The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-07

on the Jackson and Saginaw road, Mich.
named Porter Gildersleeve, was killed
Wednesday morning, while coupl ne cars
by being caught between the bumpers.
PRIVATE advices from Richard Grove
Mercer county, III state that on the 10Th
ult. fire broke out in a coal mine neal
Waugh's mills, owned by Alexander Con
Vile. Although a stream of water had beer
turned on from a ravine, no perceptable ef
| feet is yet obtained ..... Patrick Callahan was
arrested in Chicago, recently, on charge
of having murdered man named You
| man, in Minnesota, six years ago. He wa,
sent to Rochester, Mimi, for trial...."Dis'
| patches from various parts of the State re-
| port that fears are entertained that the corn
crop in Iowa will be very light this year, as
not over one-half of the corn has been
planted, and the weather is still cool. The
season is about month behind that of last
year. Many fields Of corn will have to be
replanted in consequence of the seed rotting
in the cold, wet ground. Small grain OF all
kinds is in good condition...... Reports re-
ceived at Springfield represent that the
showers of the past week have been very
favorable to the growing crops in Illinois
and il is thought will stay the ravages oil
the cut-worms, which insects have been
destroying the corn.....Katie Kroe, Ger
man woman, aged 81, suicided recently, at
Davenport, Iowa, by hanging. Temporary
insanity is assigned as the cause.
PRor. HENRY S. MOVES, Of the Northwest
ern University, at Evanston, H., died re-
Gently at that place......John Reeves, OF
Lyons, H., died on the oath from the eff
fects Of pommeling at the hands of Valen-
tine Hoffman..... One million three hundred
and forty four thousand dollars will be re-
oured to run the county government of
Cock county. H., during the coming year.
The schooner Robinson was run into by
the propeller Mauistee, on Lake Michigan
on the oath inst, and sunk in ten minutes.
he was loaded with 200 bushels of corn.
The crew was saved....A terrible tornado
passed over portion of Adams county, H.,
on the oath inst, unroofng houses, barns,
trees, &C., and doing serious damage. A
severe gale also occurred about the same
time near Burlington, Iowa, which caused
much injury Land Commissioner Ed
muuds, OF Michigan, has been acquitted by
the State Senate of that State ......T he viii
lage of Hayesvile, near Ashland Ohio, lost
its entire business portion by fire on the
oath inst.
A MAN was found dead, hanging in a
small window of a barn in Chicago, on the
oath. His head was covered with blood
and badly bruised. The fingers of the left
hand were gone. 1t is supposed that he
attempted to crawl through the window
when drunk, and that he was attacked by
a horse inside the barn and suffocated in
his effort to release himself...."J. T. Wes-
well, book keeper in the Chicago, Burling
ton and Qaincy Railroad shops at Aurora,
H.. was run over by the switch engine at
that place and instantly killed on the 25th
inst.....T Two trains collided on the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroad at Joliet
H., on Sunday, by which several passengers
were seriously iDjured-noue fatally.
Mr.. John j. Champion was thrown from his
buggy, at Spring field, H., or Saturday, and
fatally injured.
Two BOYS named Mann and Hight were
drowned in Catfish river, at Rockdale Mills,
Iowa, on the 25th ult., while in bathing,
making seven drowned in that vicinity in
as many days.. Wheat in Northern Indi-
ana has been greatly improved by the re-
cent rains. Flax is being devastated by
cut worms".".A little three yearold daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Tobias, OF Springfield, H., fell
into g cistern and was drowned, en- the 9th
ult.".. Edward Plan was ran over by a
freight train at Peoria, ILL.,. on the 9th
ult., and instantly killed. Martin Flynn,
of De Moines, Iowa, left on the 27th ult
with a large force of men, horses, and imple-
ments, to commence work on a mammoth
contract which he has taken on the Wiscon-
sin Central railroad. His contract IS for 240
miles of read bed, from Duluth to Stevens
Point The time for fulfilling the contract
is two years.
The South.
THE greater portion of the business part OF
Warrinton, Va, was destroyed by ere on
the 23d inst..... Secretary Delano was in ST.
Louis on the oath inst, on his way to Wash
The Republican State Convention
Of West Virginia met at Grafton, on the
3d. and after passing resolutions, among
which was one declaring that no Office
holder should be delegate TO the Philadel
phia Convention, elected its delegates and
them to vote for Grant.
NJ J. KEATIxG, the Catholic priest, who
was arrested as vagrant few days ago,
died at the hospital at st. Louis, recently.
An attempt was made to assassinate a lady
named Mrs. Carrie Robinson Pierce, at
Newport, Ky, on the oath. The whale
bone in her dress saved her life.
A FREIGHT train on the Orange, Alexan-
lria and Manassas railroad ran over cow
about eight miles from Alexandria, Va, on
he 9th ult., throwing the engine and cars
IF the track, killing two brakemen, aud
seriously wouuding the freman......I he Ma
.ional Agricultural Association and National
Agricultural Congress commenced their
oint session ct ST. Louis on the 9th ut
over 500 delegates were present.
Washington.
THE President on Tuesday signed the
bills To authorize the issue Of
bonds to the authorities of the Territory Of
Montana to enable the city of Denver to
purchase certain lands in Colorado for
cemetery to grant American registers to
the Hawaiian bark Florence TO regulate |
the mode Of making private contracts with |
the Indians t. reduce the military reserva- |
ton at For. Stanton, New Mexico.....A |
Washington special says /: "The Foreign |
Relations Committee are quietly engaged |
in investigating the circumstances connect |
ed with the premature publication 90 the |
Warrington Treaty correspondence. Ex- |
perience has proved the futility of attempts |
to get information froGi newspaper CORES |
pondents; hence the committee have nit |
upon the novel plan of investigating the |
Senate itself They began with members OF |