The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-09
Ghe Grue Slurtherner
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The East.

Albert Brown was hung at Towanda, Pa, on
Thursday, July /, for the brutul murder in
August last of Cora Greenleaf, little girl of
five years.
fire in New York, Friday night, destroyed
the Ice Box and Lumber Company's premises
together with stables containing six horses.
Loss, 500, 900 insurance, $4,000.
The Governor and Council have decided not
to commute the sentence of Pomeroy, the Bos-
ton boy-murderer and he will be hanged.
Alex. Hamilton, the defaulting Treasurer OF
Jersey City, has been sentenced to three years
Imprisonment, and to pay fine OF Sl,OOO.
On Monday afternoon, the 9Th inst, ter
rible collision occurred between two excursion
trains ON the South Side railroad, near Far
Rockaway Long Island in which seven per-
sons we're killed and twenty-seven injured,
some fatally. Great indignation existed at the
time of the accident, and people were disposed
to blame the railroad attaches. The killed
were horribly mutilated.
Operations have been resumed at the Grant
Locomotive Works of Paterson, n j., which
had been suspended for some time past. Three
hundred men are employed on locomotives for
the Russian government.
dreadful storm of rain, hail and wind pre-
vailed at New York on Tuesday last, unrooing
houses, tearing up trees, etc, doing an i'm
mense amount of damage, and killing two men
who were at work on a house.
party of seven lads, bathing in Wautuppe
lake, near Fall river, Mass, a few day ago,
Joined hands and walked Off the sand-bar into
deep water, where six of the number, John w.
Fielding, James and William Jacques, William
Dyer, Francis Kane and George McAlanus were
drowned.
The West.
The Sioux City papers give the particulars Of
a bloody triple tragedy at the Winnebago Agen-
cy. An Indian of that tribe, in a fit of jealousy,
killed the seducer of his wife, then stabbed her
to the heart, after which he committed sui
eide.
A Dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says: Re
ports from the buffalo lands in the western
part of this State, report numerous wolves suf-
fering from hydrophoba, making it dangerous
for hunters A young man named Ackerly,
while sleeping On the prairie recently, was BIT
ten on the nose by skunk, and died in the
most horrible agony with hydrophobia symp-
toms, the same as from the bite of a rabid
dog"
Col. E. p. Narlin, the Quartz master at Fort
Sanders, Wy. T., committed suicide recently by
cutting his threat from ear to ear. Financial
embarrassment and the complication of his
official affairs are assigned as the cause of his
act.
The entire village of Meridian, Neb., was
destroyed by a tornado recently, and Alex
andria, in the same State was also badly dam
aged.
Another dispatch has been received at the
War Department in Washington from Prof.
Jenney in which he reiterates his former state
ment that, so far, he has not found gold
enough in the Black Hills to warrant any ex-
tended mining operations.
The South.
At Baltimore, last week, Maj. ]. Lyle Clarke,
a well-known citizen, was shot while seated at
the dinner table Of hotel by II. w. Brewer,
of Georgetown, who claimed to have been
driven to the act to avenge a sisters wrongs.
Clarke's wound is not fatal.
The citizens of Bowling Green, KY, are in
great trepidation over the suspected presence
of the dreaded James and Younger brothers in
that vicinity. The various banks of the place
have placed 100 needle-guns in the hands of
itizens, together with ten rounds of ammunition
each to guard these institutions against the
bandits.
John Coughlin, aged 10, and two sisters
named Heating aged 10 and 10 all residing at
Newport, KY, were drowned in Licking river
few days ago by the upsetting of boat.
In the United States District Court at Fort
Smith, Ark, last week, eight murderers from
the Indian Nation were sentenced to be hanged.
One Of the men, after conviction, attempted to
escape, and was shot dead. The other seven
will be hung simultaneously on the Sd of Sep
TENDER.
George Applewhite, the last of the notorious
Lowry gang of outlaws, has been arrested at
Goldsboro N. G., and is now in Jail.
The celebrated race horse Lexington died at
Lexington KY, last week.
The negroes had Fourth of July celebration
at the courthouse in Vicksburg, Miss. Some
difficulty occurred among the audience during
the speaking, when firing commenced. Several
negroes were wounded, and three unknown ne
groes fatally shot. John Hail. white, is sup
posed to be MORALLY wounded.
Pat Manning a retail grocer in Memphis was
shot and killed by Officer Mccormick, on Tues
day last. Manning was beating one of his
children and was ordered to desist by the
officer, but refused The officer procured a
warrant and attempted to arrest Manning when
the latter fred at him, the ball grazing his tenn
pie Mccormick then drew his pistol and fired,
instantly killing Manning.
Robert n. Yerby was shot and killed on the
steamer A. ). White, near st. Louis Landing,
Ark, few days since, by b. L. Oliver and his
son. The killing grew out of an old grudge,
young Oliver first shooting VERIFY in the
temple. After he fell the elder Oliver fired at
him. The divers then ordered the boat to
land, which was done, and they escaped in the
woods
Four persons were instantly killed and seven
seriously injured by the explosion of saw
mill at Hot Springs, Ark, a few days ago.
The business part of the town of Washing
ton, Hampstead county, Ark, has been de-
stroyed by fire.