The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-08-03
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

1reSluenJ Arthur, III company WlJn
Secretaries Folger and Lincoln and Post
master General Gresham left Washington for
Louisville on the morning of the S0th inst.
After participating in the opening ceremo-
MES of the Louisville Exposition, the party
visited Chicago.
A frightful railroad disaster hap
pened on the Rome, Watertown and
Ogdcnsburg railroad, near Carlton Sta
ton, N. Y. The accident occurred west
Of Rochester, in Orleans county. Twenty
two persons were killed and thirty wound
ed The train was carrying party of
excursionists to the Thousand Islands,
and was running fast to make up lost time.
A gale prevailing at the moment had
blown a freight-car on the main track.
Notwithstanding the passenger train had
two locomotives, it failed to hold the track
against the obstruction, and a great
heap OF ruins was made in an in
slant The crash was head three miles
away. Hon Thomas Hoyne, one of the fore
most citizens of Chicago, was among the
victims Prof C. W. Stone, of Battle Creek,
Mich, was also killed The persons killed
business and social acquaintance.
Fire at Lincoln, Neb., destroyed ten
business buildings Loss, s250,00o Leight-
on & Brown, wholesale drugs were the
heaviest losers
The Syndicate block, in Minneapolis,
was damaged by fire to the extent of $780,
000 while merchants doing business in the
building suffered to the amount of sl7S0 900.
The case of ex-State Treasurer Polk,
of Tennessee, who is under a twenty years
sentence, has been appealed to the State
Supreme Court, and the criminal admitted
to bail in the sum of S450,C00
James Carey, the Dublin informer,
is said to have reached Montreal with two
detectives. He travels under the name of
Pat O'Neil, and has cut off his flowing beard
and mustache.
Upon recommendation of the Super
intendent of the Military Academy the Sec
rotary of War summarily dismissed Cadet
Thomas l. Hartigan, of the senior class of
the United States Military Academy, for
hazing two cadets
Ex.-Congressman William f. Lam
sing, of New York, died suddenly of heart
disease at Syracuse.
The body of Capt. Webb was found
in Niagara river near Lewiston, n Y On
the head was a cut of three inches, evidently
received by striking rock, and his limbs
were somewhat bruised
Pope Leo XIII. is preparing an en-
cyclical letter against divorce
A man named Terry crossed the En-
glish channel on floating tricycle.
Everything is quiet in Ireland, and
the Government has dispensed with special
magisterial service.
Subscriptions for the benefit of the
family of Webb who was drowned while at
tempting to swim through the Niagara
whirlpool, are being taken up in London.
Queen Victoria is slowly recovering
from the effects Of her recent attack of
sickness
English physicians repudiate the idea
that Asiatic cholera has obtained foothold
in London, and declare that there is no rea-
son to anticipate an outbreak of the disease
this year.
The Catholic Bishops of Germany
have begun to use the powers recently
granted to them, and have ordered all
Wears and candidates for the priesthood TO
return TO Prussia
The Ohio Board of Agriculture esti-
mates the wheat crop of that State at 3d.
S73, coo bushels
Judge Okey, of the Ohio Supreme
Court, holds that the Scott liquor-t tax law
is unconstitutional The other four Judges
sustained the law.