Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-18
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

William S. Wilson was hanged at
Jonesboro, Ill, on Friday the 18th ms. He
made speech from the scaffold, in which he
quoted Husbands be true to your wives;
wives be true to your husbands, aud asking
the people to be charitable to his seven chill
dren. Wilson's crime was committed
on Jam naar Jonasboro He came
home after q protracte1 absence to the
wife who had been the victim of his
neglect and abuse for twenty years, and in
quarrel drew a revolver and shot and almost
instantly killed her. His defense was in
sanity After his conviction he was b,ptized
into the Methodist Church. Wilson had served
in the One Hundred and Twentieth Illinois
Regiment and, although a deserter, lie re-
ceive1 pension.
Albert G. Boynton, who shot and
killed his wife and J. b. Kipp on Sept IL, was
hanged at Los Angeles, Cal. Boynton pur-
sued his wife TO Kipp's house, whore she had
fed to escape a beating, and shot her, and
then shot Kipp for attempting to defend her
A mob of 1000 stormed the Jail at
San Francisco, Cal, with the determination of
lynching young Goldenson, who murdered
little Mamie Kelley. The prison was strongly
guarded, however, and each assault was re-
pulsed by the police.
It is reported as definitely settled
that the Baltimore and Ohio Halfway will es-
tablish line of steamers between Fairport
Ohio, and Duluth, obviating the necessity of a
route to the Northwest via Chicago. The fin
est vessels will be built
The theory OF the prosecution in the
st Louis express-robbery case that Messenger
Fotheringham wrote the Jim Cummings letters
seems to be overthrow by the fact that since
the Incarceration of Fotheringham the St.
Louis Republican has received letter from
Topeka, Kan, signed @Jim Cummings" aud
written in the same hand as the others The
letter asserts the messengers innocence, AID
says that the bank notes sent to Frank James
were sent as joke, and with no intention of
doing him an injury.
The President has made the follow
ing appointments:
Francis A. Hoffman, to be Appraiser OF Mer-
chandise in the District OF Chicago, Ill. VIM.
D. Burnett, Cincinnati, to be Attorney of the
United States for the Southern District OF Ohio
Timothy w. Jackson, Of New York, to be Indian
Agent for the State OF New York; Amos A.
United States at tnrt8n,h A rGaaRaslAl OF the
A. Bowmann of Rochester, N. Y, t. bs COM
missioner to examine section of the ore son
and California Railroad in place Of Gideon j,
Tucker, declined; Charles w. Irish, OF Iowa
CITY, Iowa. to bs Surveyor General of Nevada
A. w. Eibeshutz, of California to be Receiver
of Public Moneys at Independence Cal, vice
Michael j. Cady, resigned John w. IL. Laird,
OF California, to be Register of thu Land o.iice
at Independence, Cal, vice David Walker, re-
signed Timothy A. Byrnes, OF Atlantic City, n.
j., to be agent for the Indians of the Uintah
and Ouray consolidated agencies in Utah
Samuel A. Walton, OF Kentucky, to be Consul
Of the United States ut Asuncion.
A New York paper prints sensa-
tional story to the effect that the disappear
ance OF Mrs Victoria Morosini- Schilling has
been the result of foul play.
Jay Gould's recent purchase of depot
grounds at Memphis, together with the reso
luton to extend the Memphis and Charleston
Road to Chattanooga, points to an alliance
between the Gould and East Tennessee sys
TENS.
Business failures in the United States
aud Canada for the week numbered 23l
against 1856 the previous week.
A cablegram from Mandalay states
that the British intend to replace King Thee
baw on the throne of Burmah and evacuatt
the country.
The Ghilzai rebels in Afghanistai
have been badly defeated by the regula
troops, and many carloads of their head
sent to Cabul as token of the victory
The King of Denmark, in Telegram
to the Bulgarian Regency, expressing thank
for the honor done his son, declines to pcrmi
him to accept the throne under any conditions