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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

HIS Fine War Record and Long Residences
Abroad.
Col. Richard Colts Shannon, who
has been designated by the President
to be the United States Minister at
Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador,
was born in New London, Ct, Feb.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

A Strange Request.
Excuse me-" said stranger, step
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

weigh 400 tons and be the largest
mass Of brownstone ever quarried.
THE Press and Printing Committee
has passed a resolution asking that a
building 200x40O feet be constructed,
in which is to be furnished Office room
for all foreign and American news
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

United States Government Building.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

PITTSBURG. Jan. IL
The United States Signal Servics ofhcer In
A., .;tr "a tha foll0wlnU.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A TREAsURER,s SHORTAGE.
He Used the Trust Funds in Carrying on His
Own Business,


Own Business,
ESPECIAL TKLEGRAM TO THE prsPArcH,
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Alverade R. Pine,
of the firm of C. M. Pine & Son, West
Newbrighton, was until recently treasurer
of the Staten Island Building, Loan and
Savings Association. For some time
before his retirement from the treas
urership it was known among the
members that there was deficiency in his
accounts. The members are reticent about
the affair, but the amount of the shortage is
said to be between $40, 900 and S11 900. On
Tuesday night last at the annual meeting Of
the association, John f. Smith was elected
treasurer in place of Mr.. Pine, whose term
had expired. On Saturday the firm of c. NJ.
Pine & Son made an assignment, with the
Loan Association as the preferred creditor
The firm of c. NJ. Pine & Son is an old
house of West Newbrighton, and the father
and son are we'll known. They explain the
shortage in this way: Many of the members
of the association we're in the habit of COM
ing TO the store and paying their monthly
assessments, instead of making these pay
ments at the regular meetings of the
association. When Treasurer Pine was absent
from the store, which was frequently the
case, the money was paid to his father or to
the clerks. Receipts were given, but the
collections were not properly entered in the
books of the association. This is claimed by
the Pines to be due to mistakes, and not to
willful wrong-doing. In this way the
accounts of the association got mixed up
with the firms account.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
FOUND IN A SNOW DRIFT.
Three Sheep That Were Buried Out OF
Sight for Twelve Days.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPAroH.I
BEAVER FALLS, Jan. u.-Farmer George
Wilson. who lives in Franklin township, was in
town to-day, and tells of a remarkable expert
ence three of his sheep had during the late
severe storms The animals were missed dur
ing the snow storm the night before Christmas,
and were not found again until last Friday,
when farm hand discovered them in a hollow,
where the snow had drifted to depth of 20
feet
A hole was shoveled into the drift, and the
sheep were found there safe and sound, after
their II days fast. One of the strangest things
of the whole affair was that they had not n
particle of wool on their backs. Their hunger
had driven them to eat every roll OF wool on
each others backs They had also eaten such
q quantity of snow. which together with the
heat from their bodies. made a yeritable
chamber cave. The cave was 20 feet in cir
cumference by 5 feet high. At last reports the
animals were all doing well. though they seem
to be things of great interest to the other
sheep, which recognize their fellows. but are
unable apparently, to account for the entire
absence of wool.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

two others were rescued BY a boat from the
Britannia. The Britannia, which was
damaged, transferred her 45 passengers to
the steamer Thames, and then was taken IN
tow by that vessel, the two steamers pro-
ceeding slowly In the direction OF Leith.
They had not gone far. however, before
the hawser connecting the vessels was
snapped asunder. and before another line
could be sent to her she gave terrible
plunge and sank beneath the waves. For
tunately, the crew had put on life belts after
the collision with the Bear, and all, with
the exception of the chief engineer, man.
aged to keep afoat until they were picked
up by boats from the steamer Thames The
chief engineer went down with the vessel,
and nothing was seen of him again.
The Suspected Murderer of Selerskoff.
MADRID-The man arrested at Oiot on
suspicion of being Padlewski, the murderer
of General Selerskoff, at first gave the name
of Leopold Frances. and said that he was
commercial traveller. Upon finding, how
ever, that the police authorities suspected
him of being the Paris murderer,
he changed his statement, alleging that
he was the man so long sought for. The
prisoner was thereupon taken before mag
istrate and subjected to a rapid examina-
other things he was thought to be insane.
The prisoner bears close resemblance to
Padlewski both in statute and height and
is the same age of the suspected murderer.
The police have convincing proof of his
identity, and will hold him until he has been
seen by persons who knew him. French
police are now on their way from Paris for
Olot for the purpose of identifying the man,
if possible, and the Russian consul at Bar
celona has sent an officer to Olot to examine
the prisoner. When asked for his passport
the prisoner said he had left it at home,
whittier an officer accompanied him. A
quantity of torn documents and bills of ex-
change on Paris firm, together with re-
volver, were found in the prisoners room.
The Balfour Fund for Ireland.
LoNDoN-The fund started by Lord
Zetland. the Irish Viceroy. and Chief
Secretary Balfour, in behalf of the dis
tressed poor of Ireland, now amounts to the
sum OF $4,000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
KOCH IS DISGUSTED.
He Will Have Nothing More to Do With Dis
-. tributing Lymph. .......

