The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-24


In Maysville, Ky, recently, Miss Julia
Kerrs, adopted daughter of A. B. Cochran,
was found dead in her bed with bottle of
chloroform lying on her breast She had
been suffering from severe headache
and it is supposed she took the chloroform to
alleviate the pain and was stupiiied beyond
power to remove the bottle. young lady
who was sleeping with her was 30 much over
come by the fumes that it was difficult TO
arouse her.
George Simpson, planter, residing fifteen
miles from Shreveport, La, WAS murdered by
negro on July Is. Mr.. simpson, aged about
! 20, was alone and asleep when the negro
slipped into the house, and, seizing Simpsons
gun, shot him dead. The negro was pursued
and captured. and when within six miles of
the city was taken from the captors and killed
Washington.
Advices from London state that Mr.. Moran
declines the appointment of Third Assistant
Secretary of State
1t is understood that Secretary Bristow con-
templates abolishing the secret-service corps
of the Treasury Department, and will look
hereafter TO the various United States Dis
trict Attorneys throughout the country to
detect arrest, and punish counterfeiters OF
United States currency.
The United States, after all, will make the
first payment, under the treaty of Washing
ton, to British subjects, whose claims were
adjudicated by the mixed commission pro-
vided by that treaty. Congress, at its last
session, appropriated Il, 900, coo for that pur-
pose, and the money is now ready for the
claimants who were successful against the
United States.
The new Board of Indian Peace Commits
sioners met at Washington on the 18th inst
There were present Messrs Sibley, Fisk,
Long, Roberts and Smith. Messrs. Butler
and Turney were absent, and there are three
vacancies not yet filled. An organization
was effected by the election of Mr. Fisk az
chairman and Mr.. Smith Secretary. An
executive committee was chosen, consisting
of Messrs. Smith, Roberts and Butler; and a
purchasing committee, consisting of Messrs
Sibley, Butler, Turney and Long.
The effect of the reduction OF rates on
package envelopes from 18 to cents is
shown in the increase Of sales. During the
last quarter of the fiscal year there were
1920, 600 issued while the number issued for
the entire year ending June 30, 1873, was
but 2,2O3, O0O During the year ending June
80, 1874, there were 13S, 8l5, 500 stamped en-
velopes sold by the Postofice Department
through Postmasters, being an increase over
the preceding year of about 600. 600.
The balance in the Treasury Department,
July 90 at the close Of business, was, III cur
rency $136O6, 779; in coin, 50, 76S, 337. The
receipts from all sources since Juno had
been $14, SOC, 900, while the disbursements
during the came period amounted to over
$1,000, 600.
Gen. Sherman, in late conversation, said
that, in his opinion, the Indian problem could
not be satisfactorily settled until the whole
matter was placed under the control of the
War Department If the troops had the
proper authority to follow the marauding In
dians on their reservations, and summarily
punish them, it would go far toward quelling
these annual outbreaks. He was asked - if
Clusters command would be recalled from the
Black Hills expedition in case general out
break along the frontier occurred?' He re-
piled that it would not. He would not say
what would be his course in case of such an
outbreak.
Political.
The Indiana Democrats have placed the
following ticket in the field For Secretary
of State, j. L. Neff of Randolph County !;
Auditor Of State, T.. Henderson, Of Morgon
County Treasurer, b. G.. Shaw of Marian
County Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton, j. H. Smart, of Allen County Attorney
General, c. A. Buskirk Of Gibson County
Judge of the Supreme Court Horace p. Bid
die, of Cas- County. Messrs Henderson and
Biddle are also nominated on the Farmers
ticket.
Z. n. Gates Anti Monopolist Of the Sixth
: Iowa District, ard II. o. Pratt, Republican
of the Fourth have been nominated for Con-
gress.
The Republicans Of the First Congressional
District of Minnesota have nominated NJ. II.
Dunnell for reelection.
General.
The shore end of the new Atlantic cable
was successfully landed July Is, at Rye Beach,
n. II. The cable of 1866 has also been placed
in working order.
An Escanaba (Mich.) dispatch of July 20
says: THE miners at the various iron
mines in the Ishpeming district, Lake Su-
perior, inaugurated strike for higher wages
this morning, and to. night work is COM
pletely suspended in these mines. A rumor
that ore was in better demand and command
ing higher price was the cause OF the move
ment, but as there are few mines that have
unfinished contracts and many more that are
anxious for some opportunity to close down
for while, it is thought no great effort will
be made to retain the men or prevent them
from striking"
A special to the st. Louis Republican from
Carthage, Jasper county, Mo-, gives an ac-
count of the blowing up and burning of the
lead smelling furnace of S. Picher, near
Johlin, Mo-, by mob of enraged miners, who
thus sought revenge for some fanced wrong
in connection with the royalty on black jack,
which royalty had been raised by the pro-
pretor of the furnace.
The four great trunk lines leading from
New York to the West-the New York Central