The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-26
LATER NEWS ITEMS

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Mrs. Sylvester Blocker, wife of the
manager of the Tom Thumb Company, died
from injuries sustained in the Newhall dis
aster A Milwaukee dispatch says that John
Gilbert, the actor improves slowly. He is
able TO sit up in bed. but his mind has not
yet recovered, and he asks continually how
he came To be bruised He is under the inn
preston that his wife is in Louisville visiting
her sister. Experts appointed by the county
authorities have finished the examination of
the forty-eight charred remains ascertain
ing that the remains answer for so many
human bodies This makes the loss of life
by the disaster not less than seventy -four.
The action of Gen. Sharpe, Governor of the
Soldiers Home, for not complying with the
request for aid at the Newhall House dis
astsr, in refusing to send steamer, is to be
made q matter of official investigation Con-
gresham Deuster has taken the necessary
steps and is assisted by Senator Logan.
Two ballots were taken for United
States Senator by the Nebraska Legislature,
on Jan -, without any choice The first
ballot stood as follows: Stickels, Anti Mo-
nopolist, %; Thayer, Is; Willard, -; Gown,
Is; Saunders, IL; Brown, o; Boyd, 8; Man
derson, z; Morton, 5, and Is scattering.
The second ballot differed but slightly
from the first The Minnesota Legislature
balloted once without choice: Window A,
Wilson So, Cole 16 Dunnell 10, Hubbard 9,
Kindred ;, Farmer 4, Start 4, Davis 8, Wake
field ,, scattering >. The Republican eau
Gus of the Colorado Legislature tried unsuc-
cessfully to agree upon candidate for Sen
ator Pitkin led with 20 votes on the first bal
lot, Tabor with ~ on the third, and Bowen
led the field with - on the ninth, tenth and
eleventh ballots The Democrats of the
New Jersey Legislature nominated Senator
John b. Mcpherson for reelection on the
first ballot The Republican caucus agreed
TO compliment George A. Hobart by casting
their votes for him.
A dispatch from Weeksville, Mon
tana Territory, says that a band of vigilantes
proceeded To the settlement on the Thomp-
son river, and cleared the place of roughs
They then went forward to Sand Point,
where they found two men, nicknamed
"Dicz, the Barber" and the other "Ohio
Sam" These they seized and hanged on
separate trees
A Carson New telegram states
that n band of mounted and masked men
rode up to n store in Gold Mountain, IA min
ing town near there, and ordered the propri-
etor TO give up all his money. He refused,
and was at once shot dead by the leader of
the band Two Creek Indians, who were
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blood The rcad-agents then robbed the
store eff everything valuable rode TO Silver
Peak, where they went TO the principal store
and proceeded to plumber it, The pro-
prietor and one of his clerks drew their
revolvers and opened fire on the highway
men, killing two of them The Are was re-
turned, and the proprietor and his assistant
fell dead with bullet-holes through their
hear The road agents cleaned the store
on t and made their escape unrecognized
A San Francisco dispatch says it is
now ascertained that the number of China
men killed by the giant-powder explosion
was thirty.
Nearly block of business buildings
at Nashville, ILL.,, valued at 100000, were
swept away by fire.
George G.. Foster, of Milwaukee, was
instantly killed by the fall of an icicle, which
crushed his skull
A gang of twelve masked men cap
turcd a small station on the Central Pacific
railroad, 1876 miles west of Ogden, and
locked all the railroad employees in the tank
house. When the east-bound express-train
arrived sh ortly afterward the thieves side
tracked the engine, robbed the trainmen,
and proceeded to go through the train.
The messenger in charge of the express-car
was not only armed, but had the courage
to use his weapons, and the robbers, finding
that they had struck fighting man. beat a
retreat without having attained any re-
markable degree of financial success
Gen. William Is. Hazen. Chief Of the
Weather Bureau, was arraigned in the Wash
ington Police Court and fined for neglecting
to clear the snow from the sidewalk in front
OF his house.
In the police court ut Dublin, twenty
one persons were arragned on charge of
conspiracy to murder officials. One man
swore that Carey, member of the munich
pality, was present mt Fenian meeting held
to arrange for assassinations A man named
Farrell testified that he was given a revolver
TO stop Secretary Fosters carriage, others
being assigned to do the remainder of the
work
The highest salary paid to q woman
teacher in Iowa Is 81 200.