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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
HOW II Feels to Die.

A man who registered as Il. l.. Bryan,
but whose identity IS unknown. sought a
lodging place at the Kimball Hotel, Chi.
cago, Saturday night. He was found
dead Sunday afternoon amid circnni-
stances that indicate he had planned and
carried out most deliberate suicide. lie
wrote n letter to the coroner and the
newspapers. another to the hotel proprie-
tor, and third to the medical men for
the benefit of science, this while the drug
he had swallowed was coursing through
his arteries, destroying tissue and numb
ING the sense.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
DO NOT FAVOR THE BALL.
Washington Pastors Oppose am In
auguration Event


auguration Event.
A crusade has been started among
some church-going people of Washington
against the quadrennial inaugural ball.
This feature is not regarded as an essen
tial part of the official inaugural cere-
monies. While the new President and
other official dignitaries always attend
the function, which originated in an old
Southern colonial custom and has latter
ly resolved itself into money-makins
institution, pure and simple, it is not
authorized by any official sanction. The
receipts from the admission fee of SO are
applied toward defraying the general ex-
penses of the local Inauguration commit
tee. Nc~%ss5o-e the inaugural ball has
been held in the pension Office. This year
1t has been suggested that the new con-
gressional library be used, but Librarian
Spofford entered a protest. His protest
is being seconded by number of pastors
of Washington congregations, who desire
a free public reception instead.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03

Mrs. Elizabeth Donaldson, of Chilli
cothe, Ohio, wife Of Theodore Donaldson,
the veteran who aided in the capture of
Jefferson Davis, received notice that she
had been allowed ST. a month pension
and $144 back pension. She is greatly
disappointed, thinking the services of her
late husband deserving of a better recog-
milton. Donaldson, who died year ago,
was member Of an Ohio regiment.
The Government offered big reward for
the capture Of Davis, but Donaldson only
got $500 for his share.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
FELL INTO TIE GRAVE.
Paiibearer at a Friends Funeral Is
Killed by Accident.

Palibearer at n Friends Funeral Is
Killed by Accident.
At Double Springs, Ala, James Wei
ton was one of the pallbearers at the
funeral Of Junius Roberts, farmer. AS
the coffin was lowered into the grave the
strap held by Welton and another man
snapped. Welton lost his balance and
fell hcadlong into the grave, which was
six feet deep. At the same time the rear
end of the coffin, which had been held by
the broken strap. plunged downward.
The coffin struck Welton on the head and
knocked him against the side of the
grave, which was of hard soil. He died
two hovrs afterward.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
THREW A BRICK.
Man Ont of Work and Hungry
Smashes a $3.50 Window.

John T.. Kidd, aged 43 years, threw a
brick through a $50 plate-glass window
in the King Tailoring Company's estab-
lshment ut Kansas City, and then await
ed arrest. At the police station Kidd
said that he had come from st. Joseph
three days ago. in search of work. He
had been unable to find any and decided
to do something that would cause his ar
rest and insure food and shelter. He
was fined 500, which means 200 days in
the workhouse. Kidd was weak from
lack of food and soon after reaching the
station became delirious.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
CycIouc Wipes Ont Rorston.

A very destructive cyclone struck the
town of Ralston, on the Arkansas River
fifty miles northeast of Perry, o. r., on
Thursday night at II o'clock and nearly
wiped out the town of about 200 houses.
Nearly every house in town was blown
down and several people were injured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
Battles on the Gridiron.

In Thursdays football games the Chi
cago Athletic Association won from the
Boston eleven, II to O. Chicago Univer.
sity won from Ann Arbor, Z to q. North
western and Wisconsin Universities
played tie. Cornell was beaten by
Pennsylvania, 80 to 10. Purdue of In
diana with the University of Illinois, and
Iowa and Nebraska, tied.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
Says Europe Is An1iou. for War.

A Berlin dispatch to the London Morn
Ing Post says that Sgnor Crspi, the for!
mer Italian premier, in an autograph let
ter TO a charity bazaar, declares that IL
Is deluson to suppose that Europe is in
favor of peace. The ambitious and re-
vengeful powers, says Signor Crispi, are
only waiting until success is assured to
plunge Europe into war.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
Susan Ashiey,s Romance.

