The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22
VUE NEWS CONDENSED.
THE EAST.

THE EAST.
TIE complaint in the suit against Samuel J.
Tlden by the United States TO recover taxes
alleged to be due by the defendant on his in
come from 1861 TO 1871 has been filed in the
United States District Court OF New York. The
amounts alleged to be due aggregate, with costs
and interest, $3.50, 900. The prosecuting Off
GERS of the State of New York have rejected
Tweed's offer to "squeal" on his ring confeder-
ates. and returned to his counsel the papers
purporting to be the heads Of the confession
he is willing to make. The cause Of this rup-
ture of negotiations is supposed to be the in
sufficiency of the evidence offered to convict
the accomplices named, and the belief that
there are too many mental reservations in the
statement Of the boss thief
COVERED bridge over the Connecticut river
at Northampton, Mass, was blown down by
gale last week. A number of people and sew
eral wagons and horses were on the structure
at the time. A Mrs. Sullivan was killed,
Sheriff Cook, Of Hampshire county, fatally in
jured, and several others badly bruised.
REV. JOHN s. G. ABBOTT, the historian, died
last week at his residence at Fairhaven CT, at
the ripe age Of II. His death was not unex-
pected as he has been an invalid for long
time.
Mr.. JOSEPH SEIIGMAN, the wealthy Hebrew
banker of New York, and member of the syndi-
cate to place the Government loan. visited
Saratoga with his family the other day. and
applied at the Grand Union Hotel for apart
ments. Somewhat to his surprise he was re-
fused entertainment, on the ground that their
presence injured the business of the hotel.
The managers of the hotel claim that Chris
tians do not like the company of Hebrews, and
for that reason have heretofore stunned
the hotel. There is much indigna-
ton among the Hebrews of New York
at this bit of ostracism of their race. An en-
tire Freshman class of Princeton College, num-
boring nearly 100, has been suspended and sent
home for "bulldozing the faculty. =. Several
important discoveries of petroleum oil are re-
ported in Pennsylvania, the new wells aggre-
eating a production of over $4,000 barrels
day.
THE WEST.
THE grasshoppers are developing consider
able strength in one or two counties of Iowa
and considerable section of Minnesota With
these exceptions the crop reports from these
States, as well as nearly the whole Of The North
west, are very encouraging. -. The Black Hills
stage was again stopped by highwaymen, the
other day. near Hat creek, and robbed of the
treasure-box. None of the passengers were
molested.
A CATHOLIC priest has just returned to Bis
marck, OAK, after spending several days at the
camp of Sitting Bull, in the British Possessions.
The savage chief is irreconcilable in his hatred
of the Americans, and refused to entertain the
idea of surTendering. A council was held, at
which il seemed TO be determined that the hos
tiles will remain on the British side of the line
at present, being in no condition for successful
offensive war. English officers were present
who promised that the savages should not
be molested as long as they kept quiet
-Four persons were drowned at Eagle lake, RAJ
cine county, Wis, one day last week, viz.
Mrs. Oliver Gilbert and Miss Gilbert, and Mrs.
Goblet and child. They were attending pic
mic, and were out in a row-boat when the sad
accident occurred. The boat leaked badly. and
swamped before it could get back to the shore.
THE citizens of the usually quiet little city Of
Mount Vernon, Ohio, have been thrown into
disagreeable state of agitation by the cold
blooded murder of a popular hotel-keeper and
prominent citizen named Mcbride, by one Ber-
gin, worthless and dissolute fellow Ex-
Senator ID. d. Pratt died suddenly at his home
in Logansport, Ind, few days ago, from heart
disease. Mr.. Pratt was born in Maine, and was
GA years of age He served in the Indiana
Legislature in 1851 and 1855, and was elected
to the National House of Representatives in
1868, but never took his seat. being chosen
United States Senator to succeed Mr.. Hen
bricks i'll 1869. He for short
time Commissioner of Internal Revenue under
President Grant. e. Hon. John Petit died last
week at his home in Lafayette, Ind, aged 10
years Mr.. Petit has been quite conspicuous
in public affairs, having held the position Of
Senator and member of Congress from In
diana, Judge of the Circuit and Supreme
Courts, and was United States Judge for
Kansas TerritoIyin 1915,
THE Chicago Journal says "Reports from
every Congressional district of Illinois represent
the outlook for corn generally better than it
has been for some years past at this season.
and large crop is anticipated. Returns from
other corn-growing sections indicate a similar
prospect, while other grains throughout the
West and Northwest promise the best results"
CHICAGO elevators contain 672, 953 bushels of
wheat $500. 237 bushels Of corn, $685. 75S BUSH
els of oats, 155,022 bushels of rye, and 1875, 446
bushels of barley making a grand total of
5,042, 416 bushels, against 3,415477 bushels at
this period last year. Milwaukee warehouses
contain ISL bushels of wheat. =. The First
National Bank of st. Louis, for a long time
garded as one of the soundest monetary insti-
tutions in that city, has suspended. The as
sets are said to be ample enough to pay de-
positors 80 per cent. to be paid within few
weeks, and so per cent. within few months.
The stockholders are hopeless losers.
News comes by way of San Francisco of
formidable uprising of Indians in the region of
Salmon river Idaho Territory, the massacre of
many white families, the gathering of the
white settlers and friendly Indians for de-
Tense, followed by severe fighting, in which,
according to the latest accounts, the latter
were getting badly worsted. The
dispatches state that there is
general uprising of the savages, and
the whole country is wild with alarm. The
Indians are massacring men, women and chill
dren in Camas Prairie, and settlers are fleeing
in all directions for safety" The hostile
ages belong to tribe known as Nez Perces,
and are said to number 1900 effective warriors.
Gen. Mcdowell, commanding the Division of
the Pacific, has ordered troops from number
of posts in the department to go to the scene
of trouble.
SOUTH.
ALABAMA crop report: Rains have been very
general in the State, and of great good to the
crops Cats are comparatively q failure
wheat is the best crop ever made corn and
cotton clean and doing well. Alexander III.
Stephens, of Georgia, has gone TO Minnesota
for the benefit Of his health. . One-half the
cotton crop along the Arkansas river valley, in