The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-13

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| Dnrno the late floods in the Wabash river OF
Indiana. the waters were higher than they
have ever been known before
The returns of the Wisconsin census shows
nopulation of 1887, s21, being gain of 1884,
| 25l over over the census OF 1870.
| dispatch from Cheyenne says: "Gen
Crook and Col Stanton returned here to-day
from the Black Hills. The miners were pre-
pairing to leave, covering up the richest lodes
| TO prevent their becoming known till such time
"a they can return. The mountains are full
of quartz Capital and skilled labor will de-
yelop mines equal to those in California or
Nevada There were about 1900 miners in the
hills. Prof Jenny's party were still exploring
the hills, and will probably remain until the
middle of October"
A dispatch from Salt Lake, Utah, says con-
siderable excitement is prevailing in the neigh
borhood of Corrinne, growing out of the
demonstrations of a 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 South.
A terrific explosion occurred Friday last on a
farm in Maury county, Tenn. The boiler of a
steam thresher exploded, instantly killing three
men, and seriously wounding seven Others two
of whom will die. The head Of one man was
in TaIJ
other man wa blown a distance of IS yards.
A negro named lack Gordon, who had been
arrested for attempting to outrage white
woman, was taken from the Jail by mob at
Athens, Tenn, on Friday. and shot to death,
his body being riddled with bullets
A prison guard in Louisiana has been discoy-
cred in the horrible sport of turning convicts
DOSE for the purpose of exercising the blood
hounds
Political.
The majority of AIcCreery, Democrat, for
Governor of Kentucky, it is estimated will be
about $4,000.
Kentucky, Alabama and Texas have voted
affirmatively on the question of calling State
constitutional conventions.
The late election in the Cherokee Nation for
First and Second Chiefs, Senators, and men,
bers of the National and Grand Council. and
for district officers passed off quietly. William
p. Ross was elected Chief.
The delegation TO the Alabama Constitutional
Convention stands 81 Democrats, - Republ-
cans, and Independents.
Washington.
Notwithstanding the unanimous report of the
committee of local architects to the effect that
work on the Chicago Custom-House ought to
60 forward. Secretary Bristow is firm in his de-
termination to leave the building in the hands
of the next Congress.
The government income for the last fiscal
year is larger than any estimate made, and
more than realizes the expectations of the
Treasury officials.
Three arrests have been made at Washington
on suspicion of completely Of the robbery Of
the Treasury OF a money package containing
some 547, 500, about three months ago. One
of the number is a Treasury clerk, another
gambler, and the third saloon-keeper. The
Treasury clerk, Halleck by name, admits hav-
ing stolen the money, but claims that the job
was put up by the saloon-keeper, Gilman, who
shared the plumber with him.
Halleck, the Treasury employee who has con-
fessed to stealing the $4,000 package, WAS
assistant shipping teller in the cash room. He
has been employed in the department about
eight years, and was regarded as one Of the
most trustworthy men in the building.
large amount OF the stolen money has been
recovered.
The government will probably recover all the
money stolen from the Treasury by the clerk
Helleck. Three-fourths of the amount has al
ready been secured and the property of OFT
man, Haleck's partner in the theft, has been
attached to make good the balance.
The Comptroller of the Currency has just
completed his abstract of all the reports Of the
national banks in the United States. There
we're 2, 076 banks of this character in operation
at the close of the fiscal year. having an aggre-
gate of individual deposits on hand Of $780,
AIS, 630.4s. The surplus fund Of the banks
amounts to 1888, 169, O96. 70 ; the capital stock
paid in, S5O1, 56S 563.5O national bank notes
outstanding, 1918, 14S, 4O6 specie on hand,
SIS, $50, 1920; whole amount of business done,
81, 913, 239, POI. 16.
General.
The Irish population of the country cele
brated in a spirited manner the one-hundredth
anniversary of the birth of Daniel OConnell,
Aug. 5.
JEFF Davis, President of the late Southern
Confederacy, has accepted an invitation to be
present and address the Winnebago County
ul.) Agricultural Society, at Rockford, on the
14th of September
Foreign.
Hans Christian Andersen, the well-known
Danish poet and novelist, died recently at CO.
penhagen, aged 20 years.
The Turks are collecting in large force to
crush the instruction in Herzegovina.
The French Assembly has adjourned until |
Nov. 4.
Mucb distraSa has bean entailed upon Auneri- |