The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11

his home, near Coldwater, Mich, sixteen years
ago, has been found and restored to his parents.
He had q strawberry mark on his shoulder.
A review of the numbering interests
Of Michigan, made by q commercial journal Of
New York, states that good timber lands range
from ESQ to 300 per acre, and are being so
rapidly secured by syndicates that they will
soon DO controlled by few individuals.
A. McCarger, the acting Indian Agent
at White River, expresses serious fears Of an
outbreak Of the Utes in the early spring.
Xavier Wilhelms, saloon-keeper OF
st. Louis. murdered his mistress, Agolia Mar
got. and killed himself.
August Schultz, 15-year-old lad of
Milwaukee, hanged himself through fear Of
punishment for having stolen $5 from his
parents.
At Grantsville, New, Matias Salmon,
a bad character, killed s. Missel, miner. Sal
mon was arrested and hidden by an officer to
preserve him from lynching. Salmon's hiding
place was discovered, and he was taken out and
hanged to the framework of windmill.
Five of the murderers of Col. Charles
Potter have already been lynched. Fausteno
GatiSnis, another of the party, has been capt
ured, and will be sent out from Albuquerque,
under strong guards, to point out the hiding
place of others involved.
Aunty jackson, a negress, aged III
years, has just died at Normal, Ill.
John Forester, 16-year-old boy, of
Kossuth Wis.,, committed suicide by hanging.
A fire at Omro, Wis, destroyed one
half of the business part Of the town, includ-
ing ten stores, a planing-mill, Thompson &
Hayden's carriage works and large business
block. The loss is not less than $2O0,0O0.
j. G.. Ferguson e. Co. extensive
pork-house at Indianapolis, has been de-
stIoyed by fire. Loss estimated at $5OO,0G0 !;
insurance, 1885, 900.
Wiley Embrey, a respected farmer OF
Butler county, KY, and six Of his children
were burned to death, Mrs. Embrey and daugh-
ter escaping. The fire broke out in an upper
room after the family had retired.
Tie town of Plymouth, n. c., was
devastated by fire, originating in kerosene
explosion. Only store and freight warehouse
were left standing.
Three children of the Rev. Manning
Hunter, colored preacher, of Sumter county,
S. c., were burned to death by fire caused by
the explosion of kerosene lamp.
co.. Bayler, with squad of 1exas
rangers, surprised band OF twenty Apaches
three of their number.
A party of citizens of Augusta, Ark,
lynched three men who attempted an outrage
on worthy young lady. The mob rallied at
the Jail at midnight, gagged the guards, and
took the prisoners across the river, hanged
them to tree until life was extinct, and COM
pleted the CHASTITY work by cutting the bodies
down and casting them into the river.
Rush Bennett, colored man, was ex-
ecuted at Eldorado Ark, for the murder of
Col. A G. Jamison.
A blood-curdling horror is reported
from Owensvlle, Ky. George Preiat, bachelor,
aged 20 years, and his sister. Mrs. Elizabeth
Goodpaster years older, lived alone together.
The sister has for long time been paralyZed
and bedridden. Before retiring at night,
Preait started TO throw on back !og and build
up the fire. He lifted the log, and, in throw
ing it on the fire. fell with it, and being unable
to rise, was burned to death. His sister was
laying on the bed, but was unable in her con-
dition of health to get to him or render him
any assistance. At last by an almost superhu-
man effort, she got out of bed and dragged her
brothers body out Of the fire, and man.
aged to get back in bed, and there was
compelled to lie, being completely exhausted
and unable TO turn over, with her brother
dead and burned body lying in full view on the
hearth. Nothing was known Of the affair until
the following day, when Mrs. Goodpaster's son
went TO his mothers to help his uncle feed
the stock. As he stepped into the door
the horrible and blood-curdling scene was
opened to his view. There in bed lay
his mother, with eyes widely extended
and she looking wildly with them, while on the
hearth lay the body OF his uncle, stih ana
stark in death, badly burned, and with eyes,
cheeks, ears and portion of his neck eaten by
CATS the whole presenting CHASTITY sight,
Mrs. Goodpaster had never closed her eyes
during the whole night, and was lying there
facing the body OF her dead brother, and una
BILE to move at all or make any noise whatever,
and was compelled to see the cats eating the
flesh from the face of her brother.
A woman with considerable money
stopped for lodging at the house OF negro
named John Demps, in Charlotte county, Va.
She was put in room with Demps' wife, but
in different bed. Demps determined to muir
der the woman, and entered the room at mid
night with an ak, and. with two fearful blows,
he killed his wife, supposing her to be the Wis
i.or. The screams OF the other woman informed
him of his mistake. She fled and he, after
burying his wife, was arrested while burning
the bed-clothing TO conceal his crime.