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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
Scattering votes, G,tln.

ITS IMPORTANCE MINIMI zED.
Opinions of Indiana Veterans on the Re-
volt in the Grand Army or the Repub-
tic.
indianapolis Gnd.) telegram
The so-called split in the Grand Army Of
the Republic, which originated here, con-
tinues an uppermost theme in veteran cir
cles and with the local press. That the
movement has been greatly exaggerated by
the Eastern press. is admitted on all Sides
the organization OF Democratic soldiers
is so far of less Importance than IL has
been made TO appear. and charges that
the reports regarding IL are based
upon information emanating from Adju-
tant General Koontz. Inquiries among
Democrats who belong to the G.. A. r.,
demonstrate that very few OF them are in
sympathy with tho movement. and do not
indorse the assertions Of Gen. Koontz in
saying that politics has been introduced
in the order. Major Irwin Robins. one Of
the ex-commandeTs OF George II. Thomas
Post. who was probably more prominent in
organizing Democratic soldiers during tho
campaign than any other man in the party.
is not a member of the association formed
by Adjt Gen. KoontZ, having declined to
join II. There are many other Democratic
ex-soldiers Of prominence who do not
belong to the organization, among
them Governor Gray, Col Zollin-
ger. Maj. Mitchell and others. Maj.
Mitchell. who is "A prominent Democrat and
Prosecuting Attorney for Marion County,
speaking OF the matter, said: AS member
OF the g. A. r., can say that during all the
time have belonged to George II. Thomas
Post politics never at any time, in any
shape manner. or form. entered into the
work OF the post, any more than politics
may be introduced into church organiZa-
tions. Ii cannot be made any more of
political organization than the order Of Ma
sons. Odd Fellows, or knights of Pythias."
Colonel /. n. Walker. Assistant Adjutant
General OF the g. A. r.. Department of In
diana. sent the following pointed statement
TO the Associated Press:
Il want to enter a protest against tho
statements and interviews published, es-
pecialy in the Eastern press. about de-
lection among the comrades OF the Ct. A. X.
in this department. Nothing OF the kind
has occurred. and the membership was
never more united and enthusiastic in their
support of the order than now. The hand
ful of disappointed offlce-seekers here that
have succeeded In getting themselves ad-
veItised throughout the country have no
standing, and never had. In the g. A. r.,
or out OF II, for that matter. The whole
business has been engineered by half a
dozen chronics, and ut no meeting have
they been able to secure the attendance OF
fifty persons, and not to.exceed half these
have ever been members OF the G.. A. II. No
Democrat OF standing or influence In this
community. who Is member OF the G. A. r.,
can be found opposing the order. On the
contrary. scores of comrades OF that politi-
cal faith have personally and by letter de-
nounced the attempt OF these small-fry
politicians. The Department OF Indiana is
all 81
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

and elements used in medicine, chem's-
try, farming, or the arts, either exist as
natural productions or can be pro-
duced. A single county in Northern
Idaho, with four years OF development,
is producing quarter Of the entire lead
output of the Union. In seeming COM
pensation for roughness few acres of
mountain land in a rich district will give
employment to a large population and
produce more treasure than many thousand
acres of farm land. A trip through this
northern region is one of surprising inter-
terest; everywhere instruction for the in
telligent observer, and opportunity for cap
ital. In the Yellowstone Park nature
seems TO have taken a holiday and in
mad frolic made the wonder region OF the
world. Montana produces more mineral
wealth than all the other Territories COM
bined, making Helena the richest CITY per
capita in the United States, an honor
Spokane Falls will some day contest.
trip of 1000 miles is nothing to 60 now.
Times have changed since tho days
when the pioneer travelled with an
OK team; the sleeping-car and the
d ming cor are great innovations
upoa the pilgrim outfit of generation
ago. Even the second-class cars running
from St. Paul to tho coast, and they are
only secoad class in uame are models OF
comfort and convenience. Our illustration
shows the interior of n Northern Pacific
free family sleeping-car, fitted mp with
hunks or berths like Pullman, the car
having in addition cooking and bathing
facilities. The writer met two Judges
from Iowa in one of these cars EN- route
to the coast, riding in these in preference
to the regular coaches. Remembering
whom there was no railroad west of the
Alleghenies, they m irveled at the traffic
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
"THEAMERICANDESERT"
A WONDERFUL TRANsPOsITION AP.
PROACHING THE MIRACULOUS.

