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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

State, picturing in its exterior the
California of the Padres and in its in
terror the California OF to-day.
While the architect has closely fol-
lowed the old mission style, he has
interjected enough Of the more ornate
Moorish to relieve the somewhat
somber effect of the old churches, and
he gives the required light and
roominess. Therefore there is a
charming simplicity Of detail.
Outside there will be clear story
with great, fiat central dome as the
browning feature and roof garden to
heighten the semi-tropical appear
ance. From the ground to the caves
will be fifty feet and to the highest
point of the roof proper sixty-tive
feet, while the elevation of the dome
will be eighty feet. Those portions
Of the roof not devoted to the garden
will be closely copied after the quaint
adobe buildings of the early Spanish
settlements, with genuine earthen-
ware tiles, deep red in color, semi
cylindrical and overlapping. The
dome and middle portions will be tiled
with iron plates curled and shaped
like the original roofing. The mate
rial Of the walls is to be wood, treated
with some sort Of cement and worked
into a close imitation Of the yellow
ish-gray adobe of the old days. On
the four corners and flanking the
dome will be towers designed after
the mission belfries and in them will
be swung some Of the old Spanish
bells which have outlivcd the Padres
and their crumbllng churches.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
WHERE THEY'LL MEET.
SEAT or THE NATIONAL RE-
PUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Minneapolis, the Giant Industrial CITY %
the Northwest--A Few Facts Concerning
Its Eariy History and Present standing
Anita baldwin.


The selection OF Minneapolis as the
seat OF the next National Republican
Convention makes timely an account
OF the progress made by the great In
dustrial city of the Mississippi 70
which SO many products OF the North
west are contributory. The fact that
IL was not until 1867 that Mime
apolis threw off the swaddling clothes
OF township and donned the full garb
Of city has raised doubt as TO its
ability In caring for the many thou
sands that the convention will bring
it. But, though young in years, the
city has prospered as few other cities
have, and in its parks, its railway ia
cilities, its hotel accommodations the
size and grandeur of its public build
ings, its numerous attractions in the
shape OF summer resorts and lakes
and In the hospitality OF its peo-
pie, it has few supcrlors. The
building which it will devote to
the purpose of the convention is the
magnificent exposition building, 300
by $50 feet. With q few interior
changes the building will have an
auditorium capable OF seating $4,000
people, and with seats so placed that
a full view will be obtained from any
point of the stage, the delegates and
alternates. The city itself can ac-
com modate %, 600 visitors; st. Paul,
fifteen minutes distant, can take care
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
The Other War.

In county of Eastern Minnesota
there lives one August Peterson, who
has attained to the ripe old age OF
lO6 years, says writer In Kate Fields
Washington. Having outl1ved al.
ais relatives and early friends, he has,
for many years, been a protege OF the
county. The poorhouse being toe
small to accommodate all the needy
ones Mr.. Peterson, with many others,
was farmed out to families that re-
eeived SO much per month TO pay for
their keeping. Recently. however,
The old poorhouse was destroyed by
ire and replaced by capacious mod
,rn building, which would accommo-
late all. When changed to his new
nome the old gentleman was treated
20 a nice warm bath. MY sakes, but
that feels good" he sad. ~It's the
fust bath I've he'd sence the war,
when l we're in the hospital" sc
gou was In the rebellioi, was yOu?"
asked the attendant. ~The rebaylion?"
asked the centenarian in mild sur
prise. ~Blcss We, no sir; not that
war-the other one, in 1872" Aud
1e looked at the 50-year-old man
with an injured but compassionate
air, as though he pltled but pardoned
ais youthful verdancy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

THE jury in the case OF the seven
victims slain by the fall OF the Pearce
street building at Chicago has intro
duced pleasing innovation by hold.
ing the Commissioner OF Buildings
and the building inspectors who
passed the lettering structure equal.
" responsible with the contractor
and the owner for the fatal conse-
quences of its collapse. Public ON.
Gals have long been accustomed tc
accepting the emoluments OF ONCE
and Sinking its responsibility. In
spectors have industriously drawn
comfortable salaries for not inspect
ing. 1t is high time that some OF
those who have long enjoyed rewards
for Incompetence and .inefiiciency
should be made to understand that
penalties attach to the neglect OF OH.
cial duty.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
Escaped from Justice.

