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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
A story of Jay Could.

Mr.. w w. Goodrich, an architect OF
Newnort News, Va, relates this little
story from personal observation, bearing
upon the quiet charities of the late Jay
Gould: I'm 1889 Mr.. Gould went to Den
yer. Col. On the train were several I'M
migrant children from HollInd, on their
way to their father, who was miner In
Leadville. Their mother had died upon
the ocean and was buried mt sea with her
stillborn infant. There were seven chill.
dren. ranging in ages from l years to IL
wears. four girls and three boys. Mr.
Gould cared for these poor orphans from
Kansas City to Denver, and personally
saw that their wants were supplied from
his own purse. Arriving in Denver, Mr..
Gould sent the family to the American
House and paid their board there. lie
talked to the orphans in their own IAN
guage, as he was an expert lingulst OF the
Dutch. The family had not been in
Denver over night when the news came
of dynamite explosion at Leadvlile.
The orphans father was blown into
atoms. Mr.. Gould then sent the chill
dren to New York State, under his OWL
care and supervision, placed them III
school, under the care of Dutch family
at Hurley. Ulster county, region Ia
mour for its Low Dutch people and po
cheese. AS the boys came of age he pro
vided them with lucrative positions OF
his system of roads, and the boys, In turn
have now the minor children with then
in the West, Mr.. Gould having person
ally arranged Cor the wants and comtor
with as ready grace as father could o
would have done "-[New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
street Sights In Berlin.

Speaking of the Berlin street sights,
saws Frank G. Carpenter, there is no
place in the world where the people
work so hard for penny and where both
women and men give you so much Tor so
little. At every corner you find men
with red caps who are known as dienst-
man and who will carry letter or
parcel to almost any part OF Berlin lCr
six cents. and you pass In every Dioch
women loaded down with great Two
bushel baskets of meat and vegetables
which they are carrying home from the
market for about the same rate. lhere
are flower peddlers everywhere ana
there is the old fellow with toys who
sells turkeys and monkeys made OF Woo
and paintcd in ridiculous colors. While
visiting the stock exchange the othel
day dropped into beer hail for luncl
and was getting away with great mus
of beer between my bites OF cheese ana
rye bread when one of these faklrs cam
up beside me and laid down on the tabl'
a microscope. AS he did so, he asked
me if | did not want to see what kind
cheese had been eating. l held 1t III
to the light and saw in it through IN
microscope a dozen hundrcd-leg bugs a
big as the largest potato bug, each one @
which had horrible horns and grea
teeth. He laughed as | shuddered AM
pushed the cheese back and then oHere
to sell me the microscope for twelv
cents, but was disguised at having m
meal spoiled and refused.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
SHE HoIsTED THE FLAG.
A Woman's Feat Before the British
Evacuated New York.

The story used to be told by DIR. Alex
ander Anderson, the pioneer wood en-
drawer of America, who died in Jersey
CITY, January II, 1870, at the age OF
ninety-five. He was an eyewitness 10
the occurrence and was fond of telling
the story.
At the time of the evacuation of New
York nc was living in Murray street, a
boy not vet nine years of age. Opposite
TO him lived Mrs. Benjamin Day, pro
prietor of boarding house. She was an
ardent sympathizer with the American
cause. Although the British had claimed
and had been conceded the 20 session OF
the CITY ND TO noon of November -, the
dav fixed for the evacuation, her patriotic
delight could not be kept in check.
Immediately after breakfast she ran up an
American flag on pole which she had
nlanted in front of her dwelling in antici-
patton of the great cvcnt' There IL re-
NAMED undisturbed until o'clock, wher
a burly, rcd-faced British officer came
stridino along the street. At sight o
the stars and Stripes he halted.
s.Who hoisted that rebel flagr' he
incurred in threatening voice.
Mrs. Day, who had been quietly sweep
inc in front of her house, paused, and
resting on the broom-handle, said Will
indignant firmness:
"Sir, il is not rebel flag. II is tn
fac of a free people Who are your!
9Pull down that fiagv cried the angr
Briton, 'or you'll find to your cost va
ann
"Aud pray who are your reiteraee'
the lady.
.sI am His majcsty's provost-marsha
charged not TO allow rebel flag to ny l
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05

