The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-04-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Ensf.

-kuloff, the murderer, has been SEN
fenced to be hanged at Binehamton. N.
y, on Thursday, May Is.
Father Taylor, the venerable min.
lster OF the Seamen's Bethel. AT Boston.
died on the 4th inst, aged II years.
"A coal train was burned near How.
ell, n. Y, on the 10th inst. Considera.
bic delay and Inconvenience were occa-
stoned thereby.
"A serious aflray occurred at Tripps
Slope, near Scranton, Pa, among the
coal miners. on the 9th inst. The trou-
bic was between strikers and "anti.
strikers" Three men were killed and
a number wounded.
There is great complaint of scarcity
Of seamen in New York, and n num-
Der OF vessels are being detained there
from their inability to get crews. Wages
have been advanced without increasing
the supply.
Orders have been sent from the
Navy Department to the commandant of
the Brooklyn nayy.yard to fit out for
sea Immediately seven vessels-the Wa
chuset, Shawmut, Canandaigua, Omaha,
Minnesota, Florida, and Susquehanna.
-Meagre, but sad news come from
the Aslatic squadron 1t appears that
N sending down the main yard of the
United States flagship Colorado. the
sheer tackles gave way. and a heavy
stick fell on the deck, killing two and
wounding several.
Commodore John S. Chauncey, of
the United States Navy, died at Brook
4 i Al.
navy in 1912, from New York. and was
commissioned Lieutenant in 1925, Com
mander i'll lS4l, Captain in 1855, and
Commodore in 1862
One Of the most extensive conhagra-
tons which ever visited Albany, n. Y,
occurred on the morning of the 9th inst
The fire broke out in the large printing
house Of Weed Parsons e Co., Column
bia street, consuming that building, and
nearly an entire block of small build
ings on Broadway, between Columbia
and Van Troup Streets. on the west
side. The total loss will reach $500, 900.
Tie West.
The heavy frost on Monday night
killed the early cherries and small
fruits throughout Iowa.
"A heavy SnOW-stOrm prevailed
throughout Montana Territory on Mon
day. Nine inches of snow fell in the
mountains. The streams are swollen,
and bridges are being carried away.
The agent of the Bank of Montreal
at Perth, Canada, has absconded, being
a defaulter to the extent of SIS 900 lie
is very respectfully connected. The af
fair causes great excitement.
A dead man-name unknown-was
found on the street in st. Paul, Mimi,
on the Sd inst. The Coroner's inquest
found his death to have been caused by
too much whisky and a lack of food.
The propeller City OF Fremont ar
rived at Milwaukee on the 4th inst In
her passage through the straits of Mac
kinac she broke twenty miles of ice.
This IS the earliest opening OF naviga-
ton for many years.
A report from Boseman, Montana.
dated April |, says that Stanley and a
party of seven, and Hamilton and
party Of six, were killed by Sioux lndi-
ans. on the divide between the Muscle
Shell and Yellowstone rivers. The re-
port was brought in by the Bannocks
and Crows.
The residence of Mortimer Cook,
at Topeka. Ks, was burned on the 5th
inst Mr.. Cook, who was asleep with
three children when the house took
fire. was awakened by the noise, and
window, when he was suffocated by
smoke and tainted, and was pulled out
Of the house 10y the neghbors. leaving
1;ttla ,,i,l t,ncn yooDc old which ,vou
burned to death.
AT Whitewater, Walworth county,
Mimi, on the lst inst, Mrs. William
Foster. who had been III for a long time,
died. As she breathed her last, her
husband, who was 10y the bedside, drew
pistol, and aiming at his own heart,
fired. The ball missed the vital organ,
but penetrated the lung. and the
wounded man fell across the body of his
dead wife. He died soon after. He was
devotedly attached to his wife. and his
mind had been much depressed during
her illness.
The south.
Hon. Robert s. Glass, of Hender-
son. KY, leading member Of the State
legislature was found dead in his bed,
on Tuesday morning. 1t is supposed he
died of heart disease.
Thomas Hodge noted desperate,
horse-thief and murderer. who shot and
fatally wounded man named Whit
lock, on Friday last, was taken from the
jail at Stanton. W. Va, on Tuesday
morning, by a mob, and hanged.
4 Hodge had killed four men in that To-
calty before he shot Whitlock
Engineering officers. who have
charge of surveys and improvements
upon Western rivers, report that the
Mississippi river is changing its chan.
mel. so that Viclsburg will soon become
an inland town unless immediate meas
ures are taken. The main channel is
now Immediately under the bluff on
which the town stands, making one of
the best harbors upon the river; but in
q fnrv nnnths. the enoinenrs are conf