The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-03

The East.


Tho East.
Thomas Brown Parker, one of the wealthiest
citizens of Philadelphia, last week attempted
to murder his wife, and then committed sui
eide. Jealousy was the cause.
The Masonic fraternity of Philadelphia have
lust dedicated with imposing ceremonies their
new temple, said to be the largest and finest in
the world.
1t is stated that SIC, 900, 900 of city bonds of
the Cincinnati Southern railroad have been
negotiated in New York to German house.
A statement of assets and liabilities of the
firm of Jay Cooke d Co., of Philadelphia New
York. and Washington, has been submitted to
their creditors. The following is a summary
Liabilities, 1888, 400.
ASSETS.
Bills receivable bank, insurance, and
other stocks bonds, and real estate...s 1867 GAO
Loans to Northern Pacific Railroad Co... 3,750000
stock of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co. 800 1000
Loans TO Northern Pacific Railroad Co.,
ON bonds of company .................. 4,O6S, 2l5
Second-mortgage railroad bonds. stocks,
.................... $3.50 $50
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SIS, 966, I'll
The above exhibit of liabilities is exclusive
secured by good collaterals. The excess Of
,ollaterals upon these loans has been estimated
md included in the assets. The firm expects
soon to submit proposition for settlement
With its creditors, which it believes will be ac-
,eptabe to the latter, although it will OF
course require time in the conversion of its
.ssets
The city of Pittsburgh was thrown into an
immense state of excitement, the other day,
" the announcement that the Postmaster,
ohm Ii. Stewart, had proved defaulter to
arge amount. He was bound over in $780,
90. The defalcation amounts to about S75,-
90. The Government. it is said loses moth
lg.
A serious collision, resulting in the death OF
hree or four persons, occurred last week on
he New York Midland railroad. The accident
1as occasioned by freight conductor, whose
'atch was too slow. Wouldn't it be well for rail-
'ay officials to see to it that their employees have
orrect time-pieces This reckless slaughter
human life solely because an engineer or
onductor happens to carry worthless watch
becoming monotonous.
An examination of the affairs of the Pitts
urgh Postoffice shows that the office has been
)nducted in very loose and careless man
or.
The bodies Of Mrs. O'Mara and her daughter
ere found dead on the railway track near
ontrose Station, Pa, last week. Suspicion
)ints to the horrible fact that they were
ordered and placed there by Daniel Mara,
son and brother of the deceased.
Charles J. Riddle, one of the proprietors of
G Philadelphia Age, is dead.
The west.
St. Paul dispatch of Sept. % says: Friends
the Northern Pacific concede to-day that
poke q Co.'S failure puts stop to building
road, and that when building will be re-
med is an unanswerable question. 1t is ru-
)red that the Minneapolis Construction Com
ny holds short time acceptances of the
>rthern Pacific for about quarter of a mil |
II, being about all the profit made by the
instruction Company, and its payment is |
ought doubtful in financial and mercantile
cles. The feeling holds good, though, from
. latter class that the worst is over.
The bruisers Tom Allen and Mike McCoole
ltested prize-fght in Illinois, few miles
ove st. Louis, last week. Allen was declared
victor after the eighth round, having re-
we'd scarcely scratch. McCoole was badly
| nished.
is stated that the cholera is raging among
Russian colonists in Dakota
balloonist named John II. Boley met his
It'll in a horrible manner at Wapello, Iowa,
| week. His hot-air balloon caught fire as
eft the ground, and carried him up, uncon-
ous of the flames above him, till at the
hit of l 500 feet the ropes that supported
bar on which he was performing some gym
tic feats burned away and he fell to the
und His body was frightfully mangled,
fall driving his legs into the hard ground
to the knees.
saiah Ditts has just been arrested near
wentworth, Kansas, for murder committed
Cairo, ILL.,, seventeen years ago.
he Chicago Interstate Industrial Expo
on is proving a grand success. Notwith
lding the opening occurred at the very
yht of the financial panic, the " send-of"
ch it received exceeded the expectations of
projectors The average daily attendance
the first week was over 20, 900.
he mining town of Fair Play, Col, has
q almost totally destroyed by fire.
ev. George Randall Episcopal Bishop of
orado, New Mexico and Wyoming, died re-
lily in Denver, aged g.
)seph II. Fore, who has created two or
20 sensation in st. Louis by attempts on
life of his wife, and by killing his father
NV, caused an unusual rumpus in the Crimi-
Court, in that city, the other day, while Oh
for deadly assault upon his wife with
het Fore seized large cut-glass ink
d from the table and hurled it at his wife
great force. The missile missed its mark
struck an attorney square in the forehead,
ing an ugly cash, and nearly knocking him !,
eess. Fore was Immediately seized by ;
Marshal and others, and, after a struggle,
ng which nearly all his clothes were torn ;
he was taken from the courtroom and
restored.
le ilue Of a boiler in saw-mill near Bridge.
Mich, collapsed the other day, killing ,
DID man, and throwing a horse 800 feet.
outstanding the horse was not seriously
ed, the harness was torn from it's body.
rec suits have been begun by the United