The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-13
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

A duel was fought near New Orleans
between two Mississippians-an editor and
county official-in which the latter was
slightly wounded
Four prisoners were lynched in the
South in one day-two in Tennessee, one in
Louisiana and one in Texas
The Governor of Arkansas urges the
Sherlffs of Garland, Yell, and Montgomery
counties to summon aid and hunt down the
outlaws in that mountainous region.
The bark Berna, with six persons i'll
of yellow fever has been sent to quarantine
below New Orleans
A delegation of Chicago newsboys
went to Milwaukee and presented pair of
diamond sleeve buttons to George W. Peck,
the Joker
The Illinois State Entomologist sug-
gests that as the Hessian fly is now dormant
in the wheat stubble, it be burnt at the
earliest day; or If this is impracticable that
the fields be plowed and rolled
Terrible forest fires are reported in
the vicinity OF Kalama, Washington Terrific
ry. Several miles of the Northern Pacific
road has been destroyed, and the losses ag-
gregate hundreds of thousands of dollars
An oil boom has started in Washing
ton county, Ohio, the outlook being suffi-
GENTLY promising to weaken prices in the
Pennsylvania fields
In the recent litigation between
Tabor and Bush, at Denver, Willard Teller
filed scandalous document, for which
Judge Dawson imposed a fine of $500 for
contempt
The correspondents of Milwaukee
commercial house throughout Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Iowa write that wheat and
oats are doing well and promise large crops,
but corn and barley seem to have suffered
from the cold and wet
For the first time in many years the
Democrats have just elected their munich
pal ticket at Annapolis, Md
John S. Prince, the American cham
pion wheelman, was defeated in twenty
mile race at Rochester, N j., by H. w.
Higham, an English bcyclist
Boxes have been placed in the hotels
and police stations of New York to receive
contributions toward monument for Peter
Cooper. Mayor Edison will act as treasurer
of the fund
The French Consul was attacked and
insulted on the streets of Constantinople.
A better feeling is reported between
the Vatican and France.
The motion of a Republican member
in the French Chamber, to pardon Louise
Michel and the Paris and Montceau-les-
Mines rioters, was rejected-304 TO 50
The cholera is raging in Swallow,
China, and mortality from the disease in
creases in Egypt A Cairo dispatch says the
Khedive holds yacht in readiness to con-
vey him to Naples if the spread of the
scourge compels his departure. Provisions
are scarce at Damietta, and famine is
threatened
Favorable weather in England has
greatly benefited crops.
Bradlaugh recently wrote to Glad
stone that he intended to take his seat in the
House of Commons, without regard to
orders. A motion by Northcote that the
agitator be excluded from the precincts of
the House unless he agree to keep quiet,
was adopted by 232 to 10.
The Attorney General has given an
opinion that the office Of Tea Inspector was
not created by the act to prevent the i'm
portation of adulterated teas, but that the
customs authorities must do the work
Special Treasury Agent Howell, at
Plattsburg, N Y. informs the authorities at
Washington that numerous Irish pauper
immigrants are entering the United States
from Canada, some being state aided"
and ticketed to the Western States. The
treasury officials say pauper immigration,
via Canada cannot be prevented.