The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-21
The west.

In the three-ball billiard tournament at Chi
cago, the other day, Maurice DAILY, of New
York, made the unprecedented run Of 155
points.
Two negroes are under sentence of death
for murder at Du Quoin, Ill.
The Chicago Tribune of the 18th inst,
sums up the effect of the financial disturbance
on the business interests Of that city. The
railroads. it states, have not felt the increase
Of business they expected from the foreign
demand for grain, and if the price Of wheat
continues to fall, will be in bad condition, as
their earnings will be small, and it is impossi-
BILE to borrow any more money abroad. The
banks are still doing business carefully, and
look upon the news Of financial distress in
England as an additional warning. Provisions,
dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, and fur
niture are all reported to be selling slowly and
at reduced prices. The jewelry and book
business have suffered severely. Manufac-
turing Of all kinds is restricted there as in
every part of the country, and the working
men are proportienately distressed.
Hon. William McGalliard member of the
Illinois Legislature, recently committed sui
eide by shooting himself. Cause, unrequited
love.
dispatch from Victoria, British Columbia,
says "The steamer California arrived to-
night from Stka, Alaska Territory, and con-
firms the new and recent discovery of rich
gold fields in Cassian county. She brought
down twelve miners and $15, 900 in dust. The
excitement is intense. One party took, out
S197 in eight hours rocking"
Capt Brown, of the Fifth Cavalry, recently
went on scout in the Tonic Basin country, of
Arizona, and killed forty-six Apaches.
The reported arrest of two of tho Iowa train
robbers in Kansas was a hoax.
An ARRAY between soldiers and citizens in
Bismarck, MINI on the 18th inst, resulted in
the killing of one soldier and one citizen.
The gale on the night of Nov. IL was the
most fearful ever experienced on Lake Michi-
gan. Many vessels were wrecked and number
of lives lost
The Chicago Times of the 14th inst. pub
fishes advices from the principal manufacture
ing. points in Illinois and the contiguous
States, from which it appears that the reduc-
ton Of the businass as whole is less than 20
per cent. In some cases, this shrinkage takes
the form Of running the establishments on
less time in others, in diminishing the num-
Der of employees, and in others, in the reduc-
ton of wages. 1t is very flattering exhibit
as compared with the condition of affairs in
the Eastern States, and affords gratifying
evidence of the stability of manufacturing in
terests in the West
Col. Thomas A. Marshall, one of the most
prominent men Of Illinois, died last week at
his home in Centrala.
The United States Circuit Court at In
dianapolis, has decided that railroads are an
swerable for damages sustained by persons
riding on free passes, the same as other pas
sengers.
The great four-mile race at San Francisco,
for purse Of $4,000, was won by the Cali
fornia horse Thad Stevens.
The remnant Of the Modocs passed through
Omaha last week, en- rodte to the Indian Ter
ritory.
Judge McAllister has resigned his seat on
the Illinois Supreme Bench to accept the APP