this town before noon to-day. PUN
down that flag!"
~ will noti raised that flag with
nv own hands. II the King himself
stood In your place aud commanded me
10 null it down / would not do it."
"Hurrahp cried male boarder from
an upper window.
.sYou she-rebel, y shouted the officer,
eff you weren't woman, I'd hang you
on the spot. That flag shall come down"
And straightway he seized the halyards.
Mrs. Day sprang forward, and with
unified broom rained blow after blow
upon the intruders head. of went his
hat into the gutter. Ills wig was
Knocked all awry. Powder and curses
filed the air. Again the boarder shouted
'.hurrah" The cry was taken up by a
small crowd that had gathered at sound
OF the fray, and the crestfallen Briton
was glad to snatch up his hat from the
ground and make good his escape.
81 clapped my little hands as loudly
as / could so DIR. Anderson always
concluded the story, ''whie Mrs. Day
started for her house, victor In the last
battle of the Revolution. At her door
she turned and dropped courtesy"
1t appears that the boarder who had
cheered on the combat knew the officer
This was no less person than William
Cunningham, the infamous Provost
Marshal in New York and Philadelphia
while those cities were occupied by the
British army. He was subsequently
hanged, and is said to have confessed
that he was directly responsible for the
death by starvation of 1000 American
prisoners, whose rations he had sod II
order 10 pocket the money himself.
New York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05

Lonely, you say2 with mighty arch
OF sky 80 grandly blending2
BY bright-hued clouds aud glittsring stars
A tender message sending
Joyless? when out of crimson cloud
The sunrise pours its glory,
Morn after morn rep eting well
Aurora's cheerful story1
PescelessG VIII night with noiseless 70 :,
From fields of herbs aud a ,wers,
Sweet odors Of her mantle dark
Bears TO this cot Of ours2
Like faintest sounds OF distant seas,
Pounding some castle hoary.
We hear the great worid'sr ar and nss
And trace her chang ful stosy.
AS far away white gle,mjng sail,
Turninga bend Of river.
A noble deed with radiant flash
Makes every he rtstring culver.
So thankful, where the kindly star
spangle the blue with beauty,
We look, and bpe ithe the ferycnt wish,
That all may do the duty.
Boston Transcript.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
secret of Newspaper Calculations.

How some of the metropolitan dailies
with no extraordinary news or literary
merit attain such tremendous calculations
is a mystery in the minds OF some, tut II Is
no mystery TO the practical newspaper
man. In nearly all OF these there may be
found page after page OF small advertise
ments, and here lies the secret The peo-
pie want to read these small ads. Thou
sands OF them buy the paper for nothing
else. What's truo of the great daily Is
equally true OF the home weekly, except
that the latter is scanned even more close
ly. Every advertisement is read and re-
read many times, and often with proth to
the reader. This paper contains a numhel
of small advertisements, and nothing car
be lost by reading them carefully.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
rerse Tales of the Telegraph.

