The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.


Air Line Railroad Company, of Middle
ford, Conn, is dead.
Hon. David Lyman, whose death
occurred recently at Middletown,
Conn, was insured in different life in:
surance companies to the amount of
$4,000.
The New York Democrat, official
organ of the city government, has been
changed from an evening to q two-cent
morning paper. 1t is now edited by j.
II. Lambert.
The deaths of nine persons were
recorded in New York on the 25th,
whose average age was 81. Seven were
over so, and two nearly 100.
james f. Randolph, father of Gov.
Randolph, of New Jersey, died on the
25th. He was so years of age, and was
for many years the leading editor of
New Jersey.
EARLY on Wednesday, three men,
evidently laborers, were found frozen to
death on Hampstead Plain, Long Island.
They had been together on spree, and
were overtaken by the snow-storm.
Two children were poisoned in Bos-
ton by tasting the contents of a vial
they picked up among the ruins Of a
drug store destroyed by fire. Death en-
sued in few hours.
There is considerable activity at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, preparing ships
for sea- 1t is rumored that Admiral
Rowan will be sent to the command of
the European squadron.
"A locomotive exploded its boiler
near Hinsdale, on the Boston and AL
bany railroad, Tuesday, scalding five
men, two of whom were engineers
named Mustard and Jas. ii. Eustace,
who have since died.
"A Boston dispatch says Fechter has
given the net proceeds of his benefit,
amounting to $3,24S, to charities, divid-
ing $4,000 among the most deserving
institutions, and requesting the balance
to be given to the dramatic fund, if any
such exists in the city.
As County Auditor Watson was
driving down Harlem Lane, New York,
Wednesday evening, with friend, in a
sleigh, he was run into by another
sleigh, driven by an intoxicated man.
Watsons horse, valued at $4,000, was
killed. and Watson's skull was frac-
tured. He was taken to a club house,
where he now lies in a precarious condi'
ton.
Asa 7. Downe, young man late in
the employ of DR.. Turner, in Trenton,
New Jersey, was found in dying con-
dition in barn in the suburbs OF the
CITY, with his head badly cut and marks
of violence on his throat. His pocket
book and watch were taken from him.
He was seen in company with another
man in several saloons on Saturday.
He was insensible up to o'clock, when
he died. No clue has been found as to
who committed the deed
In the Ny. Court of General Sessions,
before Judge Bedford, James Hughes,
arraigned on charge of grand larceny,
pleaded not guilty Hughes is the man
charged by Count Johannes, whom he
had formerly engaged as his counsel.
with the murder of Mr.. Nathan.
Hughes requested the Court to assign
counsel for defense, and begged the
Count should have nothing to do with
him. Judge Bedford assigned counsel
and granted an adjournment. AS Count
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the murderer of Mr.. Nathan, Judge
Bedford directed him to 60 before the
grand jury and offer proof under oath.
"A terrible accident occurred at the
east end of Bergen tunnel in New York,
on the 23d inst. A car was being drawn
down to the bridge which spans the
mouth of the tunnel, when, owing to the
slippery condition of the track, it jump
ed it, and dashing through the fence
which guards the bridge, leaped the
precipice to the other side. The car fell
twenty feet, and was dashed to pieces.
The conductor, who stood at the brake,
went down with the car and was injured,
it is supposed, fatally. Four or five pas
senrers who were in the car also sus-
tanned severe and probably fatal injuries.
On Monday, near Sharon, in the
Western Pennsylvania coal region, at a
coal bank of J. M. Ormbys X Co., four
men were instantly killed. The shaft
that leads to the pit is ITO feet deep,
and has the usual machinery for lower
ing and raising weights. William Craw-
ford, John Sheldon, Frank Watkins,
Nj. Mcdonald, and William Moltisher,
got within the cage, preparatory to de.
scendng to work. Before they had
gone great distance the wire rope
which suspended them parted, and the
unfortunate men were precipitated q
distance of 10 feet to the pit below.
Four of the party were killed almost
instantly and the survivor, German
miner named Moltisher, received serious
injuries.
The West.
The Germans of ST. Paul protest
against the sale Of arms to France.
Double the usual amount of wheat
is being sowsd in California this season.
The, $4,000 coin prize of the Ne
vada lottery was drawn by ticket No.
10,943.
Col. G. B. Atchison, in the United
States service, left Chicago for Cheyenne
ON the 18th.
II. w. Ferry has been elected to the
U. S. Senate, from Michigan, as successor