The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-02-23
DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

Charles 0schwald was hanged AZ Newark,
n. j. last veg for the murder Of Policeman
Stanley Brock Thomas Ryan, an aeeomplice
in the murder, and who was to have been
hanged at the; time as Oschwald committed
suicide, by taking poison, on the morning ofthe
day set for his,e4 -cution.
Two heavy rob5eries have occurred in New
York city within few days. The banking
house Of King &HScn was burglarized Of two tin
boxes containing bonds, mortgages, securities
ETC.. OF the valnesei S160, 900. The other rob-
berry is that CT " Liam stems & Co., lace i'm
porters whose store was entered by burglars
and relieved Of SAG, 900 worth of fine French
laces. In neither case have the perpetrators
been discovered
Our old friend, tao Grand Duke Alexis, ar
rived at New York last week.
"A fire at Sag Hsrbor; Long island, few days
ago, destroyed s15O,ee0 worth of business
property
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois
Legislature appropriatipg 91O, 900 to be offered
as a reward for the discovery of the cause of
hog az olera, and a lNse SUD- as q reward for the
discovery of remedy fcr the disease also,
$4,000 as a reward for III discovery of the
cause o. milk sickness, and. e similar sum for a
remedy.
Sitting Bull and Crazy Hsgss have sent Com
missioner to Gen. Crook, notifying him that
they are ezxious for peSsa-- ana presents.
st. Louis papers recosd the death of Mrs
Schurz, mother of Hon. Carl s1hurz.
A sensational tragedy ssas enacted in the
streets of Minneapolis, Man.; the other day.
A prominent young business man--William II.
Side, assistant cashier of the ftLrst National
Bank of thaV.eity-was shrt and killed by a
woman named Kate Noonan, - rfoIM er mistress
of the murdered man. Side belonged to one
Of the Oldest ,and weahhiest fanatics in Min
neapolis, and tho affair naturally produced a
great deal of excitement. The musderess was
arrested and is in, jGil.
Nine hundred feet of the eastern. app zach of
the great bridge .auoss the MississipTs river, at
st. Louis, was burned last week. Tie loss is
estimated at S150,0eQ. Trains were delayed
several days in consequence.
Henry b. Vance. a prominent arsd wealthy
young business man, Of Indianapolis, GoItm tied
suicide recently, by shooting himseA tinaugh
the head. Financial embslrassrnentsa and Ok VS.
ical infiuSlites were the MEETING causes.
south.
New Orleans was thrown iato state OF che
widest excitement, the other day. by an at
tempted assassination of Gov. Packard q
young man, representing ,himsd6 to be al at
tache of the Philadelphia Press and former
army officer, called on Packard and was ad-
mitted to his private office, wslere several
gentlemen we've seated. H. sat down f0
few minutes, aud then asked the Goverrr
how long it would be before he csnld speak
with him. The latter looked up and replied,
I" In moment" The assassin, wSzo, the mean
time had arisen FROM bis seat sud Approached
Packard, drew pistol and presanted 1t at his
intended victims head. Qiiick as a. fash the lat
ter brought his hand down just as tlle weapon
was discharged, and the ball, instead Of enter
ing the head, struck the Cover
nor's knee-pan, inficting a painful
but not dangerous wound. Gov. Packard then
caught the fellow by the throat and threw him
violently against.-the wall before he had an OPP
portunity to fire again, and struck him. During