The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.


Five of the six students sent to this coun-
try by Japan two years ago have been re-
called, and left New York for home last
week
One theory submitted by the officers Of the
City of Washington, in the official investiga-
tion to account for the accident, is the devia-
tion of the compass One of them testified
that he had known the presence of a large in
stallment of sewing-machines in the cargo to
give the compass serious misdirection.
The Court of Errors of New Jersey has de-
cided, by vote of to l, that the lease of the
New Jersey railroad to the Pennsylvania Cen
trail for 999 years cannot be contaminated un-
der the laws of that state.
The case of Lizzie Lloyd King, alias Kate
Stoddard, who is charged with the murder of
Charles w. Goodrich, of Brooklyn, continues
to attract large share of public attention.
Crowds flock to the Jail to sec her, but very
few succeed in doing so. She is dumb on the
subject of the murder. She will not talk, ex-
cept to counsel, and for him she is writing
full statement of her case, and her history
from her childhood up to the present time
She is now 26 years of age; was born in
Plymouth, Mass, and lived there until she
was Is years of age. Her fathers name is
Isaac King. He is still alive and carries on
the trade of mason. She has one sister,
named Augusta, married. and living az Wal
bridge, Mass The family is in comfortable
circumstances. Opinion is divided in regard
TO her sanity, many believing her crazy, while
others contend that her insanity is all as
sumed
Cakes Ames will, as probated, amounts to
$5,754254
Advices from Springfield Mass, indicate
decided Improvement in the production Of
postal cards, although it is said the contractors
have not come fully up to their repeated
promises. Two Hoe presses are running day
and night, and printing from 800, 900 to 1,000,-
900 cards daily.
The first bale of cotton of this years crop
was sold in New York at SEC per pound. The
cotton was grown in Cameron county, Texas.
In the great college regatta on the Connec-
ticut river, at Springfield, Mass, on the 18th
inst both the University and Freshman races
were Won by Yale. The foot-race for the
Bennett challenge cup was won by Bowie, of
McGin (Canada) University. He made two
miles in IL minutes ISL seconds.
The Court of Inquiry into the loss Of the
steamer City of Washington, sitting at Hall
fax, has censured Capt. Phillips for Sim
prudence, and suspended him for one year.
Z. S. Mills, President of the Brooklyn Trust
Company, who was recently drowned, has
been discovered to have been defaulter to
the amount of some s25OOOO, and it is sur
missed that he committed suicide.
ba Of tha
by the dishonesty of the late President, Mr..
Mills. are now stated to be no less than $780,
600. That Mr.. Mills committed suicide seems
to be beyond doubt.
Ex-Goy. Colby, of New Hampshire, is dead
aged SO years. He was the only Wing that
ever sat in the gubernatorial chair of that
State.
The West.
Tacoma, in Washington Territory has been
chosen by the Commissioner of the Northern
Pacific as the terminus of that road.
The Industrial Congress of the United
States, composed of delegates from the vari-
Gus trades organizations, was in session III
Cleveland last week. Over one hundred men,
bers were present, representing constituency
Of $4,000 workingmen.
The State Temperance Union of Illinois
met in Jacksonville last week. Only four
teen delegates being present, the body adj
journed sine die, without transacting any
business.
A two-year-old child died in Dubuque, Iowa.
the other day, from the bite of rat.
There is great scarcity of farm laborers in
Iowa. In the northern part of the State
farmers are unable to get help enough at SO
day.
1t is reported that the Indians to the num-
Der of 5000 or 1000 are concentrating on
Powder river to dispute the further progress
of Stanley's Yellowstone expedition.
Two more Modocs-the last Of Capt Jacks
band-have been captured.
Mormon circles in Utah are greatly scandal
lied by the desertion of Brigham Young by
one Of his wives. She is his seventeenth wife,
and has left him. taking with her a large
amount of furniture and personal property |
She has retained eminent counsel and intends
to sue for divorce and generous alimony. TIE
suit may be expected to give glimpses never
before revealed of the harem-life of Salt Lake
City.
The Chicago Tribune prints crop reports |
lIom NdIlOub points III Iowa, NlbcOnbL Mill |
nesota, Kansas, and Illinois Grains of all
kinds generally promise favorably. Corn, |
which some time ago promised almost a total
failure, has vastly improved under the favora-
bic weather Of the last few weeks, and will |
yield at least an average crop in most sec
tons. Minnesota and Kansas promise an inn
mense wheat yield, and crops of all kinds are
reported good.
Mt. Vernon Ind. a town of 5000 inhabit-
ants on the Ohio river has been terribly
scourged by cholera. The mortality was
frightful, business almost entirely suspended. |
and the town fairly depopulated.
Under the new railroad rates, D. NJ. Haight
dry goods and grocery dealer of oswego. H.. |
finds it better to send his butter, eggs, ETC.. to
Chicago by team. He has, therefore, put two
teams on the road between oswego and Chi
cago, distance of forty-six miles In care
ful estimate made Of late trip by his two
teams he found that he had saved s21.
Mrs. Samuel Kesler, living near Richmond.
Ind, tho other day gave birth to ldsus