Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-02
WESTERN.

John S. Phelps, Ex-Governor OF Mis-
souri,, died at St Louis, aged 40
John s. .Pillsbury, Chairman OF the
Republican committee in Minnesota, has
brought suit for 100000 damages against
Minneapolis paper on account OF publications
touching the late election
A fire in Cincinnati burned nearly
5000, 900 worth OF clothing in the stores OF
Mack, Stadler & Co. and Marcus Fech-
heimer Il Co.
A disastrous wreck occurred on the
Illinois Central Railroad, near Savoy, Ill,
killing Albert Dunlap, merchant OF Savoy;
John Mcdonald, a stockdealer OF Urbana;
Mr. Todd, a blacksmith Of Champaign; and
James Near, engineer, Of Champaign way
freight train was standing on the track at the
station while some freight was being unloaded,
and stock freight train came up behind at
full speed and dashed into the standing train
The night was very dark and the rain was
pouring down 1t is supposed that the dense
darkness obscured tho light Engineer Near
was not found for long time, and was badly
crushed His head was decapitated, and was
found several yards from the trunk
At Alameda, CAL, customs officers
seized S35, OO0 worth of opium at the residence
of Charles Il Bronson
Chicago elevators contain 10, $685.
242 bushels OF wheat s, 2SO, 3O6 bushels OF
corn, $40, 397 bushels of oats, 1873, TT bushels
of rye, and All, $50 bushels Of barley; total,
Is, 446, 52S bushels Of all kinds of grain,
against II, 25l, 500 bushels year ago.
The Directors of the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe Road are carefully consid-
ering the scheme of extending northward to
Chicago The surveyed routes range from 43O
to AGO miles The bonds to be issued will run
fifty years at five per cent
Baldwin Gardiner, President of the
Pacific Stock Board ut San Francisco, has dis
appeared He owes 100000, mainly to GUS
toners.
At Cleveland, Ohio, WHEELER, whose
age is 81, was held without bail for murder
ing his wife, aged 81 The couple possessed
about S4O0, 600, and it is believed that in a
quarrel touching his wife's will the old man
strangled her.
Big Thunder and six other leading
spirits of the Grow nation were drowned while
attempting to cross the Missouri River, near
Bismarck to fight the Sioux.
For publishing lottery advertise
ments, a Cincinnati Judge fined Murat Hal
stead and John r. Mclean $50 each, suspend
ing judgment so long as the offenders refrain
from such publications
Francis Palms, said to be the richest
man in Michigan, died IN his Detroit residence
at the age Of as. His wealth was rated al
So, OOo,OOo
The Buffalo mine at Negaunee, Mich
igan, whi,h was discovered last June, has
been sold for $4,000
The first gas well in Iowa was OBJ
tanned at Herndon, Guthrie County, and the
yield is sufficient to meet all demands of /
family for light and fuel
Omaha parties, while boring fol
natural gas near the Union Pacific bridge
struck a vein OF bitumnous coal seven foo
thick at depth of 5ll feet
Judge Scott, of the Illinois Supreme
Court, has granted superseded in tho ca 4
Of tho Chicago anarchists, thus staying thu
execution set for December ) As the Su
preme Court will not meet until the first Tues
day in March, consideration OF the case is nee
essarily deferred until that date.