The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-17
WESTERN.

The schooner Advance, owned by
Captain David Dali, OF Chicago, capsized OFF
Sheboygan, Wis, and her crew, with the ex-
ception OF Jacob Raum, were drowned while
attempting to reach the shore in a small boat.
The safe in the County Treasurer's
Office in Linn Creek, Camden County, Mo-,
was robbed of $1,000. Several stores in the
place were also visited by the burglars, none
Of whom have been ARE sted.
The wheat crop of Ohio is estimated
ut p, 707, 1853 bushels, or SO per cent. of the
average for the past FIVE years. The yield
of oats will be the largest on record, and
that of corn will probably surpass that of
any former year except 1873. The damage
TO corn, buckwheat and other growing
produces in Northern Minnesota by the re-
cent frosts proves TO have been very great.
Wet weather in Iowa has seriously impaired
the prospects of the next fax crop.
A dispatch from Rock Springs, Wyo-
ming Territory, says: "Seven hundred China
men have returned here, under escort of
four companies of troops. The miners
threaten to destroy the company's build
ings, all OF which are under strong guard to-
night. Serious trouble is sure to ensue as
soon as the miners think they have an oppor-
tunity to carry out their threat"
The three sisters shot by Perry Whit
dock in vermilion County, Illinois, will re-
cover from their wounds, but his infant
child will die.
The storm which visited Washington
Court House, Ohio, almost demolished the
town. Every public building and business
house in the place, and about two hundred
residences, were destroyed Ten persons are
known to have been killed, and over a hun
dred wounded several of them fatally. In
Lancaster County, Ohio, the storm was Sc
we're, ten persons being injured, and many
buildings wrecked. At Troy, Upper San
dusky, and other Ohio towns, the
damage was extensive. Near Adrian,
Mich., 100000 worth of property is re-
ported to have been destroyed by the ele-
ments, and at Dublin, Ind, twenty build
ings collapsed. Reports OF serious losses
from wind and lightning come from other
points IN Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
The damage to lake shipping was also very
heavy, and several lives were lost.
The schooner Erie Wave capsized off
passenger being drowned. The schooner
Advance was wrecked of Sheboygan, Wis.
Two vessels, with their crews, were lost off
Two Rivers, Wis.
Capt. Bradbury, Deputy Warden of
the Missouri Pententary, was dangerously
stabbed in the back of the neck by prisoner
named George Patten.
Reports from Minneapolis say there
is more demand for -four, both for export
and domestic consumption, but that the
millers are not selling at all freely, as the
offers are mostly below the price they wish.
President Adams, of the Union Pa
ciic Railroad, says the floating debt of the
company has been provided for but declines
TO publish the terms of the agreement. 1t is
rumored at New York that the company has
sold a certain amount OF bonds for cash, and
placed another block of its securities as col
lateral for loan.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad will be completed Oct. l through
from Kansas City to San Diego and San
Francisco.
Mrs. DIR. Marshall, Mrs. Paul, aud a
lady friend were drowned at Browns Valley,
+. Minnesota, by boat capsizing In Lake
Traverse during storm. One body was
recovered.
The individual losses from the recent
cyclone at Washington Court House, Ohio,
will exceed s25o,0oo. About one hundred
families are reported by the local relief COM
mittee to be in need of assistance.
Samuel b. French, private banker
OF Milwaukee. failed for $4,000; and J. c.
wessenbern, dry goods dealer of Appleton.
wis, was closed by the Sheriff, with liabii-
ties Of $4,000.
The cases OF treason against Capt
Couch and other Oklahoma boomers on trial
before the United States Court at Wichita,
Kas.. have been dismissed by Government
counsel.