The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.


have a bill changed. AS the cashier was
counting the money, they sprang over the
counter and grappied with him, and, after
desperate struggle, in which he was severely
beaten, a gag was thrust into his mouth, his
hands tied behind his back, and his feet
securely bound. The robbers succeeded in
getting $4,000.
The suspension Of labor by reason OF
strikes in the Lehigh coal regions in Pennsyl-
vania is now complete, about $4,000 miners
being "locked out" of work by the infexi-
bility of the proprietors and the resolutions
adopted in tho Laborers' Union against sub
hitting to a reduction Of wages.
Four men were blown to atoms by the explo
sion of a nitro-glycerine factory near Com
munipaw, n. j., on Saturday last.
The New York Grand Jury visited Black
wells Island Penitentiary the other day, and
found william NJ. Tweed occupying a small,
ill-ventilsted room, and dressed in prison
garb.
The West.
A snow-slide in the Big Cottonwood canon,
near Salt Lake, last week, killed James Cox,
Renfrey.
Four men wer drowned in the Missouri
river at Omaha, Tuesday last, while attempt
ing to cross the ice with teams.
The Illinois State Grange met at Spring
field on the 18th inst. Ninety counties were
represented by 100 delegates. The report of
the Secretary shows that there are 1888
oranges in the State, of which 431 are in ar
rears with their reports and dues. The
total receipts Of the State Grange for the
past year are 2l,3l553. The expenditures
and the number Of members In the State
are kept secret.
The country is flooded with counterfeit
los and 81 Of tb Traders National Bank of
Chicago. Look out for them. They are well
executed, and calculated to deceive.
convention Of miners was held at SPRING
field H., last week, at which a resolution
was adopted declaring against strikes and in
favor OF the ettlement of disputes between
employers and employees by arbitration.
They have been having some fearful
weather out in the Territories. At Helena,
Montana, on the night of the 18th of Janu-
airy, the mercury in the thermometers all froze,
and small quantities Of mercury in walls alse
CONCEALED. Proof whisky, placed out Of
doors, froze solid in half an hour. Four
Cinnamon were found about half mile from
town, frozen to death The whisky they b ad
with them, in small kegs, was frozen solid.
number of other persons were frozen to
death at different points. At point in Wyo-
ming Territory the spirit thermometers
marked .ffty-sir degrees belo1o zero.
Two-thirds of the business portion Of
vermilion, Dakota Territory, has been de-
stroyed by fire. Loss $4,000. Destructive
fires are also reported at Galena, Ill. Gloss
1925 0OO), and at Ottawa, Kansas Gloss
100000.
Chicago papers announce the failure of the
Cook County National Bank, of which B. F.
tors will lose nothing.
The South.
Ex-Gov. Thomas Z. Bramlette, Of Ken
lucky, is dead
Two hundred citizens OF Arkansas recently
published card indorsing Gen. Sherdans
action at New Orleans, and his statement that
a reign of terror exists in Arkansas. Gov.
Garland thereupon issued instructions to the
prosecuting attorneys OF the State to have
each ono of the signers of the paper sum
moned before the grand iuries Of their re-
spective counties and compelled to testify,
and that il the facts are established as set
forth in their statement the guilty parties
are to be punished to the full extent of the
law. Gov. Garland has also sent special
message to the Legislature calling attention
to the matter. and urging the passage Of
more stringent laws.
Advices from New Orleans of the 10Th inst,
report the situation unchanged. Gen. Sheri-
dan had gone on tour to the country
parishes.
An Associated Press telegram from vicks-
burg of Jan. Is states that on that day
maj. George Z. Head, with a squad of
Federal troops with fixed bayonets, acting, it
is stated, under orders from Gen. Emory.
entered the Sheriffs Office and forcibly eject
ed Sheriff A. j. Flanagan, who was in posses
sion by virtue of the recent election. about
which there is constitutional question.
Mai Head reported his action to Chancellor
Hill, who was holding court in an adjacent
room, DIV WnOm the action OF the military was
countenanced and seemingly approved.
Flanagan also reported the facts to Chaneel-
Tor Hill, and appealed to the court to protect
him in the discharge of his duties, but was
refused. The Chancellor appointed W. II.
McGhee Sheriff pro tenn, and he was placed
in possession of the Office by the military.
McGhee il white Republican and was Depu-
ty under Sheriff Crosby"
A bloody ARRAY occurred last week at La
coma. Ark, on the Mississippi river, result
ing in the death Of Charles and Avis Buck and
two brothers named Harris. The latter were
recently from Illinois, and the former hail from
Kentucky.
The Missouri State Prison, at Jefferson
City, was the scene of formidable mutiny
few days ago. The convicts in the shoe
shops, to tie number OF 800, and armed with
knives hammers, and such weapons as they
could lay hands on, were preparing to march
forth to freedom, and would doubtless have
succeeded but for the presence of large num-
bers of citizens, who responded at the first
alarm. Armed with rifles and shot-guns, they
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