The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-06-20

civil authorities. The Modocs were prisoners
Of war; the murders with which they were
charged were committed while they were il
arms against the United States, and took place
both in Oregon and California, raising trouble
some questions of jurisdiction between the
courts of those States.
The most remarkable game of billiards ever
contested in the United States was played IL
Chicago last week, between Mons Ubassy
the French expert, and local player named
Bessunger The game was the French OF
three ball, and Ubassy scored 500 points 70
Bessungers $40, and made an average OF
nearly eighteen, the largest on record.
Illinois Central railroad stock has fallen
since April from 100 to iii. This decline the
Wall street operators declare to DO occasioned
by the farmers movement. There is a rumor
that the stock of the road is to be increased by
an addition of $4,000, 900, making its total
stock $4,000, 900.
John f. Tracy has resigned the Presidency
of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad.
Modoc items: Judge Steele and number
of civilians visited Gen. Davis camp, few
DAYS ago, and chad talk with Capt. Jack and
his companions. Jack, the account states.
displeased at being brought forth for a
talk. The dark lines about his eyes,
which are bright and glittering, indicate
confinement and it is evident that the restric-
ton of liberty has a greater effect on him than
the suspense concerning his future fate He
said that a. his Indian heart was dead, and his
body cold" Jacks friends are terribly in
censed against those Indians that betrayed
him, and VOW they will kill them, or have them
killed, if it takes years to accomplish the job.
Gen. Davis has sent body of men to hunt up
and arrest the persons guilty of the massacre
OF the Modoc captaives. Photographs have
been taken Of Capt. Jack and the whole band
of warriors.
Mrs. Nancy Z. Glenn, the alleged murderer
of Jacob Young of Indianapolis, has been
granted a new trial by the Indiana Supreme
Court.
Advices from the troops moving into the
Sioux country indicate general engagement
dians at an early day.
Mrs. A. w. Drake of Macon county, ILL.,,
died last week, from the effects Of dose of
poison which she had prepared for her son,
and took by mistake. Before dying she made
the horrible confession that she had at differ
ent times in the last eight years, poisoned her
husband, one of her daughters, two of her
whom had died suddenly.
Prof. Watson, of Ann Arbor, announces
that he has discovered another new planet, Of
the eleventh magnitude.
Near Springfield, H., the other day, negro
named Taylor shot and killed his neighbour
Monroe Brown, also colored When the officers
attempted to arrest the murderer, he shot
himself. inhicting wound from which he died
in a few hours.
The total number of Modocs captured, in
Guiding men, women and children, is 156
Further accounts are at hand Of the torrent
which deluged Blackwood Valley in Nebraska
last month. Without moments warning the
Blackwood river became flood, and submerged
the whole valley, which is 40 miles long and
mile or a mile and half wide, under seven feet
of water. A camp of United States soldiers
WIS SNtpJ AWAY, ana IuOhe Ol TIE sOlulerb WHO
escaped saved their lives by clinging to the
branches of trees into which they were carried.
The settlers in the valley lost horses, cattle,
and all their accumulations Six Of the soldiers
aud twenty-siY horses We're drowned.
desperate fight occurred in the streets
OF Chicago a few days ago, between three
policemen and three desperate thieves whom
they were attempting to arrest. The despera-
does were all severely wounded by pistol shots
and clubbing, the officers escaping unframed.
The Chicago Times prints crop reports
from various sections of Illinois, which
presage good yield OF wheat and oats. The
corn prospect is reported as discouraging.
Two children OF William Lewis, aged re-
spectively years and months, met their
deaths at Jacksonville, ILL.,, the other day, by
the explosion of kerosene while the elder was
engaged in kindling fire with the fluid At
the time Of the accident the mother was in
sensible from liquor, and could not realize the
The father was absent at the time,
but, when informed of the accident, was in
like condition.