The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-12-01
NEWS OF The WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.
East

the egress OF n number of male and fem lie
employees OF w. H. Robinson Co, gold
chain makers, who were at work In the
fourth story Across a fifteen-foot alley was
a two-story wooden structure, and TO the
root OF this many of the workpeople spl ang,
suffering prievous I'M lries by the fall
Emma Gassett, Bessie Cobb and Thomas
Mann fell between the build ngs the two
former were killed, and Mann had an arm
and a LEG broken Mary McSorley fell on a
picket-fence, and was shoclSngly mutilated.
Another man hung from "A telephone W TO
until res ;ued by fireman Five young
women who jumped from the windows o.
the burning building to the roof below were
fat lily injured
Col. William Henry Mcmahon. mem
Der of the Tariff Commission, died suddenly
at his residence in New York
Capt. Nathan Appleton, of Boston,
who has applied for n new charter for a
Cape Cod Canal Company, states that Count
de Lesseps will be Interested with him, rs
also Gen Turr, the Austrian engineer The
cut will require two years time and cost
g., 100000 and the estimated annual revenue
thereirom If $4,000
The petroleum gamblers of Pitts
burgh, Bradford and other speculative cen
ters have been going through a terrible ex-
perience recently. Under the pressure of
the bear influences the market, which had
gone up to an unusually high figure, took q
sud Zen tumble, dropping from SlO5 10 81
cents in one day. The spectators, who had
forced up prices, found themselves over
whe med in ruin. The excitement through
out the oil-speculative regions was unprece-
dented.
Gilbert w. Patrick, Familiarity known
as Gilpatrck, a famous jockey of the days
before tn war, ed the other day in New
York He rode Lexington four miles against
time at New Or cans in 71934.
The remains of Thurlow Weed were
taken to Albany for interment
An explosion of an oil tank in the
Brooklyn Company's works at Greenpoint,
Long Island, started fire that burned $780,
600 worth of property and caused the loss of
two human lives
The paper-mill of Bittner e. Lyming-
ton, near Lancaster, Pa, and a covered
bridge adjoining were d. stroyed By ire, The
loss ben9 S145,OO0
The champion fool halls from Belle
vile, Pa, and rejoices in the name OF Hale
Forsyth. He bought some dynamite with
VIII CHI to Kill fish and placed It in his oven
At home The house was blown to atoms,
two children were killed, and the wife was
fatally injured
West.
The case of Editor Cockerill for kill
ing A W. SlaS back was called In the Court
of Criminal Correction at st. Louis the other
dav, but the Judge announced a postpone
ment to await an invest cation by the Grand
Jury. Opinions differ as TO what Will De he
Jesuit of his action, and some attorneys
maintain that the case VIII never reach a
forma tr al
Douglas r. Hale and wife were ar
rested by the police at Milwaukee. Mrs
Hale confessed TO entering jewelry stores
and puiloining va,uables. She is the ex-
vie OF the notorious Mike Weaver, now
serving term in the peniteniiary. Hale at
one time was manager OF the Chicago Clear
ing House.
The Northern Pacific road has closed
a contract with a land syndicate for 500
oO0 acres east of the Missouri at 81 per acre.
There are 542 Odd Fellow lodges in
Indiana, with a membersh p of 2,653 The
amount expended for relief the past year
was $50, 73S
The Grand Jury of the Third district
of Utah found three indictments for polyg-
amy under the Edmunds law out of twenty
cases presented to it's notice The District
Attorney was unable to rid himself of two
Mormons impanelng the jurors, and they
are said to have given warning to witnessed
The systematic robbing of the mails
between Denver and the East has been prac-
ticet for log period, and the postoffi e
aut critics are at a &c So as to where TO locate
the thefts Drafts, checks and money or
ders o the amount of over s6O0,0 have
disappeared, while the loss OF money and
va.uables cannot be es mated
Passenger fares over the Milwaukee
and ST Paul between Chicago and Rock Is
land were reduced the other day to 80 cents,
and over the Rock Island road tickets were
sold at 81 between Chicago and Albert Lea
MINI fierce war between these rival
lines was what brought about the cut.
The winter-wheat crop of Kansas is
in excellent condition. and an immense
yield is promised.
A bloody conflict is in progress in
Nevada between the Washoe and p ute In
dilns
There has just died at Mehama, Ore,
Mrs Capt. John Smith, daughter Of Will
lam Morgan, who is alleged TO have been
murdered by members of the Masonic order
in 1876. She steadily refused TO give any in
formation in regard o the tragedy.
The larg' stove foundry of Bonnell,
Duffy & Co, at Quin y, Ill, was destroyed
by fire causing oss of about $40 100.
Col. John A. Cockerill, of the St.
Louis Post Dispatch, will probably never be
prosecuted for killing Col. A W. Siayback,
the Grand Jury having ignored the bill
found a. ainst him.
Hon. Lewis ID. Campbell died the
other day at Hamilton, Ohio. He served