He Will Have Nothing More to Do With Dis
- trfbuting Lymph. 49,.
rBY DUNLAP's CkBLf coMPAyYI --s
BERLIN. Jan. I.-Dr Koch is so dis
gusted with the course things have taken
that he refuses to have anything further to do
with the distribution OF lymph. Minister
Phelps has been so pestered for the exercise
of his good Offices in procuring the fluid,
that he has made up his mind not to listen
to any physician who cannot produce a
recommendation from some hospital of re-
pute. DR.. Joseph Neuer. of Denver, sails
for home in the Teutonic on the 22d. He is
taking with him a complete staff Of hos
pital assistants and nurses and enough of the
lymph to provide Denver with the Koch
hospitals which it is DR.. Neuer's ambition
to establish in his native Colorado.
DR.. Neuer says that after consulting the
greatest medical authorities on the Conti-
nent, he is convinced that the best results
NAV be expected from combining DR..
Koch's method with the already famous
climatic influences of Denver for the cure
of consumption. DR.. Gutman, of the
Moabit Hospital, says that the excellent
diagnostc qualities of the lymph have been
verified in cows as we'll as human beings.
The veterinary surgeons are jubilant accord
lngly,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
PEOPLE FOR PaRNELL.
Continued from first paqe.l ]

return of Mr.,t 0'Brien [cheers] :
whose advice and whose judgment
would be esteemed aud respected by him, as
it would have been compulsory for them.
[ [Cheers.1 Perhaps they might soon be able
to say that il was better late than never.
ICries of Hear, hearp and cheers.
Result of the Present Negotiations.
Mr.. Parnell said that he could not FORE
cast theresult of the present negotiation
without breach Of confidence. He thought,
however that Mr.. O'Brien would not object
10 his saying that, SO lar, the negotia-
tions had resulted in an agree
ment and that they fully recog-
nized that future steps will have to be taken
by other men upon whom a very great re-
sponsibility will rest, if Mr.. O'Brien and
himself are not again able to resume nego.
tiatioHs with an assured hope of success.
TCheers.1 As for himself he only
asked them to believe that he
had not been actuated by the
contemplate and paltry motives
attributed to him. As soon as the future of
the Irish question was secured, he would
cheerfully retire from the leadership of party.
ICries OF mo, no, no."] He would scarcely
be asked to lead the party, composed as it
was at present. Hear, hear. He believed
the future would vindicate him fully, but
he certainly would never seek vindicatiop
beyond the voice of the Irish people.
lCheers.
The Parnell stock has undoubtedly risen.
through the demonstration at Limerick, and
concurrently with the rise is the growing
belief that Mr.. 0'Brien will join Mr.. Par
nell. A great deal of establishment was
caused by the speech of Mr.. Timothy Har-
rington, in which he charged the leaders Of
the McCarthyite party with immortality,
and even named Mr.. Mccarthy himself,
asking if the Bishop would be a guarantee
for that gentleman's morality.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
THE FINAL SLAUGHTER!

