The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-13
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
THE EAST.


robbed few night ago by eight masked burg
lars. who bound and gagged the Waterman,
and blew the vault and safe open. The bank
loses $l5, 900 and depositors about 100000.
The steamer ]. II. Camden recently exploded
one Of her boilers between Parkersburg and
Pittsburgh, on the Ohio river. The pilot and
three deck-hands were killed, and four others
Of the crew slightly injured.
THE WEST.
A FIGHT between the soldiers and one of the
bands of hostile Indians in Idaho is reported
by way of Portland, Ore. The savages were
worsted in the engagement, losing four killed,
while quite number were wounded.
REPORTS from the scene Of the Indian war in
Idaho state that Capt. Perys command had
been surprised by party of savages. One
officer, ten soldiers and two citizens were
killed, and the entire command narrowly es-
capped total humiliation. Troops are being
rapidly hurried forward. and it is be-
leved the hostiles will be whipped
into submission before many days. The Gin
cinnati Chamber Of Commerce has passed res
olutions instructing the delegates of that body
to the National Board of Trade to memorabilia
Congress in favor of postponing the date of re-
sumption of specie payment.
DESTRUCTIVE fire recently visited the town
of Del Norte Col. Two blocks of business
houses were burned, involving loss of $780,
900.
The town of Pensaukee, Wis, situated on
Green Bay, was recently visited by a frightful
tornado which carried death and destruction in
its track. Though lasting but few moments,
rs effects were terrible in the extreme, leaving
the village, which was but moment before
fourishing numbering town. stricken
killed outright, and some twenty wounded
some, il is thought fatally. The band of
hghwaymen who have infested the road be-
tween Cheyenne and Deadwood, robbing stage
coaches bids fair to be broken up. Three OF
them have been arrested, and soldiers are IN
pursuit of the others.
CHICAGO elevators contain 427, 264 bushels of
wheat; 1877, S39 bushels of corn; 303, 059 bush
els of oats: 5s,2O3 bushels of rye and 81, 95l
bushels of barley, making a grand total of
2,764, 3l5 bushels against 1865, 0l8 bushels at
this period last year The Directors of the
German Nationel Bank Of st. Louis, finding
that the business OF the institution does not
pay expenses, have concluded to close the bank
and place its accounts in the hands Of an
assignee.
THE SOUTH.
In the Superior Criminal Court at New Or
leans, the other day. the Attorney General filed
an information against J. Madison Wells, L. G.
Anderson, Louis M. Kenner, and G. Casanave,
members Of the late Louisiana Returning Board.
The information is very lengthy, and charges
them with having, on the 4th of December,
1876, falsely and feloniously uttered and pub
lished as true the altered, forged and counter
feited election returns for Presidential Electors
from the parish of Vernon at the election
of November last by adding 15S votes to each
of the Hayes Electors, and deducting 395 from
each Of the Tilden Electors. The parties were
arrested and required to give bail in the sum Of
$4,000 each. j. Henri Burch, State Senator
and prominent colored politician i'll Louisiana,
has been arrested at Baton Rouge on a charge
of embezzling school funds.
THERE has been smart bit of war and some
bloodshed down in Carter county, Ky. band
of outlaws and horse-thieves had been lording
il over the people of that section for long
time, until one day the aw-abiding citizens got
mad and concluded to put a stop TO their de-
predations. They got out warrants for the ar
rest Of the ring leaders, -four brothers named
Underwood The latter took refuge
in cabin, barricaded themselves and bid def
ance to their woud-be captors. After a sisge
of seventeen DAYS, during which time an almost
constant fusilade was KEPT up between be-
sieged and besiegers, the outlaws were starved
into submission. One Of the Underwoods was
killed and two others wounded during the
siege. The militia are now up in arm 5, and
propose to arrest or clean out the whole band
of outlaws, numbering upward of 49,
DESPERATE fight recently occurred fifty-two
miles from San Antonio, Texas, between a
band Of thirty-fve highwaymen and twenty
men who escorting a specie train from
Chihuahua TO San Antonio. Several of the
robbers were killed and wounded and the 9TH
ers put to fight. Two of the escort were killed
and several others wounded.
WASHINGTON.
The President, it is announced, will make an
extended tour through the Southern States,
starting about the last of August.
THE suit begun by Zacharah Chandler late
Secretary of the Interior, against Jacob Thomp-
son, Buchanans Secretary of the Interior, for
alleged embezzlement of Indian trust funds, has
been dropped by the Government.
THE Secretary of the Urea sury gives notice
that S1O 600, 900 of the 500 bonds of the act of
March g. 1865, and consols of 1865 will be paid at
the Treasury Of the United States on and after
the 5th of October, 1877 and interest will close
onthat day.
IT is stated in Washington dispatch that
the President is 40 we'll satisfied that there is
no further need of troops in the South that he
will shortly direct the issuing Of orders to with
draw all troops from that section, except such
as may be necessary for garrison duty. The
troops 30 withdrawn will be either transferred
to service in the West or sent to the Rio Grande.
LIEUT.. BULLS, of the Twenty-fourth In
fantry, lately struck the trail of band Of
thieving Indians near the Rio 'Grande, in
Texas pursued them across the river into
Mexico attacked and drove them into the
mountains. A large number of horses which
the savages had stolen we're recaptured and
restored to the rightful owners. A full report
Of the affair has been made to the authorities
at Washington and the President and others in
high official station express themselves graft
fed at the success of the affair.
The receipts from distilled spirits from all
sources the last fiscal year were $50, zoe, 900,
against s56, 462, 900 for the year 1876.
POLITICAL.
SENLToR BLAINE and ex-Gov. Chamberlain
delivered orations at Woodstock, Ct, on the
4th of July. The former took occasion to de-
nounce what he considers project now in
course Of agitation for the requirement of the
northern section of Mexico, declaring himself
opposed to the addition of any terri