The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-11-30
MISCELLANEOUS aLEANINos.

Burned: The rubber factory Of l.. Condee
4 Co., New Haven, Ct, loss $500, 600, insur-
ance 1850, 900; the college building at Fort
Edward, N. Y, loss s125, 000 insurance go, 900.
The National Grange of Patrons of Hus
bandry met at Cincinnati, Ohio, last week.
The Masters annual address recommends
modification Of the rules so as TO allow persons
or societies engaged in industrial pursuits to
become stockholders. The Executive Com
mittee advise discontinuance of the general
agencies, and that the grange establish whole
sale and retail stores on the cooperative prin-
cple. It also advises the discontinuance of
grange lecturers.
The steamship Strathroy, which sailed from
Montreal Nov. IL, for Aberdeen, Scotland, is
reported to have been lost on the Island of
Mquelon, in the Gulf Of st. Lawrence. All
persons on board were saved. The vessel and
cargo were valued at SPAS, 900.
The National Woman Suffrage Association
has called Sixteenth Amendment Conven-
ton" Of all Woman Suffrage Associations in
the United States, to be held at Washington on
the sth of January next.
Gen. Escobedo is organizing force ON the
Texas border TO cross into Mexico in the in
terest Of ex-President Lerdo.
A Congress of the Workingmen's party Of
the United States is called to be held at New
ark, N. j., commencing on Dec. 25.
A telegram from Halifax, N. s., announces
that the Fishery Commission has awarded $5,-
500, 900 as the damages due Great Britain on
account Of the exercise by the United States of
the fishing privileges in Canadian waters under
the Washington treaty. MIR. Deforse, the sup
posed neutral member of the commission,
joined with the British representative in max.
ing the award, the American Commissioner
voting against it.
During heavy gale on the night Of the 2sd
Of November the United States war steamer
Huron was driven ashore at Currituck on the
coast Of North Carolina, and broken to pieces
by the heavy sea. There were 1879 persons on
board, about 100of whom found a watery grave.
The Huron was third-rate iron screw stermer,
Of SAL tons, and a displacement Of 1,020 tons,
and carried an armament of four guns. She
was a comparatively new vessel, being
one of three-the Alert, the Ranger,
years ago with peculiar rig as an experiment.
They had three masts, but were fitted with
schooner sails only. She was en- route for Ha-
vana with lot of stores for United States
surveying expedition on the coast Of Cuba.
The vessel was caught in the height Of the
gale off Cape Hatterss, and, while trying to
hold her head to the wind her machinery gave
way, and, her sails being useless against such
wind, she slowly drifted ashore. The sea
was running tremendously high, and, being an
iron vessel, the Huron soon became total
wreck. Her foremost and main topmast were
the first to go by the board, and, in an incredi-
bly, short time she was literally dashed to
pieces. Attempts were made to lower the
boats, but without avail. The sea made a
clean breach over the hull, sweeping her I'M
fortunate crew into the breakers. In the
almost impossible, and only thirty persons, out
of total 1879 souls on board, managed to
reach the beach in safety, most Of them in
shockingly bruised condition. The remainder,
so far as is known at the present writing were
drowned in the surf or killed by the floating
timbers. The Inflated vessel was in
charge of Commander Y. p. Ryan, of
the United States navy, who is
among the lost. A private dispatch received
from one of the survivors of the wrecked
United States war steamer Huron furnishes
skeleton description of the disaster. The
immediate cause, the officer says, was the fog
gy weather and fresh gale blowing directly
upon the shore. The thick weather prevented
any estimate of the locality of the vessel. The
Huron struck between and 1:30 o'clock a. M
There was instantly scene of great confusion,
as heavy sea broke at once over the fated
vessel. Before any concert of action could be
taken the boats were washed from the boat
davits. The first cutter was lowered but it
swamped ten minutes after in the
boiling surf. None Of the saved
escaped in boats nor did they receive any as
sistance from the shore. The thirty-four who
escaped did 80 by swimming. The feat of
swimming two miles through breakers where
the toughest surf-boat could not live required
tremendous endurance. The inward land cur
rem. aided them, and toward the end the surf
men came out after them and helped them in.
A boat belonging to the life-saving service con-
tanning five men was swamped In an attempt to
reach the wrecked steamer, and all on board
perished thus swelling the death-list to 100.
1t is stated in dispatch from Matamoras,
Mexico, that in consequence Of the presence of
Gen. Escobedo on the Texas frontier with all
his STAFF officers, evidently to inaugurate rev.
elution in favor of ex-President Lerdo, about
700 regular troops have embarked at Vera Cruz
a. IL II 4. l.
repelling Escobedo's forces, should he attempt
TO cross into Mexico.
Failed: The Canada Building Society, of
Montreal, liabilities not stated Wood q Co.,
silk and wooden goods importers, Montreal, liza
bilities heavy.