The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-16

b,:ng given, with Catherine Lewis as the GYPSY
Girl, and strong cast of characters.
Full returns of the population of Chi
cago place the figures at 500, $40.
The boiler of Neutrality-suspicious. ex-
ploded near Dunkirk, Ohio, killing seven per-
sons and wounding eight others, three fatally.
The army worm has appeared on the
hop ranches near Sacramento, CAL
Leadville has been made a free-de-
livery postoffice, with five carriers.
William Carter escorted Mrs. Dillon
home from ball, at Leadyile, Col, and Mr..
Dillon who did not approve of that sort OF
thing. attacked Carter, and were fatally shot
II is estimated that the loss to farmers
by the breaking of the Sny levee was 5000, 600
ON corn. $500, 900 on wheat, and 100000 on
buildings, fences, etc.
The Census Supervisor reports the
population of San Francisco at 253, 600, includ-
ing 20, 500 Chinese, a much smaller population
than had been estimated.
About 300 men under the leadership
of Capt Payne have crossed into Indian Terri
tory llOM hdilsds hioNot"hOii' INV
same party undertook to enter the Territory last
spring, but were forced to retreat 10y the troops
Stephens a. Wilcox, dry-goods mer-
chants of Omaha, have failed, with liabilities of
$4,000.
Two masked men boarded local train
on the Missouri Pacific railroad, at Winthrop Sta
ton, Mo-, and robbed the United States Express
Company's safe of $3.50 and package of jew
ely.
A fire at Jonesville, Mich, destroyed
four-mill and other property, valued alto
gether at $4,000.
A race of n somewhat novel character
is to come off in Chicago the first week in Sep
tember 1t is to be a contest of
1876 hours duration between men and
horses According to the conditions of the
race the number of horses will be limited to
six, while as many pedestrians wish to enter
may start. The race Is Il correspondence
one, the only proviso being that the horses
must be ridden or led, and that not more than
two riders will be allowed to each horse. The
money prizes amount to $4,000.
The Health Department of Chicago
has been investigating the sanitary condition of
the factories of that city. 1t has found 1862
men and boys and 1862 women and girls work
ing in 2,31l factories, many of which are in a
horrible sanitary condition.
A freight train on the Kansas City,
st. Joe and Cedar Rapids railway was thrown
from the track by a COW, near Kansas City
/ Ia IN " a
were stealing ride on the train were instantly
killed, Their bodies being frightfully mangled.
The trial at indianapolis of Mary
Brown for the murder of her husband in Feb
ruary last terminated in a verdict of guilty,
and fixing the death penalty. The jury We're
out forty-six hours. Wade, the paramoT of
Mrs. Brown, had previously been convicted and
sentenced to death.
A crazy tramp stabbed three railway
employees at the depot III Byers, Col. two of
them fatally, and was then shot dead by po-
liceman.
South.
Two South Carolina Colonels-Cash of
Chesterfield, and Shannon of Camden-fought
duel, the latter receiving fatal wound The
deceased was lawyer of high standing, and
leaves large family unprovided for.
A tornado at Columbia, S. c., blew
down portion of the penitentiary buildings,
njuring a number Of convicts.
Several deputy collectors of revenue in
Georgia, who were engaged in a recent raid on
moonshiners in which one of the latter was
killed, have been arrested by the State authori-
ties on charge of murder. The United States
District Attorney for Georgia has been directed
from Washington to secure the transfer Of the
cases to the Federal Court
l. b. George, a leading Baltimore
merchant fell ont of ffth-story window in
his store building, and was instantly killed.
Two negroes were hanged at Osceola,
Ark, July 10, in the presence of 5000 specta-
tors for the murder of man OF their own
race.
Col. Cash, who recently killed Col.
Shannon in duel, in South Carolina, is under
arrest on a charge of murder.
There has been fatal case of yellow
fever at New Orleans