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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

II OUfUUt.
Don't 90 in debt for agricultural
implements. Going in debt is what
makes panics and hard times.
A successful horticulturist. who
had his pear trees injured by cold
winters, cut off the dark-colored
wood touched by the frost, and he
believes that this course saved the
tress.
When COWS gnaw boards give them
charcoal mixed in the xeal and
ground bone. They should also have
roots and a sprinkling of wood ashes
on them.
Onions need a hard bottom and
mistakes are often made in the use
of the trench pillow. The successful
onion grower must expect to invest
about 800 in every acre if he does
his duty by the crop.
1t is said that nail driven into
peach and apple trees near the
ground, will keep the borer away.
If so, it is the rust from the iron
that does the work. There is no
harm in trying it. 1t will do no
injury if no good.
Peter Henderson does not believe
in cutting potatoes down to one eye.
The nourishment is thus taken
away from the young sprout, and it
is stunted. An ordinary sized peta-
to put down in two pieces is the best
to plant.
There is many a poor farmer that
moufns the loss of corn crop, and
many poor gardener that can i'll af-
ford to lose his cabbage or celery
crop, that would have saved their
lost crops had they known that
stamp of the foot in the hill Of corn,
or that press of the foot along the
roots of the cabbage or celery would
have proved the salvation of the
crop in each ease.
iiV iHoeinSt VI IL to"i ieaoS IL W
scratch even if feeding on heap of
whole grain This causes it to stop
eating long enough to swallow. We
give fowls too much at time, and
this causes them to stuff themselves
so as to injure their crops if fed
dampened meal A little whole
grain scattered among staw will
make poultry scratch for what they
get and conduce to their healthful-
ness
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-03-20

The remarkable interest in the War Papers and
IN the manly timely articles and strong serial feat
urcs published recently in TIM CRNruRy has given
that magazine regular circulation of
MORE TRAN soo,ooo COPIES MONTHLY.
Among the features for the coming volume. which
begins with the November number. are:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25

to Mr.. Gladstone their resignations - members
OF the Cabinet Both gentlemen disagree with
Gladstone on tho Irish land scheme. which, Il
10 said, will take ESQ 100000 sterling 10 buy
out all the lriah landlords
The wrecked steamship Oregon has
broken in two, and lies in 100 feet OF water.
The master and purser Of the steamer Fulda
have fled libel against diamonds valued 81
$500, 900, which they saved from the Oregon.
The committee In the German Reich
stag which has under consideration Bismarck'a
spirit monopoly bill, rejected tho entire meas
urc.
After lecturing before the students OF
Oxford University the other evening Michael
Davitt retired to rest in room in one
of the colleges When he awoke the next
morning he found that the door had been
screwed up, and he was obliged to tie his bed
clothes together and make his exit by way OF
the window.
Counterfeit coin to the amount Of
e5OO, 600 has been put in circulation in Egypt
Heavy snowstorms are reported in
the north of England and Scotland Many
railroad lines are blockaded
Two fatal cases of cholera are re-
ported from Gambia, two from Polia, and seven
from Padua, Italy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
POLITICAL.

A resolution was passed by the Iowa
Legislature expressing regret that President
Cleveland vetoed the Des Mcines River land
bill.
Proceedings to disbar Dewitt G.
Jones, recently appointed Postmaster at Co
lumbus, Ohio by the President, for unpro-
fessional conduct as an attorney, were begun
before the Circuit Court at Columbus The
confirmation OF Mr. Jones by the Senate has
been delayed pending an inquiry into the
charges.
The statement comes from Cincinnati
that the Democratic majority in the Ohio SEN
ate will show its sympathy with President
Cleveland by refusing to confirm appointments
to State offices by Gov. Foraker. 1t will DO
remembered that Senator Sherman recently
caused the confirmation of Dewitt c. Jones as
Postmaster at Columbus to DO set aside
President Cleveland last week sent to
the Senate the following nominations: William
l. Trenholm, to be Comptroller of the Cur
rency; John II. Oberly and Charles Lyman,
to be members of the Civil-Service Commits
sion.
Both branches of the New York
Legislature have passed the bill requiring that
street railroad franchises in New York City be
sold to the highest bidder.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
SOUTHERN.

