The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-05-10
NEWS SUMMARY.
Tho East.


services at st. Michaevs Church, New York,
en- Tuesday night, three men who had
climbed to the sill of a window, fell out a
distance of twenty feet. Two were badly
injured internally, and is is thought they
will die, and the third had his arm broken.
1.-The rope and Irvine works of A. IL.
Hart * Co., New York, were burned on
Tuesday afternoon. Loss $4,000, including
81 900 on machinery, which latter is coy
cred by insurance f. p. Seward, brother
of Secretary Seward, died on Tuesday, OF
apoplexy, at his home in Florida, New
York.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS sailed from New
York on Wednesday afternoon, and will
proceed to Geneva to join the Board OF Arbi-
tration .... The New York Times publishes
letter from st. Pierre, New Greenland, under
date of April Is, giving intelligence OF Cap
tain Halls Arctic Expedition up to the LIST
of March. The Polaris had been compelled
to return to Greenland in consequence of
springing aleak, caused by collision with an
iceberg. 1t required the exertions of the
crew, officers and all the members of the
scientific party to keep the Polaris aiioat
The disaster occurred in the middle Of Feb
ruary. The health of all on board has been
good. She returned TO Disco.
In JERSEY City, n. j., on Wednesday even
ing, German car conductor, named Kent,
made desperate attempt to shoot another
conductor named Kock, after the latter fell,
feigrin ing death, though unhurt. Kent then
shot himself, inficting mortal wounds
Family troubles were the cause...... VIM. 4.
Clark, Attorney General for New Hamp-
shire. died at his residence in Manchester,
on Thursday night, of congestion OF the
lungs, aged 62.
A SHOCKING affair occurred in the town Of
New Scotland, n. Y, Friday morning. A
family consisting of Mr.. Volmer, his wife
and five children, Volmer's mother and his
wife's step-father, occupied two-story
building, which took fire. Volmer, his wife
and one child, who occupied the first floor,
escaped, but all the others Terished in the
ames.....Samual Windler, the brother OF
Mrs. Hyde, who was Jointly indicted with
her for the murder of Watson, as accessory
before the act, and disappeared, was brought
to Brooklyn, n. y, on Friday, and com,
mitted to Jail. He will probably be tried
with his sister in The trial of Lydia
Sherman, the husband murderer, was con-
cluded in New Haven, Conn, on Friday. |
After an absence of fifty minutes the jury
declared Mrs. Sherman guilty OF murder in !
the second degree.
On Saturday evening a fire occurred in
the building Nos. "a and. 90 Wooster street,
New York. Two taiors named John and
James McCherry were burned to death
Several persons had narrow escapes. VIM
Fordman leaped from the rear wiadow into |
the yard beneath. Fortunately he alighted |
on the roof of shed, and miraculously es-
capped unhurt, although he had fallen dis
lance of fifty feet. Loss about so, 000.....A |
man named John Hallonan was shot by the |
Mayors Marshal, James L. Burns, in
gambling saloon in the Bowery, New York,
on Sunday morning. Burns was arrested |
49,. Edward S. Stokes, the murderer of
James Fisk, Jr., has prepared a letter for |
publication denying that he was in league |
with Miss Mansfield to extort money frem
Fisk.
THE Sauhegan mills, in Milford, y. H.,
were totally destroyed by fire on Sunday
night, with the dryhouse connected there
with. Loss 10000; insurance SIS, OOO...".
The fires on the mountains near Kingston,
n. Y, continue. Fires are also raging
along the Rondout and Oswego railroad,
and a considerable amount of cordwood and !
railroad ties have been consumed. Every
thing is very dry, and the fire spreads with
great rapi dity......A fire at Warren, Pa, on
Monday afternoon, destroyed the Union
school-house and the Germania Hotel The
school-house had $4,000 insurance, and the
GerInania Hotel $25, 900.
Tho West.
PARTIES arriving at Portland from Sitka,
Alaska, report great excitement in that
place on account of the discovery Of rich
silver mines within half mile of the town,
and rich gold and silver mines in other To-
calities adjacent to the coast. The excite
ment was at high pitch when the steamer
left.....All the buildings on the west side of
the plaza at North San Diego, including the
Franklin House, Colorado House, and
Schiller * Manassas building, were burned
on Saturday. Loss S4O,OOO......The ice in
Lake Pepn, on the Mississippi river, has
broken up, and navigation is now OPEN.
The warehouse Of Besley & Burdett was
burned at Lake City, Mimi, on Tuesday
Loss 10000; mostly insured lie ter
from Texas states that the Supreme Court of
that State has sffrmed the sentence of
death, pronounced by the lower court upon
Stephen B. Ballou, the murderer Of James
p. Golden, OF Adams county, H., fixing the
time of his execution for Friday, the cath of
Maya man named Cluck shot and killed
his wife in indianapolis on Tuesday. After
firing six shots, and making sure OF his vic
tim, he cut his throat with knife, in ficting
a severe but not fatal wound...... Mr. shrews-
Oldest and most wealthy men in that place,
fell dead from heart disease on Monday
evening as he was stepping out of his door
to go to the Council Chamber.
A mon stopped the esst-bound train on the
Kansas and Texas railroad at Gum
City, in Cass county, on Wednesday after
noon, and murdered J. r. Cline, J. c.. Ste
venson, and S. f. Dutro. Stevenson was a
member of the County Court and presiding
Judge when the recent bond excitement was
raised. Cline was the attorney who was i'm
plicated. Dutro was simply killed because
he was in the company of the others. The
mob threatened to kill any who hereafter
identified either OF them in court or else
where, and said they had just commenced
their work of murder. Some Of the mob
wore masks. All had revolvers or shot
guns. There were about seventy-fve or one
hundred men.
john COOPER, the mulatto who murdered
James II. Swing, colored tnsmith, last
November, was hung in Cleveland, O., on
Thursday at IL o'clock. On the scafiold
Cooper made few remarks, saying he was
sorry for what he had done, and was pre-
pared to die.....Jsmes T. Castro, notorious
horse-thief and stage robber, was hanged by