Susan Ashley, who was buried the other
day at Westfeld, Mass, was once a
very wealthy woman, she inheriting So
100000 when her mother died. She lost
her money and opened barber shop on
Madison street, in Chicago, and hung out
the sign, LADY barber" Her daughter
still conducts the business
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
TRAIN WRECK KILLS TWO.
Southern Express Derailed mt New
Brunswick, N. j.

Southern Express Dcrai1ed Mt New
Brunswick, N. J..
The engine, baggage and mail car OF
the Southern Express from Florida, on
the Pennsylvania Railway, was thrown
from the tracks at New Brunswick, ~.
]. The engineer and fireman were ia
stantly killed, and three men were in
jured-one badly. The three sleepers did
not leave the rails. The accident was
caused by the breaking of an axle on n
car of freight train which was passing
south on another track. The car swung
ont from its place and struck the for
ward end of the passenger train. knock.
ing the engine and two cars down an
embankment. None of the passengers
was hurt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
FataI Expiosion in a Mine.

A heavy explosion occurred at the ST.
Louis ellison Asphaltum Company's mine
near Fort Duchesne, Utah, Tuesday af-
teroon. in which two men were killed and
three others injured. All the buildings
at the fort were shaken and much win
dow glass broken.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
Jobn Hoffer stole soOo.ooO.

The amount of money stolen by Cash
Ter John ii. Hoffer from the First Ma
tional Bank of Lebanon, Pa, is $11O,-
173. There were other transactions with
Lebanon banking institutions. which will
swell the total amount to 100000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03

Burglars entered ex-President Harri-
sons home at indianapolis Monday night
by forcing window, and escaped with u
gold watch and few dollars before they
could be intercepted by the General or
other members of the family.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
Burued in Tail.

Harry Hopkins and Tom Casey, arrest
cd for disorderly conduct, attempted to
burn their way out of the Mena, Ark,
Jail, but before they could escape they
were burned to death.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
rortu,e Avaitinu Mrs. Davis.

Chief of Police Dodd, Of Camden, N.
J., has received a letter from Mrs. l.. A.
Lester, of Chicago, requesting informa-
ton rs to the whereabouts of Georgianna
Grant. known as Mrs. Davis. 1t Is
stated in the letter that fortune awaits
Mrs. Davis in England.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
JAMES WOULD HAVE A STAR.
IL an Aspirant for a st. Louis Police
Com m issionership.

Frank James, brother of Jesse James,
the once notorious train robbcr, IS an
aspirant for the honors of st. Louis
police commissionership, and Chief Harri-
gan will be his friend in the race. The
ex-outlaw declares himself candidate
I'm not out after Office" he said, but
I'd take the place if it were offered to
the. And il it were given to me / wonld
do my duty without fear or favor. >
''What kind of police commissioner do
you think Frank James would maker
was asked of Chief Of Police Harrigan.
''First rate" answered the Chief. He
would make a good officer"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
heath 10 a M,ro

A heavy explosion occurred at the st.
Louis ellison Asphaltum Company's mine
near Fort Duchesne, Utah, in which two
men were killed and three others injured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
Strange Death of an Engineer.

w. A. Fox, a Santa Fe Railway engi-
necr, died at Topeka, Kan, from NAL
ady that bafiied the skill of physicians
On Nov. Fox's foot event to Sleep"
aud from this strange disease his leg
gradually wasted away.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03

President Cleveland will make Prince
ton, n. j., his home after he retires from
the White House. He has purchased the
residence Of Mrs. w. J. Slidell.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
BIood-CurdIing STORY.

News from Manila brought by the
steamer City of Picking from Hong
Kong shows that the Spaniards have re-
castles of the Philippines. which surpass-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
Sioux Fails Ba nix Falls.

The Comptroller of the Currency has
received information of the failure Of the
Dakota National Bank of Sioux Falls,
s. ID
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
Follow Him.

Follow after Him. though it may be
at an immeasurable distance. Follow
Him In His long endurance and His
great humility. Follow Him with a
bold and cheerful spirit In the happy
and glorious victory which He won over
sin and death; and In the end thou
shalt find In Him the true communion
ana Fellowship which He only can give
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
OCCURRENCES DURING the
PAST WEEK.