James / Waddell, commander of
the oyster navy of Maryland, who died at
Annapolis, was Captain of the Confederate
privateer Shenandoah, and destroyed many
American whaling vessels in the Arctic seas.
The Fitzgerald hose company of Lin
coin, Neb., won the first prize in the fremen's
contest at New Orleans.
Charles Richard, q member of q
prominent Hebrew family Of Mobile, Ala, was
assassinated in the streets of that city.
Galbraith e. Co., cotton factors of
Memphis, Tenn, have failed, with liabilities Of
about ,OOO
At conference between Il. A. Shell
don, one of the receivers of the Texas Pacific
Road, and Knights of Labor, at New Orleans,
it was decided that the question of the dismiss
sal of Hall, which provoked the strike, be sub
mitted to the arbitration of the United States
Court, provided Hall and the Marshall (Texas)
As sembly agree to the plan. In the meantime
work will be resumed
A train was wrecked near Marshall,
Texas, and the railway bridge, spanning Eos
sill Greek, near Fort Worth, was partially de-
stroyed by fire, the structure having first been
soaked with coal oil The strikers are charged
with the crimes
3 "Old Sorrel," the aged war-horse OF
Stonewall Jackson, died at tho Virginia Military
Institute last week. His skeleton will be pre-
pared for the Southern Soldiers Home at Rich
mond
A telegram from Carrollton, Miss,
says that while thirteen negroes were awaiting
trial for an attempt TO kill white man mob
Of about fifty persons entered the court house
and began firing on the prisoners. Ten were
killed and the other three MORALLY wounded
A bill has been introduced in the
Maryland Legislature which, if passed, will
prohibit the sale of Western dressed meat in
Baltimore Iprovides for an inspector, to be
named by the Governor and paid by tho cor
porations, who shall inspect all live stock in
tended for slaughter; and all meat offered for
sale in Baltimore City or within five miles of
the city must be inspected prior to slaughter
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr.. Van Horne, Vice President of
the Canadian Pacific Road, states that the track
will early next month be ready for traffic to
the Pacific coast, and that line Of steamships
to China and Australia will shortly be estab-
hshed
Vice President Hoxie, of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, refused TO holda conference with
the executive committee OF the Knights Of
| Labor. Sixty-seven men have returned to
work in the shops of the Texas and Pacific
Road at Marshall, Texas, and sufficient hands
present wants. A St Louis dispatch
of the 10th says: STRIKERS came in contact
with Sheriff's posse at a suburban station,
and several shots were fired during the melee
No one was hurt however The general situa-
ton remains unchanged, all efforts TO run other
than mail trains over the Gould lines proving
futile. The demand of the yardmen and switch
men of East st Louis for an increase of pay
has been acceded to by four of the railroad
companies, and it is thought the others will
come to terms"
A scale of wages and rules, formu-
lated by the Knights of Labor, were signed by
the cigar manufacturers of Milwaukee.
general advance in wages is conceded, and
after May eight hours shall constitute a days
| work Fifteen hundred cloakmakers in New
York City have gone on a strike. They do
not ask for increased wages, but demand that
the contract system be abolished Nearly
fifteen hundred men and boys employed in the
National Tube Works, at McKeesport, Pa,
struck for an advance of Is per cent in wages
A strike of the street-car employees at Column
| bus, Ohio was begun on the 18th inst
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
FOREIGN.

Austria decides to prohibit the teach
ing of Old Catholicism in the public schools
Nineteen Russians who are suffering
from wolf bites have arrived in Paris TO under
go treatment at the hands of NJ Pasteur
In Difference to the determined hos
tility Of the people of Ulster, Mr. Gladstone
has decided, it is said, 10 confino tho operation
Of his Irish home-rule measures to Leinster,
Munster, and Connaught, leaving the present
form of government in Ulster intact
The city of Granada, Spain, and
wiesbaden, the German Watering place, have
experienced brief but severe earthquake
shocks
Viscount Hinton, the scapegrace son
of Earl Poulet, who sought 10 revenge himself
ON his father for refusing TO pay his debts, by
starting circus, advertising IL as @Viscount
Hinton's Unrivaled Show" has been sent to
prison for one year for obtaining goods under
false pretenses
In skirmish at Suakim thirty Sou
danese rebels we're killed by British soldiers.
April IL the following Catholic digni-
taries will be made Cardinals: Archbishops
Taschereau, Of Quebec, and Gibbons, of Balti-
more, and Mgrs Ferrata, DE Rende, Rampola
del Tindaro. and Massela.
Both the British Board of Trade and
the Foreign Office are discussing the best
means Of improving international and colonial
copyright laws.
A London dispatch states that Joseph
Chamberlain and Mr. Trevelyan have tendered
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
NEWS CONDENSED.



