The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-11
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Among the accidents and catastro-
Plies occurring ON the Fourth, one of the most
melancholy was the partial overturning of an
overloaded excursion steamer on Lake Quin-
sigamond, near Worcester, Mass, whereby
large number of the passengers were pitched
into the water, and seven were drowned. A
somewhat similar accident occurred near
Trenton, N. j., where the breaking down Of
an overcrowded wharf gave a crowd victim &
and scare, besides drowning three persons.
A New York paper says the expend.
itures to the present time for the construction
of the Brooklyn bridge are sl0,523,574 A
contract was awarded last week for 10, TBS, 600
pounds OF steel and $4,000 pounds of iron.
The Trustees say the bridge will be finished by
January, 1881.
West.
A. f. Clark, member of the Cincin-
natl City Council, has been sentenced to twelve
months imprisonment for tampering with cleo
ton returns, while acting as judge Of election,
last fall.
A Deadwood dispatch saysthat Lame
Johnny" one of the parties who robbed the
coach near Buffalo Gap. short time ago. while
on the way from old lied Cloud Agency to Rapid
City, in charge of Deputy Sheriff Smith, OF
Cheyenne, was taken from the coach, few
nights ago, near the place where the robbery
was committed, by three masked men, and
hung to a tree near by.
total population of Ss4, 4lO being an increase
of 1862 since last year. The increase since
1870 is POI Ar.
A pair of thieves, who took advantage
of the absence of all but the cashier at dinner,
robbed a bank at Galesburg. Ill, of about
sl2, 900 in money.
One of the heaviest storms ever ex-
perienced in that section occurred on the
Sd inst The storm extended all over the
States Of Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin
and Southeastern Dakota, doing much
damage to buildings, railroads and crops.
From the former State reports of casualties
are received as follows At Vasa, Goodhue
county, nine persons were killed and thirty
injured by lightning and the fall of build
ing At Winnebago, the wife of Nathaniel Ste
ven was killed by lightning At Mountain
Lake. Lawrence Lawless was killed by light
ming Red Wing reports 100000 damage to
property in the city. Every town in the south
and east of the State suffered heavily, but de-
tails are wanting. AtMenomonee, Wis, house
was carried away by the flood, with two per-
sons, not since heard from. At Warrenton,
Wis, the residence of William Rush was carried
away, and with it the family, in
Guiding Mr.. Rush, wife and daughter, young
lady about 20 years of age, all being drowned.
Another young lady, daughter of Mr. John
Davis, of Rush river, was drowned in attempt
ing to get out of the house, which was flooded
with water to the depth of several feet Ten
miles northwest of Lemars, Plymouth county,
Iowa, two young men named Kass were killed
They saw the storm coming and ran into
barn for shelter, when the wind
struck the building with terrific force, COM
pletely demolishing it and crushing them
to death in the ruins. The aggregate loss of
life by disasters connected with the storm
throughout Minnesota will approach twenty
The wounded will probably reach fifty, thirty
six being injured by the wreck of the Orphan
Asylum at vasa. The damage to property is
great, but there is no data for exact estimate
A Milwaukee dispatch says that ere
ports from over 100 different points IN Iowa,
Minnesota and Wisconsin say the late storm
did no damage to the crops Some of the
wheat was knocked down, but it is all coming
up again. The grasshoppers did considerable
damage to a small section along he Sioux val
ley All the reports give very fattering pros
poets"
A panic occurred among party of
bathers at Bohemian picnic at St Paul, Mo-,
on the Missouri Pacific railroad, and two of
them were swept away by the current and
drowned.
A Sioux Falls, OAK, dispatch says
that Mrs. Z. Lee and babe, of that city, and
Mr. and Mrs Thompson, of Red Wing, Mimi,
were drowned while attempting to cross a swol-
len stream in a wagon. Mr.. Lee and young
girl who we're with the party escaped
James II. Croft and Charles G.. Wo-
broth, arrested at Alamosa, Col, for the MUIR
der of William Syock, in New Mexico, we're
taken from jail by 100 citizens aud hanged to q
cottonwood tree. They had confessed.