Whisky Quickly Downed One Man
Report from the Asylum for Feeble
Minded Miss Reul Fiees from Nue.
kegon to Join Her sweetheart.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-03

general, staked $3.50 on the result; Hon.
T. r. Barkworth, of Jackson, invested
$492 IS in his chances for Congress in the
| Second District. =. s. Miner, who ran
| for Circuit Judge on the wrong ticket in
| Shiawasse and Livingston Counties, Is
| out $2G0.75, while G. w. Smith, the sue
cessful candidate for Circuit Judge in the
Oakland District, has a paying invest
ment Of $457.5O.
A sad scene was witnessed at the home
| of Albert Colburn, living two miles north
east of Norrice, Wednesday morning.
| Two boys. Arthur, aged z, and j. d.,
aged Ii, were getting ready for school.
A shotgun had been left loaded standing
in the corner of the room. J. ID. told
Arthur to hurry and get ready for school.
| The mother was knitting with her back
| toward them and heard these words, fol-
lowed by the report of the gun. j. ID.
never moved muscle, the charge striking
him In the head. The coroner's verdict
was that death was caused by the boys
| playing with n loaded gun.
Diphtheria is raging at Croswell and
| the people are badly frightened. 4 child
| Of John Dexter and one Of Charles Nc
| Ginnis died Monday. Both children at.
| tended an entertainment given for chill
dren Saturday night, Mt which nearly
every family in town was present. Tie
school has been closed.
The inquest on the death of Mrs. Albert
Robinson and her daughter, Mamie, who
were burned TO death in the destruction of
their home in Sandstown, near Jackson,
about three weeks ago, was concluded,
the jury rendering a verdict that death
was caused by accident. Mr.. Robinson
was also seriously burned Mt the time
but has nearly recovered.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06
The PopuIist Vice President.

The Populist convention violated all
precedents in nominating candidate for
Vice President before making its choice
for the first place on the ticket, and it was
only proper that it should have been
equally reckless in picking out the man
who represents the real feelings and de-
sires of the party. Thomas E. Watson is
a typical Southern Populist. Elected to
Congress in 1890, nominally as a Demo-
crat, he soon became as bitter against
that party as the other, and before the
end of his first year ceased to call HIM
self Democrat, running unsuccessfully
for re- election III 1892 as the candidate of
the Peoples party. During his brief
service at Washington he became noto-
rious as demagogue, who disguested all
sensible people by his wild ideas and abu-
sive language. His easy nomination for
the Vice Presidency on the first ballot
will show the people of the United States
what reckless and dangerous party the
Populist is. New York Evening Post
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06
The Shorter Silver CatechiSm.

Q. What silver standard countries have
free coinage? A. Not one. There is not
in all the world mint open to the free
coinage of silver at any ratio.
G. Does not Mexico coin all silver
brought to her mints? A. Yes but she
charges 81. Al for each 100 coins, and the
coinage is at 16. 81 to /, so that she recons
European silver at cost to the holder of
about 10 per cent. and American silver at
a cost of per cent.
9. Does not India coin silver free? A.
No. The mint was closed three years ago.
Q. Does not Japan coin free? A No.
The mint closed some years ago. 1t coins
subsidiary silver on government account,
as all minis do. The currency is Bank of
Japan notes, S134, 600, 900, redeemabe in
full legal-tender silver coin. These notes
correspond to our greenbacks of 1868, ex-
cept that they do not 60 below 80 per
cent. discount.
Q. What is the result? A. That the
finances are disordered. There is no
security for business. There is no fixed
standard of value. The yen (dollap is
worth 50 cents in gold one day and il the
next, as the price Of silver t1uctuates in
the market, exactly as our greenbacks
huctuated.
". Is lulS True Dl Ill SIlN I'll SldutldIu
countries? A. 1t is true Of each and all.
There is not one in which business is not
speculation, because there is no fixed
standard of value.
Q. What is meant by "a silver basis?'
A. That the notes issued are redeemable
in silver, that silver is the money of final
redemption.
Q. What is its practical effect? A. To
drive gold out of circulation and out of
use as money, either as currency or as a
reserve for redemption, as it is now used
by our banks and by the government.
Q. Is this universal result? A. 1t is.
There is not a silver standard country in
the world in which gold circulates or is
used as money. The more valuable
money is always boarded or sold in specu-
lation as commodity.
Q. Would not the adoption of free
silver coinage prove measure of con-
traction, giving lis less money than We
have now? A. 1t would. More than
$500, 600, 900 in gold coin and certificates
would be Immediately driven out of cir
culation or use as money. 1t would tax
the silver minting capacity for ten years,
to make good this deficiency. New
York World.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06
A Little Sermon on Silver.

