The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-06
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

Or. Tanner entered upon the thirty
first day of his fast in prime condition, and
confident of completing his tremendous task.
He took his usual two-hours' drive in the morn
ing and filled his demijohn with well water.
The scales showed that he had gained half
pound in weight in the twenty-four hours. His
pulse was "a temperature, $3.50; respiration,
IA weight, 1870 pounds
Three men descended a colliery near
Pottsville Pa, to inspect the ventilation of the
mine and were taken out dead, having been
suffocated by black damp.
A savings bank at Middleton, c., has
been relieved of $4,000 by daylight robbers.
A change for the worse iii DIR. Tanners
condition was noted at the close of the thirty
second day of his long fast. He was reported
weaker than at any time since the beginning of
his self-impoSed task, and his eyes wore a dull
and heavy look During the day he vomited an
ounce and a half of mucous, tinged with bile,
and was weak and helpless for nearly an hour
afterward. Notwithstanding the symptoms of
weakening, the doctor was confident that he
could hold out for the forty days. His pulse
was recorded at ~ temperature, % 3-5; res
piration, 49, weight. 12S11 pounds. His
strength was tested by the dynomcter and
found to be 80 kilometers on the right hand
and Is on the left.
There was a three-hour's snow storm
on Mount Washington on the afternoon of
July 80.
Several planning mills and an immense
amount of lumber have been destroyed by fire
in the lumber district of Buffalo. Total loss,
e225, 900; insurance, sos, 900.
On the thirty-third day of his fast,
DIR. Tanner was reported as greatly improved,
the apparent symptoms of weakening exhibited
on the previous day having partially dsap-
peared. He walked twenty-five laps around
the Enclosure in the hall-about two-thirds of
mile-in eighteen minutes. HIS gait was free
and steady. letter was received from Mary
j. Frndahs, Milwaukee, Wis, Offering the
doctor cher hand and heart" The letter
greatly amused him
DR.. Tanner began the thirty-ffth day
of his fast in worse condition than he had ex-
hibited at any time since the start. ausea
and vomiting were frequent, and the faster was
so enfeebled that he was unable to dress him
self. Pulse 7S; temperature, 9811; respira-
ton, 10
Columbus, Ohio, has population of
51,644.
Nearly fifty million bushels of corn
have been received at Chicago since the LIST of
January.
A large portion of Empire City, Ore
gon, has been destroyed by fire.
The stock of grain in the Chicago ele-
vators amounts to 4,653,544 bushels, against
5,775, 09S bushels at this date in 1879. The
present stock of wheat amounts to 2,463, 500
bushels and of corn to 1,S59,960 bushels.
An Atchison (Kan. woman has given
birth to a child weighing one and three-quarters
pounds. Mother and child both reported as
doing well.
The mint at San Francisco is over
stocked with standard silver dollars, and the
shipment of millions of them 10 the East is un-
der consideration.
fire at Quincy, Ill.,, destroyed half
dozen manufactures, and number of dwell
ings Loss estimated at S15O,OOO.
Three little girls of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fshels, living near Dean, Mo-, who were left
alone in the house, undertook to build q hrt
with coal oil. An explosion followed, and two
OF the children we're fatally burned
Near Gibson Station, Indian Terri
tory, party of Creeks attacked two Cherokces.
and killed one and wounded the other Two
Greeks were hanged by Cherokees a few days
previous hence the reprisal
The wheat crop is now being harvested
in Nebraska, and will be third less than the
average. In Minnesota IL yield of from twenty
TO thirty bushels 10 the acre is anticipated. In
Dakota Territory, the crop is larger and better