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

and 70, $50 bushels Of barley making q grand
total Of 5,775,09S bushels. against 1,570, 055
bushels at this period last year.
A fatal duel with revolvers between
two brothers at the breakfast table occurred
nine miles from Columbus. Ind. one morning
last week. Both men were killed They were
Henry and Alexander Covert, sons Of Luke
Covert, and were living with their father.
Henry had been married, but had separated
from his wife some time ago. They had be-
come reconciled and agreed to live together
again. The quarrel came up in conversation
at the breakfast table, when Alexander de-
nounced the wife of Henry as Q common pros
titute. At that Henry drew q revolver. his
brother drew another, and both fired at the
same time across the table. Both shots took
effect. One died in forty minutes and the other
fingered till the afternoon, when he also died.
A correspondent at Bismarck, Dakota,
telegraphs that the wheat harvest along the
Northern Pacific, between Bismarck and Fargo,
is in full blast On every farm in sight of the
railroad the reapers are In motion. Wheat
will average twenty-five bushels an acre-the
best yield in the history of the country. The
oats are nearly all cut and will yield as high as
100 bushels per acre in some instances"
A terrible calamity occurred few
nights ago on Goguac lake, near Battle Greek,
Mich, which suddenly transformed that pleas
ant resort into place of mourning, and almost
desolation. The pleasure steamer Lew Clark
look fire and was burned; also the dwelling OF
James Cleveland and three lighthouses Mrs.
Cleveland and her infant persisted in the flames
and two other children were 30 badly injured
that they are not expected to live. Mr.. Cleve-
land saved his own and one Of his children's
lives by jumping with it from the second story
of his burning house into the lake. The fire
originated in the steamers engine-room.
Gen. Terry, at st. Faul, has received
dispatches from Gen. Miles dated at Rock
Creek, Montana, stating that after his fight Of
the 10th ult., in which fifty Indians were killed
and four soldiers and scouts wounded, the In
dams fell back on Sitting Bulls main camp,
situated fifty-fve r.iles from the Canada line.
Miles pursued, and was 30 close upon the heels
of the rerreating foe that they fed indiscrim-
inately in confusion, leaving their camp, tepees,
ETC., standing, all of which were taken in by
Miles, who continued the chase to the
line Here he found Maj. Walsh, of
the Canadian mounted force, who reported
that he had taken charge OF the Indians, and
Gen. Miles suggested that Walsh send them of
to such distance that it would be impractical
BILE for them to be constantly menacing and
crossing the line. Meantime Miles had sent out
scouting parties to corral any wandering bands
and prevent their pursuing the buffalo, now
working south. Gen. Miles reports that he has
gobbled up camp of British half-breeds on
United States soil, who have been trading am
munition and supplies with Sitting Bulls fol-
lowers. He sent the entire outfit south Of the
Missouri, under guard, as prisoners.
The cholera-morbus-mal
entery epidemic scare at Center Point, Iowa,
has quoted down. The disease is attributed to
a pond of stagnant water on the outskirts Of the
town, the malaria from which polluted the air
and caused most of the sickness. At Walker,
seven miles north of Center Point, the epidemic
was quite prevalent, and many deaths have oc-
Cured Dubuque reports more cases of
cholera morbus and dysentery than have been
known any summer for years.
Two drunken roustabouts met in a
Chicago saloon, located on the bank of the
river, and got into dispute as to which was
the better man. To settle the question they
engaged in a fierce ugh-and-tumble fight, in
the course of which they tumbled into the
river, and both were drowned.
A party of six boys and girls, out
rowing, on the Mississippi, at Lacrosse, Wis,
had their boat capsized in the vicinity of the
Government dam. Two boys and one girl were
drowned
The Chicago Journal reports that
Alderman Pearsons, of that city, who has just
returned from very extensive tour of North
ern Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, gives assur-
ance that never before has the Northwest had
such abundant crops as now. The corn crop
is enormous in extent, being at least 20 per
cent. in excess of that of any previous year.
He says the agricultural and general business
prospects of the West are exceedingly flatter-
ing.
Three of Brigham Young's executors
Cannon, Darlington and Brigham Young, Jr.
are in the Salt Lake penitentary for contempt
of court in refusing to obey the order to turn
over the property in their possession.
South.
The Memphis yellow-fever bulletin
for July 30 was eight new cases and four
deaths. Travel was entirely cut Of to and from
the city, and locomotives were carrying the
mails. A camp had been established not far
from tho city, and the colored people were
being removed thither.-Five clear and
undisputed cases of yellow fever were
reported at New Orleans on the Goth.
The work of disinfecting the city was being
vigorously Observation-Disclosures deaths from
yellow fever had occurred in Louisville-all of
them imported-and one had occurred in quar-
antine at St Louis.-Montgomery, Ala, and
vicksburg, Miss, have established quarantine
against New Orleans.-The Executive Commit
tee of the National Board of Health has issued
a circular on disipfection 1t advises thorough
scrubbing and moist cleansing, to be followed
by the fumes of burning sulphur at the rate of
eighteen ounces per /, 900 cubic feet of space
TO be disinfected.
There were fOurteen naur cases of