The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-17
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

A FIRE which broke out at Chattanoo-
ga. Tenn, resulted In the destruction OF SOW
cral stores. The total loss Is estimated at
s75,0Oo. The insurance n about $4,000.
Dallas (Texas) dispatch: A tragedy
has just occurred at the National Hotel, In
which two OF tho most prominent young
men of this city evidently fought n
duel to the death. w. ii. Beale and Bowie
Strange are both lying dead In a
room In the third story OF the no
tel. Strange Is partially dressed. and
Beale is nearly stripped showing that they
fought as they were about 10 retire for tho
night. The pistol of each Is lying by his side.
Both appear to DO shot through the heart,
and Strange also through the head The
doors TO their suite o. rooms were looked,
but wore broken open when the pistol shots
wore heard. They were devoted friends, but
are said to have had hard words shortly be-
fore the tragedy, and one was heard to say
to the other: IL will X II you" The an
nouncement of their doath has created II pro-
found sensation, and hundreds Of people are
congregated in the streets.
The State Department will soon issue
to the public IA volume of information OBJ
tanned by American Consuls as TO the wages
of labor In Europe, the cost of living, and
the social condition OF the toiling masses.
The Postmaster g eneral has $780,
coo more at his disposal this year than last
year for The free-de,ivery service. 1t Is pro-
posed in many cities 10 enlarge the force Of
carriers. The free-delivery system will be
extended e. twenty @ ties, $4,000 OF the ap
propriatio n being available for that purpose.
Secretary Folger has decided in the
case of William Butler Duncan and his fami-
ly that wedding trou,seau and wedding
presents when brought into this country,
even though they form part Of the baggage
of the party for whom they are intended, are
dutiaIle. They exceed In kind, quality,
and value the per sonal goods OF ordinary
passengers and are intended for special oc-
casion.
Another attempt has been made to
XIII the Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria.
Tho rails over which his train was to pass
near Pola were removed. This was discovered
in time to prevent serious and perhaps
fatal accident.
Cholera continues to prevail, and the
increase in tho death rate at Narsellles has
Increased tho general alarm. The origin OF
the disease is traced to Egypt and Enslands
carelessness there.
The Canadian judicial authorities
have decided against the cxtradtion OF John
C. Emo tho ab,conding New York banker.
An explosion of coal-Gl at West
Winchester, Ontario, caused the destruction
of n mill, a factory, and several dwellings,
all vslned at 100000.
"Boss" Shepherd, after acqiring con-
siderable wealth by mining n Mexico win
return to Washington, whore his admirers
prorose to give HIM grand reception.
Some citizens CT Kewanee, Ill,
tarred and feathered n social offender, and
rode him out OF town on rail to tho music OF
sleigh-bens.
The Illinois Department of Agricul-
ture reports an average vie of winter wheat
in the northern division, and about three
fourths of a crop in the central and southern
portions of the state.
The New York dry-goods house of
Halstead. Halnes a. Co. made an assignment
for tho benefit of it's creditors. The liabilities
aggregate about 81, 600, 900.
Israel Ii. Hamburger, Of New York,
has made an assignment. He was in the sta
tionery busin IS, and his liabilities are put at
$4,000. Elias Brown, a comb manufacturer,
also made an assignment.
At Conshocken, Pa, John Mann, q
shoemaker, stabbed his daughter seventeen,
and then himself fiftoon, times, and died.
The daughter will die. She repelled the I'M
lawful advances of her father.