The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-05-07
NEWS OF the WEEK


The Allegheny County Workhouse, near
Pittsburgh was partially destroyed by fire last
week. Dat of $50 prisoners, some few escaped
The loss will exceed $50, 900.
A desperate fight between miners and officers
is reported from Wikesbarre, Pa. One of the
latter was MORALLY, and another seriously,
wounded.
George II. Greeley, bookkeeper for ]. S.
Emery 4 Co., ship brokers of Boston, has been
arrested, and turns out to be defaulter to the
extent of from SIS, 900 to $4,000.
A fire at Montpelier, Vt, last week, destroyed
$l14,OO worth of property.
The United States Hotel at Saratoga n. Y,
has been sold under foreclosure for $3.50, 000
Miss Ida Greeley, eldest daughter of the late
Horace Greeley, was married in New York
city, last week, to Col. Nicholas Smith, late of
the army.
Boston has been raised to the dignity of
metropolitan see in the Catholic Church, and
the title of Archbishop conferred upon Bishop
Williams, of that city. The ceremonies were
participated in by Cardinal McCloskey and the
Papal embassy.
Four children were drowned in East river,
opposite New York, last week, by the capsizng
of a scow.
suit has been brought against the city of
Boston by the assgnees in bankruptcy of the
estate of Mr.. Armstrong, whose store was
blown up to prevent the spread of the great
fire, to recover $40, 900, the value of his stock
and unexpired lease. No one has been found
TO acknowledge the responsibility for blowing
up the premises.
The West.
The principal part of the city of Oshkosh
Wis, has been destroyed by fire. The fire COM
menced among the saw mills and then swept
the entire length of Main street burning the
Opera-House, hotels, stores, etc, and render
ing hundreds of families homeless. The dreary
waste caused by the flames is mile and a half
long and about half mile wide, and in all that
area there is not single building standing.
The loss will probably exceed % 900.
train OH the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad, endeavoring to make up four
hours lost time caused by break in the track
in Iowa, made the trip from Mendoza, H., to
Aurora (ffty-six miles, in the unprecedented
time of tfty-six minutes. Eighty miles were
gone over in one hour and fifty-one minutes.
The total distance run, embracing stops for
dinner watering and passengers, averaged a
mile in less than minute and half.
The factory of the Weber Furniture Com
pany, at Detroit with dozen adjoining dwell
ings, was recently consumed by fire. causing a
total loss of $3.50, 900. The company employed
$50 men.
Another expedition, consisting of fifty
wagons and about 275 men, left Sioux City for
the Black Hills last week.
Maria Nelson, a young unmarried Danish
woman of Chicago recently gave birth to
twins, which she smothered and sewed up in
blanket, and then threw into the river. The
woman is under arrest and has made con-
fession.
A number of fishing smacks were wrecked
on the east shore of Lake Michigan, near ST.
Joseph during the gale Of the goth ult., and
several lives were lost.
The Chicago Times prints extensive reports
as to the condition of the wheat crop in In
diana and Ohio. AS whole the prospect is
the reverse Of encouraging. The extreme cold
weather and the long-continued drought have
injured both the spring and winter wheat con-
siderably, and short crop-probably not more
than one-half the usual quantity-is expected
In few localities farmers hope to harvest an
average crop.
The embryonic grasshopper is having a seri-
Gus time in Minnesota. Numerous reports are
received going to show that the severe winter
though bearing hard on the sufferers from last
years devastations of the pest, has at the same
time proved great blessing in that it has 80
frozen up the myriads of eggs deposited by
the insects that the power to terminate has
been lost.
A killing frost visited various parts of the
Northwest on the I'd inst, doing considerable
damage to the wheat, and i'll some places en-
tirely killing the fruit buds
GAINESVILLE, Wis, was visited by a 100000
confagration last week.
Two of the robbers implicated in the robbery
of the train at Gad's Hill, NO., last fall have
been arrested. The ringleader escaped.
The concern started some weeks ago in In
dianapolis for the purpose of furnishing
ready-printed paper to weekly newspapers, and
known as the Indiana Newspaper Union, has
suspended.
printer recently committed suicide by taking
laudanum. He was Treasurer of the Typo
graphical Union, and for failure to properly
account for the moneys in his possession, was
expelled from the order, which so preyed upon
his mind that he concluded to end his troubles
in death.
The South.
BY the burning of the residence of Mrs. Lucy
Bakewel at Shelbyville, KY, last week, the
valuable library of the great naturalist, Audu-
bon, was totally destroyed.
The Southern railroads are still engaged in
their war for Eastern travel, and the rate from
New Orleans to New York is now S35-S15 less
than former rates. The rates to Baltimore,
Washington and Philadelphia have been re-
duced similar amount.
Gov Kellogg, of Louisiana, has commenced