The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01

At Joliet Crossing, Ind, thirty-two
miles from Chicago, the locomotives of n Mich
igan Central freight train and Pan Handle
passenger train collided with such force as 10
ditch all the cars. An engineer, IA brakeman
and fagman were killed, and three
other train-men were injured. One OF the
latter was Engineer Dcngnan, who was thrown
out upon the track and rendered insane,
In which condition he ran four miles.
Freight trains on tho Cincinnati road came
together on II curve near Stockwcll, Ind, de-
molishing both engines, throwing twenty cars
from the track, and killing Fireman Bowers.
Upon the report of the Commission
or of Pensions the Secretary of the Interior
suspended from practice before the Interior
department Belva a. Lockwood and Gelston
4 Co., pension attorneys at Washington.
Mrs. Lockwood is accused OF receiving Illegal
fees and Withholding pension money, and
Gclston Il Co. for filing fraudulent pension
claims.
The report of the Superintendent of
the Money-order Bureau Of the Postofiice de-
partmcnt for the fiscal year ended June 80
shows that the total number Of money-orders
of all kinds issued was 9,273, ss2, aggregating
in value Sl25, 0i7, 23s. The total number paid
was s,75l, OF, aggregatng in value Sl20, 407,-
46S.T he amount of fees received was Sl,2T2,-
O60. The increased value of domestic orders
issued over those of the preceding year was
SO, 1855, $50 or 3 46-lOO per cent. The increased
fees received were S4s, Ill, or 57-l0O per
cent. The ratio of improper payments to
the total number of orders paid was as l TO
21347l.
Two carriage factories of Plainsville,
Ct, valued ut $4,000, were swept away by
fire.
The country residence of Edwin n.
Benson, at Germantown, Pa, was burned,
involving a loss of 100000.
The iewelry store of l.. S. Stowe &
Co., Springfield, Mass, was burglarized of
diamonds and other valuables TO the extent
of $4,000 mt an early hour Sunday morning.
An unsuccessful attempt was made,
at Baltimore, to rosurrect the corpse OF Mrs.
Moses, the fat woman.
In the Banks county (Ga.) Ku-klux
cases eight of the accused were found guilty.
Judge McCoy's charge TO the jury severely
condemned outragcs upon negroes. The
convicted persons who belonged to leading
families, broke down when the verdict was
rendered, which created "A sensation, as ac-
qutta was expected.
A west-bound passenger train on the
Chicago and Alton railroad was partly
wrecked by sliding rail two miles east Of
Glendale, Mo, and eighteen miles from Kan
sas City. The track was torn up for over 200
yards, and three coaches were thrown OF the
track-two chair ears and one dining room
car-injuring fifteen passengers, none OF them
seriously.
Large quantities of trade dollars
have been imported into Germany, to be sold
to emiyrants at par.
The Marquis of Lansdowne's friends
continue to very apprchensive for his por
sonal safety in his new position of Governor
General of Canada, as the Fenians have made
explicit threats against his life.
The German Admiralty have ordered
another 100 fish torpedocs to be delivered be-
fore next spring.
At Voula, in Asia Minor, 169 per-
sons were seriously and sixty-onc slightly
injured by an earthquake shock. The wall
surrounding the city of Symrna was dam
aged.
The London Liberal organs call on
Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to
prosecute Lord Rossmore for having pub
lished n letter threatening that If the Govern
ment did not suppress Land League meetings
in Ulster the Orangemen would begin shoot
ing the Nationalist. The Times and the
Tory organs, however, encourage Lord Ross
morcs extreme utteranccs.