The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-24


A bpnk cashier ut Sterling, Ill, paid
a stranger 500 for genuine silver dollar
bearing the rare date OF 1904. An Eastern
numismatist, TO waom the coin was sent, re.
ports that the date had been altered in the
most artistic manner. and that the piece had
no special value.
Burgert a Hart, who for a quarter
century have conducted n wholesale boot and
saoo house in Toledo have made an assign
ment to l.. s. Baumgardner, with liabilities
OF 500, O1O.
The Baltimore and Ohio, Postal, and
Bankers and Merchants Telegraph Compa-
MES have formed "A working pool, to continue
twenty-five years, and TO include land and
cable business.
Lieut.. Greedy and six of his fellow
explorers were taken from their permanent
mp In Smiths Sound. on June - by the
steamers Thctis and Bear, and were landed,
July Il, mt st. Johns, Newfoundland. Sew
onteen others of the expedition peri he'd
from starvation, and one was lost while
hunting seals. The c0rpses of twelve of the
part wero brought back the remains OF the
other five having been swept out TO sea by
the winds. Greedy and his surviving asso.
ciates would have persisted in fortSeight
hours but for the relief expedi ion. They
won the honor of reaching the farthest known
point TO the northwarl. Capt. Ash, ice-pilot
of the Bear. gives the following particulars
of the discovery and rescue of Lieut.. Greedy
and his companions:
An officer OF the Thetis found a record on
one poi.4s vi land. intimating that Greedy and
party were oil we'll. and had left Fort Conger
Aug. D. and, after an auspicious journey, ar
rived at Barred Inlet Sept 30, The record also
indicated the exact point on Cape Sabine where
the victorious exploring party were encamped
The steam launch of the Bear was i'm
mediately dispatched to the indicated local
ity, which was distant about three miles. In
the meantime the Thetls sounded her whistle.
which was heard by Greedy in his camp. The
unwonted sound awoke the slumbering and
fast-sinking explorers. When the launch
reached the ice In the vicinity of the camp a
solitary man was seen descending to the strand
with uncertain steps. He had heard the whistle
and saw the approaching boat The crew of
the launch regarded this IA an evil omen As
soon the ice fort touched I jumped
GIL Shore and accosted the lone stranger:
How arc you alp" He answered faint
": There are seven OF left yet
We were all struck with dismay. Gathering up
hastily a little food and stimuants. we FASTENED
60 the Greedy encampment. and there beheld
heait-shattering scene. gale o. wind was
blowing. The tent had been shattered and had
fallen on the wearied and dying men. We en-
tered and saw scene OF unspeakable misery
and desolation. Haggard faces, staring eyes
gazed at u.s. One of the six sufferers was point
ed to dying. We at once began to feed them
with hight food, and dispatched the launch to
the Thetis for assistance Capt. Emroy and
Dr. Ames came on shore. fire was lindled, hot
mtlk-punch was prepared. restoratives were
applied, and in less than al hour the woebegone
sufferers were able 20 stand staggeringly on
their feet. Ten bodies were unearthed and two
disinterred from the ice fort and brought down
TO the steam launch 70 be transferred to tho
tships. Two of the living party wereNtrsng
enough to be led along on their feet. The other
five were borne down on stretchers with the
greatest care. In the midst of a tempestuous
sea and q terrible gale of who'd the living and
dead OF the Greedy arctic colony were placed on
board the Bear and Thetis and con veyed to st
Johns
Prof. Richard A. Proctor, the astron-
omer, with his family, has reached st. Jo-
seph, NO., from London. and intends tore
side there for the future.
A Monterey (Mexico) dispach de-
scribes Greaser execution: Two murderers
were shot in this city oday. They we're
fastened Ia two crosses set up inian open
square near the Jail, with their arms extend
ing on the GROSS bars Of the cross. in front
of them were drawn UP platoon of soldiers,
at distance of fourteen feet and behind
the soldiers reserve squad, 10 fire in the
event that The first voiey was not fatal.
After the first volley the reserve soldiers
were ordered to approach within few PAGES
OF the already mortally wounded wretches,
and fired balls into their hearts at such close
range that the shirts Of the doomed men
were set on fire. Over five thousand people
witnessed the execution.
The eldest daughter of Matthew Ar
mold e TO be married to Frederick Whitridge,
a lawyer of New York.