The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

East.
Little Minnie Warren, the well-known
dwarf, died in childbirth al Fall River, Mass,
few days ago.
Several heavy commercial failures are
announced in New York.
The New Hampshire House of Repre-
sentatives has passed bill to punish tramps
by imprisonment from fifteen months to five
years.
The vicinity of Utica, N. Y, was
visited by severe snow-storm on the 25th
of July.
Miss Abby Hodassa Smith, one of the
famous "Smith sisters" of Glastonbury
CT, is dead. She was 81 years old Only
one of the sisters (Julia) is now living There
were five of them, and all were active in
temperance and anti-slavery work. The most
notable feature in the history of Abby has been
her resistance to the payment Of taxes on the
ground Of misrepresentation.
Mrs. Tilton has been offered 500
night to go on the lecture stage.
West.
East st. Louis, ILL.,, was the scene
of two violent disturbances on the 23d Of July.
In the forenoon sanguinary riot came near
being precipitated on account Of an attempt, on
the part of a railroad company, to lay track
through the town. A body of citizens, beaded
by Mayor Bowman, attacked the working party
an after some fighting, in which no one
was seriously hurt, drove them off,
heaped up the ties that were to be used in lay
ing down the track, saturated them with coal
oil, applied match, and reduced them to
sshes. In the afternoon there was fresh out
oreak of the old feud between the Wiler and
s3owman factions, during which over hun
dred shots were fired, aud several persons
wounded. 1t is said whisky had good deal
to do with the origin of the latter disturbance.
Chicago isn't a healthy place for
tramps. When they go there they are arrested
and sent to the House of Correction to make
brick, as an offset to 800 fine.
Reports from Indian sor rces say that
Sitting Bull lately visited the Sioux at Stand
ing Rock agency, and remained there in dis
guise several days. 1t is added that eight diff
ferent bands Of Sioux are pledged to join in a
general war whenever the signal is given, the
bands now in Canada coming over to open the
ball.
Judge Alexander Mcintosh, one of
the most prominent mem Of Allen county, Ind,
was recently kicked to death by a vicious horse
at his stables near Fort Wayne.
Fires are reported to be destroying
the fields of grain in some parts of California.
Z. S. Smith, messenger accompany
ing mail coach between Cheyenne and Dead
wood, recently engaged single-handed in a
combat with six road-agents, and, after the
discharge OF about fifty shots on the part of
the road-agents and twenty by Smith, the
road-agents left without molesting the coach
A cloud-burst in the Silver Lake Men
MONTE settlement, forty miles north OF Yank-
ton, OAK, drowned seven persons and caused
much destruction of property.
A dispatch from Portland, Ore, says:
"Lorenzo d. Perkins and wife were attacked
by Indians near Rattesnake springs, on the
Columbia river, and both murdered. The
rendezvous for all the unfriendly Indians,
both on the Oregon and Washington Territory
side, is at the foot of Priest rapids, where
they are collecting in great numbers Chief
Moses says he cannot control his young men,
and warns settlers to look out for themselves"
A national bank, with a capital of
So, 0OO has been organized at Deadwood City.
south.
A horrible tragedy was recently en-
acted in Flewanna county, Va. A man named
Howchins murdered his wife, mother -in-law
and one child, and then committed suicide.
Yellow fever has broken out in New
Orleans.
Gen. VIM. III. Lee, son of the late
Robert E. Lee, is prominent candidate for
Congress in the Alexandria (va.) district now
represented by Eppa Hunton. The latter has
rendered himself unpopular by his quarrel
with Columbus Alexander, OF Washington
Dueling is not so popular IN the Old Dominion
as in the ante-b ellum days.
WASHINGTON NOTES.