Of all our OVERCOATS and
Heavyweight SUITS, prior to our
annual inventory. Every garment
will be sold for HALF PRICE.
Look at our large corner window
display. You will see samples of
all the reduced garments. Each
Overcoat or Suit marked in plain
figures.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
DESTRUCTION OF FLORIDA FISH.
sulphur and Arsenic in the Waters Wher
Condensed Become Poisonous.

sulphur and Arsenic in the Waters When
Condensed Become Poisonous.
Savannah Ga. News.]
John G. Webb is the author of the follow
ing little sketch: "Several years ago pub
lished in your paper theory to account for
the occasional destruction of fish on the
Gulf coast of Florida. The theory was
founded upon the existence of vast under
ground reservoirs of water, which, in con-
tact with iron pyrites, containing sulphur,
arsenic and PHOSPHORUS, become impreg-
mated with poisonous gases, which, when
this poisoned water was forced out into the
bays by excessive floods and into the Gulf
itself, rendered the air which is dissolved in
the water of the bays and the Gulf and
over extensive areas fatal to the fish
which breathed it. There have been no ex-
cessive floods this year and no fish killed
that have heard Of But the great drought
of last winter completely dried up one of
the Myakka lakes and left the vast hole
which exists on one side of il accessible, and
more accurate observations were made con-
cerning it than ever before. The hole is by
estimation so yards in diameter and by act
ual measurement 136 feet deep. The lead
which was attached to the sounding line
was Dlackened Wnlle In the Dott0m, as sui
phurated hydrogen would blacken 1t. And
there is no reason to doubt that there is sui
phur in it, for the artesian well at Sarasota,
II or IA miles off, is very highly impreg-
mated with shat gas. As the lake
dried up all the fish naturally went TO the
hole, and in January it was full of them,
the lake still existing on one side. AS the
water dried up, confning the fish more
closely in the hole, all the higher orders of
fish died. But the gar-fish still remained.
But at last they also died, and in April the
sole denizens of the place were leather-back
turtIes-animals. 1 need not say which
breathe air. This hole is about ten miles
from the gulf, and the ordinary surface of
the lake when full about seven feet
above the gulf at mean tide. But when 1
saw the hole in April it is probable that its
surface was only foot or two-perhaps not
at all-above the level of the gull. If so,
and if it communicates with the gulf, there
should be tide. Men who are often there
tell me there is no doubt but that there is;
that they discover sometimes in walking
around it just those signs of a tide that one
sees on the shore of a bay, COW tracks
partly filled with water, which afterward
become dry"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Tri-State BreyitieS.

RAIN fell all yesterday at Bedford, and fears
of food are felt.
APPLICATIONS for % liquor licenses have
been filed in Bedford county.
THE Catsburg coal miners on the river tipple
have gone to work at one-half cent advance.
ONE man was killed and six injured by an
accident to freight train on the West Vir-
ginia Central last Saturday.
AN explosion of sewer gas in the Central
Hotel at Bedford Springs Saturday night
caused considerable damage.
FIRE at Massillon Saturday night destroyed
Mike Burke's three-story brick building, occu-
pied as grocery and saloon. Loss. $1,000.
CITIZENS of Delphos. O.. are trying to get
the managers of the Pittsburg and Western
Railroad to locate their new shops at that
place.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
How Biu-Dodcers Are Outwitted.

Cincinnati COMMERCIAL GaLette.J
Young gentlemen who have been in the
habit of tossing into the wastebasket en-
velopes which bore external evidence OF
bills within are being outwitted by clever
tradesmen. Large envelopes, square in
form, and of the kind that invitations to So
cial affairs are incfosed in, are now being
used by the tradesmen in sending out bills.
They lure the average man into opening
them. The expressions caused by the dis
covery that the envelope contains the in
formation that Mr.. Slowpay is indebted to
Mr.. Longcre1it ior 'steen dollars, instead Of
an expected dinner or dance invitation, are
far from being parliamentary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
THE WEATHER.

For WESTERN PENNsYLvA-
MA, RAIN. . CHANGING TO
Snow; COLDER WINDS, SHIFT
ING To WESTERLY, WEST
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A PUZZLE FOR SURGEONS.

