The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
The East.

Serious forest fires are reported in Western
New York. The village Of Walcott, Jefferson
county, has been burned, and other towns are
threatened.
A furious tornado passed over the northwest
ern part of Philadelphia on Wednesday last
causing great destruction Of property.
Notice of trial of the 100000 libel suit OF
Theodore Tilton against the Brooklyn Eagle
and Thomas. Kinsella has been entered i'll the
Brooklyn City Court, for the September term
Archibald Baxter & Co.. grain and commits
sion merchants, New York. have failed. Their
liabilities are stated at 100000.
The villages of Western Massachusetts which
80 severely suffered by the fearful flood oc-
casioned by the breaking of the Williamsburg
reservoir, May Is, 1874, have again been
similarly visited, though this time there has
been no loss Of life, and the damage is incon-
siderable compared with last years. A few
nights since the dam of the searsville reservoir
ON the western Goshen branch Of Mill river
was swept away, causing wild panic in the vii
lagos below the inhabitants fleeing pell-mell to
the hills. Several bridges were swept away,
and the damage to property will amount to
many thousand dollars.
Horace Binney, the Oldest and most promi-
nent member of the Philadelphia bar, died a
few days ago, at the age Of 81 years.
A Boston dispatch says 1.-The excitement
about the sea serpent and his alleged appear
ance hereabouts increases. Capt Howes, of
the steamer William Lawrence, from Norfolk,
for this port, says that he this afternoon of
Cape Cod light, some sort of algigantic marine
animal. 1t projected its head and neck and
part of its back out Of the water and seemed
TO be black on the back and white on the breast.
and as the portion visible was at least twelve
feet, the animal must have been some near re-
tation to the sea serpent"
The Northern Pacific Railroad, with all its
franchises. including the franchise to be a
Company, and all the property except the lands
which have been patented, was sold at New
York, the other day, under decree Of court
for the nominal sum Of S100,000 1t was
bought by the Committee representing the
bondholders, who have assented to the plan
of reorganization.
A statement Of the affairs of Duncan, Sher-
l2S, while their assets are considerably less
than half that amount, namely, e, 112, 74O.
On the closing dag of the Rochester races
the little mare Lula, in the free-for-all race
made the three fastest consecutive heats Oh
record, viz 2:1616, 21515 and 2:i7, winning
the race against Goldsmith Maid and American
Girl.
Three boys were drowned at Buffalo, n. Y,
on the 14th inst, while bathing.
Three men, named James Grogan, William
Horton and Henry Martin were drowned al
Passaic Falls, n. j., by the upsetting of boat
A grand international pedestrian tournament
is to be held in New York in October.
Edwin Booth the tragedian, was recently
thrown from his carriage, by the team taking
fright and running away, and received serious
injuries. The accident occurred at his coun.
try residence in Connecticut.
Fortunately, the accident to Edwin Booth,
the tragedian, which was at first thought to be
fatal, turns out to be but slight. He sustained
fracture of one rib and the left elbow bone,
and in few weeks will probably be able to re-
sumo his place upon the stage.
The west.
A dispatch from Salt Lake, Utah, says con-
siderable excitement is prevailing in the neigh
borhood of Corrinne growing out Of the
demonstrations of large body of Indians
camped near there. Nearly 1000 of them were
recently baptized into the Mormon church.
They have supplied themselves with ammuni-
ton and guns, and have sent all their squaws
away and have made threats of driving the
Gentiles from the west side of Bear river,
which, they claim, has been granted to them by
the Mormons for reservation.
The crop of oats, rye, barley and wheat in
Northern Wisconsin is simply immense. Farm
ers are now in the midst of the harvest, and the
yield, it is said, will exceed that of any pre-
vious year in the history of the State.
Advices from the regions Of the recent floods
in Southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio indicate
that the aggregate loss and damage to crops
will not be nearly as great as WIS at first re-
ported. The serious losses are confined to the
rivers and streams, along which much destruc-
ton was caused by overflow.
A good deal Of trouble is apprehended in the
sions of miners into the reservation Of the
Sioux. The military is powerless to prevent
the entrance of gold-seekers into the coveted
country, and cannot even drive out those who
are already there. The Sioux are becoming
restless, and manifest a warlike disposition,
but are held in check by the hope that the COM
ing conference will result in an agreement for
the sae of the territory.
Later advices from Corinne, Utah, state that
the Indians that threatened the town have gone
back to their reservations, and no further
trouble is anticipated.
Fort Sully telegram says the Indian Com
mission which have been holding councils with
different tribes Of Sioux in that vicinity for the
past two weeks regard their efforts as very sue
cessful. All the northern tribes will be repre-
scented at Red Cloud, where a grand council is
10 be held September /.
During the recent high water in the Ohio
rver the levee at Shawneetown, ILL.,, gave way
and the whole town was flooded with eight feet
of water causing immense damage to property.
Fortunately the people received timely warning
of the impending disaster, and by fleeing to the
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