Two EARTHQUAKES shocks were felt
at Ironton, Mo.
A BLIZZARD has ragged for a week IN
Indian Territory.
GOV. FRANCIS OF Missouri wants 10 Do
Secretary OF the Interior.
THE Wagner Car Company Is building
shops at Kansas City, MO.
SNOW at Tacoma, Wash, blocked all
street car and electric lines.
= SIX troops of United States cavalry
are scouting for Mexican revolutlonlsts'
GEN. RosEcRANs will go to Los
Angeles in hopes OF improving ms
health.
WORK has been commenced op new
bridge across the Missouri at Sioux
| City.
TIVE New York Chamber of Commerce
adopted resolutions for national quar-
antine.
VICE PRRsIDENT-EIEcT STEVENSON
was rendered a reception and banquet
at Admission, Ala.
OVER | 900 persons have left Kings
| County. N. s., this fall for the United
States, there TO locate.
ALL the blanket tribes OF Indians in
Indian Territory are short OF 1000 ana
are engaging in the ghost dance.
CoNaREss is asked TO appropriate
81. SOC. 900 for the expenses OF the Ma
tional Guard troops at the World FAIR
TIE bondsmen OF City Treasurer
Fnrstal. OF st. Louis. will make good
the $685. J0 embezzled by young For
stall.
THE trial OF Henry Foster, for killing
ex- Congressman ]. b. Morgan, OF Her
nando, Miss, has begun at Water val
ley, Tenn.
TWENTY State Fish Commissioner
from various States and Canada met a
Detroit to discuss a uniform law lot
close fish season.
n PETER HART, who nailed the star
and stripes to the broken stan on For
sumter during the bombardment
1861, died at his home In Williamsburg
NY.
THE BODY of ]. Walter Bradlee,
roember of the Board of Seiectmen 70
the town OF Milton, Mass. was foun
hanging to a tree in the woods at Matte
pan.
q NEWS from Ecuador reports an ep
\ donnie OF smallpox in the province
Azuray. There is no vaccine obtains
! Bile in the province, and the disease
spreading rapidly
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
plants that Can Move.

There are plants which possess
POWERS of motion strictly comparable
to those exhibited by the lower order
of animals. The sensitive and in
sect-eating plants display these quail
ties in a remarkable degree. Similar
movements to those of the sensitive
plants. but occurring spontaneously,
NAV be observed in others. Thus, In
the telegraph plant, the leaf consists
of three large central leaflets and
two smaller ones. The motion IS
especially observable in the small
side leaflets, which on a warm DAY
NAV he seen to rise and fall by sue
cession of jerking movements, now
stopping for some time, then moving
briskly, always resting for while In
some part of their course and start
ing again without apparent cause,
seemingly of their own Will, as a
well-known authority remarks A
class of alga, which grow In the
water are constantly in a state OF
oscillation, balancing themselves
backwards and forwards during the
whole period Of their existence.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
TOOK HIS wIFE's LIFE.
Peter suffer. Goaded Beyond Contro'
strikes His spouse with Hammer

Peter suffer. Goaded Beyond CONTROL
strikes His spouse with Hammer
Peter Suffer. one OF the oldest and best
known citizens OF Polk County, Iowa, ana
worth in the neighborhood OF sloV,ooO'
murdered his wife at their boarding place
An Des Moines. where they resided. Thurs
day morning He struck her on the head
with hammer and she died almost ln-
stantly. Suffer gave himself up to the
notice. He said that he had no de-
sire to live and did not care how soon ne
was punished for the crime Said he: 81
bad NO intention OF killing her. and had no
idea OF striking her. She goaded me TO
desperation and lost my temper struck
her. and that is tho only explanation can
give of the affair" His wife came from
Ohio about a year ago, TO keep house Tor
him. They we're married. Luther believ-
ing her to DO widow lie subsequently
learned that she had husband living
Ouarrels wcre frequent
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
BRIBE MONEY IL AMERICA.
Panama Canal Funds Freely Used In This
Country.

Panama Canal Funds Freely Used In THIS
Country.
In n three column article the New YORK
World alleges that the Panama Canal cor
ruptionis.s an thieves expended over g.
600 600 in bribing American legislators. In
brief the article says: There Is an Ameri-
can end 10 the Panama scandal Two
million Eve hundred thousand dollars was
sent TO this country and no explanation
has been given OF what use was necessary
or was m lde OF this vast sum. The Brio
cry end a2.ion Practice N we
United States %as ju-t y daS:ant, al
thea h less In cx ca. IA thH an )aat?
money used The French spccula'o.s oO'
tanned their rights from the United States
of Colombia. and purchased the services
OF Ferdinand de Les'eps to give their
scheme eclat The American committee
was not disposed to work fo- nothing, ana
De Lessons agreed TO make, when the com
many was ORGANIZED. six annual payments
90 this American committee The trst
payment was 100000 francs. A year tol-
lowing payment OF 100000 francs
was TO be made. and subsequent
nayments OF 1900. 900 francs year for
Eve wears. Thus it was that about Ss,ooO'-
600 was provided by the head OF the rama
ma Canal scheme to influence the people OF
the United States and their government
Here was a corruption fund that was cap
able OF acccmp' lshinJ great results Cen
tinuiug, the article says that certain pup
lie officials In the American committee re-
ceived sa5, 900 a year for their services"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
CALIFORNIA ACRES UNDER WATER.
settlers In Two valley, Flee, Leaving Crops
and stock to Perish.