IL has been definitely learned that
T. O. bennett Of New York. who recently
slipped down the ice-mound at Niagara Falls,
received but little injury in falling. but starved
to death where he fell, being unable to got out
The imports Of general merchandise
at the port OF New York for the past week
were valued at %. 1884. 7o8, and of dry goods al
s2ei2I404
In desperate fight Of thirteen
rounds at Rye, n. Y, Jack Dempsey defeated
George La Blanche.
Zelno p. Gordon, the oldest tele-
graph operator in the United States, died at
Castle. N Y
The bobbin factory Of ]. II. Ellington
h Co., at Philadelphia, was damaged by fire to
tho extent Of nearly $4,000 The place has
now been burned out seven times
A body was incinerated at Pittsburg
by the aid of natural gas. the remains being
educed to ashes in less than an hour
Laura A. Miller, aged 10, hanged
herself in her parents house, at Buffalo, N. Y,
because she had been forbidden to attend a
roller rink where she used to clandestinely
meet her lover
The suit brought in New York
ngainst William s. Warner, by an official inthe
interest Of the creditors Of Ferdinand Ward
resulted in decision by tho referee that War
ner must pay over to Receiver Davies. within
thirty days. the sum of q, 1895. 752 81
Miss Abigail Dates Las just diod al
Scituate, Mass, aged So In 1872, in company
with another girl, she played fife and drum
30 vigorously that the..Britsh left Scituate har.
Dor under the impression that large Ameri-
can force was at hand
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
WESTERN.

i q A St Louis dispatch says: "Not O
car Of freight has crossed the st Louis bridge
for week, and there is every prospect that
the strike on the Gould system of railroads in
the Southwest will last for some time longer,
although the Texas and Pacific is reported TO
be open from end to end A
switchman who went to work for the
Missouri Pacific was assaulted by q
number of the strikers and quite seriously in
jured A suburban train was side-tracked out
side the city limits, and tho passengers wero
obliged to walk four miles before they reached
the street-cars The yardmen and switchmen
employed in East St Louis, to the number of
about ], 200 representing moro than half a
dozen railroads, have demanded an advance of
80 cents a day."
Young grasshoppers have appeared
in great numbers in the Toledo (0hiol section,
and farmers fear the worst
Four Apaches have arrived at Camp
Lieutenant Maus in Arizona, with the tidings
that all the hostiles wish to surrender uncon-
dtionally.
George Q. Cannon failed to appear
in court at Salt Lake when his case was called,
thereby FORGETTING $4,000.
Harlan p. Tracy and F. B. Tracy,
bankers of Elmwood, Ill, have assigned
Their assets are estimated at $93, 900, and their
liabilities at $4,000
8. b. Watrous, q well-known mer-
chant and stock-raiser, who possessed great
wealth, committed suicide at Watrous, N. NJ,
using the same weapon and selecting the
same spot upon which his son killed himself
six months ago.
The Ohio. Indiana, and Michigan
trotting circuit was formed at a meeting held
in Kalamazoo last week, the premium list ag-
gregating $4,000. w. T. Beauchamp, of
Terre Haute, was elected President and
Charles Reed, of Toledo, Secretary.
In a dispute at St Louis over his
second wife's effects, Nicholas Emil shot and
killed his mother-in-law. He then hurried
home and cut his throat
Fearful that she will lose her trade,
st Louis is fighting the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi at Alton, Ill
Three working girls at st. Joseph,
Mich, became insane over religion, and eight
others are slightly affected The Pentecost
Band brought about their dementia
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
The BerInnIng or sIckness.

