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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30

objects 70 Having HE Meat-Jnspcc-
tion Methods Crltiaod.
Secretary Of Agriculture Morton and
DR.. Salmon. chief Of the bureau Of animal
industry, are very much exercised over
the attack made upon the effectiveness of
the meat inspection, service. The inspec-
ton provided for under the net was to
meet the demands Of foreign governments
to which our meat vas expoS1ed. but the
authority given the Secretary was insuNr
cient and Mr.. Morton has tried to. induce
Congress to cure the defects. While the
inspection separated the healthy from the
diseased meat and prevented the exporta-
ton of the latter. the Secretary was not
clothed with the power 10 compel the de-
struction of condemned meat, and this
could be sold in the domestic markets. II
the Legislatures Of the States had taken
steps to cooperate with the department
by providing for the destruction of car
casses condemned by Federal inspectors
the inspection would have been rendered
effective. But this was not done, and the
Secretary appealed to Congress. Last
December Congress passed In modified
form an amendment proposed by the Sec
rotary to punish persons selling this con-
demned meat for food. The amendment
does not go into effect until July i. Mean
time, however. the department objects
strenuously to the limitations thrown out
that the inspection as at present con-
Quoted in no wise protects the domestic
consumers. The Secretary, without the
definite authority of law, insists that he
has accomplished much with reference to
trichinae in pork.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Michigan Railroads.

The earnings statement of Michigan
railroad comparies for the month Of Feb
ruary, issued by Railroad Commissioners
Billings, shows the total earnings for the
month to have been $2,06S, 4O2.75, as
against $2,036, 473.16 for the correspond
ing month in 1894. an increase of $751;
92959. The total earnings for January
and February this year are $50, OO5.36 in
excess of the earnings during the same
period last year. Commissioner Billings
estimates that the total taxes to be paid
by Michigan railroad companies in July,
which are based on last years earnings,
will amount to $622. 1897, or $1S0,OOO less
than was paid last year on the earnings
for the year 1893.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
FLYING MACHINE A SUCCESS.

Lang1ey's Invention Travels a Thou
sand Feet in a Recent Test.
A Washington letter says: The Langley
flying machine few a distance Of LOCO
feet at a test down the Potomac few
days ago. The machine is now propelled
by storage batteries placed under the
wings and moves independently Of any
control from the float from which the
flights are made. 1t is now believed that
the machine will fly great distance
Prof. Langley has alrcady spent more
than $4,000 in experimental work, and
he believes that before long he will be
able to build practical machine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Wants $4,000.

Sat st. Joseph, Mrs. Sophia Peterson,
mother of G. j. Peterson, a lieutenant on
the Chicago police force, began suit in
the Circuit Court against Mrs. Elizabeth
VanDerveer. of Chicago, for $40, 900 dam
ages for alleged SANDER On May 10,
1898, while Mrs. Peterson was employed
by Mrs. VanDerveer in her summer home
at ST. Joseph, a casket containing dia-
monds and other jewels. notes and drafts,
amounting to about 1000. disappeared.
VanDerveer procured search warrant
and had her rooms ransacked. but found
nothing. The same day the valuables
were found in another place. Mrs. Peter
son now sues for damages done by the
search warrant being issued, and what
was said by her in regard to it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Mrs. Carl Was Born in I7S5.

Mrs. Adam Carl, of Richmondville, was
born in 1875, and has kept close track Of
all the events that have happened during
her long life. Her dark brown hair is as
glossy and smooth as it was half cen
fury ago, and her faculties are unimpair-
ed. She lives in neat cottage with her
husband and does all the household work
for the pair Not only this, but every Sun
day she walks a mile and a half to church,
and is in remarkably good health. Her
present husband is her third matrimonial
venture, and she rejoices in the fact thar
she is a great-great-grandmot There
con be no doubt of her age, as she has
documentary evidence to prove it..
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Short State Items.

