The true northerner., 1875-08-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
The East.

The East.
A sad and shocking suicide Of a mother and
her children occurred at Harrisburg, Pa, a
few days ago. Mrs. Philip Bessinger, becom-
ing madly jealous Of her husband dressed her
three little children as if intent on giving them
pleasure walk. She proceeded to the canal,
where, assisted by the children, she gathered
stones sufficient to Gil a basket, which she tied
to her waist. She then clasped the unsuspect-
ing little ones under her arms and plunged into
the water.
"Buchu Hembold has just been confined
In Philadelphia lunatic asylum.
Duncan, Sherman q Co. propose to settle
with their creditors on the basis of 1915 cents
ON the dollar.
A Cuban privateer, the Uruguay, has escaped
from New York, laden with arms, ammunition,
and stores for the relief of the insurgents.
Henry Ward Beeeher's paper, the Christian
Union, has passed from the hands of j. B.
Ford & Co., publishers. Henry NJ. Cleveland
has become the manager Mr.. Beecher will
retain the editorship.
The Albion Mills, at Conshohocken, Pa, have
been destroyed by fire. Loss, $3.50, OOO
The American rifle team arrived in New York
last week, aad we:e received with distinguished
honors.
New York dispatch states that the entire
family of Thurlow Weed have been prostrated
by the use of a copper tea-kettle which had
been cleaned with oxalie acid. The family had
a narrow escape, including Mr.. Weed himself.
Abraham Symonds, of Pine Hill, N. Y. re-
Gently killed his daughter, and then committed
suicide.
The Massachusetts cotton mills are resuming
work
second swimming match between Coyle, of
Philadelphia, and johnson, of England, came
of in the Delaware river last week, and was
won easily by the Englishman. Coyle after
swimming six miles. had to be taken out of the
water, being badly chilled
The west.
The war between the competing railroads
running from st. Louis and Chicago to the
Missouri river has ended, and the reduced fares
have jumped back to the old figures.
We have some more glittering stories from
the Black Hills. Some miners are said to have
taken out from $50 to $50 day, and nuggets
have been found weighing from Sl5 to 535.
William Braden an Indianapolis statoner,
has failed for $145,OO0 Speculation in grain
swamped him.
The law-and-order people of Williamson
county, H., are evincing determination to put
q stop to the lawlessness that has so long pre-
vailed there. A militia company has been or
ganized with this view, and Gov. Beveridge has
shipped 100 guns and 5000 cartridges with
which to arm the bold soldiers.
a battle recently occurred in Franklin county,
H.. between Sherif's party of twenty-three
men and a body of fourteen Ku-KluX. Infor-
nation had been received that the night-riders
would visit the place Of County Commissioner
j. D. Maddox, during certain night and pre-
parations were made for their reception. At 2
o'clock in the morning they made their appear
ance, and the Sheriff ordered them to halt.
Their reply was 1--WE will not do it, sir,
and they fired into the Sherif's party. At
least six guns answered them when a
general engagement ensued, resulting in
the complete rout of the Ku-Klux. A number
of them were wounded, as the garbs picked up
were covered with blood.
A most brutal and unnatural murder is re-
ported from Cincinnati, the victim being Will
liam Moran, and the perpetrators being his own
brothers, Thomas and Nicholas Moran, who act
ually kicked him to death with their feet.
1t is ascertained that at least seven of the
Ku-Klux band who were attacked by the Sheriff
of Franklin county, ILL.,, and his posse, were
either killed or wounded, and the wounded
ones are in custody. The Governor has ap-
piled to the United States Attorney for South
ern Illinois to prosecute the lawless rascals
who are committing depredations in Egypt"
under the law of the United States, and he has
vigorously entered upon the duty of helping to
bring chem to justice.
The Chicago Tribune states that Mrs. Abra-
ham Lincoln is in a fair way Of recovering
from the unfortunate. mental malady which
compelled her friends, for her own good, to
confde her to the restorative care of private
asylum.
A severe and in many places killing frost
visited Wisconsin and Northern Illinois on the
22d of August, killing the vines pretty generally
and in some sections the corn. 1t appears to
have been heaviest in the Trepeleau Valley in
Northwestern Wisconsin, and probably extend
ed some distance into Minnesota.
There is a movement on foot among the
Democrats of Chicago to buy out the Times
and make it a Democratic organ.
The Kansas Central and Black Hills Narrow
Gauge Railroad Company has been organized
at Omaha. The road is to be built at once
through the agricultural country south of the
Platte river, and will be pushed forward to the
Black Hills as soon as the development of that
region warrants.
Another frost visited the Northwest on the
morning of the 23d Of August but fortunately
it was not sufficiently severe to blight the corn,
except in exposed localities on low ground.
Vines we're killed in some localities.
An extensive quarry Of very fine quality of
red granite has been discovered near st. Cloud
Minn. 1t is said to be equal to the Aberdeen
granite.
Rev. Cyrus Mutt President of the Indiana
State University at Bloomington, died at that
place August %.
DIR. A. J. Thomas, editor of the vincennes
(Ind.) Sun, has sued the Cincinnati Enquir~'