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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

I OTIS AND BLOCKS FOR SALE IN
~ North Seattle.
Lots AID blocks for sale In D, 7. Dea.
nys nrsts second. third. fourth. fifth and
Lolg ana blocks for sale In D. I. Den
NJ , Park addition.
Lota and slocks fer sale n d. 7. Dem
ny's East Park addition.
Lots and blocks for sale IN Mob Hin.
ditiOn.
Les and blocks for sale in various parts
Farm lands in King and skaeiteOunties
SPECIAL BARGAINS
The sE Of NE I sec II, To Is north.
range 3 east 80 acEesl at $50 per acre.
In lot 10 Ms Sea II. tp znOIth, range
east. II acres, Si3J per acre improved.
Lot 4. block 81, Terry's addition, $500
a me house End lot in ID. 7. Denny's
"A house and two well improved lots.
Noa, and 2 block s kden addition. $500
All OF block "a Hden addition, az $50
Tor corners and SIS for inside lots.
Lots and Y, block 90 n. I. DenRy's first
addltloA. $500.
Property IN all parts Of the city and
county 70 sell.
Money 70 loan on improved city and
farm property.
HOUSES no RRNT
Houses for rent and fer sale.
Loans negotiated and investments made
Taxes paid Tor non-resident parties
Orders for ala kinas Of rough ana dress-
81 Asumber, Lath. sash. Doors and Monld-
insA viii receive prompt attention
correspondence from abroad solicited.
se4dw6m
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

AaIeaeolopirsl Esnela far ~ u1onll 81
Dessses. 1855 F5Nes ~ ctag9Fa4leEs
fainbrns Lizard. Kftsxp esau4T. W1zh-
inet1a 1srTitoF5. 1atItade. AZ DEGREES
- mia11e9, Io1eiLn1a. - degrees g
nainntes hiahs e aruuna atoge he So,
80 feres 5 n MnaAiuean fltaservpf.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
Seed Merchants

DID CLOVER. ORCHARD GRASS
IL White Clover, Kentucky Blue araas
Alsiks Clover, Alfalfa. Mesquite A soah
aaSoftuent Of Garden SEEDS always on
hand af MUSSIHBR0D & I0BYsS, Ken.
Fun block. iOa5 Front street rieaffla. onqe
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

Fiymouth teEg7 eEaE5cnal Church -,
cad street, hetMeca Spfing ana Ssaera.
Rev. heary l. hstcA passqq. Pra rhtns
81 u :. m. ard q ~ Ioamuntan y
tie clos q the mofainE seFVace. sants,
ksAaaa AZ i2o >. m. Neang pzaais's -,
tHe - . =, Prayer atectuE fharslis,
- p IA SeAts fgee and even tady We
eN1aA
tFe4afiesssn ChuFeA, correF 81 ThlF7
pa4eor. --SeFFtSes a. d :. N naa =. II
taaofsoWs Nahlalh Sahroi Al n h.
Gcang Pecrlea u.eNsl9a As 8R ~
hFeacb IS b ttt rsstDf * tsz presA4.
teEtNn CAuR /. AIS. Al a. fha 49,.
G.xeal Hapisst = iassoa-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

Fixed and looss. tho besi quality. e
WEsT's gun as0Ie. Shells loaded %
order. no0
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
FARMS FOB SALE.

THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR
4 sale al % pArt q his farm. a miles
from seauis and 2 mtles from the rev
beach road. s64 acres - sarvEyed by King
CoantY ruTxcyur, said farm 4 suTveYec
ulf inio nj acre tOta ana IL al level and
nRaesy ali bottom land and vel adapted
- hoo. EAfsea o. hAy calsurs. j he White
kiyef ceauts read RUS through the place.
past once acrrSs tbs rosd i've schaal
hoa-aa and 3 church within thfee-qaar-
tegs % q nlAe o the pasn So and rail-
Rad depot enfy hAsf 8 IA ie away II :
situated n NuW zllish river valley. and
fhe rrer raas al aruaad thres sfcss q
TIE p 90. aRd god water No hrulh o.
slmeer on The pl4ce Il = AZ Is grass
hay aud wsuld rake q GOOD dairy farm.
Also farm Is DewAtio. Massa county,
e leo ac e.. deeaed lad Thfs mace "a
naarsy AL sood beaver dan laHd, wpn
wasere1 AnA eaaily c2razxd. prinripaEly
small wsiiaw hwnsh There 4 maW cleas-
~ ah.ouf - 90 - . god hsasa and new
hAra cuts enoagh his for no COWS ard
3 pair o. koFsea raf8 fs1m Il = Ell adaut-
Cd . hep eai1afe end aansY % e. Ok : r. =
hsses aaieaa where packers VIA always
Terms sauy. Pr farthsr unr,iouasrx
aadresz. eltker b. iet1es o. psrsoa.
JOHN AINE4
ocaodW DMwzmizA. VT
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

For Sale.
Gnn 10 500 ACRES OF
wv Land adjoining tie
Seattle. Lake Shore and Eastern
Railroad.
We have lands By the acre IN
side Of the CITY limits.
Ten o. u residences some Of
them very good
-Four business properties On
Commercial street, and some fne
blocks on trout street
One SIS, 900, one $4,000, one
$1,000 AID one $500 piece Of
property on Second street.
Three Saw Mills. One Hotel
One improved block IN Com
stock addition.
stock farm OF 1000 acres.
several small farms.
$20, 900 stock Of Goods.
Lots and blocks in al parts Of
the city.
We think nov Is as good q
time to buy property in Seattle
Is there win ever be. The time
IS not far distant when Seattle
win be the recognized railroad
center Of Puget sound, and when
this fact becomes established ii
win be too late to buy property
cheap.
HEFNER & DIEHON.
oc5 2081 Commercial street.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

4
Hiahess tempaFaturs On ne q, n
IeWeat tamporataEo on tte 9th, 10lh.
I'd ana 21th, 20, mean tsmpelature 81
Prevailing wtn3s, north and south.
Total rainfall e. melted sn1w, 800.
Number ~ days on which 0.ek "a
mors rain o. melted anog fell, Is.
Nnmbar of days ea which oiOudIno8
averaged o. more 90 . scale d ten, -.
Tbnndar storms, date 81, &th.
Hail, date Of, 1oth.
Frost. da1o Of, 9ih.
Ninda kolloWea b rain. south.
Winds followed ~ oiaaF 90 fair
weather, mnEth.
Kind 81 rain gage, eylindeR.
Hsiehi Of Eain Raas above ground, h
Makss Of tbarnomsisr EXPOSED. Fab
MEMAMzs.
Weather splsndid ne snisrs month.
h. n. HosErNs0H.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
L0ST--REWARD,

/ Will PAY s FOR TIKI RETERN
4 i nag poeset casc o. sargicai iaatfn-
iie1iA 1 81 a. the Arlnory e Seatfie RI.
-. Friday III ag sss1
aOt l. r uAWallN.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
FOr HONaK0NR. nTRECT

- THE BARK SOUTHERN CHIEF
- viii sad iron PeFt Townssnd q
Net, - carrying Chinoae naaaannera-
sor tsslsht or passaEo Apply % 0K0 ~
Eos fktt, seattle,
Bosld ROSS N..t.r
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
WANTED.

TWO ROOMS. FURNISHED or I'm.
\ Furnished. and boa-d, Tor Gentlemen.
wife and child, In private fEmilV. ~.
GreEa Box ~, SETTLE a.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

ias1reys. e. . dag.
Farm tan.1. 80 8 aleatk, urisfsr's -.
e3arpans 81 50 3 oar1-
Wisierss Ss5vk foF men RIA faaar.
- mes ~ Gaseas Fsziireaa aeerE 3 2 9
De-. tesrf s. n1sek
ker ~ ktaf ~ seerk ~ seer naMs
81 ~ boSks.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

a ere Is q baiea simashy nav n.
osssea b Mnssinosoa 4 Tosy.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
For Sale.

lONE OF THE BEST PAYING 90
" acre farms In King county. situated
~ miles north Of seattle, on tale sfaph
road. Eight acraa In small fruit. I5o bear.
ing fruit trees 3 acres bottom land Is
story and q half house. The place. II well
worked. viii pay for itself IN four years.
viii be sold cheap. For further psFticu-
lars address X. ID. PARKER,
Seattle, or apply - him on he premises.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
NV ApYRRTIaRnRNTa-
HOUSE ron RENT.

rFlwO-sTORY KIGHT-RoOM HOUSE,
u centrally located, for rent and fur
nitnre for sale. Address A. p, thil
n-nn.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
sTRAYED.

