The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06

were blown down, trees uprooted, fences swept
away, and cattle carried through the air like
feathers. Several persons were killed.
A TORNADO passed over portion Of st. Jo-
seph county, Ind, on the afternoon Of the I'd
inst, prostrating houses, trees and fences, and
killing six or seven persons, besides injuring
just issued, shows total population OF 521, 941,
being 49,, GIG I'm excess OF the population OF
st. Louis, as indicated by her last City Direc-
tory"
SOUTH.
MURDERER named Covington was recently
taken from the possession Of the Sheriff by
mob at Osceola, Ark, dragged to the outskirts
of the town, where ropes were tied around his
neck and feet, and mule hitched to each rope
and driven in opposite directions, literary tear
ing the man to pieces. "A New Orleans dis
patch states that "Wells and Anderson, of the
Louisiana Returning Board have been indicted
for larceny in having made away with
certain returns and documents pertaining
to the election of 1876, and belonging
to the State, and for the further
crime of having published false records with
the intend to defraud. Thepenalty is imprison-
ment for fourteen years. "A mob recently
entered the Mount Vernon (Ky.) jail, took
therefrom four men confined on charge OF
robbery, and hung them.
WASHINGTON.
A NEW method Of preventing the predatory
raids of Mexicans and others upon the terri
tory Of Texas along the Rio Grande has been
devised and approved by the President. 1t is
TO appoint mixed commission, which shall
have jurisdiction over all cases growing out
of outrages committed within fifty miles of
each bank Of that river. Gen. G. W. Leduc
of Minnesota, has been appointed by the Presi-
dent Commissioner Of Agriculture.
SECRETARY SHERMAN, in response to an in
quiry, has written letter, saying that there is
limitation to the payments of the called
bonds. and that, although the interest ceases,
the face OF the bonds will be paid upon pre-
sentation, whether i'll one year or ten
UPoN the return of the President to the
capital from his New England trip, last week,
he proceeded immediately to his summer resi-
dence, which is the largest cottage on the
grounds of the Soldiers Home and the same
as was formerly occupied by President Lincoln.
All the inmates of the Executive Mansion, with
the servants, horses and necessary effects, have
been removed to the cottage. The following
is an official statement of the United States
currency outstanding on the LIST Of July: Old
demand notes, S63, 962. so; lega-tehder notes,
1859. 764, 1872; notes of 1868, 800, 1856; com.
pound-interest notes, $500, 260 fractional cur
rency, 500, 403 1874 total, $3.50, 627, $40 "a.
The total amount of silver coin issued to the
LIST inst was s33, 121 $751; of which $11, 98l, 526
was issued on account of currency Obligations,
and S21, 140,0 61 in redemption of fractional
currency.
FOLLOWING is the public debt statement for
July
Six per cent bonds. ................s s5462l 800
Five per cent. bonds. Observation-Disclosures. 703 266.650
Four and half per cent. bonds. ...... 1400O0,OOO
Total coin bonds. ,697 1888, 800
lawful money debt. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 140OO,0OO
Matured debt Observation-Disclosures. 16G4S, $50
Legal tenders .............. 350S2S,29
Certificates of deposit. ............. 54,9GO,OOO
Fractional currency. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2Oi3,l3
Com ceruhcates. ..................... 4l,oi2,6oO
Total without interest. ............s 476,764, 1881
Total debt So 2O5 301 1892
Total interest. 40SS2, 79l
Cash in treasury-coin. IS 115,122, 473
Cash in treasury-currency .......... 7,9S0,2T4
Currency held for redemption of frac-
tional currency ...................... 1865, 2l3
Special deposits held for redemption
Of certificates OF deposit. 80. 5s,9G0,l00
Total in treasury .................s 1sG,025,9GO
Debt less cash in treasury. .....s So 900 15s, 223
Decrease of debt during juno. ........ 1929, 1879
Decrease since June 80, 1s76..... -. 397S1. l21
Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Conn
panies, interest payable i'll lawful
money principal outstanding. $40. G4,623. 800
Interest accrued and not yet paid ..... 1883. 705
Interest paid by United States....... 34,01S,923
Interest repaid by transportation of
mails, etc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s,5l4,4s9
Balance OF interest paid by United
States northumberland. 25,5O4, 443
The reduction of the interest charge on the
public debt since July /, 1876. is 81, 943, 625,
which is the result of the funding operation.
POLITICAL.
IL the lower house of the New Hampshire
Legislature, the other day, a Democratic mem
Der introduced resolution approving the
main features of President Hayes policy.
After a lively discussion the resolution was
sent to a committee.
THE Iowa Republican Convention met at Des
Moines on the 9th of June, and nominated
John Ii. Gear for Governor and Frank l..
Campbell for Lieutenant Governor. The reso-
lutions. declare that "the permanent pacica-
ton of the southern. sections of the Union. and
the complete protection Of all citizens in the
free enjoyment of all their rights, is duty to
which the Republican party stands sacredly
pledged = favors the "early attainment Of a
currency convertible into coin = the "gradual
resumption of specie payments 10y continuous
and steady steps in that direction !"
the making Of silver legal-tender for the pay
ment of all debts and "a wisely-adjusted tar
if for revenue" The introduction of resolu-
ton declaring that "the so-caled Southern
policy which has been inaugTated and pur-
sued by the present national administration, is
in accord with the principles of the Republican
party" was received amid general tumult. The
resolution was laid on the table by large ma
jority. A resolution was adopted in favor OF
the rigid enforcement Of the present Iowa pro-
hibitory liquor law.
GENERAL.
FATAL casualties The house of Mr.. Lat
reille, of Rochesterville, Ont, was burned the
other day. His son, aged IL, persisted in the
flames, and Mrs. Latreile and her mother were
fatally burned. Three men, named Colston,
Seaman and Sims, were killed in Brooklyn
On. W sugar refinery by the fall of large
sugar-pan, which was being, Seven mi
ners engaged in drawing bucket filed with ore
from niue in Sussex. N. Y, caught the rope
on stone, and cut it in two. Five Of the men
were precipitated into the washed-out mine,
and four-BaXter Jones, VIM. Garvey, Henry
Peters and Richard Afgar-were killed. -Four
men, while fishing in the Susquehanna river,
near Clark's ferry, Pa, were swept over dam,
and three of them drowned.
The American Institute of Homeopathy has
Just held its annual meeting at Lake View n