The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.



Knickebocker Magazine during its existence,
died in New York last week, aged 63.
The ramor that Tom Scott, the railroad king,
had failed, is Indignantly denied by that gentle
man.
The mother of the late Edwin NJ. Stanton is
dead, aged So
Nine fishermen were drowned from sail
boat in the st. Lawrence river, on the 9Th inst.
Harrisburg has been visited by destructive
fire. The State Journal office, with several
other establishments, were burned. Total loss
about $4,000.
Gold in New York was down to 1865 last
week-the lowest point since 1862.
Several large Boston dry goods houses are
seriously embarrassed,
Bankruptcy proceedings against Jay Cooke *
Co. have been commenced in the Philadelphia
courts.
There are in New York 40, 900 people COM
pulsorily idle-people who would be glad to
work and earn food, clothing, Goals and
shelter. So says the New York Herald.
The creditors of A. & W. Sprague have ac-
cepted the proposition of the firm for an ex-
tension and the affairs of the immense cor
poration are now in the hands of three
trustees.
Center. the Stokes juror who, while the case
was pending, made practice of rambling
about the city nights in the care of Deputy
Sheriff, visiting dram-shops and talking pretty
freely about the case has been sentenced to
thirty days Imprisonment and to pay fine of
$780,
Laura Keene the famous actress, died in
New York last week, at an advanced age.
A man named Wade was hung for murder at
Williamsport, Pa, on Friday, the 9Th inst.
The telegraph thus records how the wicked
wretch met his death: The rope being too
long, his feet struck squarely on the ground.
In this position he remained, shouting, "Oh
Lord have mercy" The rope came eff his
neck. and his body fell over heavily on the
ground. He was carried upon the scaffold,
and after long delay in arranging the rope,
the drop was again pulled He fell this time
less than three feet. His pulse continued to
beat for seven minutes. After hanging twen-
ty-seven minutes he was placed in a coffin
and taken charge of by his friends. Many
pieces of the rope were cut off and carried
away as relics by the spectators. Wade told
his jailer to "hurry up, as he had an appoint |
ment to dine with the devil at g" He said |
the only thing troubling him was ''whOther
the people whom he had murdered are in |
heaven or hell"
Upward of 30 900 workmen have been thrown
out of employment in Philadelphia alone.
Grange has been established in Elizabeth,
N. j.
At meeting of the Pennsylvania Railroad |
Directors, the other day. five per cent. scrip
T. IL
clared Tom Scott, vice-Presdent rendered
his resignation, but it was not accepted.
The strike of the brcklayers in New York
has seriously embarrassed building opera
tions.
Six hundred men were discharged from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard last week.
The trial Of the man Undertook, at West
Chester, Pa, has resulted in verdict Of guilty
of murder in the first degree. 1t will be re-
membered that this is the case where a man
was murdered to secure the large sum for
which his life was insured, the circumstances
constituting criminal romance that the most
daring writer's of fiction have scarcely sur
passed. The evidence against the accused
was purely circumstantial.
A horrible double tragedy was enacted at
Monongahela City, Pa, few days ago. An
old man named John Clemens made will dis
inheriting his son James, which 80 enraged
the young man that he went to a butcher
shop, obtained knife and murdered his aged
father, completely disemboweling him. The
parricide then plunged the knife into his own
breast. severing his heart in twain.
The Kelsey mystery continues to agitate the
people of Long Island n. Y. The grand jury ]
has indicted number of persons for the
murder of Kelsey, and some of them are in
prison, bail being refused. ]
A fire at Springfield, Mass, on the 10th 1
inst, destroyed s23OO0O worth of railroad ,
property. {
Boston has been celebrating the anniversary i
of it's great fire. Much of the destroyed
part Of the city has been substantially re-
built.
Bettershall & Co., heavy tea merchants OF
New York, have failed.
Jay Cooke & Co. have made proposition to
pay their creditors Is per cent. in money and
the remainder in Pacific railroad bonds. &
Tom Scott declares that no more bills of the
Texas and Pacific Construction Company will
be allowed TO go to protest.
The west.
The total vote in Chicago for Mayor, at the
recent election, was AZ, 9l1, against 1853 for
President last year, and $500 for President
in 1868.
The house of Henry Metz, of Eden, La
Sale county, H., was burned few days ago,
together with two children
John Luster, of Bloomington, ILL.,, ran
rusty nail into his foot, and died in three I
weeks of lockjaw.
Seven prisoners in the Fulton county (Ill.) !
Jail escaped the other day by boring through
the ceiling Of stone cell. G
Three heavy mercantile firms in Ottumwa, 9
Iowa, have failed. The broken firms are S. /
b. Fuller. Richard Shea and J. H. Schwoom. s
The Illinois Railroad Commissioners have a
determined to prosecute the Chicago and 1
Northwestern and Illinois Central railroads Q
for extortionate charges
The lumber interest has not escaped the
effects Of the panic. Advices from the Min i
Desota lumber regions state that the mill I
owners will apnd laaa than o,,o - ,,a,,oI