The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-08-14

The East

Boston hallway company ON the otn lhst.,
destroying property valued at 100000. H.
sured for the full amount.
The New York Sun says, Wall street is be-
ing patroled by a large number Of detectives
than at any other time since the Gray forger-
les, which cost Wall street $685. The ex-
listing stagnaton of trade, causes a great
many men to be ont of employment and they
are ready for almost any deed OF desperation.
The failure of Sutton & Co., of New York,
publishers OF the Aldine an illustrated jour
nal is announced.
"A dispatch from New York states that
Tweed is to have new trial at the next gem
eral term in October.
On the 9Th inst, a fire in Philadelphia de-
stroyed the Columbia avenue mills. Loss
S22, 900.
Goldsmith Maid beat her own time at Buff
falo on the eth, making mile in 2:15l.
Tho West.
terrible accident occurred at Dausmen II
Drummond's Tobacco Factory at Alton, ILL.,,
on the 4th inst, by the falling of the elevator
resulting in the death of VIM Detz and dan
gerous wounding of five other workmen, who
story.
On the night of the 4th inst, at st. Paul.
Mimi, man named Barney Lamb was killed
by Cooper Kelley, who run short sword
through his body five times.
An impo rtant council Of Western railroad
managers was held in Chicago on the 4th inst
After considerable discussion it was resolved
to restore ante-panc rates for the transporta-
tion Of grain from the interior to Chicago
This is an increase Of from ten to twenty
five per cent. over the rates at present exist
ing
At o'clock on the morning Of the 9Th inst.
the steamer Pat Rogers was burned to the
waters edge in the Ohio river, near Aurora
Ind. Fourteen lives were lost and large
number Of persons injured. The Rogers was
new boat, built at Cincinnati for the Louis
vile Mail Line Company, for use on the Ohio
river.
Adyices from St. Paul, Mimi, say that the
cowardly and heartless fight of Ossan E.
Dodge, leaving his wife behind him, after the
gross deception practiced upon her to get her
property into his hands, is meeting with uni
versal condemnation in that locality. 1t is
Europe as correspondent Of the New York
Herald.
All the railroads terminating at Cincinnati
and Chicago have formed combination, agree
ing to enter into pool arrangement on all
through traffic.
Judge Blodgett, hf the United States Cir
cult Court, in session at Chicago. has decided
that an insurance company is not liable for
risks where the party holding the policy COM
mits suicide, even though he Cor she) be in
sane at the time of the act
The number of lives lost by the burning of
the steamer Pat Rogers on the Ohio river on
the 9th inst. is even greater than was sup
posed. The number il now ascertained to be
about %.
The July statement Of the State Treasurer
Of Illinois shows receipts for the month to be
$3.50, 76S OF, and disbursements for the same
period to be S254, 667.S0.
dispatch from Springfield, H., reports
that the wheat crop in Sangamon county
realizes the most magnificent anticipations.
gentleman who has travelled extensively
in Kansas and Missouri reports that the crops
in some localities will be almost an entire
Southwestern Kansas for 81 25 per bushel.
The hardware firm of E. Buckley & Co.,
Manistee Mich, made an assignment on the
9TH inst. for the benefit of their creditors.
Ida Buckley, an inmate of Roger Plants
notorious dance house, st. Louis, was killed
on the morning of the 9Th, on the Clayton
road leading from St. Louis. The murderers
are still at large.
George H. Richardson, city editor Of the
Daily Courier of East Saginaw Mich, COM
mitted suicide on the 9TH. He was also
special reporter for the Chicago Times.
News from Omaha, Neb., relative to the
Black Hills expedition, reports the men in
good condition and the Indians badly demon
allied, 81 more having died from wounds re-
ceived from Capt. Bates command.
The Chicago Tribune of the 10th inst saws
Reports of the condition of .the corn and
oats crops in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas are
published elsewhere and reveal curious
difference by States. Corn and oats in Hi
nois will be two-thirds and in Iowa very
full crop. -Four points in Kansas, widely
separated, report that corn in that State will
be a total failure, and oats from two-thirds to
one-half of the average yield These returns
are, perhaps as valuable as any that have yet
been published; the coincidence in those
from each State indicate that they are en-
tirely trustworthy.
A number Of prominent insurance compa-
MES have withdrawn their agencies from Chi
eago, and will hereafter write no more policies
on Chicago property.
Information from Fort Laramie says that
the Sioux Indians report that the Arapahoes
and Cheyennes are getting ready for war.
Many Sioux will go with them should this be
true. The military are very active, but the
movements are kept as quiet az possible that
the Indians may not be informed thereof
through renegade whites and alf-breeds.
Right Rev. Henry j. Whitehouse, Episcopal
Bishop OF Illinois, died at his residence in
Chicago on the 10th inst, in the I'D year of
his age. His death was caused by paralytio
stroAe, superinduced by overwork.
Tho South.
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