In 1870 the farmers of the United States
produced 2SS, 900, 900 bushels of wheat
Last year they produced 40, 0O0 900, an
increase of over so per cent.
In 1870 the oat crop amounted to 2S2, :
600, 600 bushels. Last year it amounted
to S25, 900, 600 bushels, an increase of 200
per cent.
In 1870 this country produced 80, O0O,-
600 bushels of barley. Last year the out
put was $1,000 600 bushels, an increase
of about 200 per cent.
In 1870 the hay crop was "a, 900, 900
tons. Last year it reached Al, 200, 900
tons, and increase of nearly 100 per cent.
In 1870 we raised 3, $50, 900 bales of cot
ton. Last year the crop amounted to
5000, 900 bales, an increase of over POO
per cent.
During the same period the population
of the United States increased from about
40, 900, 900 to 0,000, 600, an increase of
only 10 per cent. Is it at all surprising
that the prices of agricultural commodi-
ties have fallen?
Suppose this country had been on sill
yer basis between 1870 and 1895. Will
any sane man contend that, with the
growth in agricultural production so far
outstripping the growth in the power of
consumption, prices would not have pro
portionately fallen just the same? New
\ ork Advertiser.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06
Drinking London.
The Amazing Amount Of Liquor Consumed in
Great Britain.


The quantity of liquor consumed by
this population of three quarters of mil
lion is almost incredible, says the London
Standard. 1t is as follows: Beer, 10, 955, :
6o4 gallons: spirits, II, POS, 1927 gallons;
and wine. 3O.04O tons. The wine may be
omitted because it is not certain what
was meant by ''ton," but the others
show the following consumption per head {:
Beer. 81 gallons; spirits IA gallons. In
order to explain the significance of these
figures. it need only be stated that the
average consumption per head in the
United Kingdom during the last 80 years
has been: Beer, 2s.4 gallons; spirits and
wine together, las gallons. The highest
figures recorded during the period are
Beer "a gallons, in 1874; spirits and wine,
ISL gallons, in 1875. 1t appears, there
fore, that our worthy forefathers drank
three times as much beer, and at least
eight times as much spirits, as we do in
our most Incorporate moments. There
we're 654 inns and taverns, 1915 ale
houses, and 1853 ''brandy- shops" in all
Is, 2SS houses for the consumption of
liquor on the premises. That is to say,
there was one pot-house to every six
houses and to every AZ persons. In
1891 the proportions were one to %
and one to $50 respectively. Even
if we take the total number of retail
licenses of all kinds, both for on and off
consumption, including the so-called gro
GERS licenses and those for refreshment
houses. they only represent one to every
43O persons; so that public houses in the
last century were nearly ten times as
numerous, relatively to the population, as
all the establishments where liquor is
sold to day put together. The majority
of them, it will be observed, were ''bran-
dy-shops,'' or spirit bars, and these
mainly existed in the poorer quarters to
the eastward of the city and on the Sur
rey side. In the west end and the city
they were comparatively few. Ale houses,
on the other hand, we're more evenly dis
tributed, and, if anything, rather more
numerous in the better quarters. This
throws some light on the habits of the
working classes, and completely disposes
of the idea that bar drinking is modern
invention. The public house was even
less place of real refreshment and more
of a mere bar than it is to-day. AS for
the inns and taverns, which our fancy
peoples with honest folk refreshing them
selves in a legitimate fashion after the
day toll, there were only 654 Of them,
against some 1000 common pot-houses
and bars. The coffee houses number ISL.
And these were the ''good old times"
which are supposed to afford such an edi-
flying contrast to our own evil days, when
the ''rising tide Of liquor threatens
national ruin. 1t will have to rise a long
way before it reaches 81 gallons of beer
and IA of spirits per head, with a pot
house at every sixth door.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06
Belfast, and Castine Route.
Summer Arrangement-In Effect July
1896
\ STEAMER CASTIN