4 tAME TO MY PREMISES, ON OR
~ shout tho LIST Of Ucfober. one bAy
horse; blind IN righteye; branded on right
thigh diamond A. The owner can have
advertisement Address
W. II. STEPHENSON,
nee dwlw Kent. King county.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
FOR SALE, CHEAP.

A RANCH or 100 ACRES. CONSIST
- ing Of % acres bottom land. IS acres
81 which are ready tor the ploW and suit
able for hop. and 80 acres timtar land.
Oniy seven miles south af seattle. Terms
easy. For particulars inquire OF ".
HUGO SMITH. aeAlIla. nnl IL
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
Information Wanted

M RQsk I. CHARMACHI.R FoR.
- mefly Of Doa Moinaa Iowa. Addrasr
- ~ Thirteenth and i.sta., portiand. On
So THOMAS VI00ER9.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06
10 Rtnt and Furniture iaF SaIs.

CsMAI.L HOUSE or THREE ROOMS
- and pantry. Owner VIII soon leave
town. Address L. this 0flce. -
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06


Fob @ALaH.
Psging city notal; lizIber elsin 500 ocI
g. 6ne herse 6,earea leta = BsAeoun
Co1asFy ho<sL
kkGsaurazt and saioaa.
CITY lsgt4 3 and - 80.
Xix roQte and COWS Sl5A
49, e.ls. .sl..l. p..lt ,.s.als,l, - - 80 -
VIE RIVER EapcA e-eere1 teton. tlt9
ehezlauIAasz. s1 8gs9 5l1los bargains
IountKy sEsFe, or9an. &alonn4
Country HDtaI; Laundry.
Wasn't GoFefnlnenf claims. 10 acre1.
= King aad anoA0atsa ooans1eA -
Va Vseassd csnau. 60 srssineulshsd homo
Trade Gig Lo1a for Ranch.
Aertgagu - eoiil pFopsrfg : 10 q - 80
Ci1y ana coHnty SCRIP -
New and second .haa1 2nfaa
WANTED.
MonsT COED ssenzitTs hsst lnterssl
paid Cal O. "a
Nonan and girls, hixhsst wages paid
Irn1ers. washers and cooks Ne. pay.
CsnyaassEs and agsnsA always wanted.
Two iadY p@rtasrs far lie. hy two well
FOR RENT.
Auumbax 81 lmpnossd farms.
Nineteen house8 s. 20 5
Furnished e. unfnrnishod rouMz. with
a. without board, 81 3 HIonlh up.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

washington Territory Employment Bu
raan. near corner Commercial ana
Washington etreeis. Seattle. DIV
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-06

Weather splsndid ne sntsrs month.
r. \. HosKusoH.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04
VII CRAWLING MICHIGAN THURSDAY, MARCH

two of his outspread fingers between the
wide-open jaws Of his noisy partner, who
was still doing her best 10 loosen the plas-
tering by vocal conclusion. OF course the
demoralized woman had to defy all prece-
dent and shut her mouth without mo-
ment's warning.
That's how he came by the bleeding
fingers.
But why revel in the miseries of poor
Bliggins? All things must have IN end,
and so had they. In spite of all draw
backs and the chaotic muddle which sur
founded him, he managed in due season TO
get his ruthless hand tjn that diab0lical
clock Just as il suffered but the last spas
hodic grirgle Of internal dlscord with which
IL had been loaded to the. muzzle; and otit
of the window it went; followed by re-
versed benediction that wouldn't do to print
in type that children could read.
Bliggins is now reused to wakefulness
every morning by a darky whom he has
hired TO Squirt ice water In his face through
the keyhoie. -Li1e Br3t6n; IN CkicaBO
Tpdupr
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04

