The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-02
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

street. The loss is estimated at quarter of
million, with partial insurance. 1.-The
crew of the Prussian bark Bertha have been
arrested at New York for refusing to do duty
unless they received spending money and
shore leave. They will await the requisition
of the Prussian Consul....A child of three
years and n new born infant, children of a
French Canadian named Belfort, were
burned to death early on Tuesday morning,
and their mother nearly smothered, by fire
in the room they occupied in Someryiile,
Mass.
THE Franklin statue was unveiled and
presented to the printers of New. York on
Wednesday, in Printing House Square. The
statue was accepted by President Savage, of
the Typographical Society, who thanked
DeGroot, in behalf of the printers, for his
gift. Rev. DIR. Prime, Professor Morse, and
William Cullen Bryant also made addresses.
The presentation address in behalf of De-
Groot was made by Horace Greeley 1.-The
New York Chamber of Commerce has sent
memorial to Congress regarding the great
depression of the American shipping interest
engaged in foreign commerce, asking the in
terposition of Congress for its relief, and for
such legislation as will enable American
builders of iron ships to compete with those
of Great Britain.
MRS CoRNEIIA BURKE, was burned TO death
at a boarding house in Hartford, Conn.,, on
Thursday. She was alone in her room, and
in some unknown way her clothing took
fire, and she ran down stairs in blaze and
and fell dead in the kitchen
TIE New York Times says that further
fraud has been discovered in the department
of public works, growing out of four con-
tod ha
supervision of Tweed, whereby the city was
robbed of some $l20, 060.....A woman fol-
lowed man named Thompson into q street
car at Utica, n. Y, and shot at him with
revolver, the ball passing through his nose,
and striking q Mr.. Hall, of Ogdensburgh,
sitting next to him, lodged in his heart,
killing him instantly ...... Miss Isabella Titus,
aged Is years, young lady from Boston,
and respectfully connected in that city, shot
herself on Fridsy night in New York, at the
residence of friend, dying instantly.
THE Trenton Bank, at Trenton, N. j., was
robbed on Sunday morning of United States
bonds to the amount of 500 ,OOO.....An old
colored woman, Aunt Phills, said to have
been a spy in the Federal service among
the Tories in revolutionary times, was
burned to death on Friday night at Brick
town, n. j.
CouStltuculS elCucr
to 90 into the Senate or resign. 1t is stated
that Tweed only wants to buy two more of
the Legislature to secure him from expul
sion, and that he is waiting to obtain them
...... Kings distillery, at Williamsburg, n
Y, was damaged to the extent of $4,000 by
FIRE on. Monday; insured.
The West.
GEORGE BECHrEL, living eight miles north
of Bourbon, Ind, was instantly killed on
Tuesday, his head being crushed between
two saw logs he was helping to load on a
wagon.....As q western-b bound train on the
Vandalia road was approaching Highland
Station, between Brazil and Terre Haute, on
Wednesday, girl about Is years old, living
near Highland, rushed toward the track and
purposeiy threw herself in front of the
CINE and was torn in pieces. Her name,
and the cause Of the strange suicide, are not
known.....The COrOner's Jury at Marysville,
Ind, on the body Of Levi Vardel, who was
killed by an Ohio and Mississippi train, re-
turned q verdict Of manslaughter against
the engineer, Isaac Ackley, the testimony
resting on the point whether the whistle
sounded in time to give reasonable warning
to the deceased. .... Rev. DR.. John Bergen, of
Springfield. H., who was stricken down with
paralytc stroke on Monday last, died on
Wednesday morning. He was one of the
oldest preachers in Central Illinois, having
resided in Springfield forty-eight years. He
was born in New Jersey in 1890, being 81
years old when he died......John Rau, a
switchman Of the Northwestern railway, was
run over by locomotive and instantly
killed at Chicago, on Wednesday.
LIVELY commotion exists in political
circles in Kansas, caused by an expose pub
lished in the Lawrence Standard giving the
names of nineteen members of the State
Legislature who were bribed 20 vote for
Caldwell for United States Senator last win
ter, giving the sum paid to each member
The Standard declares itself prepared to sus-
tain its charges with abundant proof. The
resolution directing the payment of State
bonds, maturing this year, in currency in
stead of coin, which lately passed the Mis-
souri, Senate, passed the House on Thursday
by vote Of SS to 3d.. Hugh Gleason, a lad
who lost his right leg year ago by being
run over by street car, has no legs at all
now, the left one having been crushed in
the same manner at Chicago on Thursday ......
Frantz Pavelin was instantly killed and
Frank Hartbard probably fatally injured at
Chicago on Thursday, by the falling of
house which was being raised.....The Cali
iornia Assembly has passed bill to strike
out the words white" and male" in the
attorney act.
FIRE occurred at New Albany, Ind. on
Thursday night, destroying the salt shed and
hay warehouse of Col. B. C. Kent. Also a
two-story frame residence, and the pork
packing establishment of McMahan, Good
lee & Co., which contained an immense
quantity of pork. Loss estimated at SIS 900
or $40, OOO......A resolution to appoint joint
committee to investigate the alleged fraud
in the election of United States Senator,
last winter, has passed the lower House of
the Kansas Legislature without a dissenting
vote.
The report of the Trustees Of the Illinois
Soldiers Orphans Home shows that since
its establishment the Home has admitted
and cared for $40 orphans, 2s9 of which
have been provided with comfortable homes.
The average daily attendance has been 2S5,
and the total expense for each inmate was
only 81 cents per day.
AT Urbana, o., on Friday night, Simon
Oberlin, an old and respected citizen, was
L, l.