Denny McGarvey, of Neenah, aged 22,
fell into the 500 river and was drowned.
The Chicago and Grand Trunk pay car
leaves about $4,000 at Battle Creek every
month.
About 10000 feet Of lumber belonging
to the Howard estate at Port Huron burn
ed. Loss, $1,000.
A number of fine new residences are be-
ing erected at Inlay City this season,
and many homes are having modern i'm
provements added to them.
Snow fell three feet deep at Empire,
upper peninsula, blocking roads and de-
laying all mails for thirty-six hours. A
heavy frost destroyed fruit.
Saginaw has an heiress story. A man
came to town, claiming that somebody
had died in Germany. leaving $1,OOO,OO
to Tennie, Mary and Ida Seidle.
Henry Pope, the jewelry thief, was
worked by fellow prisoner in the Battle
Creek Jail and induced to tell where he
had buried the booty. Officers found the
stuff wrapped in handkerchief, buried
in lumber yard.
Phineas Stewart, the Fleming. Livings-
ton County, youth of 1903 summers, who
recently won a law suit and fioored the
lawyers with his clever replies, walks all
over his 300-acre farm. He used tobacco
and liquor till he was 90 years old, then
stopped drinking entirely. declaring he
would die sober man. He has had five
wives, and says he would marry a sixth il
he found the right one. Recently he chal-
lenged a neighbor, 60 years DID, to wrestle,
but the challenge was declined. Phineas
expects to live to be 1916.
George Jarn, of INLAY City, was killed
in a sawmill north of Saginaw, and the re-
mains were sent tolmlay City for burial
Tuesday. A canthook he was Using to
handle logs broke and threw him against
a wheel, causing fatal injuries.
The commissioner of insurance is en-
powered to issue, on payment of fee Of
$50, licenses to insure Michigan prop
erty to companies not authorized to do
business in this State on their showing
the requisite amount of insurance will not
be taken by authorized companies. A tax
of 4 per cent of the premium will also be
exacted.
Jacob J. Moore, of Walled Lake, father
Of Justice-elect j.. Il. Moore, is so years
old, and Thursday his children, grand
children and friends gathered to do him
honor. Mr.. Moore was born in saltwater.
n. ]. He came to this State i'm 1893 and
has been a prosperous farmer and bust
ness man.
Over 5000 of the necessary $4,000
has been raised for the coed gymnasium
at Ann Arbor. and IL was decided TO lay
the cornerstone during commencement
week. Plans were invited for the $50 900
building which will be erected. A q, neral
new policy in regard to s,vomen Pa the
university was discussed in executive
session, but what II is was not divulred.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
EARNINGS INCREASE. l.;
Encouraging Statement of the Penn
sylvania Company's Lines.

Encouraging Statement of the Penn
sylvania Company's Lines.
The statement of the business of all
lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany east of Pittsburg and Erie, for April,
1895. as compared with the same month
in 1894, shows an increase in gross earn
ings of SAL ,456.O7, increase in expenses
of 1927 ST. 40, increase in net earnings of
$113,57S.5S. The four months of 1895,
as compared with the same period of 1894,
show an increase in gross earnings of ST.
sos, 3S976, an increase in expenses of ST.
237 ,SG032, and an increase in net earn
ings of $36O.522.44. All lines west Of
Pittsburg and Erie, for April, 1895, as
compared with the same month in 1894,
show an increase in gross earnings of
S,0S49S, increase in expenses of $3.50
S15.40,. The four months of 1895, as cons
pared with the same period of 1894, show
an Increase in gross earnings of SSH
OO5.43, increase in expenses Of $4I3,-
923.45 Increase in clearings of 1887 1872.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
SECRET WAS HIS OWN,
EMPLOYERS NOT ENTITLED &c
PRIVATE FORMULAS. t
Dun a Co. Discuss the Wheat Market
Great Britain's sordid View of an In
tQuitous Business = Langley's Ma
chine observation-disclosures in Epirus-
Awarded Heavy Damages.


At>Philadelphia, the jury In the case OF
John w. Dempsey against John and
James Dobson, as proprietors of the Falls
of Schuylkill Carpet Mills, rendered q
verdict awarding the plaintiff $4,000
damages. Mr.. Dempsey sought to recover
damages for the loss of certain secret
color formulas. He was color mixer
at the defendants mill for almost twenty
years, and claimed that he had about
1900 formulas for mixing dyes, all OF
which were his personal property. When
Mr.. Dempsey was about to leave the de-
PENDANTS employ the defendants took
possession Of the books and the formulas
were copied against his protest. The
Dobsons claimed that as they paid him
q salary they were entitled TO the nse OF
all of his knowledge. The court decided
otherwise.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Social Amenities in China.

