The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


entire business part of the village Of Ovid,
N Y, have been burned. The loss il
$4,000.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is lecturing in
New England on Compulsory Education y
and other subjects. Reports says his au-
diences are slim and lacking in enthusiasm.
DIR. A. G. Murdoch, prominent citizen of
Pittsburgh, was found dead last week, under
circumstances indicating suicide.
The Excelsior Salt Mill, at Syracuse, N. Y,
was destroyed by fire last week.. Loss 1885,
900.
Demas Barnes, Of the Brooklyn Argus, has
been indicted for publishing libels on Henry
@. Bowen. This is another suit growing out
OF the recent scandal.
1t was the fortune of Beecher and Moulton
to be guests Of the same hotel in Boston re-
Gently.
The New York Herald is asserted to have
determined to reduce it's daily to three cents
on the 1st of January, and the other papers
will be compelled to do the same.
The Wost.
The reunion of the Army Of the Tennessee
was held at Springfield H. on the 18th of
October. Gen. Sherman presided, and Gen.
John Tillson read poem. The monument to
President Lincoln was unveiled on the 18th
with appropriate ceremonies. Among the
distinguished gentlemen who attended were
Gen. Grant, Vice President Wilson, Secretary
Belknap, Gems Mcdowell, Custer, Hedrick,
Force, etc.
The firm Of E. S. Edger d Co., grain dealers
and millers, of Burlington, Iowa, has suspend
ed; liabilities, 100000.
The Governor of Pennsylvania has issued
warrants for the execution of William Z. I'd
derzook, Daniel O'Mara and Patrick Irwin on
Nov II.
Aman named Agnew, supposed to be from
Columbus, committed suicide at Mount
Vernon, Ohio, last week, by hanging himself
to a railroad bridge.
The cattle men at Jacksonville, ILL.,, are or
ganizing a committee composed Of the noted
cattle kings Of Illinois, Missouri and Kansas,
to confer with the officers OF the Chicago and
Alton railroad with reference 20 making that
city the grand resting place for stock shipped
over that road.
A party Of seven men from Yankton ID. t.
en- route for the Black Hills, were attacked
by band Of Sioux at the mouth Of the Little
Platte river, and in the conflict which ensued
one Of the party was killed and one MORALLY
wounded. The survivors retreated to YGnk-
ton, in badly crippled condition. Appre-
tensions are felt for the safety Of a party of
twenty-seven who left Sioux City for the
Black Hills and who intended to travel in the
track of the Yankton party. The Indians are
understood to express determination to
xr-I,fE Al.
hazards.
A passenger train on the Marietta and Gin
cinnati railroad was thrown from the track
near Chillcothe, Ohio last week, resulting
i'll the killing of Samuel Purdue and Joseph
Parent, the engineer and fireman.
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In July last there arrived in this country
the duly commissioned representative Of
European capitalists, holding upward Of
$780, ZOO, 900 Of bonds OF the Southern States
and he was armed with the power to effect
with such States a settlement Of their in
debtedness. This agent, who is now in New
Orleans, has effected settlements with the
following States, in the sums here given
Virginia, $4,000, 0O0 South Carolina &c.
100000; North Carolina, $4,000, 900 Ala
bama, $4,000, COO; Arkansas, entire debt,
$780, 900; total, $75 SOC, 900. The IS, 900, 900
of fraudulent debt Of South Carolina has not
been settled.
The cotton crop in Tennessee has been Sc
verely damaged by the early frosts.
The United States Marshal at Montgomery,
Ala, telsgraphs to Attorney General
Williams that he has arrested forty-fve more
persons charged with committing 0utrages
upon Republicans.
A convention Of White Leaguers at Frank
lin, La, recently passed resolutions recog-
nizing all the political and civil rights of the
colored people, and inviting their cooperation
in the election Of a fusion ticket, the blacks
TO nominate candidates for one-half Of the
parish Offices.
Fifteen OF the Coushatta O4a) murderers
have been arrested and taken to Kew Orleans
for trial.
Washington.
The organization OF the Bureau Of Internal
Revenue ia working so we'll that no recon-
mendation will be made by Congress for its
amendment.
Ex-senator Cattell, who has been appointed
Special Treasury Agent to negotiate the new
loan, will be assigned to duty in London.
The resignation of Richard W. Busted
United States Judge for Alabama, has been
received and accepted by the President.
The internal revenue receipts for the fiscal
year promise to exceed those Of last year by
about two million dollars.
A few days ago the employees in the Patent
Cffice presented Gen. Leggett, Commissioner
of Patents, with handsome silver tea service,
inasmuch as he contemplated resigning at the
end Of the month. 1t now turns out that the
action of tho clerks in presenting this service
and the acceptance OF it is in direct violation
of a law'passed some years since, and much
excitement prevails in consequence.
The constitutionaty of the Enforcement
act is to be argued before and decided by the
Supreme Court at the present term There
are two cases pending involving this point.
The first Is as to the applicability of the Four
teenth amendmentto the civil right of citizens.
and the second is the applicability of the En-
forcement act to municipal elections, which
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