vision. He had no difficulty in find
ing his way home, but the way seemed
long and strangely full of terrors. He
shook like leaf as he passed the low iron
fence of the cemetery, and once, as the
wind passed with long, Iustling sound
through a pile of leaves, he started 10 run,
but his tapping ulster catching him be.
tween the legs, twirled him squarely around
and brought him face to face with CHASTITY
gravestone close against the fence.
The cold sweat stood on Mr.. Maginnis
brow when he staggered into his own yard.
He stopped for moment and rubbed his
hands across his eyes. Good heavensl what
was that podding back and forth In the
rising winds? Mf; Maginnis' heart gave d
great thump, and his hair %iggled about
Under his hat till II nearly pushed it off:
He advanced Stephen retreated two.
1t surely was ghost! 1t swaysd from side
to side like d PERSON In great mental agony.
MaPinnis wds, sure that he heard a low
moan escape bis lips, and saw 1t wiring its
clammy hands.
Just then a fierce gust of wind swept
around the house. The figure seemed to
shake itself and expand. Another gust and
horrorsl with an awful rustling and clap
that shook every bone in Maginnis' body,
the ghost left its moorings and fioated
swiftly toward him. One piercing, agoniz-
ing cry, more like the bray of a lost mule
than the titterance of human being, burst
from the disbelievers lips, and Magihnis
fell back more dead than alive, while the
trailing garments of the ghost passed over
him and swept away in the darkness.
Mrs Maginnis and the fat cook dragged
Maginnis into the house. He was so badly
scared that he could not speak an audible
word for ten minutes; then he opened his
ashen lips and groaned:
"Where is the ghost?" If he had asked
to see his maternal great grandfather Mrs.
Maginnis could not have been more taken
aback. The idea of Maginnis admitting
the existence of a ghostl BY gentle de-
grees the wife of his bosom drew from him
the narrowing tale. At the story of the
ghost in the yard she pricked up her ears.
As Maginnis in his recital located the spec
ter, smile began to creep from the corners
| of the good lady's mouth. When the ghost
| left its base and sprang upon Maginnis, she
| grinned. When he described the flop, and
the rustic, and the trailing garments, she
laughed outright.
Maginnis in his turn was amazed. Mrs
Maginnis laughing at q ghost-the idea
He charged her with woman's Inconsistency
Her reply was brief and to the point:
"Maginnis, you are fool!"
Maginnis rose on his elbow.
"That ghost you saw was the syringG
| bush, done up in A"
"And the trailing garments?"
"The sheet blown off by the wind"
Maginnis has bought his wife two
hundred dollar seal-skin sacque and the
cook a red dress, and theirlip are sealed
| Chicago Ledger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04
A Few Facts.

There are $50, 900, 900 tons of coal
waste piled up in the anthracite re-
gions.
There are 3, 100 saloons in San Fran
cisco, which yield q yearly revenue to
the city OF $208, $40.
A Virginia girl who advertised in o
Dakota paper for q husband received
119 letters in reply.
1t is said to be almost impossible for
Europeans to learn the language of the
natives of Congoland.
In Paris last year there were SO,27O
births and 72,7 deaths.
A bill to prohibit newspapers from
publishing details Of suicides is under
consideration in the Uruguayan Con-
gress. :,
The total value Of the trade Of India
exceeds $3.50, O00, 900 annually.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04
senator Edmunds' Resolutions.

