The true northerner., 1881-08-19
NEWS OF The WEEK.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENoE.


u 10 believed, or the Pennsyivanaa nahfonu
Company. The building originally cost u, ,6O0,-
600.
Judge james d. Colt. Of the Supreme
Court OF Massachusetts,, was found dead in his
sfice at Pitts6eld recently. having committed
suicide He shot himself through the head
with pistol.
The residence of DR.. William Bowen,
of Scituate, r. l., was burned, few nights
ago. Flames subsequently appeared in his
barn. which led to the discovery Of an internal
machine operated by clock work. The doctor
has been very active in securing the enforce
ment Of the Liquor law.
The Laughlin nail-mills, near Wheel
ing, W. Va, valued At $6O. 900. have been swept
away by fire.
Maud s. at Rochester lowered her
record to 2:iOA, beating by quarter Of .
second the time she made at Pittsburgh few
weeks ago.
A lamp in the hands Of the janitor
fred the organ in st. Paul's Episcopal Church.
at Erie Pa, and caused damage OF elO0, 0O0
Gen. Grant has bought q $95, ,000
house on East sixtyssixth street. New York.
A very rich vein of silver, two feet
the top of the mountain.
West.
A food at Central City, Col, swept
away property valued at 100000, and caused
the drowning of two persons.
Western railroad officials blame Van
dertilt for getting up the trunk-roads war, and
say that If he does not stop it they will unite to
divert business from his roads.
The woQlen mill ct the Mclean Man.
ufacturing Company, at GAINESVILLE, Wis, was
totally destroyed by fire, causing loss of $780,
900.
A frightful explosion, resulting in the
death OF five persons, occurred in ~. Clair
county, Ill. Laborers on the farm of Henry
Young prepared to return to work after break
fast, and we're approaching the steam thresh-
ing machine, when the boiler burst, scat
tering destruction in every direction. Five
men were killed outright, and five others were
SO seriously injured that their lives are de-
SPARED of. The machine was shattered in a
thousand pieces and the wheat took fire, which
spread to all the surrounding property. The
stock yard and all its contents were consumed
In the flames.
The mercury in St Louis one day last
week rose to 105 in the shade the highest
point reached for for y-fve years.
The killing of Spotted Tail by Grow
Dog was q cold -blooded assassination, and the
latter will be tried for murder.
Hon. o. 81. Browning, ex-Congress-
man and Secretary of the Interior during the
administration of President johnson, died at
Quincy, H., last week
Z. r. Williams & Brother, O grain
commission house in Toledo, are charged with
issuing fraudulent bills Of lading to the amount
Of ZOO or more. Their suspension is an
nounced, and both have fed.
Gray, the person who shot and killed
Theodore CLANCY, editor of the Santa Barbara
(Cal.) Press, some time ago, escapes with
twenty years imprisonment.
Rev. DIR. III. w. Thomas, the distin-
guished Methodist divine, is to be arraigned
for heresy next month, ct Chicago. He is
charged with denying the truth Of the doc
trines Of inspiration and atonement taught by
the church, and teaching the doctrine of pro-
baton after death for those who die in sin,
thereby antagonizing the doctrine Of endless
punishment for the wicked. The trial will ex-
cite widespread interest.
Late advices from New Mexico report
great alarm in that territory over atrocities
perpetrated by renegade Indians. A party of
sixty or more killed seven persons near Elrita.
Another band Of twelve fired into camp Of
Atchison rail way men near Rincon.
During violent thunder storm at ST.
Lous, lightning struck the Atlantic mills, at
the corner of Main and Plum streets, which
were quickly destroyed by fire, five employees
being killed and several others burned. The
flames then spread over two blocks OF wooden
buildings. The loss aggl egates s9o0. 600, ON
which there is $4,000 insurance.
The Supreme Court of Nebraska has
render, d decision to the effect that the high
license liquor law by the last State Legislature
is constitutional in every particular. 1t COM
pels saloon-keepers to pay $1,000 license and
give bonds in the sum Of $4,000 in cities OF
ev,s 10000 people, and in Gties Of under 10,
600 the license is $500.
The wheat crop Of Nebraska is pro-
nounced failure. Barley, oats, rye and fax
will prove fair crop. Owing to the exoess-
lively hot weather and the total absence Of rain
recently the corn crop will not be near an aver
age
The fall-wheat crop Of Illinois, ac-
cording to the State Agricultural Department.
shows falling Of Of about 80 per cent from
the crop Of last year, and il probably the worst
In quality and quantity grown in the State for
twenty years. The crop Of this year viii not
disbearten the farmers of the State, however,
and 1t Is probable that larger area will be
sown his fall than ever before
A band of Apacbes made raid on
small village IN New Mexico, near the line Of
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad, and killed
twenty-seven citizens. Charles q. Cough re-
ports having b, en- attacked by seven Apsches at
apoint only sixteen mil from Santa Pc, and
that he killed one and wounded three.
An emiorant train ran into n washout