Etiquette requires In Chinese con-
versation that each should compliment
the other and depreciate himself and
all his belongings. 1t Is affirmedschat
the following is not an exaggeration:
what is your honorable nameY'
MY insignificant appellation IL
Chang"
where il your magnificent palace Z"
"My contemplate hut Is ut Luchan."
'How many are your iIlustrious chill
dren?"
my vile. worthless brats are i've"
How Is the health of your distin-
guished spouse?"
my mean, good-for-nothing old wom-
nm IL WELL 20
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
MAD RUSH FOR LAND.
Scramble of 5000 People for 437
kickapoo Claims.

Scramble of 300 o People for 437
kickapoo Claims.
At and before noon Thursday 10000
eager, greedy men and women rushed
from Oklahoma City, Ok, pell nell into
the little triangular reservation of the
last remnant of the once powerful Kicka-
poo Indian tribe, and jostled, scrambled
and fought for the 437 claims that were
opened to settlement by President Cleve-
lands proclamation. At night the major
ity of the Kickapoo were homeless and
without shelter, roaming about over the
land which for a quarter of century
has been their kingdom and in which no
pale face had been permitted to gain a
foothold. The majority of the bark homes
built by the Indians are located in the up
lands, far distant from the rich bottom
lands which were allotted to them by the
agents of the Government. Now they
shelter the white man, who has taken pos.
session of the upland as his own.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Notes About Natural (,ss.

Investigations made in Ohio show
that the weight Of 100 cubic feet OF nat
ural gas may be set down ut 4.2S7
pounds; 1t Is composed of 1,O7. pounds
Of hydrogen and 3,215 pounds OF car.
bon; requires for Its perfect combus-
ton 960 $40 cubic feet of air, weigh
Ing 74,561 pounds; II makes In burning
9,64S pounds Of steam and II, 7SS
pounds of carbonic acid, equal to 100.
and produces 94.593 heat units when
the steam is not condensed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
May Fr0sts.

Thos Berry. of Detroit, has furnished
the following, data on frosts that have
occurred in May for twenty years-1S75
to 1895:
1s75-3d (snow), 4th, 7th, 18th, 10th,
18th.
1s76-14th, 23d, Goth.
1S77-4th, 9th, 9th.
187S-6th, 18th, 10Th. 18th, 14th.
1S70-4th, 9th, 7th, Sth, 9th.
1SS0-No frost
1SS1-1st, I'd, Sd, 4th.
1S82-2d, Sd, 22d, 23d.
18S3-11th, 21st (snow storm, ODD.
1SS4-29th.
1SS5-3d, 18th.
1SS6-Sth, 18th. 10th.
1SS7-No frost.
1SSS-1st, I'd, 18th, 14th, 18th. Goth.
1SS9-1st, Sd, 22d, 23d, 10Th, 3Oth
(snow inches deep.
1S90-11th.
1S01-5th, 9th, 7th.
1S92-Sth.
1S93-No frost.
1S04-1Sth (snow). 2Sth killing frosO,
10Th (killing frost), 31st (snow).
1S95-12th (sn6w), 18th (snow), 18th,
18th, 10th, 18th, 10th.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
SUES FOR MANY THOUSANDS.

Mexican National Railway Company
Is Defendant in Big Suit.
The suit of Joseph A. Davidson as as
signee of the Mexican National Construc-
ton Company against the Mexican Ma
tional Railway Company, for the recovery
of $780,, 27104, with interest since 1885,
is up for adjudication and appeal in the
Supreme Court, Brooklyn, before Justice
Cullen. The litigation dates back twenty
Eve years, when the Mexican Government
conceded certain grants for building rail-
way connecting the Southern republic
with the United States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
One League Goes to Pieces.

The Western Interstate League has
gone to pieces. The Aurora team was
disbanded Wednesday night The play
ers say they have received no pay since
the beginning of the season. Fort Wayne
was scheduled to play in Aurora, but
failed to show up. Bloomington and
Terre Haute talk of getting up another
league, with several Indiana gas cities in
it. There is also talk of taking in one or
two of the Western Association towns
which are said to be ready to drop out of
that league
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
SCHOOL CHILDREN ENRAGED.
Cheated by False Promises They Wreck
Hall.

