The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-22

on tho great lakes. Upward OF twenty vessels
of all descriptions were wrecked, and twenty
Ave or thirty lives are known To have been
lost. The tug Protection and schooner Arab,
both OF Chicago, went down I'm Lake Michigan,
and every soul on board tho two Inflated
craft, fifteen in number, persisted. num-
Der of vessels were blown ashore on Lake
Erie, but no loss of life is reported. A
peculiarly sad disaster occurred near Petos-
key, Mich. During the blow, o. NJ. Chase,
Superintendent OF the Michigan fish hatcher
les, C.. ii. Brownell his assistant, and George
w. Armstrong, foreman of the Petoskey
hatcheries, left Harbor Springs for Petos-
key, in "a Mackinaw sall-boat, the boat being
manned by Moses Detwiler, a former
Fish Inspector In Canada, his two sons
Charles and George, and "A nephew, George
Detwiler, making seven i'm all. The boat cap
sized mile and half from Petoskey, and
all on board found n watery grave. The new
docks ut Petoskey were swept away by the
wind and waters. Near Harbor Springs,
Mich, sail boat capsized and three men were
on Lake Ontario, and some of them will
prove total wrecks. On Lake Huron
the storm was moro severe, if possible, than
on the other inland seas, and many vessels
were beached and wrecked. Leaving inland
waters, the tempest created havoc on shore
as well, raging throughout Canada, New York
and Pennsylvania, and pushing its conquests
far along the shores of the upper Atlantic.
At Toronto il is described as the fiercest storm
on record, the wind attaining IA velocity of
two and half miles minute. The wharves
were seriously damaged, and schooner
sunk in the harbor. At Hastings and Bell
vile, in Canada, structures were unroofed
and trees blown down. Thunder and hail
prevailed ut the latter place, where, in Metro
politan hall, the salvation army held
forth; panic was caused by the rafting of
the scenery by the wind, and in the rush down
stairs many persons were hurt.
Several craft were lost in Chesapeake
bay during the recent gale. The Captain and
eight men of a sloop were drowned Three
coal-laden barges were lost in Long Island
sound, and eight men persisted. or the
Highland light, Boston harbor the wind for
more than twenty-four hours blew at the rate
of sixty miles AN hour dispatch
from New London, Ct, says the
barges Ida, Dunderberg and Osprey
were lost, and seven of the crews were
drowned Providence Or. ~ telegram,
says James Island was strewn with wrecks,
and twelve lives were known to have been
lost. A Cleveland dispatch. says that the
steamer Francis Smith, with 100 passengers
on board is believed to have been lost on
Lake Huron
AS a train on the Mexican Central
sped around II curve in lonely spot near the
little village of La Jarita, Mexico, the engi-
neer, discovering that rail had been re-
moved, reversed his lever, but too late 10
prevent wreck. simultaneously forty
masked men attacked the train, robbed the
express car, and were about to rob the pas
sengers, when it was discovered that one of
the latter had escaped and gone for assist
ance. The outlaws Immediately took to their
horses and decamped.. They are believed to
have crossed to the American side of the Rio
Grande and scouting parties are in hot pur.
suit.
The Unitarians throughout the
United States have subscribed $3.50. 900 TO es.
tablish headquarters at Boston, and steps
will at once be taken toward the erection of
building.
Notwithstanding the cold weather OF
last week, the Fat Stock show at Chicago
proved n great success. II is said by the en-
thusiastic that the exposition equaled the
celebrated Smithheld show which has been
running in England for eighty years.
The recent gale on the lakes was the
severest and the most destructive of life and
property experienced in a. period of twenty
| years. 1t is believed that when a full and
accurate statement Of the ruin wrought shall
have been obtained it will be found that not
less than fifty craft have been totally lost, anG
as many more badly damaged. The loss OF
| life on the lakes will reach at least 100, and in
the entire country fifty more. The property
! loss will mount into the millions. In Maine
alone the storm inflicted "A loss of $1,000, 600,
largely in valuable timber. Reports of dam.
age by the great blow continue to be flashed
over the wires. Following are the last report
ed Grain barge Milwaukee, with her Captain
and five men, was lost on Lake Ontario
The propeller Fred Mcrcur, loaded with coal
| for Chicago, went ashore near Erie.
and was scuttled TO prevent pound.
ing on the rocks. Her crew were
taken off by the life-saving service.
The tug Torrent put out from Port Huron
and rescued the barge Merrmac fifteen miles
of the Canada shore. She was nearly mass
of ice, and her Captain and crew had beer
without food or sleep for four days. An un
known vessel, with her crew of eight wa.
lost on Lake Eric.
Business failures in the United States
last week numbered 2Oj, a decrease of four.
teen from the preceding week. but thirty.
eight more than in the corresponding perioo
of 1882.