settlers In Two Valleys Flee, Leaving Crops
and stock to Perish.
Renorts from the Sacramento and san
JOAQUIN valleys show that the damage oy
flood will go above sl.OOo.00o The capita.
city is safe. but all along the river tine
wheat land is covered with water. In sui
tar County, a few miles below Colusa the
levee broke and $4,000 acres of the most
fertile land In the State are several
feet under water The unfortunate
people have fed and left their live
stock 10 perish. The loss 10 owners
and renters will be at least 100000. Be
low Colusa few miles there were inclosed
in n levee some 1000 acres The levee
broke. AMI the whole i several feet under
water. This is very fine piece OF wheat
land. and the loss Is great Below Sacra-
mento City tho levees have given way In
several places on the Yolo County side.
and big damage has resulted Relays OF
patrols are guarding the lcvee for many
miles. The water is slowly falling, as the
storm is over The San Joaquin IS higher
than ever known before and stock
men having cattle on the ranges
behind Tracy are moving their stock The
weather being somewhat cooler, IL Is hopeu
the water will fall rapidly. The entire dam
across Stephenson creek in Fresno has been
swept away IL was thirty seven feet high,
200 feet long, built of granite ana faced
with blanks. million feet OF lumber and
the sawmlll were washed away. The entire
loss Is estimated at $4,000. Stephenson
hotel was torn in ITO and about dezer
small residences were washed away. Nc
one was LIVING IN the houses, the mill nav
InC chut down
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
serere Meather Ito England.

England is having severe and trying
weather A heavy frost prevails through
out the country and the average tempera-
ture is about 81 degrees above zero. Lon
don is buried under dense fog. Many ac-
cideats have occurred in Glasgow, Man
chester, and Newcastle owing to frozen
boilers bursting. and two persons were
killed by an accident of this character al
Airdre Twelve skaters lost their lives by
drowning in Great Britain. The poor are
suffering terribly in London
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
TWO FIREMEN KILLED.
Milwaukee Again Visited by Disastrous
nfiagration.

The william Becker Leather Company's
big tannery, together with that OF conrad
Bros, located at the foot OF sherman
street Milwaukee, burned Tuesday morn
ing Like all the big fires OF late twas at
tended with fatality, two fremen being
killed. The plant OF the William Becker
Company was valued at $500. 600, and that OF
Conrad Bros as stated by the senior mem
her of the firm. at $500, 900. Both we're
fully insured. The building was SLED with
Hremen working on the Becker buildings
So quickly did the flames spread that those
at work in the upner story were cut off.
MANY of the fremen jumped from the win
dows The origin OF the fire is unknown.
hut Is believed to have been incendlary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
prsssrs Death to Penitentlary.

At St.. Joseph, Mo. Michael Sullivan.
prisoner under sentence OF ten years In the
penitentiary, set fire TO his bed ana seat
ing himself amid the flames coolly waiteu
for his body to be cremated. The hre was
discovered In time to save the jail. but no.
in time to save sullivan. as ne is fatally
burned. He said he preferred death to the
penitentiary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
NIanRled and Killed.

mid the changing of bells, the hiss OF es-
Gaming steam and the wild shrieks oil sur
fering and torturei humanity four lives
were crushed out and IA dozen people were
frightfully injured in a collision between
an outgoing Fort Wayne train and street
car Mt Forty seventh street and stewart
avenue, chicago. early Thursday morning.
The street car was crowded with laboring
men going TO their work. and of the sixty
or more passengers scarcely one escaped
in iu-y OF some sort
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05

II has been discovered that tea can be
tried more simply aud eifectually by cleo
tricity than by any other method, and ar
rangements are being made for the erec-
tion of plants for this purpose in Ccylon.
The plant will also be utilized for vari-
Gus other operations connected with .ne
turning out of the finished product, with
the result, il is said, of effecting con-
siderable economy in production.-lNew
York Telegram.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
par,a Arnin shaken.

