The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-23

women.
Joseph O'Neil was hung at Mt. Carroll ILL.,,
on Friday, the 10th, for the murder of Hiram
Rexford.
AT Oskaloosa, Iowa, recently, little two
mutilated by rooster.
Eighteen buildings were destroyed by the re-
cent fire at Joliet, ILL., The loss is about
$40, 900.
William Mcdonald, of Cincinnati the other
day fell across a "a inch circular saw operating
at full speed. The saw took OF his left arm
and heel, sawed into his body, cutting his
heart half in two. He extricated himself, ran
so yards, and fell dead.
A new railroad imbroglio Of a rather fierce
description has been started in Wisconsin by
the refusal of the Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railroad Company to accept the st. Croix land
grant on the terms of the recent act OF the
Legislature The reason assigned for the re-
fusal is, that the title of the State to the lands
is in litigation.
Advices from the lava beds state that the
Modocs are intrenched in the Crater Butte
Capt. Hasbrouck is camped within watching
distance of the enemy with force Of 210 men,
where he awaits the arrival of Col. Mason. 1t
is intended that the two commands shall ANAL
gamate under Col. Mason, and hold the Indi-
ans at bay until mortars arc forwarded and a
scout is made around the southern boundary
OF the beds At last accounts the Indians
were fortfying their present position, with
the evident intention of giving battle this first
opportunity.
Mrs. Ellen Larsen and her husband quar-
relied about some family matter, and the wife
ended the wrangle by knocking her liege down
with an iron poker and then stabbing him
with dirk knife, from the effects of which he
died. All this in Chicago.
The Yellowstone river has been found to be
navigable for large part Of its course. An
exploring expedition under Gen. George A..
Forsyth recently assembled the river in one Of
the largest of the Upper Missouri steamers.
Mary Jane Hart died at Troy, Ohio, last
week, at the age of 10 years.
The Wabash Elevator, at Toledo, was re-
Gently destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Several hundred Apaches have fled from
the Camp Verde (Arizona) reservation, and
gone on the war path again.
The South.
The war cloud in Louisiana has disappeared
and everything is quiet and lovely in that
State.
Throughout the South generally there seems
to be an expectation that the incoming cotton
crop will be the most valuable ever raised.
The leaders of the recent movement at st.
Martinsville, La, to resist the installation of
the Kellogg officials, have been arrested and
taken to New Orleans, where they had grand
Grafton from the citizens, thousands turning
out to do them honor.
John w. Williams, colored youth OF IS
has been appointed cadet to West Point,
from Virginia, having won the prize i'll a COM
petitive examination at Norfolk. There were
twenty contestants-fifte white and five col
ored.
A Roman Catholic church for colo red peo-
pie, the first established west of the Missis-
sippi was dedicated at st. Louis recently, with
imposing ceremonies.
Track-laying is progressing on the Texas
and Pacific railway, between Jefferson and
Dallas, Texas, at the rate of two miles a day.
Washington.
The first Cabinet meeting for several weeks
was held on the 18th inst. The President an
nounced that he would make no nomination
for Chief Justice until December. The Cabinet
considered the charges made against Gen.
Van Buren,, the General Commissioner to the
Vienna Exposition on behalf of the United
States, and decided that the testimony war;
IL L.. i.
President Of the New York Board of HEALTH
was thereupon appointed in his place. No
action was taken in the cases of the two other
Commissioners.
Judge Pierrepont has accepted the Russian
mission.
The internal revenue receipts are unusually
large averaging about S4OO 900 day. The
total up to the 18th of May exceeded $780,
200, with A days of the fiscal year still re-
naming
1t is stated that grave apprehensions are
felt in official circles regarding the safety Of
the Polaris, and that rescuing expedition will
undoubtedly be sent north during the coming
summer
The Postmaster-G General has issued, pro-
posals for one years supply of postofice and
registered package envelopes, estimating the
quantity of the former at 5000, 900, and the
latter at 100000
The Secretary of the Treasury has perfected
the regulations under the law of the last Con-
gress. appropriating $780, 900 for experiments
to prevent the explosion of steam boilers. A
commission is appointed to sit in the East and
West.
Senators Casserly and Bayard of the Senate
Subcommittee on Transportation, have re-
turned to Washington from an extended trip
along the existing and projected line of the
Virginia and Kanawha canal from the James
river to the Ohio. They examined the posi-
bility of tunnel of mile through the Ale
ghanies, and were assured by a competent en-
gineer that it could be completed in four years
from the time the requisite assistance was
rendered by Congress.
Senator Casserly, of California, has returned
his back pay.
Charges of corruption having been made in
connection with the recent award of contracts
for Indian supplies. an investigation is de-