The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-12-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.


The East.
The steamer sunnyside was sunk by the ice
in he Hudson River at West Point, few days
ago. Six of the crew and five passengers lost
their lives.
passenger train collided with a freight
train near Buffalo, n. ", last week. -Four
persons were killed, and large number wound
Nsd, several dangerously.
Hon. Ira Harris, ex-Unted States Senator
from New York, is dead.
The schooner j. G. jenkins was recently
cost in gale on Lake Ontario, together with
all on board, consisting of nine persons.
The Philadelphia Navy Yard was sold at auc-
tlon, last week, for $1,000 900.
The escape OF Boss Tweed has produced
dig sensation in New York city. The manner
in which the great ring thief obtained his free
dom il briefly as follows: For several weeks
past it has been the habit of the prison authori-
ties to allow Tweed to visit his friends and rela-
tives in the city, accompanied, of course by
officers. on the day of his escape he was
driven 10 the house where his wife was living,
and he went upstairs alone, the official remain
ing below Not returning in fifteen minutes
the latter became alarmed, searched for his
bird and discovered lac had flown. The Sheriff
offers reward OF 80, 600 for his captpre.
Three worlmen OH the Exposition Building,
at Philadelphia, were killed the other day by
falling distance of eighty feet.
The west.
Rev. pr Eccleston, of Philadelphia declines
the Episcopal Bishopric of Iowa.
The freight propeller Phil Sheridan was
burned in Lake Erie of Buffalo, few days
ago. The crew escaped in the boats.
Something Of sensation was produced in
Chicago, the other day, by the finding i'll the
office Of ~ express company, of Il barrel in
which had been placed the body of beautiful
young woman and babe. 1t was at first
thought foul crime had been perpetrated but
investigation proved that it was the work of
resurrectionists. The bodies had been stolen
from one Of The cemeteries, and were intended
for the Iowa Medical College. The guilty par
lies have been arrested
Charles Z. Cist, ali old and honorable citizen
Of Cincinnati, has proved wolf III sleeps
clothing. He has disappeared, and it now
leaks out that he has committed defalcations to
the amount of $4,000.
Another one OF tie internal revenue thieves
Avery, the Treasury clerk-has been con-
ycted at ST. Louis. Joyce, his pal, who was
sent up come time ago il said to be writing a
novel in his cell in the Missouri Penitentiary a
portion OF which will be devoted to the whisky
ring.
Several Western lawyers have been impli-
Gated in pension frauds.
The trials Of the Chicago whisky ring cases
will begin Jan. IL.
Gas costs "A per 1000 cubic feet i'll Des
lIoines, Iowa and the business men generally
have discarded its use. Merchants say they
get better light from kerosene at Is cents a
night than they did from gas at 5l.25 The
city is to be illuminated with kerosene instead
of gas lamps
The President having granted the request of
Gen. o. L. Babcock for a court Of inquiry into
the reports connecting him with the ST. Louis
whisky ring, Gems. Sheridan, Hancock and
Terry were designated to compose the court
They are now in session at Chicago.
A terrible tragedy was enacted at Cleveland
the other day. A man named Alden, in fit
of rage murdered his wife and stepdaughter,
aud mortally wounded Mrs. Benton, a neigh
Dor who interfered. The weapon used was
az.
Jasper d. Ward, United States Attorney
Tor the Northern District of Illinois, has re-
signed OF the request of Attorney General
Piewepont.
The South.
The Bank Of America, of New Orleans. has
suspended.
Three men were killed, two mortaly wound
e.. and several others badly scalded, by the ex-
plosior Of a sugar-house boiler near Franklin.
La. few days ago.
Washington.
According 70 the monthly bulletin of Secre-