The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-04-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

York have been visited by serious Hoods, in
volying great destruction of property, and, in
some cases, of human life. At Rochester an
incident of the overflow resulted in a sad
calamity. A largo number of persons were
standing on an unfinished wall by the side of
the river watching the rise of the waters,
when the wall was swept away, and ten or fif-
teen persons precipitated into the stream.
Several of them were carried over the falls
and drowned.
The election in Connecticut resulted in the
success of Ingersoll, the Democratic candidate
for Governor, by majority Of 5000 votes,
over the Republican and Prohibition candi-
dates. The Congressional delegation stands
exactly as in the last Congress, namely: First
District Hawley (Rep); Second, Kellogg
Rep.); Third, Starkweather Rep,); Fourth,
Barnum Oem.); while the Democrats have
majority in the Legislature.
Peter Gilsey, the largest real estate dealer
in New York. is dead.
A building in course of construction at Mid
dletown, Ct., fell the other day. killing six
workmen and injuring twelve others.
Frederick A. Lane, of Erie notoriety, and
well-known Wall street operator, has been
ANONYMOUSLY expelled from the New York
Century Club for dishonest practices
The New York striking gas men had sharp
conflict with the police the other day, in which
the former were put to rout, many of them
with broken heads and belabored bodies.
One hundred skilled English farmers, bound
for Minnesota, arrived at New York last week.
The insurance on Horace Greeleys life,
800, 900, has been collected. This policy is
the largest paid in the last decade.
The strike of the New York gas men has
proved failure.
John Hanley, the youthful hero Of the At
lantic disaster, visited the New York Stock Ex-
change the other day, and received 1898.
While the English detectives now in New
York, engaged IN the Bank of England forgery
case, were seeing the city the other night, one
of them was robbed of his watch and pocket
book and papers for the extradition of Bid
well, of Havana. The papers were returned.
The Goodrich murder, in Brooklyn, still re-
mains profound mystery and it is believed
the author of the crime will never be dis
covered.
Two cotton mills belonging to the Dwight
Manufacturing Company, at Chicopee, Mass,
have been destroyed by fire. Loss, upward of
a million dollars.
The Government has brought suit against
Cakes Ames for $685. 600, said to be due on an
old cotton transaction during the war.
The West.
Died, recently, at Aurora, H., Mrs. Knapp,
aged 1O1 years. Could read the newspapers
L., 81
death.
Brigham Young told the Mormon Confer
ence at Salt Lake that he was getting old. and
wanted young man to carry out the work he
had commenced. He has retired generally
from business, spiritual and commercial, and
it is said he will join tho new Mormon colony
in Arizona.
Twelve hundred Logs. two hundred cattle,
and large number Of sheep were smothered
to death on a train between Chicago and Pitts
burgh, few days ago. Nearly every train
that arrives at the East Liberty yards is said
to contain more or less stock smothered.
Chicago has been honored by visit from
the world-famous Boss Tweed.
Thirty-fve of the survivors of the Inflated
Atlantic have arrived in Chicago.
1t is said that the Mornons are preparing to
leave Utah and settle in Arizona. Brigham
Young will lead them and the new colony will
be located in the valleys bordering on the San
Francisco Mountains. From this last Mormon
paradise all Gentles will be excluded.
The Kiowa, Cheyenne and Arapahoe In
dams are preparing for war, and the forts in
Western Kansas and south of that section arc
being reinforced
Charles Sanguinet, the oldest native inhab-
liant Of st. Louis, has just died. He was born
in that city in 1881.
A bill is before the Illinois Legislature appro-
priating $50 900 to finish the partially COM
pleted monument to Stephen A. Douglas, in
Chicago.
At Chicago, last week, Antonio Alders killed
his brother by stabbing him with a pocket
knife. AS usual, liquor was the incentive to
the unnatural crime.
The Modocs tried to induce Gen. Candy to
let them stay in the lava-bed, but, as he says
in his dispatch to Gen. Sherman, this meant
license to plumber and a stronghold to retreat
to- and was refused. They ask now that they
be allowed to pick out place for themselves
If they would do this in good faith, all trouble
would be over, but Gen. Candy fears they are
insincere in this as in their former proposals.
Jesse Applegate, late one of the Indian Peace
Commissioners, authorizes the statement that
the band Of Modocs numbers just ffty-three
Indians.
A fire in Detroit, last week, destroyed the
Offices of the Detroit Tribune, Commercial Ad-
vertiser, Michigan Farmer, and Calvert Lith-
ographing Company. Total loss about
S125.000.
Chicago has made another move in the in
terest of law and order. Her Common Coun-
Gil has decided, by vote of two to one. that
liquor saloons must be closed at half-past
eleven o'clock at night.
A party Of four Nebraska drovers we're re-
Gently robbed in n Chicago hotel of money and
papers valued at $40, 700.
Washington.
The rush of travel to Europe is extraordi-
nary, JUG glng from the applications made to
the state Department for passports. which ex-
coed IN number those granted for anv CORE
spending period. They average about 100 per
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