Prof. Lloyd Morgan says that his
first experience of South African
death-dealing snakes was rather dis.
turbing. One of his pupils brought
him, in large cigar-box, "ring.
hals-slang," deadly and courageous
snake not uncommon at the Cape,
and turned it out on the veranda fol
the Professors delectation. 1t was .
spiteful little fellow, with an omin-
Gus hood, dark, glossy skin, and
glistening brown eyes.
1t struck viciously at the cigar-boS
held up before it, indenting the wood
and moistening it with venom and
saliva. / was anxious to dissect out
the poison-gland and examine the
fang of the snake, and my friend
kindly presented the reptile to me,
after first tying it up securely in the
cigar-box.
After examining the fastenings ]
placed the box on the windOw-sill OF
my bedroom, which looked into the
veranda, and left it there for the
night. Next morning l procured a
pan big enough to drown small
python, placed the cigar-boX therein,
loaded it with bricks, and poured in
water TO the brim.
gave the "ring-hals" three hours
to get thoroughly drowned, removed
the bricks, took out the box, gently
cut the string, lifted the lid-and
found that had been soaking, with
the utmost care, an empty cigar-box.
1t had been securely tied, and how a
creature more than thrice the girth
Of my thumb had managed to escape
Is still a mystery to me.
/ leave the reader TO imagine the
detailed search Of every Granny OF
our bedroom, on which my wife in.
sisted. For several days every boot
had to be hammered with stick be.
fore it was put on. i stood on chairs
and shook all varieties of garments
lest they should be occupied. Nc
ring-hals was forthcoming. A week
| afterward, however, he appeared In
the kitchen, and / dispatched him in
a more effectual manner than by
| drowning.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

FRIENDS and relatives of Mr., Claus
Spreckels, the sugar king, are mourn
ing his majesty's premature burial
with sincere regret UT relieved by the
sure and certain hope of blessed
resurrection. Particulars OF the in
terment are not yet at hand; IL is
known only that the royal refinery at
Philadelphia has passed into the pos
session of the trust. AS the country
has had Mr.. Spreckels' solemn assu-
rance that this would never occur
while he was "on top OF the earth,
and as he is a disciple of the late
George Washington, the inference is
obvious and inevitable. 1t is obvious,
too, that. the interment must have
taken place during life, or the transfer
could not have been made by him, as
it appears it was. 1t seems rather a
mystery with the light we now have,
but doubtless the customary public
statement will be made under some
such title as "a Voice from the
Grave" "Hark! from the Tombs," OF
Talking Back" and we shall then
know how the thing was done. AT
present we can only wait, cheered by
the hope that il the inhumation. is
permanent an appropriate monument
may be reared at the spot to comme m.
crate the virtues of the heroic soul
who preferred burial alive TO refusal
of good offer. He leaves large
circle of sorrowing friends.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
spcRErARY BrcKFoRp. of the Go,

SECRETARY BICKFoRD, OF the Gov
eminent Board Of Exhibits, assisted
by two confreres, spent whole after
noon recently in going over the items
Of expenditure for Worlds Fair curl
Osities made by the Government
board. All the items met with Mr..
Bickford's approval with the exeep-
ton of one. He objected to the pur-
chase of "one striped SKUNK" at the
price of $3.50. Mr.. Bickford's watch
dog vigilance is TO. be commended,
but he should not inisdirect it. Let
us have everything at the fair, from
the striped skunk OF Baraboo to the
behemoth of holy writ. And 1t may
be added, In this connection, that IL
no greater Interpretation OF funds
takes,place during the history OF uhe
fair than that headed of by the mi
rroscopic Mr. Bickford, the people
will be fortunate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
A Woven Book.

