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

A recent telegram from Denver says
of the county-seat war in Grand county,
Information has been received here that F.
j. Dean the County Clerk, who was wounded
in the late fight between masked men and
the officers of Grand county, is dead
This makes n total of FIVE lives
that have gone out of the dread
full feud. Commissioners Weber.
Mills, and Day were killed in the struggle,
and Deputy Sheriff Redmond Sheriff Reyer
committed suicide, presumably because of
his inability to .apprehend the assassins and
the adverse criticisms of the press, and
Deputy Sheriff Redmond, one of the masked
murderers, is supposed to have been NOR
tally wounded 1t is still feared that the
list of the dead is not complete. There
remains bitter feeling between the factions
contending for political supremacy in the
county, and despite the accepted appoint
ment of Commissioners by Gov. Grant, the
result of their introduction to official duties
is uncertain"
The exciting hunt for the Polk county
dowa) murderers ended in a lynching after
all A recent dispatch from Harlan, Shelby
county, says that "between l and o'clock
a m, "a body of men estimated all the way
from thirty to 1G0 in number, went to Har-
Ian from the southeast and quietly tied
their teams ON the bank of the river
The men were led by some one of military
experience, as could really be seen by their
formation and the precision with which
everything was done. Marching directly to
the JAIL and in the meantime posting out
guards, they called upon Deputy Watkins for
the keys He made some objections when
they seized him, secured the keys and pro-
ceeded to the cell where Hardy was secured.
without trouble He met his executioners
calmly at the door, mot muscle or tremor
showing that he had the least fear
rope was quickly placed around his neck,
and his hands tied behind The cell doors
were then unlocked and the men quickly
formed Ina line, without disturbance, the
prisoner being placed under strong guard
The tire-alarm soon woke the whole town,
and at the same time rang out William
Hardy's death warrant Volley after volley
of shots were heard in the direction of Chat
wins mill, and the crowd which followed
the lynchers, after some search, found the
dead body of the victim in the river, Just be-
low the bridge, riddled with bullets, and the
marks of rope upon his neck The s1ppo-
sition is that he was thrown from the bridge
and at the same time shot"
Officers of the st. Paul road report
the grain crop along it's lines west of the
Mississippi in excellent condition, with the
exception OF some narrow belts in Dakota,
where hail beat down the stalks.
Seven passengers in mixed train on
the the Wabash railway were killed near
Lawson, Mo. The passenger car ran off the
rails and turned completely over. 1t then
broke into pieces, crushing the persons.
When the ruins wer removed no less than
seven dead bodies were found Several
other passengers were seriously injured.
One Rigney,a "hard-man-from- Bitter
creek" sort of fellow, was treated to
fatal dose of hemp at Miles City, Montana
The bank of Leadville, Col, has
made an assignment The failure has been
anticipated for some time, and will not tis
said affect other Colorado banks
Elisha Ward, doing business as the
Ward Iron Company With large works at
Niles and New Philadelphia, Ohio, has made
an assignment The liabilities are about
$4,000