle, and hogs have been swept
away. Corn, cotton-seed, and provisions in
reach of the flood have been destroyed, and
planters in the overfowed region will have
difficulty in starting their work. The relief
boat brought to this city large number
of people who had been in peril and with
out food for three days. On farm en-
ploying State convicts the water flooded the
quarters The President Of the Board of In
spectors made way with the boats to the i'm
periled place and got them off in safety. So
far the reports of drowning in various por-
tons of the State foot up nine persons, all
colored but one. Four Of these were woman
and three children in cabin on the
Caba River, it floating of with them The
food throughout the State is unprecedent-
cd, reaching here six feet above the highest
mark ever known. In this city the ice factory,
water works, soap-works, and gas-works,
electric-light works, fertilizer-works, iron
foundries, oil-mills, railroad shops, and
freight depot of the Western and Central Rail
road, stock yards and brick-yards, all have
several feet of water in them In most of
them the damage will be confined to machinery.
The only illumination in the city is by candle
and oil At Selma, Alabama, the gas-works
were submerged and the city was plunged into
darkness Rome, Ga, reports the damage
there at $500, 000
John Baxter, District Judge at Knox
vile, Tennessee, died of congestive fever al
Hot Springs, Ark, in his sixty -eighth year.
pied the exclusive attention of the House ON the
I'd inst. Various amendments were offered
nearly all of which were voted down as fast as
they came up. Mr.. ONeill Of Missouri said
that people were suffering for food in the West
ON account of the strike. while con
floor Of the House. He begged the
House to crush out the obstructionists
| Mr. Lawler Of Illinois spoke in support of the
! bill. He said that its opponents had had three
| long months to prepare something upon the
| question and had not done so. But now they
| insulted the intelligence OF the well-meanint
men on the Committee on Labor who had giver
| il their attention. Passing on to the considera
| ton OF the strike ON the Missouri Pa
cihc, he declared that without wish
| ing to become communistic in his utter
/ ances he was free TO say that il Jay Gould wal
| hung to a lamp-post in New York it would be 9
blessing to the community known as the United
| States. Laughter. The action Of jay GoulC
| might cost hundreds and thousands Of livei
| throughout the Western States The dealt
| OF q man like this was nothing com
| pared with what might occur IL the din
| culties were not settled In those States
| Mr.. Farquhar, of New York, supported the bill
Mr.. Glover, of Missouri, declared that II was
constitutional abortion He denounced 1t in thu
| name of capital. He denounced it in the nam
OF labor, because it offered a stone, and no
bread. The first four sections of the bill wer
adopted, with slight amendments, and pendin
| consideration OF the fifth section the House ad
| iourned. The Senate was not in session.