The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-04-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.


The lobby OF the New Jersey House of Rep
resentatiyes was the scene of disgraceful
row on the morning of tho adjournment of the
Legislature. In debate the day before
member named Carse had called the Hon.
James NJ. Scovill "a perjured man and "a
scoundrel," and when Mr.. Cole and John
Hood, MEMBERS met in the hall they engaged
in war of words. scovill came up and, mix
ing in the quarrel Cole called him "a liar"
and was Immediately knocked down by Scovill
The Speaker ordered all the doors to be closed
but before it was done Carse rushed into the
fight, and Scovill knocked him down also, and
he was badly punished while he was down.
The Mayor Of Trenton interposed, and pre-
vailed upon Scovill to leave the State-house,
and the fight ended. Coles face was much
disfgured.
1t is proposed to take all the bodies of the
Atlantic victims to Halifax and bury them to-
geiher in public cemetery, and erect monu-
ment over them. The City Council, on appli-
cation of the provincial government, has re-
solved to place lot in the cemetery at the dis
posal of the friends of the dead. One hun
bred and seventy bodies have 80 far been re-
covered.
Nixon, under sentence of death at New
York, is completely broken down, and the
prison officers say if he does not die of fright
he will have to be carried to the galows. May
16 is the day set for his execution.
Henry Briceland, the murderer of John AL
bingham, has been sentenced to be hung at
Washington, Pa.
The Hon. Richard Yates of Illinois, ex-
United States Senator, and recently appointed
a government director Of the Union Pacific
Railroad was arrested in Philadelphia, few
nights since.
The New York Herald says Miss Nellie
Grant is " engaged" to Thomas Murphy, Jr,
son of ex-Collector Murphy.
A large section OF the city of New York was
plunged into darkness the other day, as the
result of the strike of the gas men.
A. T. Stewart, the New York dry goods
king is seriously i'll with Bright's disease of
the kidneys.
Agassiz is in failing health.
President Grant was the guest Of Senator
Cameron. during his visit to Harrisburg, last
week.
Two of the Italians taken from Wards
Island to supply the places of men who left
the works of the New York Gas Company, last
week. preferred death to that kind Of indus
try. and drowned themselves. Others clam
ored to be returned to the island, to await less
exhausting employment.
The New York East Conference has ap-
pointed committee to make arrangements,
in concurrence with committees in other sec
tions of the country for the proper celebra-
ton of the one hundredth anniversary OF the
first Methodist Conference in America.
president GRANT was the guest Of Senator
Cameron during his visit to Harrisburg, last
week Two OF the Italians taken from
Wards Island to supply the places of men who
left the works of the New York Gas Company,
last week, preferred death to that kind of in
dustry. and drowned themselves. Others
clamored to be returned to the island, to await
less exhausting employment The New York
East Conference has appointed committee to
make arrangements, in concurrence with COM
mittees in other sections of the country, for
the proper celebration Of the one hundredth
anniversary of the first Methodist Conference
in America.