A curious book, In which the text
is neither written nor printed, but
woven, has lately been published at
Lyons, 1t is made of silk, and was
published in twenty-five parts. Each
part consists of two leaves, so that
the entire volume contains only fifty
leaves, inscribed with the service OF
the mass and several prayers. Both
the letters and the border are in
black silk on q white background.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

weighing $50 tons, are let down by
counter-balance weights to the level
Of the bridge, thirty feet above high
water. A hundred feet above the
bridge level is another roadway fol
foot passengers, who will be
taken up by elevators IL
the towers whenever the bridge
is open and travel below is
impeded. The side spans are 27O feet
wide with a Roadway above high
water of from 90 to 81 feet; the foun.
dations are 60 feet below high water
mark and 81 feet below the bed OF
the river, and the bridge has a sec
tional area of waterway Of 20, 04O
square feet as compared with the 49,.
300 square feet Of London bridge.
The total length Of the bridge and
abutments is $40 feet, and of the
bridge and approaches 2,64O feet,
while the steepest gradient Of APP
proach is only in 40. That of Lon.
don bridge is In %. 1t will thus be
seen that the bridge, when completed,
will be one OF the mist remarkable In
the world, spanning as it does what
is perhaps the busiest waterway on
earth.
Some $1,000, 900 brick, 7O,50 cubic
yards OF concrete, 10, 500 tons Of ce.
ment, 235, 900 cubic feet Of granite
and other stone, and $4,000 tons OF
iron and steel are to be used in its
construction. Attached to the bridge
will also be two steam pumping en-.
gines for hydraulic machinery, each
$50 horse power; eight large hydrau.
lie engines and six accumulators, and
four hydraulic elevators for passen.
gers. 1t will cost 50, 500, 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

government. In 1861 the primitive
government was re-established, and
in 1867 the town was transformed by
special charter into city. In 1872
st. Anthony surrendered her munich
pal independence and her name, and
was merged into the city of.Minneap-
oils.
The manufacture Of lumber was
the first considerable industry of
Minneapolis, and long held suprema-
cy. In 1850, when the industry be-
gan, the output was 100000 feet;
in 1880, 1t was 1876, ASP, 200, while for
the last decade the average has been
but little below 300, 600, 900, no &C
count being made OF laths or shin
giles. But IL is for -four manufacture
that Minneapolis Is best known to
the world. Various causes contrib
uted to this industry, the chief being
the enormous waterpowcr of the
Falls of st. Anthony and the opening
OF many millions of acres of prairie
lands in Minnesota and the Dakotas
to the cultivation of wheat. Another
consideration is the situation OF the
city near the head of Lake Superior.
From Duluth, 160 miles away, there
Is continuous water transportation
to Montreal and New York. There
are thirty-seyen mills In the city,
capable OF producing 81 500 barrels OF
-four daily, and with an annual out
put OF over 6, 900, 600 barrels
Minneapolis has a population, ac-
cording to the Federal census Of 1890,
of 164, T3S. 1t has 151 churches, OF
FL denominations, having member
ship OF $4,000, and holding property
OF almost $4,000, 900 in value The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

In defense of herself against an
archists France is about to make de-
struction OF property by explosion a
capital crime. The law-abiding peo-
pie of Paris are openly threatened
with campaign OF violence by these
license-loving sons Of unrest. They
not only destroy and do as they
please, no matter who is hurt, but
they claim the right to do so. The
proper place for an anarchist to stay
Is I'm the country where he was born,
usually under strong imperial gov
eminent or despotism. A free coun-
try only spoils him, by letting him
loose.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

that George will be given charge Of
the Hotel Baldwin within the next
three months.
Christie is a typical Californian Of
the bluff, hale and hearty type and
has long been lieutenant Of the man
with the lucky hand. He nearly al
ways accompanies him in his Eastern
trips and is well known to Chicago
reporters. .
Anita and her sister, Mrs. Har-
old, are the only two immediate heirs
OF their fathers vast fortune. To
them in ordinary course would de-
scend the old mans many millions.
The friend knew that in Baldwin's
will, as it stands now, Anita was to
receive the Santa Anita ranch of 65,-
600 acres, worth over $4,000, 900, and
other property as well.
The millionaire brought George
Baldwin out four years ago from near
Charlottesville, Ind. land put him be-
hind his hotel desk. Until that time
he had never had any experience in
any clerical place. He had been
brought up on a farm, and was quite
uncultivated and unused to the ways
of the world. He was always po-
lite, quiet young man, however, and
he soon shed his lll-fltting clothes and,
/ properly and neatly attired at the
hands OF the fashionable tailor, he
made quite handsome appearance,
for he is naturally good-looking.
miss Anita" said friend OF the
family, ais of a romantic turn. That's
why she married on a tug. think
she thought all this publication In
the newspapers of the elopement,
with her and Georges pictures, would
make a heroine of her, and that she
rather enjoys it."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

