The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-25

A mass of ice in the North river car
ried away nearly seventy-hve feet Of the piers
in New York
Mr.. William ID. Howells has resigned
the editorship of the Atlantic Monthly, and it is
currently reported that he is to be appointed
Minister and Charge at Berne, Switzerland
Mrs. Julius Clemens, of Northamp-
ton, Mass, a victim Of hereditary insanity, rose
from her bed in the night, went to the barn,
lighting match, burned herself to a crisp.
An immense meeting was held in
Cooper Institute, New York, under the auspi.
ces of Ito Autobiography League. Organiz-
alton to carry out the purposes OF the League
to crush monopoly and to protect the taxpay.
ing and wage-earning portion Of the commu-
nifty was urged. Judge Jere Black was the prin-
cipal speaker of the evening. He held that per-
sons connected with railroads should be exclud-
ed from Office, called attention to the in
creased power Of these corporations in
politics, and the power which they have
gained over the State and other courts. Sen
ator Window sent letter sympathizing with
the objects OF the meeting, but warning the
promoters against the spirit OF Communism.
He denounced the railroad and telegraph mo-
nopolies, and pointed out the danger that
threatened the people from the fact that the
telegraph lines of the country were practically
controlled by one man. Congressman Reagan
spoke and explained his bill, which he claimed
was only step in the direction of curbing the
power of monopoes. Resolutions embodying
the spirit of the meeting were then adopted.
At Robinson, Col, Deputy Marshal
McIlhanny was fatally shot by persons in am
bush.
An electric light company, with
capital of $500, 900, has been organized in De-
troit- II proposes to furnish heat and motive
power.
Judge Gardner, of the Superior Court
Of Chicago, decides that Mrs. Rappleye, an IL
legitimate daughter Of the late John s. Wallace
is entitled to one-third of the estate Of deceased
The Illinois Senate, by vote of 43 to
/, passed the bill imposing upon telegraph COM
panies tax OF 2 per cent on the gross re-
ceipts.
The house of Fred Lanyon, on the
River Sioux, fifty miles from Sioux City, Iowa.,
baby persisted in the flames.
Loran V. Kennedy, Postmaster at
Fairview, Neb., was lodged in jail at Omahs,
on the charge of robbing registered letters. He
has confessed his guilt.
A loss of $4,000 was incurred at
Denver by the destruction Of a number of
buildings on Cliff street.
Mrs. Irene Crandall and her child
were found dead in the road near their home
in Grant county, MINI. 1t is thought they
were murdered by her husband.
Twenty days were consumed in San
Francisco in obtaining jury to try Isaac Kali
loch for the murder Of Charles DeYoung.
The large livery-stable of L. Levy was
burned at Nebraska City, and two helpers
named John Jackson and Frank Otto were
burned TO death.
South.
The cotton warehouse occupied by
Allen & Crawford, in Columbus, Ca, was
burned. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
A number of Swiss farmers of the bet
ter class have determined to settle on land in
Eastern Kentucky. A number of the colonists
have arrived. The bulk of them will come in
April
Frank Twiggs, convicted of the MUIR
der Of William Driscoll, in Burke county, Ca,
last November, has been hung at Waynesboro.
The wife of William Fowlkes has
been found guilty of the murder of her hus-
band and sentenced to be hanged, at Peters
burg, Va.
Frank Twiggs has been sentenced to
death at Waynesboro, Ga
United States Deputy Marshal w. +.
Gary, was killed in Kicking county, S. c., by an
Illicit distilier named Kelly.
A large eagle attacked boy as he sat
at breakfast in hi5 fathers house near Milton.
n. c., dragged him out through the open win
dow and tried TO carry him of. The fight was
n desperate one, and would have ended in the
death of the boy had not the bird fatally in
jured itself by striking its neck upon sharp
stick which stood upright in the ground. The
father was attracted to the scene by the boys
cries, but, thinking the eagle was the devil,
ran sway as fast as his legs would carry him.
The boy was terribly mangled.