Eight hundred New York city school
children, enraged over being swindled OUT
of 8 cents apiece, tore the interior deco
rations of the new Henry Hall TO pieces.
They also ripped down the stage in the
hail. smashed every window in the place,
broke chairs and did other damage,
amounting in all to about $500. 'Flatter-
ing circulars had been distributed an
nouncing a ''grand bijou entertainment"
and promising every child a handsome
present free. Instead of the elaborate
presents mentioned, each child. as he or
she entered the hall, received brass
ring of the sort that comes in penny chew
ing gum packages, and the youngsters
were angry. A number of arrests were
made as a result of the disturbance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
IL a Notorious swindler.

s. III. Taggart, the Johnson County.
Mo-, farmer who was swindled out OF
$500 by two men who pretended to pur-
chase his farm, has identified the two
men arrested for the crime. A detective
has identified the chief swindler as J. ii.
Hamilton, notorious confidence man,
known in every American city. Ills com
panion has not been identified, but is
thought to be q Chicago man.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30

The regents, In consequence of the Leg
islature's refusal to grant the Ann Arbor
University financial aid, are refusing re-
quests from she various professors for APP
preparations and is otherwise trimming
expenses Regent Dean made a motion
to dismiss Doctor McMurricy by combin-
ing the chairs of surgery and anatomy.
The motion was finally lost. A new four
year course in pharmacy was established
and numerous appointments for next year
made.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Died for the Cuban,Cause.

A dispatch from Havana, Cuba, Tues
day, apparently authentic, says the inc
surgents suffered their worst defeat that
day, and that Jose Marti, president Of the
revolutionary party, was slain. The plans
of the insurgents were betrayed TO the
Spanish guards, and surprise and rou.
followed,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Now Formosa RebeIs.

Taipeh, Formosa dispatch: Formosa has
declared its independence. The popula-
ton will fight the japanese and will not
submit to the orders of the imperial
Chinese Government. Formosa is the
island in the China Sea ceded to Japan
as a part of the recent treaty of peace
signed by the Chinese. The population
is estimated at between 100000 and
100000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Fruita of IeaIousx.

jealousy was the cause of a murder and
suicide Thursday evening at the Nyack
fats, 6414-6416 Ellis avenue, Chicago
Mrs. Anna Annabel, wife of the janitor Of
the building, shot and killed her husband
and then ended her own life with bullet.
The tragedy was enacted while the wife
was preparing supper in the kitchen of
the apartments occupied by the Annabels
The only witness was 13-year-old daugh-
ter of the couple.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
ADVOCATES OPIUM TRADE.
English Government Favors 1t for
Business Reasons.

Business Reasons.
In the House of Commons Sir Joseph
Whitwell Pease, liberal member for the
Barnard division of Durham, made mo-
ton attacking the report of the opium
commission and the opium trade generally
and demanding that the Indian Govern.
ment suppress it. Henry Fowler, secre-
tary of state for India, strongly opposed
the motion. The suppression of the OPT.
um trade, he said, would deprive 1,250,0
poor peasant growers of their entire live
lihood and create a great deficit in the
Indian revenues. The motion was defeat
ed by q vote of 176 to 50.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Hayward to Hang June 2I.

Gov. Clough, of Minnesota, has signed
the death warrant for Harry Hayward
convicted of melting and planning the
murder Of Catherine Cling. The Gov
ernor sets the execution for June 81.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
To Run for senator.

1t is reported on what is apparently
good authority that Secretary Carlisle
il determined to make hot fight for the
Senate. His intention, Washington dis
patch says, il due to an expressed wish
of the President
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Murder or Suicide.

The bodies of both the Chambers girls,
drowned in the Missouri river at Bartlett,
Iowa, ten days ago, have been found. The
body of Charlotte, aged IL, was caught by
Dan ElIishire, fisherman, in his net, and
the body of the 10-year-old girl was found
about thirty miles south.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Loss Due to Weeds.

The direct loss in crops, the damage
to machinery and stock and the decrease
in the value of lands due to weeds in this
country amounts to tens of millions of dol
lars a year, according to the estimate of
Botanist i. V. Covillc, of the Agricul-
tural Department
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Town Dcstroycd by Eric.

A Wellsville, N. Y, dispatch says that
the town of Angelica, N. Y, was totally
destroyed by fire. Angelica Is the county
seat of Allegheny County, and has pop.
ulation of about 1000
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Bank Is Robbed of 81 500.

A special from Seneca, Kan, says:
Burglars blew open the vault Of the
State bank at Oneida, Kan, securing
about 81 800. The explosion was heard
by people living near, but no attention was
paid to II until the cashier opened the
place for business"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
NEWS or THE WEEK coNcisELY
CONDENSED.

University short Of Cash -Remarka-
BILE Activity Of . Woman 40 Years
Old-Railroad Earnings for Febru-
ary-Twcnty Years. Weather Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
KILLED BY AN EARTHQUAKES.
Many Inhabitants of an Ancient Town
Lose Their Lives.