THE estimate OF Walt Whitman
has not been uniform. 1t has not
been in his lifetime and it is not
probable that he supposed it would
be after his death. Mr.. Ingersoll, in
his eulogy at Whitman's funeral the
other day, said: "The most eminent
citizen of this republic is dead-be.
fore u.s." Some have said this was
extravagant praise. Others have
said that he was the equal of Emer-
son; still others that be was greater
than LongtellQw, but not greater
tnaff Lowell. i seems to us there is
not much profit nor yet much sense
in the comparisons. While it is true
that Whitman did not and prob
ably could not write after the man
ner of Longfellow, nor either Whit
man nor Longfellow after the manner
of Lowell, it is also true that neither
Longfellow nor Lowell has written
as Whitman wrote. In thought and
expression he was nearer to Emelcon.
1t seems to us the relative places of
thes. eminent men is OF little conse-
quence. 1t were we'll worth while
for the curious to read them all, In
which case the reader may think the
last one he reads is the greatest All
honor to each OF them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

sofa, to be United
States Circuit Judge
for the Eighth Judi
cial Circuit. Judge
Sanborn lisa resident
OF st. Paul He was
born at EPSON, N.
H., in 1916, and was
brought up on his
fathers farm, at
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
Larre Henthcn Temple.

The largest heather. temple in the
world Is In Seringham, India, and IL
comprises a square, each side being
one mile in length, inside OF which
are six other squares The walls are
twenty-five feet high and five feet
thick, and the hall where the pill
grims congregate is supported by a
thousand pillars, each cut from a sim
gle block OF stone.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

JUDGE sASBoaN. tending the district
school during the winters. In 1863
ne attended Dartmouth College,
where he graduated with the highest
irUnors in 1861. He then entered a
law Office in Massachusetts. In the
spring of 1870 he went TO st. Paul,
where he was admitted to the bar the
following year, and began practice.
Sanborn was elected 10 the City
Council ip 1878, in 1885, in 1888, and
again In 1890.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

extensive system OF advertising IL IN.
varIably resortcd to by those who
have trash 70 dispose OF, and It sue
ceeds; how mnch easier, then. to sell
a useful and valuable article. Adyer.
tising and politeness are the main
levers 10 get customers. Advertising
win draw them, ability to NIL their
orders Will satisfy them, and polite.
ness will induce them to buy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
"A New Enternrisc.

The first consignment Of camel
skins ever brought TO this country
ached New York recently. Il con-
sisted Of five bales, thirteen skins in
4 bale, shipped from Alden to a firm
Of morocco manufacturers in "The
swamp" The shipment is an ex
aerimept.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

THE Cincinnati girl who refused 70
marry a Hungarian. count unless he
became an American citizen belongs
An the same family as the goddess of
liberty Here is hoping she gets
first pick from the flower of Ameri-
can you'll.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

ANOTHER speculative individual
aAaa- attacked the Stewart will. AS
time goes by the wisdom Of Mr.. Stew
art in not attempting to divide his fort
une equally among his legal heirs has
been abundantly demonstrated. They
couldn't have received more than
n 27 anieca
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
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LUCKY BALDWiN'S DAUGHTER.

The Millionalre's Partner Predicts n Rec
oncIIiation Withfn Ninety Days.
Stern Papa Baldwin stormed and
swore when his pretty little daughter
Anita ran away and married her
cousin George. He proposed to shut
her out of his heart and his fortune
at one and the same fell stroke, and
all that sort Of thing, but Anita has
always been the apple of the old mans
eye, and his partner, George Christie,
predicts that she will be as firmly in
his good graceS rs she ever was, and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

THEem inent and worshipful United
States Sc nate has bounced" clerk
Tor revealing the secrets of the exec
tive session. An example had to be
made Of somebody and the Senators
could not be expected to ask each
other to resign.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

