The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03
WESTERN.

Judge Blodgett decided that the
Chicago Baseball Club may play on the
Lake Front during this season. The city,
however, is enjoined from leasing the prem
Uses hereafter.
The door of the Jail at Vincennes,
Ind, was battered down with n rail by par
ty of fifty persons. Oliver Garfield, the muir
derer of Mrs. Gherkin, was taken from his
cell and hanged to a telegraph pole near the
scene OF his crime. Garfield and his victim
receatly went to Vincennes from neighbor
ing town, and she was awaiting n divorce In
order to marry him.
Four persons were killed and two
others MORALLY wounded by boiler explo-
sion in the planing-mill of j. c. Smith, at
Wausau, Wis
The old Lindell House Association,
of st. Louis, made an assignment of the stock
OF the bar. valued ut $4,000, TO avoid compli-
cations
At the Episcopal conference of Ne
braska, held at Omaha, DIR. Potter, of Geneva,
N. Y, was elected Bishop of the diocese, vice
Clarkson, deceased.
At San Francisco, William G. Milton
killed Albertina Anderson because she re-
fused TO marry him, and then shot himself
dead.
Col Chas. r. Jennison, who, during
tho war. commanded the Seventh Kansas
Cavalry, died mt Leavenworth, of consump-
ton, aged 10 years.
Edward Lane, aged % years, we'll
known society young man of Minneapolis.
highly connected, shot himself dead. He lett
a note saying, my mind is gone. have
been insane for a year.
The officers of the railroads travers-
ing Iowa have issued a circular stating that
in compliance with the law they will not re-
ceive any intoxicating liquors for transpor-
tation from any point either within or with.
out the State TO any point within its limits
after July.
An important murder trial has been
concluded at Lincoln, Ill. The accused
parties-J. II. Hail. Belle Hall (his wife,,
and william Ferris-were charged with the
killing OF Farmer Mcmahon and his two hired
mon at Mount Pulaski, Logan County,
several months ago. The jury found j. II.
Hall guilty, and fixed his punishment at life
imprisonment william Ferris and Mrs.
Hall were acquitted, but will be tried under
indictments for killing Carter and Mattheny.
The spectacle of Excelsior" at Nc
vicker's Theater, Chicago continues to draw
an increasing patronage. The entertainment
is one that merits the favor of those who
find interest in ballet performances, as it is
one of the most artistic and pleasing of the
many uniquely devised by the Kiralfy broth
ers. The grouping of numbers in q moving
picture of raised figures is admirable, and
many features OF the spectacle or OF the per-
Torrance are highly enjoyable.
Gustave J. Lowengart, of San Fran
cisco, having lost heavily by gambling,
threatened the hfe of his uncle unless 81, 900
was given him When an officer arrived to
arrest him, Lowengart killed himself with
revolver.
Two horse thieves named Ed Owens
and s. Nickerson were killed near Helena,
NJ. r., by cowboys, who reoaptured several
horses.
The severance Of the Wabash and
Missouri Pacific Railroads has been agreed
upon, and hereafter both lines will be con-
trolled by a distinct set of officers, and the
agents will compete with each other the
same rs with any outside road.