The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16

named Fibich attempted to shoot his
wife, from whom he was divorced, and
failing to carry out his design, he shot
and instantly killed himself.
Lizzie Mcdonald, a girl aged Is, liv-
ing at Cherokee Flat, Butler county,
Cal, was seized by her lover, while re-
turning from party, on Thursday night,
who cut her throat. The cause was
jealousy.
The Fifteenth District Court of San
Francisco were engaged on the lst inst,
in hearing the afiidavits in support of
the motion by the defense for new
trial in Mrs. Fairs case, and counter
affidavits. The imputation of miscon-
duct against the whole jury was en-
tirely unsustained, but a determined
effort was made to impeach Beach, one
of the jurors, with some show Of sue
cess.
A Kansas City dispatch dated June
2d says: Mace was arrested at Wyan-
dotte this morning, but the Sheriff had
40 warrant, and the party escaped.
Mace, Allen, Cusick and HOLLYWOOD,
with party of friends, went three
miles southwest of here, on the State
line, at noon to-day. They put up ropes,
and Mace went into the ring and sum-
moned Coburn. The latter not appear
ing, the referee, HOLLYWOOD, declared the
stakes forfeited to Mace.
A crowd of several hundred colored
men, who have lately been refused EN-.
plovment on the Columbia street rail
way in Washington, at the rate of 81
for eight hours, on Thursday drove off
the white laborers working at Sl.25 and
81. % per day, creating considerable dis
turbance, which the police were called
on to suppress. The contractor says he
can find plenty of good white men at
$50 per day, and will not have colored
men at any price.
The Captain of the ship Europa,
which arrived at New York on the 9th
inst, reports that on June 80, in lati-
tude 47.l2, longitude GS.27, he saw the
brig j. 5. Bowen with a signal o" dis
tress flying. He bore down to her and
discovered that her crew had mutinied
and killed the Captain, who was found
dead in his berth with his skull split
open. The chief mate lay on deck
senseless, with his head badly cut. The
second mate had his arm broken and
was otherwise badly injured. Tive men
and one passenger were also badly
beaten. The Captain of the Europa
put his mate on board the brig to bring
her into this port, and fears are now en-
lertained for his safety, as the brig is
overdue. A revenue cutter is waiting
for her in the lower bay.
Casualties.
On the 9th inst. the city of New
Orleans was inundated, and the citizens
of large portion of the city were
driven from their homes altogether, and
those who were fortunate enough to
possess houses of more than one story,
were compelled to move into the upper
story. The damage by this overflow
cannot be estimated.
A fire at Kansas City, recently, de
stroyed the cooper shop connected with
the packing house of Plunkenton q
Armour and $4,000 pounds of meat de-
signed for the Government.
An immense pile of brick from an
old building in Church street, New
York, fell on the 9TH inst. covering
several children. One has been got out
with broken limbs. The others are
supposed to be killed The firemen
and policemen are making very yigor-
Gus efforts to recover the dead bodies.
Byron A. Squires, an old tele-
grapher and formerly Superintendent
Of the Atlantic and Pacific line from St.
Louis to st. Paul, fell from train on
the Northern Pacific road last Friday,
and was fatally injured.
-Twenty-one miners, who were in
the Pittston mine at the time of the
burning of the shaft, are dead. The
remainder, although in critical condi-
ton, will probably recover.
A violent thunder shower prevailed
at Providence, II. l., on Sunday after
noon. The lightning struck the house
of Alfred Pearson, in Lonsdale, killing
Smith lIallgate, aged IS years, and
prostrating several other persons.
during thunder storm. on We'd
nesday afternoon, a young man named
Duncanson, Of Winona county, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed.