The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.



The steamship Rio Grande, with
valuable Cargo OF cotton, arrived at Delaware
breakwater on fire. Loss, $4,000.
The Assembly Of New York has
passed a bill permitting call loans to be made
at any rate ON which borrower and lender can
agree.
A. ID. Leighton, negro, at New York,
was hanged for the murder OF Mary Dean. The
moose caught under the chin, and he slowly
strangled to death.
In a colliery three miles from Shame
kin, Pa, some sulphur exploded from contact
with safety-lamp, killing four miners.
The week ending May 20 was the
busiest ever known at Castle Garden, New York.
23,545 immigrants having landed. Previous to
this the largest number of arrivals in one
week was 2O,17s, during the second week OF
May. 1881.
Four young men from Chicago were
drowned while fishing in Wolf lake. few miles
south of the city, by the capsizing Of a small
sail boat
Near Spiritwood, Dak., Northern
acme train was thrown from the track by the
breaking of an axle. Three men were killed
and number seriously wounded.
At Minneapolis, Mimi, a student
named Paine, who was out "on lark, " was
pursued by one of the professors. Paine having
aimed revolver at his pursuer, the latter
promptly returned the compliment by shooting
Paine i'll the leg.
Isaac Gardner and his three daughters
were drowned while attempting to ford the
Tuscarawas river at Newcomerstown, Ohio.
Gardner drove his wagon into the water
against the protests Of number of his neigh
bors.
The cattle round-ups in Wyoming are
progressing rapidly, and an immense number
OF beeves will soon be thrown upon the market
A report has reached Little Rock,
Ark, from the Cherokee Nation that Capt
Payne and his company OF Oklahoma invaders
had been captured by the United States author
tiles
Dave Sharp, a gambler, was arrested
at Caldwell Kan, for opening the grave of
George Woods and taking from the corpse a
diamond pin valued at $3.50.
When twelve miles out of Sandusky,
Ohio. and engaged in race with the Jay
Cooke the American Eagle exploded her boiler,
killing the fireman, F. Bittle, and two deck
hands, and fatally mjuring Engineer Johnson.
Six passengers were badly scalded.
"Polk Wells, one of the Missouri
gang of desperadoes, convict in the Iowa
or tiar nj FORT MaH bn
Gently murdered prlson-guard while making
his escape from that institution has been tried
and convicted of murder in the first degree and
sentenced to life imprisonment One of his
fellow-convicts, implicated in the murder, met
with like fate and another was convicted of
murder in the second degree
Twenty-eight counties in the golden
belt of Kansas report winter wheat in excellent
condition, and farmers are confident of the
greatest harvest for years Corn has been In
jured somewhat by the cold weather
In the Chicago live stock market there
has been of late steady and marked advance
prices. Live hogs last week were sold Mt
$40 to SS.45 per hundred pounds. Mess pork
for August delivery reached $40 per barrel on
Change. Best grades of cattle are worth
cents per pound
The Conference of the Methodist
Church South, at Nashville, elected the follow
ing Bishops: DIR. G. Cranberry, professor in
Vanderbilt University, but delegate from the
Virginia Conference DR.. Atticus G. Haygood,
of Georgia the Rev. r. K. Hargrove, of Tenn
essee; DIR. Linus Parker, Of New Orleans, and
Rev. Apheus W. Williams, of Baltimore.
The State Auditor of Arkansas, who
is now serving his third term, is found to be
defauiter in the amount Of about 1856, 900.
The Court House, at Franklin, KY,
was destroyed by an incendiary fire, with nearly
all the records of Simpson county.
At Leadville, Col. fire burned the
Academy of Music, the Windsor Hotel and
several adjoining buildings. Loss, 5000, OOe.
1t is believed that three or four persons were
burned to death.
The will of ex-Gov. Washburn was
fled at La Crosse the other day, and covers
property valued at 81, 5000 Full details will
not be given to the public for several weeks, but
it is known that csc, 900 is set aside for public
library at La Crosse and 1915, 900 for an orphan
and half-orphan asylum at Minneapolis, in
memory OF the mother of the testator
During tight-rope performance at
Edwardsville, ILL.,, a chimney gave way, iujuring
six boys, two Of them receiving fractures OF
the skull.
At Waxahatchie, Texas, flames swept
away 300, 900 worth of property IN the busi-
ness heart of the town
W. W. Reaewas executed at Pulaski,
Tenn, for the murder Of J. 7. Goodrum.
Five thousand people witnessed the
execution Of Stephen G. Effter, a wife mur
derer, at Marion, N. G.
1t is stated upon unquestionable au-
thority that Frank James and several of his
most devoted confederates are now in Texas,
with headquarters at Dallas, and a point of
rendezvous not many miles from that city
Eight members of Pnkerton's detective force
are said to be located in North Texas for the
special purpose Of capturing Frank and his
friends.