An explosion in the hall leading 10 Ins
.,ite ~ offices between the ground floor aud
the frst story OF the prefecture OF police
Paris, has caused sensation. The an-
thoritIes are net decided as 70 whether the
EXPLOSION was the work OF anarchits OF
merely AN accident caused BY leakage 81
rns An investigation Il being heia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05

Amos H. Hosmer and Edward W. Rouse
Grand officers OF the Iron Hall organiza-
tion. recently indicted by the Grand Jury
of indianapolis. we're placed under arrest
at Baltimore in obedience TO request
from the justice of police OF indianapolis
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
Into the river from a Trestle.

An engine and five freight cars on the
Cleveland. Lorraine and Wheeling Railroad
fell over a trestle into the Ohio RIVER az
| Martins Ferry Engineer Ed ong VIII die
f, Perry Bishop, fireman, was seriously hurt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
Caught a Golden Eagle.

A magnificent full-grown specimen Of
the golden eagle was captured alive and
almost unin;ured in Funk's Grove, ILL.,,
the other day. A hunter fired at it in
tree with a rife, and the ball struck the
immense bird glancing blow upon the
heak, stunning it so that it fell to the
Ground and was easily captured. This
e the first specimen of the golden eagle
seen in that neighborhood in quarter OF
a century. though several fine specimens
Of the bald eagle have been shot within
the past year.--[St. Louis Republic.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
Coilegians Meet.

The annual convention OF the sigma
Alma Epsilon College fraternity opened In
Chattanooga, Tenn. The principal SUD-
ject for consideration will be the redistrict-
ing OF the fraternity
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05

Theodore Dorman, a farmer OF Grand
Pre-, n. s.. &c years old. became suddenly
insane. aud. rushing from his mousse
Jumped head frst down deep well. Death
was instantaneous
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
umInr In n Montana saIoon.

Dan Holland shot aud instantly killed
Tom Quinn In saloon in Walkefville,
Mont Holland was drunk and imagined
ouInn said something disrespectfui 70 nim'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
One Tough Less.

William Burnett white, was shot ana
killed by a negro called @The Red Noun
tain KID at Middlesboro. KY. in saloon
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05

Az Duluth, Mimi. Friday afternoon the
Farouson Block and contents burned. An
.rplosion OF gasoline Is thought TO have
caused tho Gre The loss reaches SSoV'VVV'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
section Men Killed.

saseph Holden and John Shea, section
nan. were run down by an engine AZ In
dianapolia The former was allied ana the
latter badly injured
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05

some OF the most serious charges OF as
elimination ever made against American
railroads have just been aled With the In
terstate Commerce Commission by VIM I.
Risscll & Co. Of Sal Francisco Every
charge is backed mp by the positive testi-
n,ony OF correspondence between Interested
ogicials and che published tarins
OF the railroads The whole Is one OF the
most interesting explanations ever given OF
the monopoly secured by the Standard oil
Company. BY the discrimination shown
the Standard is clabcl lay oil down IN
San FRANCISCO for cents per gallon less
than any competitor. Half this difference
would insure a MONOPOLY.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
STANDARD OIL RATES.
DISCRIMINATION MAKES MO-
NOPOLr.

Fearful Deed of a Des Noines MAn--kiiied
IN a street Car-Did some Of ths Panama
Corruption Fund Come to AmerlcaT-
An End TO Their chickering's.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-05
THE SENATE AND HOUSE
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL Law
MAKERS.

Proceedings Of the senate and House OF
Representatives Impor tnnt Measures
Discussed and Acted Upoa-Gist OF the
Business