The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-18


not take place. He procured q revolver
and went out TO hunt for Richards. but
failed to find him. Disappointed In this, he
returned home and went up to the room in
which his sister was dressing for tho wedding.
What passed between them is not known, but
soon the family down stairs heard the report
of pistol, quickly followed by another shot,
and, rushing upstairs, Mr.. Robbins found his
two children lying in pool of blood, the young
| lady dead, and the son unconscious and dying.
Both were shot in the forehead. In the case
of the girl the bullet passed clear through the
head. Lee died in thirty minutes, without
speaking word, and, as no paper was left,
this is probably all THAI will ever be known OF
the tragedy.
A brief telegram from Bodie, Cal,
makes mention OF an explosion of a powder
magazine, by which several men were killed
and great many wounded, but gives no par
ticulars of the disaster.
San Francisco dispatches give some
additional particulars of the disaster at the
mining town of Bodie, Cal The magazine
which exploded contained five tons of giant
powder The shock was scarcely felt
under ground AT the 300-feet level the
men felt slight jar, but paid small
attention to it. Fortunately, the drifts
had just been connected 30 that no injury
was done to any below the ground The shock
was felt on the surface a distance of twenty
miles Many boarding houses, restaurants,
and other buildings were more or less shattered
Eleven men were instantly killed. and upward
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Ex-Gov. William Allen died sudden
ly at his home, near Chillicothe, Ohio, on the
1lth of July He retired to bed in apparently
his usual health. About o'clock he became
some what restless, and being unable to sleep
he called DIR and Mrs. Scott, his son-in- law
and daughter, who at once appeared at
his bedside to aid him to arise. He
signi6ed his wish to be aided to reach chair.
While being thus helped, he retained all his
faculties, but upon reaching the chair slight
but almost imperceptible change passed over
his face, and without struggle and without
word he easily dropped into the chair. A slight
futtering of the heart was only noticeable, his
head fell back, and his eyes closed as in peace
full sleep.
Mr.. A. r. Cazauran is now in Chicago
experimenting the preparations for the pro-
ducton of number of the New York Union
Square Thester successes, with their original
cast and mounting It's intended to make this
engagement the dramatic event of the summer
in the Garden City, and Manager Haverly
spares no pains or expense to give Chicagoans
the best New York attractions. "The Bankers
Daughter" is promised on the 2lst inst, fol-
lowed by number of other plays of high
order
Daniel Rouser, a well-known temper
ance lecturer was recently drowned in the
Miami river, near Dayton, OHIO.
South.
A New Orleans paper reports that
Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey, of Mississippi, who died
in that city last week. leaves will bequeathing
her whole estate to Jefferson Davis. In max
ing this bequest Mrs. Dorsey refers to the
great services and sacrifices of Mr.. Davis on
behalf of the South reproves his countrymen
for their failure in gratitude and appreciation
for such services, and regrets this small con-
tribution which she is able to make TOR his re-
lief.
Memphis, Tenu., was thrown into a
closure of a case of yellow fever, and many
people left the city in hot haste. The victim
was an Irish shoemaker, AZ years of age, living
in the southern part of the city. The local
physicians pronounced it sporadic case.
Fire destroyed square of buildings
on Main and Congress streets, Houston, Texas,
involving a loss of $4,000.
Four or five cases of pestilent fever,
and pronounced by physicians genuine yellow
fever, were reported to the Memphis Board of
Health on the 10th inst The public announce
ment of the existence of these cases of the
deadly disease created wild panic among the
populace, and perfect stampede of cit
liens began at once, the trains be-
ing unable to carry away the hundreds who
desired to leave. An official order was issued
by the Board Of Health advising the people to
remove their families away from the city until
1t could be ascertained whether the fever would
assume an epidemic form. This official recog-
milton of the existence of the pestilence in
the city had the effect of frightening
the excitement and Fastening the departure of
everybody that was ready to leave The news
spread along the river, north and south, and
St Louis, Vcksburg, New Orleans, and
other cities at once took the alarm, and the
authorities proceeded to establish quarantine
against Memphis.
There we're four hangings in the
South, on Friday. the 18th Of July, namely:
Antonio Garcia, a Mexican, at San Antonio
Texas, for the murder of Augustin Amalo
Sept. z, 1878; John Davis (colored) at Smith
vile, N. c., for the murder of Henry McDuffie
(colored). December last; and two negroes
John Williams and Winter Payne-at Warren
ton, Va
A Lake Providence Oa) dispatch re-
ports the killing of Postmaster Austin by
Squire Lusk, of West Carroll and the mortal
wounding Of Austin, Jr., the Parish Judge
w. II. Smith (colored,, while crossing the street
during the melee, was struck, it is alleged, by
stray bullet and instantly killed
Memphis dispatches Of the l4th re-
port no new cases Of yellow fever in the city,
and the excl ement subsiding. Phy-icisns are
of the opinion that there will be no epidemic
there this summer.
In one day last week there were fif-