The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-07-12
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

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Col. Alvah Buckbee, prominent res
dent Of Elmira, N. Y, shot his wife, his
mother-in-law, and then blew his own brains
out, dying instantly. Both women are fatally
injured.
DR.. J. G. Aver, of patent-medicine
fame, is dead.
A picnic party at Sugar Camp grove,
near Pittsburgh, Pa, on the Fourth Of July,
were suddenly overwhelmed with terrific
storm Of wind and rain, and the blowing down
Of a tree upon a wagon, in which eighteen per-
sons had taken refuge, killed seven Of the
number and wounded many more.
Ira B. Wright, the defaulting Treas
urer of South Hadley. Mass, has been found
guilty of embezzling 500, and sentenced to
five years in the State prison.
West,
The Chicago Evening Post, after a
checkered career lasting a dozen years has
ceased to exist. The entire establishment has
passed into the hands of the proprietors Of the
Chicago Daily Ne,os, the price paid being
$4,000 cash.
n SlAClhhdoi pCAOSiuLA LhO
movement against the use of agricult-
ural machinery is reaching such pro-
portions in Ohio and Indiana IS to
seriously alarm farmers. Scores of reap
ing machines have already been destroyed, and
every day brings reports of fresh depredations.
On other machines notices were posted threat
ening their destruction il their owners do not
To- aoid on1 raat IN ct1tt hair
grain. Many farmers are yielding and discard
ing their machines"
A dispatch from Hat Greek, Wyoming,
says coach from Deadwood, with six passen-
gers, was attacked by road agents, sixty-five
miles south Of Deadwood. Only two road
agents came in view, and, after placing the pas
sengers in line and robbing four of
them, they advanced to Daniel Finn, who
drew his revolver, shooting one robber in
the region Of the groin. Finn was about to
shoot again, when he was shot by an accom-
plice of the robber, who was hid in ambush.
The ball entered at the left side Of the nose,
and, passing through the mouth, came out in
front Of the right ear, inhicting painful, but
not serious, wound. The robbers then re-
treated, firing several shots, wounding two
other passengers slightly.
Advices from the scene of the Indian
war in the far West report disastrous three
days fight between Col. Growers command and
q body Of Bannocks. The whites were COM
pletely surrounded by the hostiles and utterly
demoralzed. Eleven Of their number were
killed and number wounded.
The Governor of Iowa has been in re-
ceipt of dispatches from various points in the
State notifying him that companies OF tramps
had taken possession of railroad trains and
were dangerous to the towns Some of them
we're from MAYORS and Sherifs, asking au-
thority to call out the militia. The Governor,
in response to these repeated calls, has issued
proclamation calling upon the local author-
ties throughout the State to be digent in pre-
serving the peace, and instructing them how to
proceed in case Of real or apprehended danger
from the numerous bands of tramps traversing
the State.
A dispatch from Portland, Ore, re-
ports a sanguinary engagement between a
party of white volunteers and band Of
hostile Indians at Willow Springs, Ore, re-
sulting in disastrous defeat to the volunteers.
IL was q second Custer massacre. The Indians
completely surrounded the whites, fifty strong,
and shot and scalped them without mercy.
Only seven OF the Inflated little army escaped
TO tell the story of the horrible massacre.
battle is also reported between the friendly
Umatilla Indiana and 400 hostile Snakes the
latter being defeated with the loss Of thirty
braves.
south.
The steamer Capital City, while lying
at an elevator in Memphis, caught fire and was
totally destroyed a few mornings since. The