No OPPORTUNITY has ever been lost
or mislaid by the New York Sun to
malign the Worlds Fair and misrep-
resent all it's interests. The tongue
Of the Sun is IAN unruly member"
and no old fish woman slings English
sentences more promiscuously.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

ONE OF the wholly unexpected re-
suits of DR.. Parkhurst's disclosures
has been the INJECTING of painful
shock on the moral sensibilities of
Col. Bob Ingersoll.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

CAPT. L. p. LEATHERs, the most
experienced boatman upon the Missis.
sippi River, tells a States reporter
that the cause Of the great cotton fire
recently was due to the manner IL
which cotton is baled at present.
Nowadays there is hardly sufficient
bagging to cover the sides, 50 that the
lint is left exposed to catch the
slightest spark or flame. Captain
feathers ran and owned seven steam.
ers named Natchez, on which he
transported to New Orleans oveI
5000, 900 bales of cotton, and on that
amount and during the existence OF
those boats the underwriters did not
pay one dollar of damages caused by
careless handling of that amount OF
cotton. feathers says in the day
mentioned cotton was properly Gov
cred and baled in merchantable order,
and notwithstanding the fact that
boats used the old torch basket with
flying pieces Of fire during strong
wind, it was safer to handle cotton
then than now. To-day cotton is
packed in bales weighing from 700 tc
800 pounds with -merely sufficient
covering to get corporations to han.
die il.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

Times ~ Span the Thames.
London Bridge win be relieved OF
large part OF its burden of trafiic.
when the slightly new structure
shown On this page is completed.
Already work on the towers Is well
advanced, and thousands OF work.
men are hurrying II to completion.
The great structure viii cross The
Thames near the Tower OF Londc
and is, therefore, to be known as thu
Tower Bridge.
The illustration shows the bridge
open. When It. is closed the two
leaves OF the opening span. each
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

THE present is the era OF adyertis-
ting. Advertising is the best mode Of
drawing buyers we can suggest. BY
means Of 1t men can sell articles that
are yalueless and make fortunes by
Il; why should not those who have
valuable articles to dispose oip An
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

EVERYBODY will be sorry to hear of
Eir Arthur Sullivan's dangerous III
ness at hi; villa on the Riviera. He
has made millions of friends by the
dainty grace and dry humor OF his
music, tn fitting complement of Gil
bertian W rse.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

EVANSTON, Ills, Is now city.
An 1t needs, to complete the sum of
its civic grandeur Is few boodlers
in its common council, and they, no
doubt. will come In due time.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

Mr. Ward McALLIsTER is man
Of resources. II he gets out a book
that doesn't pay he can always fall
back on subscription picnic.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
CALIFORNIA; BUILDING.

Its Design Will Indicate the Pacific Coast
Of the Past and Present.
According to the design accepted,
the California building will be char
acteristic OF the great Pacific coast
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

PAREsr is said to be spreading
among baseball players. They have
probably been reading some OF the
stun that is written about them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

/ The New York Tot. .s.,ature is a
nrQll body OF lawmakers. 1t has
passed bill appropriating $500, 600
for Worlds Fair exhibit, but COM
handing that the exhibit be closed
on Sunday. Immediately after this
display of Puritanism the same legis-
iature appropriated $4,000 annually
toward the maintenance Of natural
history museum In New York City
upon the express stipulation that it
should be kept open on Sunday. Ex-
plantations are in order.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

OVEN 10, oOc barrels OF rum were
manufactured last year in the ~Old
Bay Stat,," and it wasn't bay rum
nlfher.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM
REFLECTION.

A Pleasant, Interesting. and rnstructive
Lesson and Where It May 30 found--A
Learned and Concise Review Of the
Same.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
THE NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Hon. Walter II. sanborn, OF Minnesota.
Recently Appointed.
Among recent nominations sent to
the Senate by President Harrison is
that of Walter Ii. Sanborn. of Mime
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05

THE Great Northern is rapidly
pushing its way to the Pacific. The
Kalispel (Mont.) Graphic says: "The
track layers are working 100 miles
west, and are expected to meet the
force working eastward from Spokane
by May 20. Trains Will run through
from st. Paul to the Pacific by June. :"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
Subjects of Thought.

Next Lesson: "a Song of Praise" Ps.
10a. 1-22