Never triie with what are called small all
ments disorder easy Of control at first, IL
neglected for few weeks, may become mortal
disease Be especially careful not to let debility
gain upon you, for it is the door through which
oil malodies enter the system. II you feel
languid inert, and to use a common expression
-as If there was no life left in you, resort ut
once to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. That great
vegetable tonic will supply the vitality you SO
urgently need. 1t is nerve food. By its tonic
action the stomach is so invigorated that diges-
ton becomes regular, easy, perfect; while It's
mild cathartic properties relieve the bowels
from obstructions and its Alternative operation
benefcially affects all the secretive organs. For
the miseries OF dyspepsia, and they include al
most every unpleasant feeling that belongs to
physical disease and mental wretchedness, this
potent tonic is q certain and speedy balm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25

Garland prepared the papers and submitted
them at the second meeting. charter for a
telephone company was Obtained In Tcnnes-
see, and one for telegraph company was OBJ
tanned in New York There never was any
Pan-EIectric stock issued Witness de-
clared that he had no idea when the
company was organized that Mr.. Garland
would be Attorney General; but he had done
his best 10 make him Attorney General after
Cleveland's election. He had dedicated q book
TO Attorney General Garland, and predicted
that Cleveland would select the wisest purest
man in the country 10 elevate the Judiciary OF
the country. On May "a he had sent letter to
Attorney General Garland asking him 10 insti-
tute suit against the Bell company, but re-
ceived no reply.
DIR. j. w. Rogers testified in the tele-
phone inquiry at Washington, March Is, that
he never sold any stock 10 member Of Con-
gress He had applied for consular place,
and had written to Attorney General Garland
about ii Money had also seen the Attorney
General In furtherance OF the application.
Witness said that he had no hard feelings
against Mr. Garland, although he thought
the Attorney General acted meanly. When
asked IL he had not written satirical poetry
directed against the Attorney General, he re-
piled, drawing out a pamphlet: "Just got it
this morning from Baltimore. Here it is;
want to see it?" The cover Of the pam
phlet bore the following inscription: "The
Great Mugwump; Canto 1. Pan-Electric Sale
OF Government Property; To Be Followed
by Parthenon; Congressional Whitewash and
the Last of the Dog Catcher By J. W. Rogers
OF Parthenon Heights. Published by Puck &
Bottom, Parthenon Heights, Bladensburg, Md ;
1880" DIR. Rogers besought Mr. Oates to read
tiIe pamphlet Dut several members threw up
their hands in eloquent protest
A special agent of the Treasury De-
partment reports that extensive frauds are
perpetrated upon the customs revenues by
sending Texas calves into Mexico to fatten and
be returned free of duty.
A Washington dispatch says the
| President celebrated his 49th birthday on the
night Of March Is by attending performance
of the sMikado" with Misses Cleveland and
Van Yechten and Colonel and Mrs. Lamont
The party was warmly applauded as it entered
its box.
The Ways and Means Committee has
adopted a substitute for the Morrison tariff
bill, which subjects the wooden articles placed
on the free list to an import duty when the
country from which they are imported levies
an export duty The provision is aimed at the
export duty now levied upon Canadian logs
sent into the United States. The free list was
then adopted as it stands in the bill, except
that Indian corn, hay, and oats were stricken
of.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
WASHINGTON.

DR.. J. w. Rogers testified before the
Telephone Investigating Committee at Wash
ington, March IL, that there was no intention
OF deriving any advantage from the official
positions Of the men to whom Pan-Electric
stock was donated The object was 10 bank
on their names and reputation Witness wished
10 secure the cooperation OF men Of integrity
and Of national regulations Without the
names Of such men the stock could not be sold
The incorporators Of the Pan-Electric Com
trio Company paid nothing for their stock
Two meetings we're held in the rooms OF the
Senate Judiciary Committee for the organiza-
ton Of the telephone company There were
Money, Rogers, Jr., Senators Harris and Gar
land, and Gen Johnston. Az the first meeting
. general agreement was reached Senator
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
Shirting ResponsiblIltY,