xI- STEAMER CAsTINE, on above date
.GaEHssEsRr wind and weather permitting, will
run every week day in connection with b. 4 b. S.
Co., as follows:
Leave .West Brooksville at $50 A. NJ; Castne
100; Hughes Point 7.45 Ryder's Cove, 500;
Lime Kim $50; arriving at Belfast, 9.2O.
*Brooksvlle, Mondays, Wednesdays and Satur-
days.
Leave Belfast at 1000 A. M. for Rycers Cove
and Castlne, where connections wi be made with
steamer Clmbria for all landings from Islesboro
to Bar Harbor, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days.
With steamer fremont Mondays, Wetlnes days
and Fridays.
Leave Castine 80 P. NJ, or on arrival of steam
er Cimbria and fremont from Bar Harbor to Bel
fast direct, where connections made with
steamers for Boston,
Leave Belfast at P. NJ for all landings on
lsleshoro, Castine and Brooksville.
Connections will be made at Castine with steam
er c. +. Connors to and from Penebscot every
week day.
Excursion tickets will be sold at so cents for
round trip to parties desiring pleasant sail
around the Bay.
AGENTS: H. A. Greer, Belfast j. R. Ryder,
Ryders Cove; VIM. Pendleton, Hughes Point; j.
M. Vogel, Castine; R. A. Dodge, Brooksvie.
soft C. W. SMALLiOGE, Manager.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06
4 Sea Change.
Who am I that yesterday

Who am that yesterday
Cut adrift from books and scholars.
Fashions round of vain display,
Art and commerce, bills and dollars
Left behind the murky port,
Passed the grimly browning fort,
Gazed upon the open sea,
Changed into the present me?
Am he who, in the whirl
And the gamor of the city,
Deemed the mariner churl,
Scanned the roustabout with pity
Who am [, thus torn apart
From the counting house and mart,
From the superficial me?
1 could VOW I am not he.
Something strangely odd, yet real,
Like shadowy recollection,
Broods upon me till feel
But an ancestors reflection.
Dare l speak should command
Il who feared to leave the landD
As the Vikings did of yore:
Crowd on sail and steer from shore!"
Hail familiar scenes of old,
Rustling sails and heaving pillows;
Piping gales, that for the bold
Scatter slumber DER their pillows!
Hail! Though! h-how very q-queer!
I'm m-m- myself ag-g-gain, 1 f-fear.
Curse that frivolous maiden's m-mirth-
Steward, elp-me-to-my-b b-berth!
William T. James in the August Century
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06
Sound Democracy in Kentucky.

Mr.. E. P Merrill of Portland has re-
celved business letter from Frankfort,
kentucky, gentleman, who has been a
Democrat all his life. At the close of the
letter he says:
We, with you, regret that the silver agi-
tation is killing business We hope that
the question will be settled in some way
SO as to make it final and decisive. Our
impression is, that political lines will be
wiped out, and it will be hard to tell
which side will be in the majority in this
State. There is very strong probability
that the State will break the record and
go Republican in this Presidential cleo
ton.
The above shows that the boiling Dem
ocrats are by no means to be found only
in the East and North.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06
Something to Know.

1t may be worth something to know that
the very best medicine for restoring the
tired out nervous system to healthy vigor
is Electric Bitters. This medicine is purely
vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve
centres in the stomach gently stimulates
the Liver and Kidneys, and aids these organs
in throwing off impurities in the blood.
Electric Bltters improves the appetite, aids
digestion, and is pronounced by those who
have tried it as the very best blood purifier
and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for SOC or
81 90 per bottle at Kilgore & Wilson's City
Drug Store.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06

One day, after givi ng an object lesson
on volcanoes, a teach er asked child of
eight what name was applied to noun
tain which brou ght forth fire from it's
mouth. "Why, d spitfre, of course"
was the answer
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06
Maine Central R. R
TIME-TARTE

On and after June ~, 1896. trans connecting at
Burnham and Watervile with through trains for
and from Bangor, Watervie, Portland and Bos
ton will run as follows:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06

Shelf hear Miss Flurtz is learning to
ride bicycle" He: "But she rode one
last year. Why does she have to learn
again?" She "Another gentle man is teach
ing her." Funny Cuts.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-08-06

Miss Singer-I wonder if that rich uncle
of mine remembered me when he made
his will? | used to sing for him.
Mr.. Law--Fm sure he must have. He
hasn't left you anything. [Yonkers States
man.