The Great North west Now a Thriving Gar
den of Bountlfui Husbandry -Paiat' al
Edinces and Popu'ops Cities suppiant
tho Indian TePce and Village.
An exploring party sent out by the GEN
eral Court Of Massachusetts, Bay Colony
in 1886 reported that the interior of the
country was most desolate, and that to
extend settlement more than twenty miles
from the coast would be useless, as the
land was rocky and like the desert. This
scarecrow of the desert has always stood
in the way Of the westward movement of
population. The adult reader of this will
remember that his school geography put
the limit of the agricultural area at the
Mississippi River; all beyond was the
Great American Desert" and the un-
Travelled citizen of the East has not un-
learned this lesson of his youth. Cross
ing the Mississippi and then the Missouri
the advance guard of civilization found,
not the desert, but grassy meadow lands
and wide fields where nature in
the remote past had, with its massive
harrow of ice, pulverized the rock
info soils perfect ins chemical proportions
for the giowth of vegetation. Everywhere
the plowshare moved through the soil like
the keel through the water, and countless
acres were added to the producing
area of the republic. The discovery of
these untitled, fields, the gardens of the
DESERT settled the question of more and
better inelt and bread for the hungry mil
lions of earth. New appliances we're
needed upon land where the plow could
move for miles without meeting an OBJ
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
I CRAWLING, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY DECEMBER l3 1888.

winds from the Pacific, even far into Da-
kota, giving all the region much milder
and more uniform climate and better agri-
cultural and stock privileges than in the
more elevated regions to the south, whers
the land is lifted into the dome of the
continent. This accounts for the existence
of more arabic land than Is found south,
the Northern Pacific alone having more
land capable OF utilization along its route
than. oil the other transcontinental lines
combined The presence of great nayi-
gable rivers--the Missouri, Yellowstone,
Snake, Columbia, and numerous tributa-
ries-is evidence of the fact.
The development of the Northwest is
going on at a rapid rate, progress to be
accelerated the coming year by the GER
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

stacle, and so the gang plow was invented
and substituted for the single one. Sow
ing grain by hand was too slow, and so the
seeding machine was called into use. The
sickle, the scytbe and the cradle disap-
peared before the reaper and mower, and
the latter in turn went down before
the self binding harvester, and the
steam thresher naturally followed
capable of doing the wo.k Of an
army of men with fails. The cramped
valleys of the East would never have de-
ve,oped the labor-saving implements now
IN use upon the Western prairies, where
the intelects of the sons have been quick
ened and broadened by the vastness of
their domain, where the soil Is fertile to
prodigal ty, and wbe the bracing air
COOL water and healthy food develop the
highest types of physical life II is the
vigor born of frost that makes the ror, h
temperate zone the only one of importance
in the world. Between the 10th and 5Oth
parallels of north latitude in the United
States will be found the largest cities, the
greatest wealth, the finest hea 'th. condi-
tione, the most enterpri>ing people and
the widest diffusion of intelligence and
comfort in the world. The center of
this belt of power is Minnesota and Da-
kota, where not only the best wheat is
grown but the best flour is made. Under
the old grinding process winter wheat was
considered the best, but since the flour
made of Dakota spring wheat has become
a favorite among bakers all owe. the void
there has been much speculation Why
this wheat, which IL ready for the thresher
in four months from the planting, has its
peculiar hard quality aud makes flour of
such strength and purity as to give the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
TELEGRaPHIC TICKINGs.

AT New York three Germans and a
Frenchman committed suicide in one day.
JAMES GARDENERS roller mills, at
Stroudsburg, Pa, were burned, at n loss
of $32, 900; insurance, $40, 900.
THE remains OF Mrs. +. +. Pitman
CMargery Dean"), who died in Paris,
were brought home TO Newport for inter-
ment.
IT is believed that the Rev. w. T.. Par
ker, rector of Christ Episcopal Church,
of Oswego, N. Y, who disappeared re-
Gently, committed suicide by drowning.
AT West Bay City, Mich, the saw mills
of l.. L. Hotchkiss a Co. we're burned at
loss of $65,OOO; insurance, S5O,OOO.
AT Altoona, Pa, burglars caused fire
which burned half-dozen stores and a
row Of stables. The loss is about $l5,-
900. oh uh
A. AGAssIz, President Of the Calumet
and Hecla, Of Michigan. has offered $lO,-
600 reward for information leading to the
aIrest Of the persons who set fire to Calu-
met shaft No. at the sixth grand level
the night of Nov. 2s, which. resulted in
several deaths and thedestruction Of much
property.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

