The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-01

There are S31, 200, 600 worth Of gold
and silver in the United States Mint at Phila-
delphia.
West.
Thomas Garfield, uncle 10 the Presi-
dent while out riding about twelve miles from
Cleveland, Ohio, was struck by passing train
while attempting to cross at q railroad cross
ing, and instantly killed. Mrs. Alonzo Arnold.
sister TO DIR. Boynton, Of Cleveland, and q
cousin Of the President, who was with Mr..
Garfield in the buggy, was badly injured, aid
cannot live. Mr.. Garfield was in his SOth year.
The Missouri River Improvement
Convention, at Council Bluffs, has made a de-
mand for $5,O0O0OO from the public treasury,
f400, 900 Of which it wants for use next year in
extracting snags. Hon. John Hogan, Of ST.
Louis, urged as the policy Of the improvers
that no vote be given by the Western men in
Congress to River and Harbor bill which failed
to contain the above appropriation
The Town of Tombstone, Arizona,
was burned last week, and a great portion Of it
vas destroyed. A fire swept over 1880 acres
in Mercod county, CAL, destroying the grain
crops, farm-houses, outbuildings, fences, etc.
At a meeting of the Hereford cattle
breeders, held in Chicago, and which was large
ly attended by representatives from Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Iowa and Wyoming Territory,
il was determined to form an association to i'm
prove the beef cattle of the country by the ill.,
troJ,ct;oy, NJ ha uaraford hraa1
A colored waiter named Stannard was
murdered at the Owl Club Madison street. Chi
cago by fellow waiter named Boss. The
murderer was drunk, and the quarrel which
watch. The wound was triangular one, i'll
iicted with dirk, most likely.
The fire at Tombstone, Arizona, de-
stroyed 100 buildings, rendering 800 people
homeless. The losses aggregate about $780,
600.
The Common Council of Chicago
passed an ordinance vacating La Sale street
for the purpose Of providing site for the new
Chamber of Commerce.
The Michigan Central and the Lake
Shore railroads have declared quarterly divl-
dends-the former of per cent, and the lat
ter Of 2 per cent.
DIR. McMullen, of Chicago, has been
appointed Bishop of Davenport, Iowa.
The Michigan Central engine-house at
South Haven, Mich, has been burned, causing
a loss of $4,000,
All the st. Louis gambling houses
have been closed by a law which passed the
Missouri Legislature last winter making
gambling q crime.
The Board of Agriculture of the State
of Ohio estimates the wheat crop this year at
"A. 000. 600 bushels.
Thirty-hve persons who ate chicken
salad at picnic near Decatur, Ga, were badly
poisoned and suffered severely. Medical aid
was promptly rendered. and no deaths oc-
Cured. The chickens from which the salad
was made had been boiled in a brass kettle.
A controlling interest in the Houston
and Texas Central road has been secured by
G. p. Huntington Of the Southern Pacific.
At Holly Springs, Miss, Wyatt
Holmes was hanged for the murder Of Andrew
Scott. He acknowledged the crime and exhorte
all TO meet him in heaven. Five thousand peo-
pie we're present. Murderer and his victim
were both colored men.
William McMullen, q desperate Of
Newport, ny, was killed by Police Officer
Sauerbrey for desperate assault The patrol
man was badly hut.
Hon. Henry Stanbery, Attorney Gen
eral during Johnson's administration, died last
week at Covington, Ky.
Mrs. Miller and her young son were
Instantly killed by lightning, at Sturtevant
station, Ala. The infant in her arms was un-
INJURED.
Mrs. Antony, wife of clergyman at
Shelbyville, Tenn, fatally shot herself while
attempting TO shoot q hawk.