The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-14
WESTERN.

Gen. Irwin Mcdowell died In San
Francisco, in his eth year, from disease OF
the stomach. He graduated ut West Point in
1888, served in the Mexican war, and at the
close of the rebellion was promoted to Major
General in the regular army.
In case brought in Kansas against
the Rock Island Road, the Federal Supreme
Court has decided that State has n right to
regulate railroads within the boundaries of
any reservation set apart for the exclusive
use of the United States.
The Missouri authorities have COM
plieo with tho first request of Gov. Oglesby
20 recommend competent inspectors to certi-
fy to the condition of healthy cattle coming
through or from Missouri into Illinois.
The winter wheat acreage in Kansas
this year, officially reported was rs per cent.
of last years area, 81 per cent. Of the crop
sown being killed. This leaves only l,145,000
acres, the product from which Is expected to
reach but 81 per cent of last seasons yield.
At Benito, New Mexico Martin Mel
son killed DIR. william II. Flynn. late OF Boe-
ton, and then shot dead NJ. S. Maybury, his
wife and three children, and also neighbor
who came to the house alarmed by the shoot
ing. guard surrounded the residence, but
Nelson had escaped, and surprised the
watchers, shooting one of them dead. He
was then killed himself. 1t is supposed that
he was insane.
A desperate burglar compelled Mr..
Charles Ray, Milwaukee millionaire, at the
point OF a revolver to give up what money
and jewelry there we're in the house. He
then escaped. Mr.. Rays residence was
"burglar-proot' until the intr uder cut all
the wires.
S. w. Tallmadge, the Milwaukee
crop statistician, furnishes the Chicago Inter
Ocean copious reports concerning the present
condition of the wheat crop. The reports as
whole show the winter wheat to be in q
very unpromising condition; and notwith-
standing the recent rains and warm weather
have given the plant better appearance, no
improvement can be reported in the promise
of tho crop. On the contrary, the
good weather has developed the act
ual damage done by winter killing
and other causes Thousands OF acres
in large winter-wheat producing States have
been plowed up and sown to oats and other
grains. The decrease I'm area and DAMAGE done
by '.winter-killing" seems to be general in all
the winter wheat States with but one cxcep-
ton, that of Michigan. That State reports
but slight decrease in acreage sown. and no
winterkilling whatever, or damage OF other
kind. With this one exception the loss to the
winter wheat States is the greatest ever
known, and will prove serious blow TO many
OF the States that depend largely upon their
wheat product
The Iowa Indians, located on the
Nemaha Agency in Kansas have made prep
arations to emigrate to Indian Territory in q
b''dy. They number about $50 persons.
Eddie Banardi, o Chicago lad of IA
years, who had been Tilted by Tressy Sers-
land, one year younger, fired three shots ut
her and then lodged bullet IN his left side.
The Coroner's jury at Lemont, ILL.,,
signed a paper expressing the opinion that
Sheriff Hanchett, of Chicago, was hasty In
sending troops to the place without asking
the assistance of the town authorities to dis
persc the people; and that as the crowd had
mainly gathered from curiosity, the military
officers should have used more discretion be
fore firing.
In Chicago, soon after noon of Fri
day, the sth inst, flames broke out in the
yards OF the Chicago Lumber Company,
along the river in the vicinity of West Thir.
ty-nf,h and Iron streets. Nearly every en-
CINE I'm the city hurried TO the scene, and six
hours were required TO bring the confagra-
ton under contro'. Four squares were
burned over. the sufferers being the Chicago
Lumber Company, Bigelow Brothers, Adams,
Hastings a Co., and J. w. Hmckley & Co.
The losses aggregate soee, 600, on which there
Is insurance to the amount of s4s3. 500, wide
iy distributed.