of the Twin Cities-St. Paul and Mime.
apolis-from whence more than 200 pas
senger trains come and 60 every day.
Fifty years ago they we're mere Indian
villages; to-day brick and mortar is being
piled up in buildings so high and massive
that they thought land must be scarce in
Minnesota. The great mills of Minneapolis,
which grind every day enough -four to feed
one-fourth of the people Of the Union,
gave additional cause of wo1derment to
our judicial friends. Tho two cities but
index the growth OF The mighty tributary
region west 10 the ocean New York,
Buffalo, Chicago, Duluth, st. Paul, and
Minneapolis, chain of cities along the
northern zone of power. each with thou
sand industries in hand, but more more
important than the grain trade. with steam
cars and boats, bustling Nharves, vast
warehouses, elevators, and mills, and
swarming life in many scoro avenues of
traffic, in the perplexity of which is seen
the evolution of commerce from mere bar
ter to the precision. of science. A new
claimant is asking place among the grain
cities, in Tacoma, the city of Puget Sound,
where European vessels come for the
wheat of Washington Territory. This
Pacific coast wheat, while not
hard like that of Dakota, is larger
grained, and often exceeds the legal
bushel from TO 8 pounds, making it the
heaviest wheat in the world, and its yield
is marvellous, so bushels not being I'M
common for whole farms. A regularity
of Pacific grain growing 10 the volunteer
ing of crops, as high as 80 bushels having
been gathered from. field the third year
without reseeding. There are more than
800 varieties OF wheat known to man, but
those grown in Northwestern America lead
the world In purity, quantity and quality
Of -four. The countries left behind In the
race of civilization have never gotten be-
yond the simple hand-mill OF stones.
The roller process of -four making in the
Northwest differs as much from the old
burr-mill as Il differs from tho Scriptural
hand-mill In use among Asian people.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW CLEvE-
-l LANDS PLURALITY rs 0B,s5A.

Complete Reiugn from All the STATES S,avo
n Colorafo, Minnesota, aud West Virginia
c-Grand Army Matters as viewed. ~
veterans-Newsy Items. Oh
[Chicago special .,,tf
The popular vote OF all tho States for
President Nov. 8. 1883. as compiled by the
Daily Tribune OF this city. the figures In
nearly every case being ofticiai, is given be-
low The results in Colorado, Minnesota.
and West Virginia have not been officially
declared. but the nearest approximations
possible have been made;
POPULAR VOTE or 1888 FOR THE, HIdHEsT ELECT
tt 81 ORs ON ZACH TICKET. ii ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
GRAND ARMY ORDERS.
Various Appointments Made and Instruc
tiOns Issued.
[Kansas City MOL tslegram.l

IhhnBhs Clty lMO.l IelegfHm-J
General Order No. 4 of the Grand Army
of the Republic has been issued. w. +.
r. SCHNEIDER, of Prescott, A. T., is APP
pointed a member of the National Coun-
Gil of Administration from Arizona. The
order gives instructions to the Inspector
Generals changing the time of closing their
annual inspection from Dec. 81 to june
80. The report of the Pension Committee
is given and commended, and the follow
ing named as the Pension COMMITTEES;
George A. Merrill, Lawrence, Mass; Jas.
Tanner, Brooklyn, n. "; John s. Countz,
Toledo, Ohio; John W. Burst, Sycamore,
Ill; and Richard W. Blue, Pleasanton,
Kan. The certificate of membership,
which was ordered by tho National En-
campment, is now ready for issue, and has
been copyrighted for tho Grand Army Of
tho Renublic
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

tainty Of statehood and self lf-govemment
by these great Territories. Land is the
basis of wealth, agriculture is tho basis
of civilization, and diversified Industries
the key that retains wealth in q commu-
nifty. Examine these Territories on this
hypothesis. They have countless acres
of timber, mineral, gazing and farming
land. The land will produce all that is
needed for the support of human and ami
NAL life. The forests comprise every va
riety Of wood necessary for the wants of a
crowned with forests and enlivened with
cooling streams, are to be found nearly
every precious and base metal known TO
man; all the metallic and mineral earths
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

' SPEAKING about clubs, remarked Mr..
Cumso, who had just been elected a mem
ber, @they are the sign-posts of civiliza-
ton. You never hear OF sIyages forming
themselves into societies for mutual i'm
proyement and plels oh, nonsense"
replied Mrs. Cumso. Two heard OF Indi-
an clubs ever since / could walk.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

