The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-27
WESTERN.

Undismayed by past failures, the
friends OF the Hennepin Canal project will
make a vigorous effort in the Forty-ninth
Congress to secure the necessary aid for this
important work. AS preliminary to this end
the commission has been recognized and new
officers elected for the ensuing year.
Maurice Despres, native of France,
has just died in Chicago, ut the ripe age of
1903 years.
The Waukesha wis Wooden Mills
were destroyed by fire, involving a loss of
$4,000. Seventy-hve employees are thrown
out of work
In the business Office of the San
Francisco Chronicle, Adolph sperckels shot
Michael FL. De Young, the proprietor of the
paper. A San Francisco dispatch gives the
following particulars OF the affair:
De Young had been out purchasing some
children's books, came down kearney street,
and entered the business office OF the paper and
his overcoat. with the intention of going home,
and moment later he came out with the
books under his arm to say something TO one
of the clerks, and, while in the act of pass
ing through the railing, heard some one
behind him say in loud voice Mr.. De Young,
want TO see you" De Young turned partly
SPreckels standing within three feet Of him
Before De Young had time to say word,
Spreckels. who had drawn revolver, fired,
and the ball struck him In the left arm. DE
Young, who was unarmed, sought shelter behind
high othce desk hpreckels sprang toward the
counter, and, leaning over, fred again. This shot
struck De Young in the shoulder De Young then
turned with the intention OF seeking shelter in
his private office, but as he turned TO do so he
tripped and fell PROSTATE the floor
Spreckels then made another rush toward him,
and, stopping slightly down, fired third shot.
The bullet struck one OF the chidren's books
which De Young had under his arm, and
One of the advertising clerks picked up
a revolver lying in a.. desk drawer near
by and fired at Spreckels. The movements
of the latter were so rapid that he
missed his aim. which was intended for Spreck-
els head. and hit him only in the arm, causing
rush tor the assassin. Chcsiey, the cashier,
happened 10 be nearest TO him. He grabbed
Spreckels revolver, and with violent twist
turned 1t upward. Spreckles struggled, but
before he could do further harm was over
powered by the other clerks who held him until
the police, who had been called, rushed in and
disarmed him. De Young's wounds are not
dangerous
At Dubuque, Iowa, Judge UT, of the
Circuit Court. rendered a decision, Under the
new prohibitory law, in favor of the liquor
men. Nineteen saloon-kcepers were sued by
the Citizens League, headed by j. j. Farley.
They asked the court for an injunction TO
close tho saloons as criminal nuisances under
the new law. Judge Utt sustains a demur-
rer of the defendants ON the grounds that
his court, being one of equity, has no juEjs-
diction over q criminal case, and on the gen.
erai grounds that IL is unconstitutional to
deprive man of his property. The decision
is received with great interest, being regard
ed as q prohibition defeat. An appeal will
be made.
David Eastman, a farmer at Harlem,
winnebago County, ILL.,, loses his farm aud
home. worth $4,000, having wagered it
against that amount that Blaine would be
elected.
Over GOO Scandinavians from Chi
cago, st. Paul, and all parts OF the North
west left Chicago, the other day, by the
Grand Trunk Road on an extended tour to
their European fatherand.
John l.. Ritter, of Des Moines, Iowa,
last week paid an election bet he owed, which
was TO wheel a colorcd woman eight b )cks.
A wheelbarrow was arranged with its pas
senger, and banners and band brough bit out.
On one side of the banner was: "I bet and
lost, and on the other, ITO win is well; 10
lose is HI" When everything was ready.
Mr.. Ritter, wearing the Blaine hat, stepped
to tho front and performed the task. 1t fur
nished amusement for n largo crowd.
After some weeks of hard work by
the newspapers Of Denver, the acting Mayor
has ordered the police to chose all gambling
houses
A mortgage on the Lafayette Qnd
Journal property was foreclosed last week,
aud the paper and appurtenanoes will be sold
Dec e6 next TO the highest bidder.
A fund of 81, 200 was raised in a few
moments at the National Cattlemens Con-
vention, for the relief of the Virginia, West
Virginia. and Kentucky drouth sufferers.
Benjamin Hefner, wife murderer,
killed himself in Jail at Lima, Ohio He had
devoured glass and consumed other dele
terious substances, but tho Coroner was sur
prised to find in the intestnes of the suicide
strips OF cotton and flannel cloth.