The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-12-03
NEWS OF The WEEK.


William b. Aston, one OF the richest men IN
he United States, died in New York last week.
He was the Oldest son Of John Jacob Astor
who died in 1S4S, and who left the bulk OF
his immense fortune to him. The father ac-
cumulated his fortune in the fur business,
and the son has increased the portion left to
him by rentals from improved real estate in
New York city, Tho deceased owned 5000
houses in the city of New York. and his fortune
is estimated at $50, 900, 900 to S75,000000. He
leaves two sons, who are in active business in
New York.
Another heavy New York tea house-that OF
Bass q Clark-has gone to the wall.
Mrs. Charlotte Chew and her daughter Laura,
were burned to death at Camden N. J., the
other day, by the explosion OF kerosene
lamp.
A shocking murder is reported fro m Pitts
burgh. woman employed in public hospital,
went into the room of lunatic named Hile, to
clean it. He seized and choked her until she
was insensble, and then drove the small end
of broomstick into her brain.
Plymouth Church has acceded to Mrs. Moul-
tons proposition to submit her complaints to a
mutual council of the Congregational churches
of New York and Brooklyn.
Another New York murderer has escaped the
hangman's moose by the insanity dodge. John
Scannell, for the murder of Thomas Donahue
has just been tried the third time-the two
previous trials having resulted in disagree
ment of the jury-and acquitted on the ground
OF insanity The murder was a cold blooded
and premedtated one, and the presiding Judge
expressed much indignation at the verdict.
An immense rubber shoe factory at Maiden,
Mass, was burned last Monday. Loss, 5000,
600.
The house of Albert Wood, at Pony Hollow,
near Elmira, N Y, was burned last week, and
his wife and three children persisted i'll the
ames.
The west.
There was stored in Chicago elevators on the
oath inst, /, 126, 1877 bushels of wheat; 645,S19
bushels of corn; 372 ZIG bushels of oats; 139 997
bushels of rye, and 262, 4S1 bushels of barley
making grand total of 2547, 80 bushels,
against 1882 276 bushels at the same period
last year.
Barry Sullivan, the world-renowned TRACE
dian, commences an engagement at McVicker 3
Theater, Chicago, Nov. 20. This is the first
time in nearly twenty years that this great
actor has visited the United States. The East
ern cities are lavish in their praise of his act
ing, particularly his renditions of Hamlet,
Richard Ill, and other Shakespearean char
acters.
An old man named Frederick Happel, living
near Fort Wayne, Ind, recently murdered his
wife by shooting her with rifle. He then re-
loaded the weapon and ended his OWL life by
putting bullet through his head.
youthful trapeze performer was fatally in
iured while performing in Cleveland theater,
few days ago, by falling from the trapeze to
stage.
Chicago was the scene of a cold-blooded and
unprovoked murder on Thanksgiving. Day. The
victim was Mr.. Charles Whyland, one of the
best-known restaurateurs in the city, and one
of the proprietors of the st. Elmo Restaurant,
attached to Kuhn's Hotel. The murderer is a
notorious gambler named Henry Davis. There
is much Indignation in Chicago over the das-
tardly deed, and there are threats of cleaning
out the whole gambling fraternity.
The schooner Sunshine has been wrecked on
the Oregon coast. She carried thirty passen-
gers and crew of ten, all of whom are proba-
bly, lost.
The Black Hills are said to be full of miners,
who are working without interference, the
troops having been withdrawn.
The trouble with the Apache Indians at the
Gmarron Agency New Mexico, grows threat
ening. The savages, numbering $50 warriors,
have fled to the mountains, where they are
awaiting reinforcements from the hostile Utes.
1t is feared that they will attack the settle
nents, as they have often done heretofore
The places of the striking coal miners, at
Carbon and Rock Springs, Wyoming, on the
Union Pacific Railroad are being filled with
Cinnamon.
Another party of Russian Mennonites has ar
rived at Topeka, Kan. There are now about
5000 of these people along the line of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.
The bark Florence has been wrecked on the
Pacific coast. Seven of the crew persisted.
The United States Grand Jury, at st. Louis,
has Indicted Daniel w. Mum, late Supervisor
of Internal Revenue for the Chicago District,
on charge of completely with the whisky
frauds. d. t. Linigar, of Cairo, Munns for
mer law partner, is also indicted.
Chicago elevators contained on the LIST inst
1,363, 045 bushels of wheat; 448, 092 bushels OF
corn; 372, 759 bushels of oats; 1873 1884 bushels
of rye, and 314, 507 bushels of barley, making
a grand total of 1857, 2S7 bushels, against
1882 ZIG bushels at the same period last year
The developments in the trial of William O.
Avery, at st. Louis, were very damaging tc
Gen. o. Z. Bebcock. Testimony was intro
duced verifying ~ Gen. Babcocks the hand
writing of certain kilograms forwarded from
Washington to Joyce, and giving information
as to contemplated raids upon the whisky ring
Babcock, after the case was closed photographed
to St. Louis asserting his innocence, and de.
manding that he be called as a witness in
Court.
Tho South.
Tony Nellum and Alice Harris, colored
were hung at Monroe, La, on the Goth Of No
vember for the murder of the atter's husband.
On the same day, at Sardis, Miss, Ben Edwards
and Oscar Freeman, also colored, we're executed
for murder and robbery.
Advices from the Rio Grande represent that