The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-13

pounds OF nitro glycerine in q sleigh. Tho 70
hicls upset. the powerful compound expioded.
and sackett Feensy. horses and sleigh were
scattered to The four winds,
Five prisoners, al of them convicted
Of retty offenses at the February term Of court,
were publicly whipped in the jail-yard at
Newcastle, Del, one day last week, In the
presence of about 200 spectators. Two of
them were white; the rest were black
There has been another cremation in
the LeMoyne furnace, at Washington, Pa. The
body was that of Miss Dolly Hartman Every
thing passed of smoothly and satisfactorily.
A fight occurred recently, near Fort
Buford, between fifty lodges Of Sioux from
spotted Tail and Pine Ridge Agencies and
party of Gros ventres. The latter were vic
torious, putting their enemies to rout and cap
turing all of their ponies.
Denver advices report great excite
ment there over the discovery Of rich gold dig
gings twenty miles west of the city. There was
great rush TO the new mines.
The Milwaukee County Hospital has
been destroyed by fire. Two Of the inmates
persisted in the flames.
Dangerous counterfeits of the $5 gold
piece are circulating quite freely in California,
the imitation being 80 perfect that the bogus
coins can only be detected from the genuine
by weight as the former, while containing ap-
parently an equal quantity of gold, are only
700 fine
Burned: A block of buildings at Fort
Collins, Col, loss $50, 600; block of ten bust
ness houses in Wa-Keenv. Kansas.
About dozen Cinnamon were Gre
mated at San Francisco by the burning of a
Chinese wash-house
Dispatches from Los Pinos chroni-
Gle the arrival there of Gen. Adams and
party. Capt. Jack and Sowerwick left imme-
diately for Grand river, at which point Douglass
and the White river Utes were encamped.
Jack made no promises, and refused to set
time for his return. Il will do my best to eff
feet surrender of the prisoners" were his
parting words to Gen. Adams.
A daring bank robbery took place at
Knoxville, ILL.,, few nights ago. Mr. Il. @.
Runkle, President of the bank, sleeps in the
building Three robbers effected an entrance,
bound Mr.. Runkle and demanded to be placed 10
possession of the combination that'unlocks the
safe. Mr.. Runkle refused to give the infor-
nation. The robbers, moi satisfied resorted to
torture, and roasted the aged Presidents feet
IN shocking manner. They also beat him and
hung him up by the chin. At last they depart
ed, taking with them SO, $50, which amount was
not locked up.
Another carload of negro exodusts
from North Carolina arrived at indianapolis
last week.
Three or four weeks ago party of
cowboys rode into the town OF Las Vegas, New
Mexico, and killed the Marshal, who was par
ticipating in dance. Several of the gang were
killed on the spot and three of them captured.
On the 9Th inst. mob took them from the jail
and hanged them in the plaza of the town.
BY the reckless use of pistol
young man named John Barker killed John
Lear and Berry Hardy near Cooperstown, Ill.
1t appears that Barker was drunk, and drew
DIS revolver ana Ureu TWO BnOts AZ ran
dom, each shot killing man. The shoot
ing is said TO have been accidental In each
Instance tho ball penetrated the brain and
caused instant death. No quarrel or i'll feel
ing is reported, nor anything to justify the
killing. All the parties we're farmers, and be-
longed to respectable families.
A large malt house at Detroit was
demolished the other day by the explosion of a
boiler. Three men were buried beneath the
ruins.
Capt Ashley Brown, Cashier in the In
ternal Revenue Office of the Dayton Ohio dis
trict, has proved a defsulter to the amount OF
several thousand dollars.
South
The Louisville and Nashville COM
pany has purchased the road from Pensacola
to Selma, thus gaining an unbroken line from
Chicago to Pensacola bay.
The Court House at Dallas, Texas-a
fine brick structure costing 81, 600 OCo-has been
destroyed by fire.
John A. Anderson, late Public Ad-
ministrator of Memphis, is q defaulter to the
amount of S75, 600.