The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-05-17
Chr Grue 4urthrrner,
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

Tuesday, with loss of $50 900. One fireman
was run over by machine and killed.....A
fire Tuesday morning destroyed the car
house of the Worcester and Nashua railroad,
at Nashua, n. H., with its contents. A train
Of cars was also destroyed, and the rolllng
mill Of the Nashua Iron and Steel Company.
The loss to the latter is $4,000; insured for
sos 900. The railroad loss is not ascer-
tanned "A very destructive fire broke out
in the village of Penn Yam, New York, on
Tuesday. Fifty houses burned. Steamers
were ordered from Elmira and Canandaigua
TO suppress the flames. The fire originated
in furnace. The losses are very heavy.
A DARING attempt was made Wednesday
morning by gang of burglars to blow open
the safe of the Erie freight house at Buffalo,
n. Y, in which several thousand dollars in
currency were deposited. The burglars en-
tered the building and gagged the private
Waterman. They were in the act OF blowing
open the safe when disturbed by the police,
but made good their escape....,The large
wooden mill of William G.. Case, at Column
bia, Pa, was entirely destroyed by fire
Wednesday night Loss, $780, 900; insurance,
$4,000.
The Franconia Iron Company's works, at
wareham, Mass, were destroyed by fire on
Thursday. Loss 100000; insurance
$50 900. About $50 persons are thrown out
of employment......Mr Mrs. David r. Porter,
wife Of ex. Governor Porter, and mother of
Gen. Horace Porter, Private Secretary of
President Grant, died at Harrisburg, Pa,
Thursday night. The New York Sun OF
Thursday says "Notice has been authori
tatvely received at the office of District
Attorney Garvin that Messrs. Graham and
Gerry have withdrawn from the defense in
the Stokes case"
PETER O'KEEFE murdered Peter Kinny, in
South Boston, Mass, Wednesday night.
They were brothers-in-law, and partners in
the liquor business. O'Keefe was arrested.
...... Gov. Hoffman of New York has signed
the Jury bill which allows newspaper-read-
ing people to sit on jury.
N1BLo's Theater, New York, was burned
on Monday, with loss of $685. on it
and surrounding buildings. While The fire
was in progress an explosion of gas occur
red in the theater, severely ipjurng Captain
Clerichy, Of the Fourteenth Police Precinct,
and nearly suffocating four fremen.
The West.
DURING a severe thunderstorm at Ackley,
Iowa, on Sunday night, lightning struck the
house of Patrick Cassidy, about four miles
northwest of the town. The current passed
down the steve-pipe and instantly killed
Cassidy and Peter Burns, who were sleeping
near the stove.....An East Saginaw, Mich,
dispatch says Camp, Brooks & Co.'s saw
mill was destroyed by fire Tuesday morn
ing. The loss is estimated as $4,000, with
an insurance of SIS, 50e.....A man named
Alexander Woodward, while engaged in re-
moving some old buildings to make way for
new ones in Dubuque, Iowa, was killed al
most instantly by falling wall.
AT indianapolis, Ind, the jury in the case
of Harvey, indicted for the murder of his
wife in March, 1868, who has since been at
large, but was arrested in Ohio short time
ago, returned a verdict Wednesday of con-
viction, and a sentence of ten years in the
State Penitentiary.. STANLEY, the murderer of
Patterson, who was under sentence to be
hung April u, was lodged in the State
prison at Fort Madison, Iowa, for life, by
reason of Communication of his sentence.
AT Chicago, on Thursday, Gregori Peri,
the murderer OF Daniel 0'Bren and Michael
Ready, was found guilty of murder in the
first degree. The penalty fixed by the jury
is death by hanging.
A DISPATCH from Omaha, dated May 8,
says: a party of Indians, supposed to be
Cheyennes, attacked a mail escort from this
post, at Labonti creek, twenty miles west of
Fort Laramie, on Wednesday, killing the
Sergeant in command. The party returned
to Fort Laramie with the body" 49,. During
the prevalence Of a heavy wind-storm at
Delphos, O., Friday afternoon. fire broke out
in the drug store Of Schenck & Lang. About
fifty buildings were entirely destroyed; esti-
mated loss, $3.50 000....,H. c. Reid < Co.'s
machine works and foundry, and John
Clements dwelling house, were destroyed
by fire at Warren, O., Friday morning
Loss upward of $50 ,OOO.."About noon Fri
day, fire broke out in the basement Of Chaplin
Hall House, Hudson, Wis, burning between
ten and fifteen buildings The t tai losses
will foot up about $l25,O00. An old man
named Connolly was burned to death.
A FIRE at Cleveland, o., Saturday even
ing, destroyed a large portion of the Stand
ard Oil Company's works. About 40 900
barrels of distilled and refined oils were
burned ...... The Meridian Street National
Bank at Indianapolis, Ind, was mysteri-
ously robbed on Saturday, during bank
hours, of about $25 ,0O0...... From April "a,
the time the convention news began to be
trans mltted, to the night OF May 3, the to-
tai special and regular reports transmitted
from Cincinnati by the Western Union
Telegraph were 57l ,5ll words.....A man
named George Wright was shot by Lizzie
Gardner in house of ill-isme in Detroit,
Mich, Saturday night.
A DISPATCH from Detroit, Mich, gives the
particulars Of disaster which befell the
Leland Iron Furnace, situated at Leland,
in the Grand Traverse region, on May l.
1t seems that from some cause or other an
explosion took place, which set the furnace
on fire, and it was totally destroyed 49, The
loss is estimated at about 100000. Some
workmen in the furnsce were seriously in
jured.....On Friday night, ten frame dwell
ing houses, a stone store and dwelling, IA
church and many barns and other out
houses were burned at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Over . hundred persons were rendered
homeless. Five horses persisted in the
flames. Total loss $4,000.
The South.
ON Monday afternoon, about o'clock,
i've men, mounted, dashed into the town Of
Columbia, Adair county, Ky, and stopped
and dismounted at the Deposit Bank. Two
with pistols in their hands held the horses,
and three with revolvers entered the bank.
One Of the scoundlels shot the cashier dead, /
and the party pillaged the bank Of all the /
money out OF the safe, which they could not I
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