The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

ment of the Erie canal, and $500 900 for tho
Champlain canal.
dividend of 5 per cent. in cash has been
declared by the trustee and committee of the
estate of Jay Cooke & Co The trustee has
been further authorized to make final settle
ment on the basis of Is per cent. in cash and
50 per cent. in various securities held by the
bankrupt firm. In case this arrangement is
carried out, Northern Pacific will be put in
for so per cent. of the indebtedness, and will
be rated at 20 cents on the dollar.
The petition of Alice Mason Sumner, for
merly married to the late Senator Sumner, for
permission to change her name to Alice Mason,
has been granted by Judge Ames, in the Bos-
ton Probate Court.
Not discouraged by the adverse action of
Congress on the Centennial Appropriation
BILL the Commissioners announce that the
work of preparing for the exhibition as an in
ternational affair will be commenced without
delay and prosecuted diligently.
Mr. Mellish, noted New York financier,
has gone crazy over the study of his favorite
theme.
The Society Of the Army Of the Potomac
Pa. on the 18th and 18th of May. It was
largely attended.
The West.
The death il announced of Capt. Louis j.
Lull, of Chicago. He died in Missouri from
the effects of wounds received in March in a
fight with band of desperadoes whom he
was attempting to arrest.
The Western Conference of the Unitarian
Church convened at st. Louis on the 7th
inst.
The Milwaukee Sentinel publishes a report
from thirty counties in Wisconsin, giving de-
tailed accounts Of crop prospects. In the
majority of instances winter wheat is badly
damaged, and not more than half crop in the
aggregate will be realized. In some places
barley is greatly injured, and reseedmg is
necessary.
A mysterious cavern has been discovered in
the suburbs of Rock Island, H.
A bloody riot between union and non union
miners occurred at Jacksonville, Ohio, on the
9th inst, resulting in the death of James
Elderton and the mortal wounding of II. L.
Myers and John Woodward.
Powers Opera House, at Grand Rapids,
Mich, was recently destroyed by fire. Loss
about 500 0c0.
Destructive fires have been raging in the
lumber districts of Michigan.
The Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of Ohio has
just held its annul session in Cincinnati. The
Secretary reported 423 working lodges in the
State, and $4,000 working members. The
losses from all causes during the year were
$500. Cash and securities in the general
fund, 100000. Amount Of widows and
orphans fund, S12O,OOO
Tho South.
An appeal has been published for the urgent
relief of sufferers by the floods in the South
ern States, which says that over 142 600 peo-
pie have been driven from their homes and
are now with out food or shelter, and that to
furnish these with provisions alone will cost
s25, 900 day.
A representative invention of all the cot
ton exchanges in the United States has been
called by the New Orleans Exchange. with
view TO forming an organization for the col
lection of statistics, the interchange of opin-
ions on questions Of interest to the trade, and
the promoting of social intercourse between
members.
An interesting bill elating to the develop
ment Of fruit and nut. culture in the South is
now before Congress. 1t provides that where
nut-bearing trees are planted and cultivated
for five years, patents will be issued to the
extent Of forty acres for each occupant and
where orange and lemon trees are cultivated
for three years On five acres of land, patents
shall be issued for forty acres.
Bill Kelly (colored) was hung for rape at
Nashville, Tenn. on the Sth inst.
Peter c.. Fox has recovered verdict for
S35, 900 against the Louisville and Nashville !
railroad for the loss of leg.
The New Orleans committee Of relief for
the sufferers by the overflow in Louisiana have
submitted to Gov. Kellogg a report of their
work, in which they say: From the 23d of
April to the Sth of May, fifteen days we
shipped to the overlooked districts S32, ASS |
rations of breadstufTs and 353. 101 of meat, of |
which the Government shipped 1862, 1873 Of |
breadstuffs and 11S, 1915 of meat The ship
ments made III excess of the receipts from
Government were from private contributions.
We have been far from supplying the de-
mands on us. We estimate, from the best |
information We can gather, that the number
of sufferers in Louisiana alone is Sc, 500. In
Louisiana the calls are increasing as the dis
tress becomes greater from the exhaustion Of
supplies in the hands of the people at the |
time Of the overflow"
Additional crevasses in the lower MISSISSIPPI |
pi are reported. Many tributary streams have
overhowed. and the outlook for the homeless /
people in the inundated region is more cheer
less than ever.
Washington.
The House has discovered that the public |
business is very backward and a resolution
has been adopted fixing IL o'clock in the fore
noon as the hour for meeting in the future.
1t is expected that Congress will not be able to
adjourn before the middle of July
The whole number of clerks i'm the Treasury
Del artment is to be reduced about 800. The
department has issued notice to the effect
that all clerks who may voluntarily resign now
Will receive pay until June 30.
The House Committee on the Pacific rail-
ways are determined to make the companies
settle up. The committee have unanimously
agreed ON bill directing the Secretary Of the