The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-08-01


along the creek were washed away. One Of them
contained two children, who were drowned
Several railroad bridges were washed away.
Along the Pittsburgh, New Castle and Lake
Erie railroad-narrow gauge-in Butler county,
the damage was immense Breakneck creek
was swollen TO the size of large river, sweep
ing away 800 feet of the road, houses, fences,
trees and live stock. The wheat harvest had
Just been finished, and the shocks which had
been left standing in the field were carried
away by the torrent and deposited, many of
them, in tie branches of trees twelve and If
teen feet from the ground Two streets in
Petrolia, also in Butler county, were flooded to
the depth of several feet The Oil Exchange
and Postoffice were badly damaged. On Bear
creek, in the suburbs Of the town, twenty-five
houses were washed away, nearly all of them
containing families, who were saved with great
difficulty. The scene at this point was very ex
citing Hundreds of people were compelled to
make to the highlands, distance of several
hundred yards. Mothers with infants in their
arms, men with clothing or articles Of fur
niture on theif backs, children of both sexes
and nearly all ages, all struggling through the
raging torrent to reach place of safety, pre-
scented scene seldom witnessed. Strange to
say, of this struggling mass of humanity, only
two small children were drowned. The total
loss by the flood is now estimated at $500, 900.
West.
One of the most deplorable and tragic
cases of self-slaughter that has occurred in
many days is recorded by the Chicago papers
Elizabeth, Hannah and Mona Trowbridge, three
maiden sisters, aged respectively AZ 40 and 80
sion in Hyde Park, suburb of Chicago
Through much brooding over exaggerated or
imaginary wrongs and misfortunes, they be-
came 30 respondent in spirits that the three
spinsters resolved to end their troubles in
death. The two eldest hanged themselves,
Mona assisting in the execution of the job
The latter, however, failed to carry out
the final act of the terrible tragedy,
which involved the taking OF her own life. In
stead of this, she set up pitiful moaning and
crying, which attracted the attention Of some
neighbors, who, upon entering the premises,
discovered the two sisters hanging to ropes at
tached to large ten-penny nails that had been
driven into the walls for the purpose.
The Indian news from the West is of
rather lively nature. A Fort Keogh dispatch
says an engagement took place near the mouth
of Beaver creek, between two companies Of
troops and Lieut Cark's Indian scouts of
Miles command and 800 hostile Sioux. The
troops lost four Indian scouts killed and two
soldiers wounded. When Gen. Miles main
column, which was twelve miles behind,
came up, the Indians were pursued
distance of fifteen miles, but made their es-
cape to Sitting Bulls camp. Joseph Lam
bert, a woodman and family, living six miles
above Wolf Point Agency, on the Missouri, was
attacked by Sioux Indians. Lambert, wife and
four children were killed and scalped. Two
other children were seriously wounded, and
cannot recover, and one little girl carried into
captivity. Lieut.. George H. Wright, Of the
Seventh Infantry, had brush with the
Indians above Muscleshell, and killed one In
dian.
Chicago elevators contain 3,5S0,375
bushels Of wheat, 2,529,952 bushels of corn,
PA, $50 bushels OF oats, AZ, S04 bushels of rye,
and sc, sos bushels of barley, making grand
total of 6,2S4, 799 bushels, against ,535, 262
bushels at this period in 1873
In the case of the suicide of the
two Trowbridge sisters, at Chicago, the Coro-
ner's jury have rendered verdict to the effect
that the two women were insane when they
planned and executed the double taking of,
and that the surviving sister, being also of un-
sound mind, is not accountable for her knowl-
edge of and participation in the suicidal prepar-
atoms.
1t is reported that Sitting Bull, at
the head of 5000 warriors, had left Canada,
line Old soldiers and frontiersmen are of the
opinion that he means mischief, and predict
lively times out West this summer.
The blind horse Sleepy Tom, in a
pacing-rac at Chicago last week, glided around
the mile track in the remarkable time of 2:l2A,
thus proving himself the fastest PAGER in the
world.
One of the most appalling disasters
that have ever happened on the Milwaukee
branch of the Northwestern railway occurred
at Warren's Crossing, near Wsukegan. ILL.,, on
the Goth of July, resulting in the death Of five
men and the serious injury Of several others
AS gravel train, composed of ten Hat cars,
which had been engaged in ditching was back
ing into the station to make way for the regular
$40 express, the fiat car in front of the train
struck COW at the crossing, partially throw
ing the car from the track, and telescoping
the balance Of the train, with the exception of
one car and the engine, which remained upon
the track. Nineteen men were employed
upon the train, nearly all Of whom were seated
or standing upon the car which struck the
obstruction. The men were thrown from the
cars, and many of them buried beneath the
debris of the wreck. One by one the bodies of
the dead men were removed, amid the pitiful
cries of the friends who had assembled at the
scene of the accident AS they were taken from
beneath the cars, the following named we're
found to be cold in death Anthony Joyce,
section boss; John Dugan, Pat Corners, and
Michael Sheridan. The wounded were found
to be: Austin DuRan, in a critical condition;
Thomas McNulty, recovery doubtful; Henry
Burns, Thomas Halligan, conductor, recovery
doubtful Patrick Sullivan. and Johnny Joyce,