A charitable lady living on the Back
Bay gives baskets of food several times
week to poor families. To ono of
her pensioners who had sick wife the
lady said one morning: There are
some oranges in the basket, John, for
your wife; how is she to-day?" "Not
much better, ma'am, thank ye, adding
mournfully, "Tm goin' to do all 1 can
for Rosy, and then s'pose the Lord1l
do just as He's a mind to."-Bosto1e
Beacon
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25

The remarkable phase in the practice of DR.
Peter w. Schmidt Frequently called DIR. Pete)
is, he never asked one TO describe their disease
but tells each one their trouble without asking
q question His success is phenomenal His
practice enormous. He is sought after by hun
dreds wherever he goes, because he cures when
every other physician and remedy have failed.
He has allowed his great medicines, Golden Seal
Bitters and Lung Food for Consumption, to be
offered to the suffering, and we assert without
fear of successful contradiction that there is
no disease they will not cure Thousands Of
hnt4laa hava haan anld Thouaands Of hrokan-
down and discouraged invalids saved Send to
Golden Seal Bitters Company Holland City,
Mich. for Facts for the MIlliOnl Erce
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
The Horse in Anc emit History.

Zine horse you've got there?" said
Jones to Kentuckian riding a beauti-
full bay saddler.
"Pretty fair hoss," responded the
Kentuckian, with affected indifference.
Thoroughly trained as q saddle
horse. too, amt hep"
"Knows all the motions, he does"
"What do you call him?"
"Thebes.
"Thebes2 That's odd. / never heard
such name for a horse before. What
do you call him that for?"
Because he has hundred gaits, Of
course. Don't you know ancient his
tory P"-Merchd1lt TrareIeT.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
Free to Ministers, Lawyers, Doctors,
and Teachers.

If you will get your dealer to order from
his wholesale druggist one dozen bottles
WARMERS WHITE WINE OF TAR SYRUP
The best remedy in the ICorId for Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Cdtdrrh, and CORsump-
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druggist who gives the order. Map of Holy
Land free with medicine. Address DIR. G..
d. WARNER, Chicago, Ill. All druggists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
Is Your Blood Pnrn 2

For impure blood the best medicine known, SEQ
Wills SARsAPARILLA or Blood and Liver Syrup,
may be implicitly relied when everything else
fails. Take IT in the spring-me especially for the
impure secreons of the blood incident 10 that
of the and take IL at all times for Cancer scrof
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Swelings Skin Diseases, Malaria. and the thousand
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
Sam Jones, Apothegm.

In one of his sermons Rev. Sam
Jones said: Il think the finest tomb
sto- Q 1 ever saw, and the prettiest
epitaph / ever saw, was when was
visiting an old friend of mine. After
dinner he took me into the garden, and
in the most prominent place there was
ere ted beautiful tombstone of white
marble, in memory of his wife, and on
il read her name and the date of her
delth, and her simple epitaph was this
line: she made home pleasant
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
Such nm Effect.

De Jones-I wonder why Miss Big
giles married Snifkins instead of
Boozeby. They were certainly en-
gagged
Podgrass-Yes, know; but Boozeby
wanted ~ Dream tisO s~6~6o-~e@t of
long ago, and was afraid to, so he sent
Snifkins to break it to her. He fell in
love with her and married her.
De Jones-Ah, / see. Failing to get
the one she wanted, she thought she
would proxy mate
They haven't spoken since. = The
T0n1bIer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
lie Was Fond of Music.

6"Where are you going, Jones, at this
time of nightS"
"Going home to listen to my wife's
music"
Does she sing?"
"No, she spauks the children. .
NewmGn INDEPENDENT
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
Danger Ahead.

There is danger ahead for you IL you neg
lect the warning which nature is giving you
OF the appro ich OF the fell destroyer-con-
sumption. Night sweats, splitting OF blood,
loss OF appetitc--these symptoms have ter
ribe meaning. You can be cured II you do
Golden Medical Discovery" the greatest
blood-purfer known, will restore your lost
health. As nutritlve, IL is far superior to
cod-liyer oil. All druggists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-25
al Would That | We're Dead !"

cries many wretcEei housewife to-day, as,
weary and disheartened, she forces herself TO
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