The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-05-18
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vincibes to get his neck into the hangman's
moose for the murder of Lord Cavendish and
Under Secretary Burke, was visited by his
mother just before the execution She
was heard to exclaim: Mind Joe, no
statement Brady smiled, and replied:
@Dont be foolish; do you think l am a
ooly" ltis stated that the mother threat
ened to disown her son if he gave the Gov
eminent any information Brady made no
statement to the jail chaplain or to the Gov
ernor OF the prison One OF the
last things he did was to
wrie letter to his mother. Brady
was stone cutter, an intelligent, well-in-
formed fellow, and powerful young man
physically. He leaves twenty-four brothers
and sisters, all of whom occupy good posi-
tIons in society His father and mother are
both living, and are under 60 years of age.
The Council of Seven, the executive
head of the Irish National League Of Amer
lea, met in Detroit AMI settled various mat
tiers relative TO the status of the league and
the Functions of its officers In the first re-
spect it was decided that the league Of
America is aux liary and subordinate to the
league of Ireland to which all moneys col
lected in the United States are to be trans
mitted at stated intervals.
The Kansas City cyclone was much
wider in area and far more damaging in its
effects than the first reports indicated At
Oronago, Mo-, nearly all the buildings were
demolished, five persons killed or fatally in
jured, and about fifty wounded. AT Macon,
Mo-, three persons were killed, and at other
points in the State the loss on
property and stock is very heavy
A cyclone, accompanied by ran and hail,
tore through a section of St Joseph county,
Mich, near Sturgis, causing heavy destruc-
ton of farm property and injuring many
persons frame school house at White
Pigeon was blown down while the school
was in session. One boy was killed
and several other pupils injured. At
Southport near Indianapolis Ind, the
Methodist and Presbyterian churches and a
small school house were blown down, and
residences and shade trees greatly damaged,
the town being almosa wire cked.
The principal business houses of
Bartlett, Dakota, were burned, the aggre-
gaze loss being about $4,000
The Supreme Court of Missouri has
decided that under the State constitution
there is no restriction as to what may or
may not be taught in the public schools
In the case decided an applica-
ton was made to restrain the
President and Directors of the
St Louis pubic schools from using any of
the school revenues for the purpose of
teaching German or other foreign languages.
The court holds that this is matter en-
TREY within the discretion OF the School
Board On second point raised in the
same case it was held that the expenditure
OF school funds for the in ,truction of chill
dren under 6 years of age was illegal, which
deci ion abolishes the public kindergartens
in St Louis
Sullivan and Mitchell SPARED" at
New York in the presence of 10000 people,
the Englishman being knocked about until
he failed to come to time.
The Board of Excise Commissioners
Of New York refused a saloon license to Joe
Coburn, the pugilist, on the ground that his
general reputation was bad
Four business blocks were burned at
Elizabeth City, n G.
The Belgian Government proposes to
levy duty on tobacco equaling S,000,0C
francs yearly.
Fire almost completely destroyed two
Canadian towns At bennington, Ontario'
about five acres were burned over, the total
Ioss being about sl50oOo At Qu'Appelle,
on the Northern Pacific railroad, in Winni-
peg. property of the value of $4,000 was
destroyed.