The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-12-13
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

earthquake shock the other day, which shook
mp things in lively manner.
The venerable Thurlow Weed is recovering
from this recent severe illness.
BY the breaking of platform on the third
floor of the New York Herald building, the
other day, five workmen were Prccipitated
into the basement, three of whom were fatal
~ injured.
Stokes trial begins at New York on the I'd
of December.
The New York Chamber of Commerce has
appointed committee to take measures for
the establishment of Board Of Engineers
with legal powers to take possession of and
blow up buildings during general confiagra-
ton.
The steamship Columbia, of the Havana
line, has been confiscated by decree of the
United States District Court at Now York, for
smuggling cigars.
There arrived at New York from Europe,
during the first ten months of the year,
272, 2O9 immigrants, against 2OS,627 the pre-
vious year.
Horace Greeley has been suffering seriously
from nervous prostration.
Stanley, the discoverer of Livingstone, ar
rived at New York from Europe last week
The extensive job printing house of Rand *
Avery, in Boston, was burned last week. 1t
was the largest and best appointed printing
establishment in New England, employing
over 200 hands. Loss, s25O,OOO.
The large tobacco warehouse of Perrin d
Hace, in Jersey City, was destroyed by fire
recently. Over 5000 hogsheads of tobacco
were burned, involving loss of between
5000, 900 and $500, 900.
Jay Gould has been arrested in New York
on the complaint of President Watson, of the
Erie railroad, who charges him with having
defrauded that corporation out of about ten
millions of dollars.
Mrs. Putnam, of New York, has recovered
$4,000 damages from the Seventh Avenue
Railroad Company for the loss of her nus
band, who was murdered by one Foster on
car belonging to that line.
Another of those fearful nitro-glycerine ex-
blossoms has occurred at Scrub Grass, Pa, on
the Allegheny Valley railroad A large lot of
the powerful compound exploded, shaking the
earth for miles around, and blowing to atoms
Henry ]. Wolfe, telegraph operator, and II.
whom larger than mans hand could be found.
Bits OF flesh were found fastened to trees
long distance from the scene of the disaster,
and a watch belonging to one Of the unfortu-
nate men was picked up a considerable dis
lance off.
An ingenious but audacious scamp named
Henry S. Bogart has just been arrested in
New York. His plan of operations was to go
to a wealthy banker or merchant, and repre-
senting himself az a newspaper reporter al
lege that he was in possession of information
concerning some of his personal peccadilloes,
which he would publish unless paid for sup
pressing it. A. T. Stewart Clafin, and othar
noted men, it is said, have at different times
been bled by the rascal.
The Boston Jubilee building has been sold
nj auction for S10,50
The Erie railway has brought suit against
Daniel Drew for the recovery of S5,000,000
alleged to have been embezzled by him while
treasurer of the company in 1868, by the sale
of so 600 shares of watered stock.
No little excitement has been caused in New
York by the recent corner" in Northwestern
stock, and the signal failure of the big % bears
of Wall street in their scheme to control the
market. The triumph of the Jay Gould and
Vanderbilt party over Daniel Drew, Henry N
Smith, W.B. Travers, VIM. B.Duncan and other
leaders in the "bear" movement was complete
and overwhelming. The latter have lost enor-
nous sums. Smith alone is SAID to be out over
$4,000, 900, while Drew's losses will not fall
short of $4,000, 900. Others lose from $780,
coo to $500. 900 each.