The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-11-04
LATER MEMS ITEMS.

The extensive brewery Of Mayer &
Baohman, at Clifton, Staten Island, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $780,
900. and hundreds Of employees are idle.
The President has appointed Clifford
Stratham Postmaster at Lynchburg, Va, in
place OF Wilson, suspended, in accordance with
the programme arranged by the last Senatorial
caucus.
William Duckett was fined $75, 900 by
Judge Johnston, of the Quebec Court of Re-
view, for having taken his seat and voted in
the Quebec Legislature as a member from one
of the electoral districts without having the
legal qualifications for membership.
A feud at Lagrange, Ohio, ended by
William McHenry stabbing Harry West to death
and William Nelson fatally cutting Douglas
DougEerty.
The cotton warehouse of John u.
Rogers & Co., at Galveston, was damaged &c.,
600 by fire.
Thomas York, farmer of Whitfield
county, Ga, was killed by his father in quar-
rel about crops The wife OF the murdered
man was present.
The Mechanics National Bank of
Newark, N. j.. for many years regarded one
of the most stable financial institutions in the
State Of New Jersey, suspended payment. It's
cashier, Oscar L. Baldwin, was arrested few
hours afterward, and confessed that he
was entirely to blame for the
suspension that he had misapplied $4,000,
900 Of the funds of the bank. Like most
men in his position he was " completely pros
trated" by the fact that his rascality was found
out. His explanation is that in 1873 he began
to make loans to G. Nugent & Co., morocco
manufacturers of Newark, asking neither the
sanction of the bank Directors nor security
from Nugent & Co. Having begun, he says he
felt that he was in the power of the
firm and made loans to them whenever
they wanted sometimes loaning them as
whatever. The Nugeut firm promised that all
loans would be made good, that it had plenty
of property, and also assured him that there
would be no trouble Baldwin's story will do
to investigate. 1t is evident he has not told the
whole truth. He affects great sorrow for his
sins, and says he is ready to 60 to the peniten-
tiary to expiate them.
The estimates for expenditures by the
United States Postal Department for the cur
rent fiscal year are $43, 661, 3OO The estimates
of the postal revenue are S42, TAI 1872, thus
leaving only deficiency Of S19,57s to be sup
piled by taxation.
An insane man called at the White
House to see DIR. John Noetling, who the Holy
Spirit, he said, had told him was President Of
the United States. The guard saw at once
that he was a crank, and tried to induce him
to leave. He refused, and was then arrested,
but not without a fierce struggle, however. A
si1-shooter was found in his pocket.
Col. George Cowie, Chief of the Dip
lomatic and Consular Division of the Fifth
Auditors Office, has been removed His resig-
nation was asked for by Fifth Auditor Alexan-
der, who is Of the opinion that Cowie improper
" recommended the payment of certain consul
lar claims. Cowie refused to resign and was
removed.
At the residence of Hon. W. III. II.
Muir, near Lawrenceville, H., Albert Nichols
killed John Tenehan, his rival for the hand of
a servant girl.
Congressman j. @. Burrows, of Mich
igan, announces himself candidate for the
Speakership. and has already commenced an
active canvass