THIS is the order which a little girl
brought into n Lewiston drug store the
other day. II was written on dirty piece
of note paper as follows: Mister Drug
gist: Please send epicac enongh 70 throw
up al-year.o old girl. H
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

baker $50 pounds of nutritious bead from
l96-pound barrel of -four, or Is to 80
more loaves than he can get from an equal
amount of the winter wheat product. The
conclusion of scientific investigation is
that the long and cont nuous sunlight in
the pure air of the Northwest is the i'm
portant factor in not only perfecting the
wheat but all the other cereal crops. The
valley of the Red River ofthe North is the
most productive grain growing section of
the country. Bayard Taylor called it
the Nile of America. Seven counties on
the Dakota side in 1887 Produced 23,000,-
900 bushels of wheat, II 100000 bushels
of oats, and 1000, 900 bushels of barley.
The entire wheat crop of the United
States could be grown in Dakota and then
leave enough land to produce all the other
principal crops of the Union. A large
part Of Dako.a is still unoccupied. It
could contain the present population of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

N. H. CHURcH-Rev. J. W Taylor, Pastor
Services ut II o'clock a. m and ~ p. m. Sum
day school at II IN. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening ut ~ o'clock All are COR
daily invited TO attand. -h1k4 49,
CRAWLING LODGE. No. $50. r. a A. NJ.
meets in regular communication on Thursday
evening on CT before the fun OF the moon.
Transient members are fraternally invited 10
attend. J,F. HUN, W. NJ,
A. TAYLoR. Secretary.
MARVIN POST, No. 24O, G. A. r., meets the
second Saturday and fourth Friday in each
month. wM. WOODBURY.. Post Commander.
A. TAYLOR, Adjutant
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
DEATH IN A BURNING DWELLING

Three Children Set Fire 20 n House aud
Perith In the Flames.
A colored woman living on the farm of
II. o. Coiqujtt, six miles from Lexington,
Ga, locked her three children in the house
and went ont visiting. While sho was
gone the children set fre 70 the house and
we're burned 10 dea'h. When the mother
returned only the ashes Of the little ones
remained. il
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
4 FataI Erp:osion.

AT Newcastle, Col, an explosion In the
Newcastle Midland mine killed one man
and seriously wounded eight others, some
Of whom win die.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
Almost Always So.

Anyone fatally injured by mad horse
seldom RECEIVERS, remarks French paper.
It's most always SO. too, with tho case of q
man who has been drowned. Detroit Free
preoa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

Estimated surplus, APP
plicable 10 purchase
ofbonds. .......... $40, 900, 000. 90
FISCAL YEAR 1890.
The revenues of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1890, are thus estimated upon the
basis Of existing laws:
From customs. ........ s217, 200, ,OOO. 90
From internal revenue. -. sJ25, ,O0O, 900. 90
From sales Of public lands 10000, 900. 90
From ,fees-consular, LETT
ters-patent, and lands. $3.50, 600. 90
From miscellaneous sources -, $50, ,OD0. 90
Total estimated receipts. .fE7, 900, O00. 90
The estimates Of expenditures for the
same period, as submitted by the several
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

snE (rssident OF Ch;cago)-You ought
10 be ashamed of yourself, sir, 70 talk TO a
married woman in that style. He-Mar-
ried2 thonght you were divorced.
well, I'm not. I cont expect TO get my
paDers for O week. ~ Omaha World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

Secretary ratrchtlus 0h tno Nhuonhi Arces-
ury, Makes His AnneAf Report to Coa-
gress--An interesting Docpment-A Sur
plus Of s2as, 900. 900.
washington spsciall
The following comprehensive document
has been presented TO Congress by secre-
tary Fairchild, of the National Treasury.
II is complete digest Of theworlSings Of
that department for the past year:
The ordinary revenues n the government
from all sources for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1888, were:
From customs ..........-. 2ly, O9ls LAB. ~
From internal revenue. 124, 288, 81. 81
From sales Of public lands. II 2OS, ~
From profits ON coinage, bull
lion deposits, and assays. = e,3SI, ,034s4S
From tax ON national banks ,746, ,06B. 80
From fees-consular, letters
patent, and land. .. .... ., 433, 440. 30
From customs fees fines,
penalties, etc .......... 1907, ,4tS. 20
From sinking fund for Paci-
hc railways. ........... l,lIO, 33l Az
From miscellaneous sources 1884, ,581. .07
Total ordinary receipts. 1918, 266, O74 T6
The ordinary expenditures for the same
period were: ~ lAl fAAl u N
For civil expenses. .....,.. $22, 8J2, 334. Oh
For foreign intercourse. -. t,593, AL. 40
For Indian service. ..... 6,249, ,307. "a
For pefisions. s............. 1888, 50S n
For the military establish
ment, including rivers and
harbors and arsenals. -. 81, 522, 1876. IL
For the naval establish
ment, including, vessels,
machinery, and improve
lnents at navy yards. -. 1926, 43I 50
For miscellaneous expendi-
lures, including public
buildings, lighthouses,
nues. ......... 44sss,sjl SO
For expenditures on ac- set
count of the District Of
Columbia. ............ 497s, 1l3. 4s
For interest on the public
debt ......,.........,., 44,715, ,OO7. Az
or a.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

