The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-09-15

ran ovei and instantly killed man named
John Corcoran, near Lemars, lowa.."..At
Lafayette, Ind, on Saturday evening, a
lad named Jackson was run over and in
stantly killed ......Dr Munson. formerly of
Chicago, died near TT. klamath, Oregon, on
the 18th of August, from the bursting of a
blood vessel, whilo ascending a mountain.
IAN accident occurred on the Detroit
and Milwaukee Railroad on Saturday,
caused by broken rail, by which an old
lady was killed and four persons badly in
jured.
AN old and much respected farmer of
somers, Keaosha county, Wis, was shot by
German boy named Neiderprim, ON Sun
day. There are no hopes of Mr.. Smiths re-
covery ......A man named Miles Madison was
murdered near Colchester, ILL.,, by one Chas.
futile, on Sunday night. The body of Jas.
X. Newman, who was drowned near Yank-
ton, ID. T., recently, has been found, and the
tact of foul play has been revealed bevond a
doubt..... Rev. Charles NJ. Fox, LII. D., rec
tor of the Church of. the Epiphany, died at
his residence in Chicago, on Monday after
noon.....D. Voght, a prominent German ed
itor of DesMoines, Iowa, fell dead in the
Ftreet on Monday.....A land slide at Cleve-
land, Ohio, has stopped navigation in the
canal for two or three weeks.
The South.
SIX deaths from yellow fever occurred at
Charleston, S. c., the week ending Saturday,
Aug. Goth ..... Three men were killed by the
falling of building at ST. Louis, Mo-, on the
3Oth ult.".The steamship Cortes arrived at
New Orleans on the 3Oth ult., with the
crew and passengers rescued from the
steamahip Mississippi, wrecked on the Oath
ult., in the hurricane, off Hilborough Inlet,
Florida.
THE stomach of Mrs. Angoline, who died
in Chillicothe, Mo-, some days ago, under
suspicious circumstances, which was taken
to ST. Louis for analysis last week, has been
found To contain a considerable quantity of
arsenic. The bodies of two men, supposed
to be the men who robbed the Southern eX-
press messenger on the train near Moscow
some weeks since, are reported TO have been
found hung near New Madrid, Mo-, few
days since.."..A tornado passed over por-
ton of Labette county, in the southern part
of Kansas, last Sunday night, destroying
two houses, moving several others, and kill
ing Mr.. Scott and his daughter.
THE cool weather has had the effect to
abate the yellow fever at Charleston, S. C.
.Thos. III. Jelton, brakeman, at Nash
vile, Tenn, was shot and killed by police
man, on Friday night, who he assaulted. .....
Detective Richards, while attempting to ar
rest a robber, named Miller, at Baltimore on
Friday night, was shot and killed. ... The
Courier and Ne,cs of Friday, in their com
mercial reviews, agree in estimating the
growing cotton crop at 3,000,0 600 to $3.50 900
bales. They incline, however, to the former
figure as the more probable.
A DISPATCH from Charleston, S. c., says the
wea her is fine, and the general opinion is
that the fever is dying out. The Board of
Health report three deaths for the two days
ending at noon on Saturday ."...A Virginia
white man has eloped with a negress, and
the cold man" is very indignant that his
daughter should run away with white trash.
.....A Georgia game of base ball broke up
in the eighth inning with one arm broken,
one eye put out, one jaw dislocated and Is
fingers " shifted" The game will be fin
ished as soon as the physicians think best.
1.-THE Wheeling Iron and Nail Company's
mill at Wheeling, West Va, was destroyed
by fire on Sunday afternoon. Three hun
dred men are thrown out of employment by
the disaster. Loss, $500, 600.
THERE were three suicides in st. Louis on
Sunday ..... Reports of the cotton crop in
Tennessee are very unfavorabe. ..... The fol-
lowing are the official majorities on the State
ticket at the late election in Kentucky
Governor, II. Leslie, 3697s; Lieutenant
Governor, J. G. Carlisle, 1927; Attorney
General, John Rodman, 80 ,S59 Auditor, D.
Howard Smith, 4O,l46; Treasurer, j. w,
Tate, 80 $685. Register, J. A. Grant 80 ,794
of Public Instruction, H. A.
NJ. Henderson, fl ,276. No official returns
were received from Wolf county here Les
lie had $50 majority. Gov. Leslie has Sc
lected A. J. James as Secretary of State, and
w. II. Bolts to be Assistant Secretary.