The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-07-26

in the United States was stated al $50, DOC, 600,
giving employment TO $50, 900 men.
| w. ID. Richardson of Springfield, has hired
$50 OF the Illinois Penitentiary convicts for
five years, at slH cents per day.
| Rev. Samuel j. Browne, who shot and killed
| the boy Schick, at Cincinnati, last week, has
been bailed in $4,000.
Two ladies' we're drowned IN Walnut creek,
near Topeka, Kansas, July 10, while bathing.
Two persons (colored) we're killed at Madi-
son, Ind, July IL, by gas explosion.
Oscar and Pliny whitcomb, aged 10 and 1s
were drowned while bathing, near Geneseo
ILL.,, July 10.
Two men were killed by lightning at Bell
flower Station, Ill.,, July IL.
And still they come. John Summers, OF
Milwaukee, while bathing in the canal July
| II, sank to rise no more-ahve.
A brother of the man Dorman, who COM
mitted suicide near where the Mercer county
| (Ohio) mob hung Xxi nmell and Mcleod, killed
| himself by cutting his throat with razor, on
the 18th inst II is supposed that both of them
we're i'm some way connected with the murder
! Of Miss Secore. The excitement still continues
high III that section.
Adyices from Fort Sully represent that the
Indians, 10 the number Of 1000, have taken
the war path with the avowed intention of
resisting the proposed survey of the Northern
Pacific railroad through their country. The
surveyors escort-consisting of 1000 troops
| and battery, under command OF Gen. STAN
lev, an experienced Indian fghter-itis thought
will be able TO conduct them safely over the
route.
A Salt Lake telegram of July II says the
greatest body of mineral ever discovered has
just been located by two Illinois men near
Echo, on the Central Pacific railroad. The
ledge yields $3.50 to S1,1O0 per ton of per-
fectly free silver ore. Visitors to it estimated
the rock in sight to be over 20, 900 tons. valued
at over 5000, 900. Old mining experts and
prospecters are greatly excited
son of Charles Hoffman, a prominent
grain merchant of Peru, ILL.,, while PLAYING in
his fathers warehouse, July u, jumped into
a corn bin while the grain was running through
the spout. The father lea ped in 10 rescue his
boy, and both persisted.
By the explosion of the boiler of steam
threshing machine in field in ST. Clair
cousty, H.. July II, three persons were killed
and four wounded.
Apena, Mich, was visited by a disastrous
confagration on the 18th of July upward of
S200,0O0 worth of property being destroyed.
The saddest part of the disaster was the loss
Of life-no less than five persons having per
shed in the flames.
The rather novel sight OF funeral process
sion stopping before Photographic establish
ment while the coffin could be carried up
stairs and its inanimate occupant photo
graphed, was witnessed in Milwaukee the
other day.
| The French Garde Republcaine band ar
rived in Chicago ON the l4th of July, and
were enthusiastically received, over 10000
citizens turning out to welcome them.
The Northern Indiana State Prison, at Mich
| igan City, was damaged by fire to the extent
of 100000 on July 10.
Two Irishmen were detected, the other day,
in Alameda county, Cal, setting fire to hay
stacks, and were summary hung by the in
censed farmers of the neghborhood.
The Canadian Pacific railway surveyors have
been driven back by the Chilooatin Indians.
They are determined that no freight or travel
shall pass through their country.
Sam. Platt the well-known San Francisco
criminal lawyer is dead.
The South.
VIM. Hagmann suicided at ST. Louis. July
g. by jumping into the river from a ferry
boat. About the same hour. Mrs. Ellen Allen
| poisoned herself with Paris green Cause, in
both cases-w whisky.
The caterpillar is playing havoc with the
cotton fields in some portions of Alabama.
John II. Lane, of Illinois, stopped at Litch
field KY, last week, wrote on a slip Of paper
Old Death, l salute thee" took dose of
morphine, and shuffled of his mortal coil
Seven persons were killed outright and sew
eral dangerously injured, by bridge giving
way beneath a railroad train. near White Sui
| phur Springs, w. Va, on the 18th of July.
The caterpillars in unusually large numbers
have appeared all through the cotton belt of
Alabama, three weeks earlier than ever be-
fore. The same report comes from South
Carolina. There is much depression among
the planters in consequence.
Stilson Hutchins has sold his one-third in
terest in the st. Louis Times to Henry Ewing
for $50, 900.
Advices from Pope county Ark, the scene
of the recent disturbances, state that Gov
Hadley had gone there to investigate the out
RACES. The militia were in arms, pressing
horses and ammunition from the people,
On the evening of July IS. some boys who
were bathing in the river at Memphis we're
fired upon by Waterman named Sturgeon
the weapon being musket loaded with slugs.
Three Of the missiles entered the head of
little boy named Johnny Murphy, producing
instant death. The murderous Waterman
frightened at his bloody work, Immediately
jumped into a skiff and made his escape down
the river.
The caterpillars and boll-worms are playing
havoc with the Alabama cotton fields
A freshet in the Alabama river and tributa-
ries recently destroyed over $4,000, 900 worth
Of cotton and corn crops.
Judge Linton Stephens (brother of Alexan-
der II Stephens) for many years prominent
in the politics OF Georgia, is dead
Washington.