The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-11-10
The West.

~ The Pacific.
The West.
FEARFUL fires are raging west and south
OF Ottawa, H., in the country, and several
valuable fields Of corn and many acres OF
wood land have been destroyed. 1t is posi-
BILE that even the city may be involved in
the general destruction.
The whole white population of Arizona
and Southern California have Tetitoned the
President to permit Gen. Crook to subdue
the Apaches without interference from the
Peace Commissioners. Hon. Thomas L.
Ewing died at his home in Lancaster, Ohio,
on Thursday.
Col. THos W. GROsvENOR, of Chicago, was
shot and instantly killed by citizen patrol
Of that city on Friday night.....M Mr.. W. f.
Longworthy, master builder of Chicago,
committed suicide last Saturday night.
Cause-losses by the fire. Ia the Michigan
fires, settlement Of Germans, near Chesan.
ing, was almost anLiLilqted. Twenty ont
Of the twenty-six houses we're DESTROYED.
and tae farms nearly ruined .... Muscaiine.
iowa, was visited by a fire on the 10Th
VIII Gu destroyed $4,000 worth of propertv
1.-The greater portion of the business and
residence part of the town of Cameron. Mo
was destroyed by fire on Thursday night.
All the prominent buildings were burned.
The losses aggregate about $l32, 900. The
o eIn on the Illinois river at Henry, though
tlll incomplete, has already raised the
water at la Sale three feet, thus demon
strating the practicability of the enterprise.
...,..Goy. Farchild, of Wisconsin, has tele-
graphed to the secretary of War to issue one
hundred wagons and harness and one thou
sand uniforms for destitute people. and has
received favorable reply. Loud com
plant is made by the citizens of Arizona
and California of the conduct of Vincent
Collyer, in his recent tour as Indian peace
Commissioner They declare that no value
should be attached to his reports
Ok Friday, Richard Greenland, master
carpenter at Des Mones, Iowa, fell from
the third story of new building and was
killed instantly,
VRiEr JUSTICE mexican, of Utah, on Sat
urday sentenced Hawkins, the polygamist,
to he imprisoned, at hard labor, for three
years and TO pay fine of $500. Warrants
have been issued for the arrest of Brigham
Young and his son Joseph, on a charge of
murder, in having ordered the killing
Richard Yates in lS57.....A blast furnace
near Youngstown, Ohio, exploded on Satur-
day morning, killing two men and injurng
seven others. Loss to property $40, 600.
The steamer Dean Richmond was burned
on Thursday, on Mud Lake, between Saut
Ste Marie and Detour. The crew and pas
sengen escaped. Loss 100000, with but
tr,,tre insurance.. Milwaukee proposes to
Law sub marine cable between that city
and Grand Haven, Mich, thereby securing
a through line TO Now York and avoiding
the delay in repeating messages at Chicago.
.... Paul Kinsley, who was wrecked on the
schooner Winslow and lost his wife and two
daughters, committed suicide at Milwaukee
on Saturday, by taking laudanum in glass
Of beer....The petition of citizens of Ari-
IONS 10 the Presi 'ent to allow Gen. Crook
10 pursue his Apache campain unimpeded
BY the Peace Commissioners, embodies q
list of Indian robberies and murders which
hlls three columns of the largest paper on
tho Pacific coast.....The st. Anthony Demo
crat, having declared Governor Austin, OF
Minnesota, guilty Of bribery, the amount
being S. 900, for signing bill granting land
10 the saltwater and White Bend Railroad
the Governor has instituted a civil suit
against James Greene, editor for malicious
libel. The ST. Paul Pioneer, having repub
lished the libelous article, with an editorial
confirming its statement, has also been suec
for libel by the Governor.
~ uu:oa City, Tenn, on Saturday night
vhi,e the passengers Of train on the Mo
bile and Ohio railroad were at supper, three
men jumped on the engine and ran thu
train back two miles, while two others en-
tered the express car, robbed the expires
safe Of about 1000 and escaped.
THsY are firing cannon and burning ia
through the streets of Vicksburg. TO purif
the air against the advances OF feilo'
Jack"
Washington.
n appear. that the number OF revenu
officers In the country has been reduced
26O aganst $3.50 in December, 1863.
Tnr Treasury Department has just rule
that ferryboats plying on navigabie wate
of the United States must take out prop'
marine papers. Tugboats must carry the
certificates Of Inspection as we'll as oth
vessels, in accordance with the thirty-hr
sect on Of the new law.
Tar hackmen of Washington, ID. O., d
voted an entire days earnings to the Chica
fferers. Their carriages were placard
with large csrdboards inscribed Ride,
the rescue" Quite a handsome sum w
realized ..... The Hon. Felix Brunot, recent
srpointed Commissioner Of Indian Affai