Henry Blankenship Loses Brain Matter
but Is Getting Better.
ESPECIAL TELEeRAM TO THE DISPATCH;
WHEELING, Jan. 1.-THE case of Henry
Blankenship. who was struck in the head with
an ak at a drunken row at Srraightston last
Saturday, is arousiIg great interest among the
medical profession, who regard the facts as
remarkable.
The blow cut a slice from Blankanship's skull
three or four inches in size, and considerable
quantity of brain matter escaped. After
hasty examination, the physician who was
summoned pronounced the case fatal. taking
no special care of the man. Bankenship has
recovered consciousness however. and is now
improving steadily. He is able to talk in
telligently, and says he is going to get well.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
THE SHEFFIELD HANDICAP WINNER.
C. Harper, Young Sprinter, Wins Lots oi
Money for His Backers.

C. Harper, a Young Sprinter, Wins Lots of
Money for His Bsclkers.
The late Christmas sprint handicap at Shelf
field was one of the most successful on record.
The betting was heavy. one runner alone being
backed to win about $4,000. About 10000
people witnessed the two days racing. The
winner turned up in C. Harper of BuIlwell,
who defeated Hutchins in the sixth heat Tie
final heat resulted as follows: G. Harper. S61%
yards, first: J. Patterson, Newcastle, SsA yards,
second; 7. Kerr, Leeds, S615 yards, third;
James Airton, S534 yards. fourth. Betring-Io
to on Harper. 10 to l against Patterson, 20 to
against Kerr, and 100 to against Airton. All
got we'll away, and so well did Patterson run
that it was not until the'last two strides that
Harper got up and won by foot; two yards
divided Patterson anu Kerr, who pulled up at
the finish when he saw he could not win, while
Airton was half a yard behind Kerr.
The winner is a native of Brilwell, Volts is
q years old. stands feet 915 inches high, and
weighed l66 pounds on The day of the race.
Harper was backed heavily.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Sporting Notes.

Sporting Notes.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN thinks Dempsey will defeat
Fitzsimmons.
THERE is no reason why there should be odds on
either Fitzsimmons or dempsey. To all appear
ances II Is an even thing.
THERE is $50 at this Office to bet that Fitzsim-
mons defeats Dempsey. Those who want to bet
can call here this evening at O'Clock.
SAM BLAKELocK, the young Englishman who
met defeat in this country at the hands of Jimmy
Carroll, is matched to fight Jem Venall at the
Ormonde Club, London, within a month.
MAYoR-ELEcT SMITH, of Providence. R. l., iE-
tends to put stop to prize fighting. boxing con-
tests and similar exhibitions. This will prohibit
meetings at the Gladstone and Providence Ath-
letic Clubs.
EDITOR CAYLOR states most positively that
John n. Ward will play In Brooklyn next season.
When the big magnates are satisfied Pittsburg
may get show for the refuse. Grasping moguls
should beware.
NEXT Thursday, on the day following the
Dempsey -Fitzsimmons fight, the Audubon Ath-
letic Club Of New Orleans. will hold sparring
exhibition. Jim .Corbett will meet Felix
Vacquelin. Andy Bowen will spar Doc O'Con-
nell ana Tommy Warren will face local feather
weight. ID
THE veteran baseball writer. Henry Chadwick,
says In the Sporting Times: The veteran Louis
willie pitcher, Guya Hecker. appears to have had
enough of the cares of managing Il club team.
and wants position as League umpire. Isn't
that jumping from the frying pan into the fire,
Guy? think Hecker would make good umpire.
1t was not his fault that the team he managed In
1880 was not successful.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
QUITE NEW AND NOVEL.
C. j. Hamlin Will Drive Three Horses
Abreast Next Season.

u. d. haml1n VIII DrlVe Inree Horses
Abreast Next Season.
BUFFALO, January 1l.-At the Buffalo races
next year the millionaire horse owner. C. ].
Hamlin, will introduce anew and novel feature,
driving three horses abreast He now leads
the list with his celebrated team Belle Hamlin
and Justina (2:l3). and with these he proposes
to drive Mocking Bird; pit is about the time
Mr.. HamlIn expects to make. 1t would resem-
BILE Roman chariot race to see the three
mares go flying round the track.
Mr.. HanlIn said to-day he did not believe he
could compete with California In developing
yearling trotters Of a high rate of speed, as the
season is SO mu ch shorter in this cold climate,
and even if he could he would not run the risk
of killing hundred good ones just to get one
sensational performer. Chimes Will not be
trained for fast record in 1891, but his progeny
will win all the fame he wants IN the future.
His two horses, Almont, Jr., and Mambrino
King. are the only stations in the world that
have each sired three horses with three heats
each to their credit in race in better than
2:nO. Mr.. Hamlin proposes to give all his
horses long rest this winter, simply jogging
them on the road, and next spring. when taken
up TO be put in condition for battles OF the turf
he will then cast his weather eve about for
150-pound knight of the sulky to hold the rib
boDs behind them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
England and Ireland Unrelated.