Washington special to Chicago Times Dem.)1
The indications now are that the compro-
mise between the extreme and the moderate
Republican Senators relative to the attitude
to be maintained toward the administration
has been successful, and that while Mr..
Edmunds' resolutions do not go so far as
he would be glad to go, the Senators who
have been disposed to hang back will go as
far as those resolutions. These represent
the concessions that had to be made by
the extremists to Senators who were
opposed 10 policy of wholesale
rejection. The resolutions have been mis-
apprehended in many quarters. The only
nominations to be rejected are those of per-
sons nominated to succeed persons sus-
pended, information regarding whose sus-
pensions the administration refuses to send
To the Senate. Care will be taken not to
call for information where the Republicans
do not have what they call good case,
and information will be asked for as to
some classes of removals, and in some
States more than in others. The papers
will be called for in great many postoffice
cases.
1t is probable that the Postmaster Gen.
eral viii be asked TO furnish the papers In
the case of every Presidential postmaster
in the State of Virginia, for instance. This
is due to the fact, as alleged by the Vir-
ginia Republicans, that the Virginia Re
publican postmasters We're all removed
upon charges which either reflected upon
them personally or upon those who Sc
cured their appointment. The Virginia
Senators take this as a personal atfront,
and the Postoffce Committee will un-
doubtedly support them in their request
for the production of the papers. As it Is
| possible that all of the papers will be re-
fused, it may be expected that all OF the
Presidential postmasters in Virginia whose
names are now pending before the Senate
will be rejected.
The theory of the Republicans, as has been
sugge sted by one of them, is that suspen-
sion without the assignment of reasons is Q
stigma; that rejection by the Senate is also
stigma, and that it is but just that one
Stigma shall offset another. II the Republi.
can is to remain in locality with the cause
of his removal unexplained, the Democra
may live there without being able TO assign
the cause of his rejection. Moreover, 1t II
charged that the accusations that have beer
made against the suspended officers have
been in most instances preferred by thos'
persons whose nominations to be their sue
cessors are now pending.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04

The trial of Rev. Denias Dave, charged
with lying and fradulently obtaining his or
dination as deacon in the M. E. Church, In
progress before the quarterly conference OF
the Tecumseh NJ. E. Church, has excited
great interest in Methodist circles, and the
attendance was large. After the testimony
for the church was all in the accused aban-
doned his case. The conference rendered
a verdict Of guilty on both charges and ex-
pelled the accused from the ministry and
from membership in the M. +. Church.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04

Bx JOHN oExNLEAr wHIrrrEA

Against the wooded hills IT stands,
Ghost OF dead home, staring through
It's broken lights on wasted lands
Where old-time harvests grew.
Unplowed, unsown, by scythe unshorn,
The poor forsaken farm-helds lie,
Once rich and rife with golden corn
And pale green breadths OF rye
OF healthful herb and flower boreft,
Through weeds and tansIe. only left
The snake, it's tenant, ereeps
A lilac SPRAY, once blossom-clad,
Sways bare before the empty rooms
Beside the ro0hess porch sad
Pathetic red rose bl0ome
his track, iu mold and d ust of dfouth.
On floor and hearth tho squirrel leaves,
And IN the freless chitnpeys mouth
His web the Spider weaves.
The leaning barn, about TO fall,
Resounds no more on husking ewes;
No cattle low in yard or stall,
No thrashor beats his sheaves.
So sad 80 dearl 1t seems almost
That down yon shadowy lane some ghost
Might drive his spectral kinei
home, so desolate and lorni
DlQ I'll Lny ulc WIN thooN
Were any We'd were any born,
Beneath this low roof-treep
Whose ak the wall OF forest broke,
And let the waiting sunshine through
What good-wife sent the earliest smoke
Up the great chimney fue9
Did rustic lovers hither Gomez
Did maidens, swaying back and forth
In rhythmic grace, at wheel and loom,
Make light their toll with mirth?
Did child feet patter ON the stairP
Did boyhood frolic in the snow?
Did gray age, in her elbow chair,
Knit, rocking to and fro2
The murmuring brook, the sighing breeze,
The pines slow whisper, can not tell
Low mounds beneath the hemlock trees
Keep the home secrets well.
Cease, motherland, to fondly boast
OF sons far off who strive and thrive,
Forgetful that each swarming host
Must leave an emptier hive
o wanderers from ancestral soil,
Leave noisome mill and chatfering store
Gird up your loins for sturdier toll,
And build the home once morel
Come back to bayberry-sc slopes,
And fragrant fern, and ground mat vine
Breathe airs blown over holt and copse
Sweet with black birch and pine.
What matter il the gains are small
That lifes essential wants supply2
Your homesteads title gives you all
That idle wealth can buy.
All that the many -dollard crave,
The brick-walled slaves Of change anc
mart,
Lawns, trees, fresh air, and flowers, yor
have,
More dear for lack of art.
Your own sole masters, freedom-willed,
With none TO bid you go or stay,
Till the old fields your fathers titled,
As manly men as theyl
With skill that spares your toiling hands,
And chemic aid that science brings,
Reclaim the waste and outworn lands,
And reign thereon as kings!
Atlantic
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04
Water Power.

