Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-11
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

In the case of James T. Holland, OF
trial in New York for the killing OF Tom Davis
the confidence man, the jury after being on
ten minutes, returned verdict Of not guilty
The strike OF street-car employees al
New York and Brooklyn was amicably arranged
and travel was resumed The appearance OF
the cars on the streets, adorned with brooms
flags, etc, was greeted with the widest
demonstrations of joy by crowds along the
routes
Gen. Sherman, in reply to a request
for contribution for the support of an aged
and destitute female school teacher in St
Louis, pleaded heavy demands on his purse,
and penned the sentiment that his wife would
no sooner consent to have her children enter a
public school than common tavern
A box addressed to "John Hunt"
reached Lafayette, Ind, few days ago. 1t
was accidentally burst open, disclosing corpse
in an advanced stage of decomposition. John
Hunt appears to be an unknown quantity, and
the town officials are mystifed.
The receipts from internal revenue
for the first seven months of the fiscal year
"S@S NND,S'NJAA'g oh AhSlOdoO VI lDt
over the corresponding period of last year.
The Michigan Legislature has re-
jected bill for the repeal of the law forbidding
any State officer or legislator from accepting
railroad pass.
Penal servitude from one to five
years was the sentence imposed in London
upon eight participants in the recent riots.
Prince Alexander has issued decree
ordering the rehabilitation of the Bulgarian
army
A jubilee of o fortnight will next
summer be held in Germany to commemorate
the five hundredth anniversary of the found
ing of Heidelberg University The students
are arranging a grand historical procession
for August 8, and eight hundred hogsheads of
the best Rhine wine have been rendered free.
Wherever Mr.. w. J. Florence, the
veteran actor, appears, he draws a goodly
share of the patronage bestowed upon amuse-
ments, but not more than the merits Of his
plays and performance deserve. Mr. Florence
and wife appear in @No Thoroughfare" and
~Dombey and Son." at McVicker's Theatcr,
Chicago, this week. snake note ont"
HE Blair educauonaI Dill passed the Senate
ON the 5th. The sum appropriated is $40, O01, OO0
It provides for eight years after its passage
there shall be annually appropriated from the
Treasury the following sums in aid of common
school education in the States and Territories,
and District Of Columbia and Alaska: The first,
81 100000; the second, s10,OOO.OC0; the third
year, S15,000000; the fourth year, $3.50 O0OO;
the fifth year, S11 600 90 the sixth year 5000
COD; the seventh year $1,000 600; and the eighth
year S5,OOOO0O; in ALL SIT 100000 Besides this
to aid in the erection of schoolhouses in
sp1rsely settled districts, making the total &c.
100000. The money Is given to the several
States and Territories in that proportion which
the whole number Of persons in each of the age
Of ten years and over who cannot write bears TO
the whole number Of such persons in the United
States according to the census OF 1880, Until the
census figures OF 1890 shall be obtained, and
then according to the latter figure In Stltes |
having separate schools for white and colored
children the money is to be paid out in supp ort
Of such white and colored schools respect |
vely in the proportion that the white and |
,olored children between ten and twenty-Cno |
years old bear 70 each other. No State is to ceve
the beDeit Of the act until its Go ernor s. all |
lie wi the Secret ~ of the Interior st ito |
nent giving all stat tics OF tie school system,
attendance of white and colored children. |
AMOUNT OF money e. pended, number OF schools |
N operation, numle and compensation of |
e.c. No State or Territory is to receive |
n any one year from this fund more money |
han IL hn paid out the previous year from its |
,wn revenues for common schools. II any |
State or Territory declines to take its share |
If the national fund such share is to be dis |
ributed among the States accepting the bene-
Tits OF the fund. II any State or Territory mis- |
applies the fund, or fails to comply with the |
conditions, it loses all subsequent apportion- |
nent Any State or Territory accepting the |
provisions Of the act at the first session Of its |
Legislature after the passage of the act shall |
receive its pro rata share of all previous annual |
The right to alter or repeal the |
yet is reserved by the Senate bill. The Senate |
adopted resolution offered by Senator Hale |
Me- calling on Secretary Whitney for all the |
papers and information in his possession reat-
NC to the Dolphin affair The House passed
he urgent deficiency bill, appropriating 1884,
so to meet the emergencies in various depart
nents where the appropriations have proved In
ldeouate.