The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-09-08

speed, and expects to bring on a ge .,ersl en-
gasement with Sitting Bulls entire, force IN
few days.
BY the explosion OF ste q, engine that WAS
running threshing mac;ains ON . farm near
Dover, Mimi, few Says ego, three men were
killed outright, oAe MORALLY wounded, and Eve
seriously injured. The explosion was terrific
and could be heard fof miles around.
About $4,000 worth Of brigham Yeung's
property has been attached by the Sheriff at
Salt Lake to satisfy Tie Judgment for slimony
due Ann Eliza.
new and rather startling phase OF tho In.
dian peace policy has recently como to light
1t appears chat one Burke, agent at Standing
Rock, has all along had fellow-foeling for the
hostiles and has been detected in surrep-
titiousiy issuing beef cattle 30 the Indians
whom the Government is endsavoring to inter-
cept and punish for the manifold atrocities
committed of late. Gen. Sheridan has very
properly suspended Burke, and will probably
call upon him to answer for his crime.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
who left Gen. Terry's camp on the 3lst Of
August reports the columns OF Crook and
Terry as having separated and moving indie
pendently, neither commander having much
expectation OF meeting or overtalSing any con-
siderable body OF hestiles. In fact Sitting
Bull seems to have given his pursuers the
slip, and the campaign against the Sioux to
have completely fizzled for this year. Where
the main body Of the Indians now is, or where
and when they may be expected to be heard
from again, is a conundrum which may as we'll
be given up for the present.
An indictment for murder has been returned
by the Chicago grand jury against Alexander
Sullivan for the killing of Francis Hanford
Jacob Ten Eyck, an old and respected farm
er OF Green county, Wis. recently met his
death in horrible manner While passing
across field he was attacked by vicious bull
and gored to death. The hogs in the field then
set upon and devoured the body. When search
was made for the missing man, only one foot
and portion of the head was found
A terrible storm passed over the city and
county OF Leavenworth, Kan, one day last
week, damaging houses, crops, etc., to the
amount Of many thousands of dollars.
Gen. JEFF. Thompson died at st. Joseph, No.,
a few days ago, aged 81 years.
The last rail Of that portion of the Southern
Pacific railroad connecting San Francisco
with Los Angeles was laid on the 5th inst,
with much pomp and ceremony. Charles
Croker, President of the road drove the last
spike, golden one, with silver hammer pre-
sented by the city Of Los Angeles The road
ia now complete to within 100 miles Of the
Colorado river, which will probably be reached
before the close Of the year.
Intelligence by way of Bismarck is that on
the 3lst of August Crook was near Glendive
south of the Yellowstone, en- route to Glendive
for supplies. Terry was on the north side of
the Yellowstone, fifteen piles below Glendive,
marching toward the Missouri.
South.
The city Of Savannah, Ga, reports thirty
nine cases Of yellow fever and ten deaths dur
ing the season.
horrible murder is reported from Mon
tague, Tex. Rev. w. G. England, Methodist
minister, his wife, a step-daughter and four
sons, were murdered by aparty of disguised
men. The butchery, it is supposed, was CON-
mitted for robbery as the family was wealthy.