The average rainfall in Northern
Illinois is about thirty-three inches.
The Californians call their neighbors
"webfeet," because Oregon gets some
ten or twelve inches more. 1t might be
interesting to know what they would
call the natives of Chera Punji, in the
Khassia hills, on the Bay of Bengal,
where the annual aggregate amounts to
more than four hundred inches. Maj.
Kennedy, in a recent report to the Lon
don Geographical Society, makes the
yearly total 484 inches. And even that
amount seems to be minimum OF
former estimates, for Chambers Cyclic
pedia (article rain) speaks Of 527 inches
as q yearly average. At all events the
supply must be sufficient to run mill
on every acre Of ground.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04


to the Government of the lower floor of the
new City Hall, at the annual rent Of $500;
but an injunction issued by Commissioner
George L. Bennett, upon the prayer OF
fifteen citizens, was served upon Mayor
Kimball restraining the Council from fitting
up or leasing this city property for post
Office purposes.
Robert Berrys we'll at Corunna was
drugged with paris green, and next morn
ing Mr.. Berry's entire family were taken
i'll shortly after partaking Of the water. A
number of others who use the water from
the Berry well were also taken sick. Officers
followed clew, which led to the residence
of neighbor with whom they had been at
swords points for some time, and they were
arrested and taken to Jail.
AT the session Of the Grand Lodge Of
Odd Fellows, at Bay City, the Grand Mas
ter reported thirteen lodges instituted dur
ing the year and one reinstated. Two lodges
at Grand Rapids were consolidated. Lodges
Nos. 85 and 166 surrendered their charters
during the year. The Grand Master rem
dered thirteen decision on important ques-
tions during the year. Three lodges were
burned out during the year. Three dispen-
sations were granted. The Grand Lodge
sustained two appeals against lodge decisions
--one against Sprague Lodge, No. l3, which
expelled Johnston Parsons for SANDER, and
the other against Fairfield Lodge, No. 269,
which expelled Robert Johnston. The CON-
mittee appointed on endowment or insur.
ance reported that the Grand Lodge had nc
authority to adopt any scheme Of insurance
or endowment, and that the Sovereign
Grand Lodge steadily refused to permit it.
The Committee on Appeals reported sir
cases of appeal, all adversely to lodges.
| Grand Secretary E. H. Whitney submitted
his report: Number of members in Decem'
Der, 1884, 1873; gained during the year,
2,2O2; lost during the year, 2,Ol7. Mem
bership in December, 1885, 17,423; number
of working lodges, 357; amount paid during
the year for the relief of the sick and burial
of tho dead, $19,1S2.66. The Grand Scc-
retary reported the number OF members IN
Rebecca degree lodges in December, 1885,
as 2,79O; additions during the year, 3SS;
losses during the year. 126; not gain, 262;
number of lodges, SO; number not reported,
30. The resolution to relieve the lodges
which suffered because of the Patriarchal
Circle was referred to the Committee on
Legislation. A communication complain
ing of the "soft snap" of the Representatives
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and asking
a reduction Of mileage and per diem, was
referred TO the Committee on Legislation.
The Grand Treasurer's report showed Q
balance on hand OF $l0,145.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04

WHITTIER says: II have never
thought Of myself as poet in the
sense in which we use the word when
we speak of the great poets. / have
lust said from time to time the things l
had to say, and il has been sort OF
surprise to me that people should pay
SO much attention TO them and remem-
ber them so long"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-04

THOMAS CRUISE, The millionaire miner of
Helena, M. T., who is over sixty years old,
is soon to be married to n dressmaker in
that city. The bride will receive check
for $5OO,OOO 90 present from her hus-
hand