Word has reached Constantinople of a
disaster from an earthquake in the town
of Paramythia, in the province of Epirus
which is a part Of Albania. Paramythia
Is small town of about 5000 inhabitants
The town is divided into the upper and
lower towns and has an old castle, and
the remains Of ancient walls. 1t is a
Greek bishops sec. Nearly all the houses
In the town have been destroyed and fifty
persons were killed and $50 injured by
the earthquake.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Are Made Kniohts.

Henry Irving, the actor; Lewis Morris,
the poet; Howard Russell, the correspond
ent, and Besant, the novelist, were made
baronets by Queen Victoria upon her 10th
birthday.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
Az of the Crew nrowned

The Norwegian bark Ceylon, Captain
Olsen, has been wrecked near Dover, Eng
land. Six of the crew were drowned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30

A, letter from Rodney, Miss, says that
the town jail was fred hy band of lynch
ers at night and that = negro persisted in
the flames.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-30
JUDGE LYNCH'S WORK
he HOLDS COURT At pANvILLE.

infuriated Mob Of Farmers and citi.
gems Hang Two Ravishers-Jaii Doors
and Walls Wrecked with Battering
Rams of Telegraph Poles and Iron.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-06
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5-The week open
ed on the Stock Exchange with inactive
speculation and the market continued
dull throughout the day, the total trans
actions being less than are often record
ed in a single hour. The London Stock
Exchange being closed, no trading was
done for the foreign account. Chicago Gas
and Sugar, of the Industrial group,
and the Grangers, of the railway list,
displayed most activity. Shortly after
the opening of business there was heavy
buying order in Chicago Gas, the source
of which could not be traced. Bonds
were quiet but firm generally, with sales
Of 81, 788, 600.
NEW YORK, Aug 5.--Money on call
easy at l per cent, last loan at and
closed offered at l per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 3@i per cent. Sterling
exchange easy, with actual business IN
bankers bills at 490H@49 for demand,
and 4s916G4 s9A for 60 days. Posted
rates 69770490 and 49011G491. Silver
certificates 662@e6T. Commercial bills
ASH. Bar silver Mexican dollars -.
Government bonds easier. State bonds
dull. Railroad bonds firm
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-06

Train on the Scotland Neck Branch
Road leaves Weldon 3 45 p m. Halifax 4 05
p m, arrives Scotland Neck at 4 IS m,
Greenville 6 81 p m, Kinston pm Re
turning leaves Kinston z 20 a M, Green
vile % a m: arriving Halifax at II 90 m,
Weldon II 20 a m, daily except Sunday.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington 90 a m, arrives Parmele 40
a m, Tarboro $50 m, returning leaves
Tarboro 4 40 p m, Parmele 10 p m, arrive
Washington Z 35 p m, daily except Sunday
Connects with trains on Scotland Neck
Branch
Train leaves Tarboro, n C, daily, except
Sunday, at 80 p m, Sunday 90 p m; ar
rives Plymouth 9 90 p m, 25 p IA. Re-
turning leaves Plymouth daily, except
Sunday, 6 90 m, Sunday 30 m, arrives
Tarboro 10 Is m and II 45 m.
Train on Midland n @ Branch leaves
Goldsboro daily, except Sunday, 6 05 m,
arriving Smithfield 30 m. Returning
leaves Smithfield S 90 m; arrives at
Goldsboro 9 80 a m.
Trains on Nashville Branch leave Rocky
Mount at 4 80 p m, arrives Nashville O5 D
m, Spring Hope $50 p m Returning leaves
Spring Hope 90 m, Nashville S 35 a m,
arrives at Rocky Monnt 9 05 m daily ex
cept Sunday.
Trains on Latta Branch, Florence r Z,
leave Latta $40 p m, arrive Dunbar SOP
N Returning leave Dunbar 80 IN, ar
rive Latta 80 IN, daily except Sunday
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw
for Clinton daily, except Sunday, at 10 p
M Returning leaves Clinton at 7:20 a m,
Train No IS makes close connection at
Weldon for all points north daily, all rail
via Richmond, and daily except Sunday
via Portsmouth and Bay Line Also at
Rocky Mount with Norfolk and Carolina
r r for Norfolk daily and all points north
via Norfolk, daily except Sunday
JOHN II DIVINE, (Ten'l SuDt
] r KENLY, Genl Manager
T NJ EMERSON Traffic Manager