The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-03-05

in the same manner, as is supposed by Jay
Gould's order. Great excitement prevails at
New York and in the We. over the matter, and
long and bitter legal contest is looked for.
A grand union depot is to be erected
in Chicago by the Pennsylvania, Chicago aud
Alton and Milwaukee railroads. 1t is to be
1876 fest wide and 1850 feet long, and when
completed will be one of the finest structures
of the kind in the country. Work will be be-
| gun Immediately.
Two members of the Board of County
Commissioners at Minneapolis have been in
dicted for receiving money for their votes.
Two car loads of Cinnamon, bound
from San Francisco 10 New York, passed
through St Louis the other day.
Hon. Andrew Shuman, Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, who has been for twenty
four years editorially connected with the Chi
cago EUening Journal, has purchased con-
trolling interest in the paper. Mr. Shuman
announces his withdrawal from the gubernato-
rial race.
Two companies of troops have been
ordered to Coffeyville, and two companies to
Caldwell, Kan, near the Indian Territory line,
to intercept the bands of squatters who are ex-
pected to invade the Territory as coon as the
weather will permit
Goodwillie's box factory, on Ohio
street, Chicago, has been burned. Loss,
$4,000
A snow-slide near Salt Lake buried
six men and several teams. Four of the men
were rescued alive
e. G. Stockton, a nephew of old Com
modore Stockton, committed suicide at st.
Louis, Mo-, the other day.
The Iowa Legislature has passed q
law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
oleomargariDe.
The amount of lumber received ut
Chicago during 1879 was !, 467, ,09l feet, an
increase of % per cent over the preceding
year.
Joseph Pulitzer, of the Post Dispatch,
and William Hyde, of the Republican, INDUCED
in fight in one of the public streets of St
Louis, the other day. Hyde knocked Pulitzer
down, rolled linn in the gutter, BACKED his
eye and went away, apparently satisfied
Pulitzer drew pistol, but dropped the weapon
before he could get chance to use it. No Sc
rious damage
Jacob Lincoln, cousin of the late
President Lincoln, was recently robbed and
murdered in Maryland
John Henry Johnson (colored) was
hon OF Co 10 "a
confessed his guilt warned those present 10
lead better lives, and expressed the belief that
he would go straight TO heaven.
James Howard was executed for wife
murder at Ozark, Ark. He protested his inno-
cence to the last moment
A CHASTITY tragedy was recently enact
ed near the town of Quero, in Texas. Three
men, Holland, Martin and Coward, engaged in
pitching half dollars for drinks. Holland
disputed the game, and started for his house
for gun to kill Martin. His mother, %
years old, came from the house and
caught Martin, who was trying to
prevent Holland getting the gun. She
held Martins arms while Holland drew a
knife and savagely hacked Martins throat.
Coward placed pistol in Martins hand and he
shot Holland in the arm, then shook himself
clear of the old woman, knocked her down,
and shot her, inficting wound from which
she shortly died. He then fired again at Hol-
land, wounding him mortally. Martins in
juries are not serons.
The large wagon mandatory Of
James, Roosa & Graham at Memphis, Tenn,
has been burned. Loss, $4,000.
The Virginia Legislature has repealed
the Moffet bell-punch law and restored the old
liquor license system