The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-11-23

Orders OF iron, overlaid With wood, and this
sheathed with tin. Thecenter Of the roof con-
tanned . skylight. and an open court or we'll,
surrounded by railing on each floor, extended
down 10 the main floor. During the progress
Of its erection scaffolding upon which
number Of men were standing at work on the
skylight gave way, and they were precipitated
through the court, distance of eighty feet
to the first floor. Three Of them were killed
outright, and fourth escaped by clinging to a
portion of the scaffolding that remained until
he was rescued. Shortly before Messrs. Field
d Letter took possession Of the building fire
broke out. 1t was extinguished after about
$50, 900 damage had been done. The origin of
the last fire will perhaps forever remain mys-
terry. 1t commenced in the sixth story, near
the roof, and is believed to have been the work
| of an incendiary.
The Coroner's jury, in the case Of the Hon.
W. +. Coolbaugh, of Chicago, rendered a
verdict of suicide while in a state of temporary
insanity. That the dead banker was insane at
the time Of committing the deed is undoubtedly
true. Insanity, it appears, was hereditary in
the family, and a brother and sister Of the
deceased are now afflicted with the dread
malady, the latter being an inmate of an
asylum. The Union National Bank, Of which
Mr.. Coolbaugh was President, is the leading
national bank of the West, and is in a sound
condition. The deceased leaves an estate esti-
mated at 81, 200, 900. His life was insured for
100000.
Portions of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Da-
kota experienced quite an earthquake shock
on the 18th inst. At Omaha and other points
in Nebraska the shock was quite Sc
we're, producing quite panic among the
people. The duration of the shock at Fort
Randall, Yankton Agency, and Springfield, OAK,
was about one minute, and the direction west
| to east. At the Indian agencies the tepes were
overturned, and goods on shelves in traders
stores shaken of. There was great excitement
among whites and Indians. At Yankton the
glass in many of the windows was broken by
the shock, and many people rushed from their
houses in great fright.
T. B. Keator, formerly Of the Western Gun
Works, of Chicago, has turned up in Yoko-
hama, Japan. There is no extradition treaty
between the United States and Japan.
Frank Rande, the desperate who plundered
and murdered near Galesburg, and later at st.
Elmo, ILL.,, has at last been caught. In st.
Louis, Mo-, one day last week, pawnbroker
named Wright sent one of his clerks to notify
a policeman that man who was wanted was
negotiating the redemption Of avalise pawned
some time before. Officers White and Heffer-
nan, both heavy, strong men, responded, and
as they entered the shop Wright pointed out
the man. As they reached for their prisoner
he pulled pistol from holster. Heffernan
grabbed the pistol hand and White the other.
With the agility Of an athlete the desperate
made lunge forward, partially freeing him
self, and fired. White was shot in the leg, the
ball severing the femoral artery, and the blood
gushing out in stream. Wright and his clerk,
a man named Hess, joined the fight, both using
revolvers The clerk, watching his chances, 80
as not to hit the policeman, fired several shots,
one taking effect in the desperado's leg.
Wright had attempted to take care of man
who had come in with the desperado but he
took fight on the entrance of the officers but
not before firing on them once or twice at
| close range. The man who had made such
plucky fight finally fell, shot through the left
coolly at Heffernan and said GA half minute
more would have cooked your goose" The
prisoner gave his name as Frank Rande, said
he was Is years OF age, and that he came from
the East. When asked where he lived he told
the officers to go to HI. He had gotten in his
work, he said, before they could put the rope
around his neck, and that was satisfaction
enough for him.
The policeman who was shot in st. Louis by
the outlaw Rande, while resisting arrest, has
since died Of his wound.
Field Letter & Co., Of Chicago. have en-
gagged the great Exposition building for their
new store, and in few days will be ready for
business.
The town Of Utica, Neb., twenty miles west
of the capital of the State, was lately the scene
of bloody fight between citizens and lot Of
railroad men, resulting in the death and maim-
ing Of several persons.
| South.
By way Of Galveston we get the following
news from the Texas border Several large
parties, one Of them composed Of thirty-five
bucks, have crossed into Texas to raid 1t is
rumored that Col. Villareal has invaded Mexico
fifty miles above Matamoras. in the interest of
Gen. Escobedo and Lerdo, and to stir up
revolution in Tamaulpas Lieut.. Bulls
destroyed an Indian camp at Saragossa. A
party of Mexicans and Indians from Chihuahua
and Northern Mexico have crossed into Texas
on the war-path, in revenge for the invasion by
Lieut.. Bulls. The latest from Ell Paso county
is that the entire region is under the control of
Mexican mob backed by Mexicans south of
the river, defying the United States authori-
ties, and claiming allegiance to the Mexican
flag. The trial Of Gen. Escobedo, at Browns
ville for violation of the United States Neural
ity law resulted in his acquittal.
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.