The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-12

The largest sea monster ever captured has
arrived in New York from the coast Of New
foundland. II is an enormous devil-6sh, meas
uring forty feet snd six inches between extrem-
tiles, from the point Of one Of its arms to the
end Of its tail, and having q body ten feet in
diameter. II is intended for the New York
aquarium.
The recent disaster on the Pickering Valley
railroad, near Phenixville, Pa, was one OF the
worst affairs Of the kind We have been called
upon to chronicle..fo for some time. The train,
consisting Of two passenger coaches and q
milk-car, dashed down a ditch nearly 100 feet
deep. In an instant the work of destruction
was done. The engine plunged headlong
down TO the bottom Of the ditch, instantly kill
ing the engineer and fireman. A passenger
coach came next, shot across the opening,
broke the foremost end, and fell upon the
wrecked engine. The cars then piled in one
upon another, and in the terrible darkness of
the night the scene that followed was more
fearful than pen can picture. Eleven persons
were almost instantly killed, and a large num-
Der wounded, five or six Of whom have since
died.
West.
Four persons were instantly killed, and one
or two seriously, injured, by the explosion Of
the boiler Of portable engine at Studontown,
Ohio. The bodies Of the killed were horribly
mangled, fragments being picked up at a dis
lance OF over 1000 yards from the scene Of the
explosion.
The brigands Of the Black Hills continue
their pastime of robbing mail coaches. A
coach on the Sydney route and one on the Lara
mic road were robbed last week.
Advices from Silver City, in Lower New
Mexico, report serious outbreak among the
Apache Indians. They attacked settlement
of whites, killing twenty-five.
The Grand Jury of the United States Dis
trict Court at st. Paul have indicted large
number Of persons for stealing timber from
Uncle Sam.
A sanguinary engagement was fought in the
Bear Faw mountains on the 30th ult., between
Gen. Miles forces and the Nez Perces savages
under Chief Joseph. Gen. Miles sends the
following brief account Of this bloody battle to
Gen. Terry, commanding the Department OF
Dakota 1--WE met and surprised the camp at
o'clock, capturing the larger part Of their
herd, about 600 horses, mules and ponies.
The engagement was quite severe, and the in
closed is a list of our killed and wounded.
The Indians lost seventeen killed, including
Looking Glass and Joseph's brother, three other
chiefs, and forty wounded. Joseph gave me
his solemn pledge yesterday that he would sur
render, but did not. and they are evidently
waiting for aid from other Indians. They
say that the Sioux are coming to their aid.
They are closely invested in some deep ravines
and kept under fire. To take them by assault
would cost many lives. / may wear them out
and eventually compel them to give up. They
fight with more desperation than any Indians
have ever met. believe there is communi-
cation between his camp and Sitting Bull, and
1 have used every effort to prevent a
junction. intend to send my
wounded to the Missouri and the captured
stock to the Yellowstone" Gen. Miles
lost twenty-three killed and forty-four wound
ed Among the killed are Capt. Owen Hale
and Lieut.. Joseph W. Biddle, Of the Seventh
Cavalry, and seven Sergeants The wound
ed include Capts. Miles Maylon and E. S.
Godfrey, Of the Seventh Cavalry, and
Lieuts G. W. Baird and Henry Romeyn, of the
Fifth Infantry.
Laughing Sam" and "The Kid, two no
torious bandits that have for some time in
tested the Black Hills highways, are in Jail at
Omaha.
south.
Colored Congressman Small, Of South Caro-
lima, has been indicted for bribery by Column
bia Grand Jury.
The Mayor of the fever-stricken city of Fer
nandina, Fla, has addressed piteous appeal to
The raon1a of tho Markham cities for aud