The FIRST newspaper advertisement ap-
peared IN 1852
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
$15,sT,724.31 $1,000, 5O3. OF

Net decrease. 81, 27s, 221 80
FISCAL YEAR 1889.
For the present fiscal year the revenues,
actual and estimated, are as follows:
Customs ...............$ .$2l7, 900, 900. 90
Internal revenue. ... 125, 1000, ,OO0 90
Sales of public lands. $500. 10,5O0, 600. no
Profits on coinage, assays
etc. c..................... $500, ,OOO. 90
Tax on national banks. -. 1900, 10000
Fees-consular, letters-pat-
ent, and lands ....... $3.50, ,000. 90
Miscellaneous sources. go. 10, $50, ,00O. 90
Total ordinary receipts. 1917, 900, 600. 90
The expenditures for the same period,
actual and estimated, are as follows:
Civil and miscellaneous ex-
penses. ................. $40, $50, 900. 90
Indians. .............. $3.50, 600. 90
Pensions. .... .......... 1900, 600. 90
Military establishment 49,. 1900, ,0OO. 90
Naval establishment. ... $1,000, 900. 90
Expenditures for the District
Of Columbia. .......:... 4,5OO, 600. 90
Interest on public debt. 80. 41,0OO, 900. 40
Total ordinary expendi-
lures. ....-..... .se7s, 600, 900. 90
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
S119, O9

Total. ................ x119, ,612, 49, 90
As compared with the fiscal year 1887,
the receipts. for 1888 have increased 81, /.
S62, 797. 10, as follows:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13

ITS IMPORTANCE MINIMI zED.
Opinions of Indiana Veterans on the Re-
volt in the Grand Army or the Repub-
Itc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-12-13
THE NATTON'STREASUR
WHENCE COMES THE MONEY AND
. WHITTIER 1T GOES.

Secretary Fairchiid, OF the National Treas
ury, Makes His Anneaf Report TO Con-
gress-An Interesting Docpmont-A Sur
plus Of seas, 900, 900.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-20

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 9.-Cattle-Receipts
SO; shipments 200; market steady and firm;
choice heavy native steers 81 1875 30; fair
to good native steers 81 Goa so; butchers'
steers, medium to choice, s. lOG4 %; stock
ers and feeders, fair to good. 81 1908 80;
rangers ordinary to good, 81 25H4 o.. Hoas
Receipts 81 0; shipments 1870; market high
er, rsnging rom IS l0G5 co. Sheep-Re-
ceipts 1907; shipment" 100 msrket active and
higher; fair to fancy, "a 20d4 %.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. April - II .Rttie-ReCPtpts
l5JOi shipments none Shipping steers firm,
but choice steers and COWS strong and active.
Good to choice corn fec 81 30G4 80; common to
medium So , al 20: stOcsers 81 O002 30: feed
Ing steers s. GlG3 90; COWS 81 OJG3 80. Hogs
Receipts $500; shipments none: market
strong, active and 10 higher, ranging from 81 y
10 s. 45. Sheep-Receipts 900; shiDuents 800;
good muttons strong at 81 S0G4 so; common
to medium s. 1904 so.
CHICAGO, ILL, ADFil 10 - Cattle - Receipts
10 600; shipment 1000; market strong Fancy
50 30 stee s. IIdJ 90; stOckeTs and feeders
81 50Gf3 IS; COWS, bulls and mixed 81 75d3 c.;
Z Xas cattle 81 T50i 20. Hogs Receipts,
1900; market strong and lOc hlgher: mixed
Sheen-Recelpts 1900; shipments 100 ; market
strong; poor - choice s. OOG6 SIS; western S. 10
G6 81; TeXsns S! 1565 IS; lambs s. CO67 co.
NEW YORK, April l9.-Beeves-ReCriD:s
$50 head all for city slauphterers and exporters
direct, except one CARLO d. N tracing in
besves Market ull for dressed beef at Sc $50
90 for sites. To days Liverpool cables quote
American refrigerator beef down tn 67fC and
extremely WeaK. Sheep-Receipts 300; mar
offerings; poor to prime unshorn sheep, az
s. 5OG7 60; poor TO prime un,horn yearlir &c,
Sc 0OGS 80; clipped sheep 81 75G6 so; tprlng
lambs 81 00G6 70 each.