The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-09-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

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The East.
Capt. John G. Jones' of New York city,
committed suicide by jumping over Niagara
Falls, few days ago.
Three men were killed and number wound
ed by the explosion Of celluloid factory, at
Newark, N. j., last week.
Oil CITY. Pa, had destructive fire recently,
in which the works Of the Imperial Oil he
timing Company were consumed, with LOGS OF
about $500, 900 on machinery, stock, etc.
Forty thousand barrels Of oil went up in the
blaze.
The Fall River (Mass.) operatives voted to
return to work at a reduction on the opening OF
the shops provided they can retain their old
positions.
fatal cattle disease has broken out in the
vicinity of Rhinebeck, n. Y, and several droves
have died.
The firm of Mallory & Butterfeld, Of New
York, the largest dealers in paper-board in the
United States, has failed.
The District Attorney Of Brooklyn desires to
withdraw the libel suit instituted by Beecher
against Moulton but the latter will not con-
upon going on with the trial.
Two members of the New Haven ct pro-
fessonal baseball club have been arrested for
thefts committed on one of their recent tours.
In New York, last week. while a number of
men were experimenting with Mrs. Udas aerial
ladder, terrible accident occurred. The lad
der had been raised, and about dozen men
were on it, some at the height of 100 feet when
the ladder suddenly snapped in two precipitat
ing the men to the ground. The Chief of the
Aerial Battalion and two other men were in
stantly killed, and the balance seriously injured
some fatally.
The west.
Prof. c. V. Riley, State Entomologist OF
Missouri, informs the editor of the Chicago
Journal that the swaIms of grasshoppers re-
Gently seen flying over Illinois, are not the
rapacious kind from the Western frontier
The great Interstate Exposition at Chicago,
on the 9th inst, was attended by an immense
trong of people. The Chicago papers de-
scribe it as a magnificent display of art in
dustrial ingenuity and other attractions. The
great show will remain open to the public until
Oct. 8.
A number of serious railroad accidents oc-
CURED on the Northwestern road i'll the vicinity
Of Harvard H., on the night of the Sth inst,
all of them caused by transforms and defective
bridges. An express train ran of the end of
an embankment into creek. Henry Morris,
engineer James Fury, baggage master W.
j. Grouse, passenger and Mr.. Black, news
agent were instantly killed. Hall, express
messenger Frank Gish, fireman James
Ranons conductor and several passengers
were very seriously injured, but it is
hoped not fatally. A freight train ran
into a break in culvert instantly
killing the engineer and fireman. Another
freight train ran into similar trap and twelve
cars were wrecked and man named Herrick
killed. Still another train found a watery re-
ception near Beloit, Wis, on the same fatal
night. The engine and several cars were
wrecked but fortunately no one was killed.
The friends of the late w. c. Ralston held
big meeting in San Francisco last week, and
passed resolutions eulogistic of the deceased
and denunciatory of the Eoening Bulletin and
Morning Cdtl for the brutal and uniustifable
attacks upon the character of the deceased"
A collision of two trains on the Ohio and
Mississippi railroad, near Dllsborough, Ind, a
few days ago, caused SIS, 900 damage to engines
and freight, besides killing three boys who
were riding for pleasure.
3. F. Murphy of Chicago, has like his late
partner, b. F. Allen, joined the grand army
of bankrupts. Liabilities, S425,000; assets,
$500, consisting Of personal property and
clothing.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln has been released
from the asylum at Batavia, ILL.,, and is now
the guest of her sister at Springfield.
The second trial of p. p. Wintermute, for
the murder of Gen. McCook, at Yankton, Da-
kota, has resulted in verdict Of not guilty.
Budd Doble announces that Goldsmith Maid
will never start in another race.
The town of Middlebury, VT, has been visited
by disastrous fire. A paper mill wooden
mill, thirty business houses two public halls
and six dwellings were swept away Loss
$1,000 insurance, $4,000.
DR.. Hembold, of "Buchu" fame, has COM
menced suit against the parties who were con-
cern,d in his incarceration in an insane asylum
One of the most heart-rending circumstances
connected with the terrific storm which recent
" swept over Lake Michigan, was the loss of
the propeller Equinox, with all on board. The
ill-starred vessel left Saginaw, Mich, on Sun
day, Sept. 5, her cargo consisting principally Of
salt. and was overtaken by the gale when off
Point an Sauble, on the night of Thursday, the
9th. The Equinox had in tow the schooner
Emma A. Mayes. Capt. Lusk, who COM
manded the Mayes states that he never
experienced 10 terrible gale before.
The night doomed up before them like
black mountain. The waves ran to fearful
height, and frequently broke over the bark.
When the storm began to rise in the evening
the officers and crew of the schooner on watch
observed that the propeller was evidently labor
ing. She was seen to run suddenly to the lee
ward, then recover her course. She would then
run TO the windward, and occasionally lie to
for few moments. At about o'clock she was
suddenly observed to go to the windward, her
lights showing her location. AT about this
time Capt. Lusk let go his tow line. The
propeller was seen to turn her head to