The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-18
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
Tho East.

Tho East.
At Hackensack, N. j., last week, Frederick
Stuart was sentenced to twenty years impris-
onment in the penitentiary for horse-stealing
The 1st of November has been fixed as the
time for running the first train through the
Hoosac tunnel. Steel rails are to be laid
through the tunnel
The Boston and Athletic Baseball Clubs
have arrived home from their European tour.
James A. Coestele, Boston street broker
has been convicted of forgery in raising the
figures on stock certificates and sentenced to
eight years imprisonment in the Masssachu-
sets State Prison. His total forgeries are
estimated at over $500, 900.
A match game of billiards has been arranged
between Cooke, the English champion, and
Rudolphe, the French expert The game is
to be the three ball carom, for $4,000, and
will be played in New York in about fort
night.
1t is reported that the New York Herald
Philadelphia Ledger, and Baltimore San are
about to organize an associated press in OPP
position to the New York concern.
julius l.. Mendelssohn, who claimed to be
son of the great musical composer of that
name, was convicted in New York Of forgery,
on the 18th inst, and sentenced to five years
Imprisonment in the State Prison. He COM
mitted suicide on the following day.
Gov. Dix has refused to remove Mayor
Havemeyer
The Maine election has resulted in favor of
the Republicans by the usual majority-about
1900.
The West.
Twelve carloads Of Mennonites from Russia
passed through Chicago one day last week.
They were bound for Nebraska where an ex-
tensive colony has been located.
The command OF Gen. Miles, operating
against the Indians in Texas, came up with a
force Of about 500 Cheyennes near the head
waters OF Red river, on the 3Oth ult., and a
sharp engagement ensued, lasting five hours,
resulting in loss to the Indians Of thirty
killed and wounded.
Henry Won Phul, ninety years old, and for
sixty years prominent merchant of st. Louis
died last week.
A shocking boiler explosion occurred at
Cedar Springs, near kalamazoo, Mich, last
week. Four persons were killed and two
badly injured.
The average Of the personal property per
capita in the State of Illinois is ascertained to
be s1O503, and of all property 1886 per capita
The county having the largest average is Ogle,
which has Sl9l.0 Of personal property, and
$7OO.90 of all kinds per capita. The lowest
average is Pulaski county, which has S2727
personal, and Jefferson county which has but
7740 all kinds of property. Cook county
L..
erty per capita, and $449.SS of all kinds of
property.
Prof. Winchell State Geologist Of Mime
sota who accompanied the Custer expedition
to the Black Hills, has made an official report,
in which, after mentioning the fact that
gypsum, variegated marble and other minerals
were found in the hills, says There may be
found also other products of the granite
rocks. Indeed, the miners that accompanied
the expedition report the finding of gold and
silver in some of the gulches in the south
eastern portion.of the hills though L saw none
Of the gold, nor did 1 see any eff the aurifer-
Gus quartz. l have taken the gold reports
with lai ge grain of allowance" Prof. Don
aldson, who also accompanied the expedition,
entirely comedies with Prof. Winchell on
the gold question.
Gen. Clusters final official report to Gen.
Terry recaptulates his former statements.
and takes strong ground in favor of the i'm
mediate opening of the Black Hills, for mill
tary reasons. He indorses the report of gold
discoveries and suggests further explorations
next season.
The Indians in Nebraska are numbering the
defenseless settlers in the western part of
the State and burning their homes and run
ming off the stock
The Indian Agent at the Ponca reserva-
ton, Dakota Territory, states that few days
since party of Indians arrived from Spotted
Tails Agency, near the head Of White river,
and brought report that white men were
coming into the Black Hills in large numbers
from Montana and other Territories west.
Tho South
The yellow fever has already appeared at
several Gulf ports, and the Secretary of the
Treasury has issued circular directing the
quarantining of all infected ports under the
provisions of the law of 1871. There is said
to be good cause for apprehension as to the
spread of the disease.
The Health officer at Galveston. Texas, an
nounces that there has not been a single case
Of yellow fever, or any other disease simulat-
ing yellow fever, in Galveston during the
year 1874. The same is true of all the Gulf
ports Of the State Of Texas.
Seven of the Gibson county (Tenn.) butch
have been arrested by United States
troops and confined in the Memphis Jail.
The New Orleans police have recently seized
large number of cases of arms shipped to
that city from New York, on suspicion of their
being intended to arm the White League
clubs
The September returns of the Department
of Agriculture show very heavy decline in
the prospects of the cotton crop in all the
States except Virginia, where it about holds
it's own.
union Of former Confederate and Federal
Officers has been effected in Mississippi. The
society is to be known as the "Order Of the
Blue and Gray"
Eight ironclads were sold at New Orleans
last week by the Government. The original