The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-09
LATER NEWS ITEMS.


The Cornell crew has reached New
York, leaving Shinkel in London. 1t Is alleged
that he received 5000 forms for causing the
defeat at Vienna.
At Pate rson, N. j., man named
Shoroch was killed by being struck in the
stomach by base ball He fingered but few
minutes.
Reliable reports from Fort Apache
ports Of the Indian massacre in the vicinity OF
the former place:were grossly exaggerated. Gen.
Carr and the greater portion of his command
were still alive at last advices, and were conf
dent Of being able to hold their own until
the arrival OF reinforcements. Gen. Carr's COM
mand lost seven men killed and two wounded
in the fight with the redskins. 1t appears that
on the morning of the Goth ult. be- with force
of los men, including Indian scouts and six
officers, left Fort Apache with the intention of
arresting an Apache medicipe-man who had
been endeavoring to str up the tribe to revolt.
The command reached Cibicu, forty-fvo
miles west of Fort Apache, on the 3Oth ult.,
and found 600 Indians there. The medicine
man was arrested without resistance, and the
command began to retrace its steps. Some
Indian scouts who had left their own camp
and come into Gen. Cars camp were ordered
to leave. They refused to do 80. but turned
and fired, killing Capt. Hentig. The fight then
became general Our troops formed Skin
mish line, and defended themselves until dark,
after which they retreated to Fort Apache,
The casualties among our troops were as fol-
lows Killed: Capt. o. G. Hentig, Sixth caval-
ry; Private Saurdagger, Private Sullivan, Pri.
vate Miller, Private Livingston, Private Bird,
Private Faran, all Of Company ID, Sixth caval-
ry Wounded: Lieut.. q. q. Gordon, Sixth
cavalry, in the leg, but not serious Sergt T.
Mcdonald, Company L, Sixth cavalry, right
leg, badly.
A dispatch from Shenandoah, Iowa,
gives the following particulars of terrible &C
cident which occurred near that place. Passen-
ger train No. 81, north bound on the Wabash
road was, ditched five miles west of that place.
Nineteen persons were more or less injured,
and one, named Thomas @. Leacox, was killed
outright. Two or three others will probably
die. All the train except the engine tumbled
down an embankment about ten feet high.
Lieut.. Flipper, the only negro gradu-
ate of West Point, will be arraigned before
court-martial at San Antonio, for the embezze-
ment OF $1,000.
During the year 1879, the total value
of the fish caught in the great lakes, together
with caviare, isinglass and oil made therefrom,
10 auti,pa ad al 1874 OSQ
Two thousand Mormons left Liverpool
for Utah this summer.
India has population, according to
the census just completed, of 252, 500, 600.
The result of the recent French cleo
tons will constitute the new Chamber OF Depu-
ties as follows: 459 Republicans, AZ Bonapart-
lists, and Al Monarchists.
Two numbers of the Nihilist journal,
the wa Of he People, have been issued ut ST.
Petersburg. They contain notices warning
spies OF the terrible fate which awaits them q
list OF donations to the Nihiist fund amount
ing to 1900 roubles, also the names Of 400
Nihilsts arrested since November.
A terrible railroad accident occurred
at Clarendon, France. The ordinary passen-
ger train Accommodation had been derailed
when the Marseilles express ran into it, tele-
scoping the hindmost cars, killing fifteen and
seriously injuring several other passengers.
Ayoob Khan declares that he has
abandoned his intention Of fighting the Ameer
Abdurrahman, and that he intends to tight the
English. The British journals say that this ia
| n clumsy plan to Get a. many rifles AZ nossible
and intimate that Ayoob does not mean what
he says. The Interpretation put upon Ayoobs
action shows, however, that the Afghaps are
not greatly in love with the British.