Texas Siftings.l
The indifference Of the English to the
sufferings of the Irish has been the subject
of remark among intelligent people. The
only similar case we know of is that of
gentleman who took a rather broad view of
things In general, and who had the misfor-
tune to lose his wife. Seeing him q few
days atterward without any badge OF
mourning, friend demonstrated, and hinted
that when so close a relationship was broken,
the courtesies of life required some recog-
nition of it in the style of dress
"Quite true" replied the afflicted man,
''but don't you see Maria was no relation Of
mine. L only married her. and why should
1 put on black?"
England regards ireland pretty much in
the same light. They are connected, but
not related, and except in squandering her
resources Ireland receives but little consider
alton at the hands of her lord and master.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A NEW COMPLICATION.

Freighters Engaged in Hauling Supplies
Go on Strike.
OEHLRICHs, NEB.. Jan. 11.-A freight
ers' strike is on at this point, this being the
supply station for the troops now in the
field. While the Government had charge
of the transfer teams they we're paid S. per
day, but on Thursday last two contractors
appeared on the scene and reduced the COM
pensation, so that teamsters would not be
able to make more than So per day, and
well-organized strike ensued.
Fourteen carloads of supplies are now on
the side track, and it is evident that the
three camps of troops. which are stationed
30 miles distant must be running short of
supplies. Seventy-fve teamsters are en-
gagged in the strike, and not wheel has been
turned since it started.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
ON THE MANITOBA BORDER.
The Situation There Is Not Considered to
Be Very Serious.

The Situation There Is Not Considered to
BE Very Serious.
BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. n.-Governor
Burke has dispatches this evening from
Adjutant General Devoy, Major Mckee
and Captain Yorkey, who are at Bottineau.
stating that the situation on the Mani
toba border is less serious. No
outbreak has occurred, though the Indians
are dancing and firing their guns day and
night. The settlers have fled from their
homes by scores, and this TACT leads Gov
ernor Burke to do everything in bis power
to prevent an uprising and allay the excite
menr.
Colonel Bentley states that every militia
company In the State is ready to move at a
moments notice, and there are many offers
of volunteer companies. 1t is believed
here that the Indians who are making
trouble are Manitos and Sioux, who for
mally belonged and were closely acquainted
with the tribes of which Sitting Bull was
the head.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
SENATOR wALLAcE,s FAILURE.
The Bond of the Assignees Approved and
Filed in Court.

The Bond OF the Ass1gnees Approved ana
Filed in Court.
ESPECIAL TELKG1AM TO THE pIsPArcH.i
CLEARFIELD. Jan. 1.-THE bond of the
assignees of ex-senator Wallace was approved
OIL Saturday by Judge Furst and ordered to be
filed. The inventory shows an aggregate of
$500, 600. From this are to be deducted recorded
liens and pledged assets of about $685.. .000 leav-
ing $685., 900 free assets. This is probably three
times the amount of the unsecured debt.
The personal debts of Mr.. Wallace are about
s40o, 900. including both secured and unsecured.
The appraised value of his real estate to be
sold January 80, is SS24, 200. upon which are
hens and claims for about 100000. His other
properties in this county are appraised at about
s5lS 600. This includes his seven-eighths in
terest in about $500 acres of coal land. conveyed
to the Clearfield Creek Coal Company, upon
which there are four mines in operation and
others opening up. The appraised value of his
interests beyond those in Cleartiel6 county is
about Sl50, 600. This includes stock in and
claims against valuable mining properties in
Pennsylvania, California. Colorado and Idaho.
which were appraised at one third of the cash
actually invested by him.