The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-05
LATER NEWS IETHdS.


Three thousand workmen have been
locked out of Llanberris, village in Carnar-
vonshire, in Wales. The men are workers in
| the slate-quarries.
Hostilities have broken out at Baku,
on the Caspian Sea, between Moslems and Rus
slams, in which several Of the latter were killed
or wounded
Russia is reported as really opposed
TO the union of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia,
and knowledge Of this fact causes fresh agita-
ton in the unsettled regions
M. De Lesseps has asked from the
French Government permission to issue fur
Their Panama Canal bonds to the amount of
sl20,0O0,0O0, to defray necessary expenses in
excess of the original estimates.
A medical examination has been
made of Mattel, the man who sought to
assasinate M. dc Freycinet, French Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, and the prisoner has been de-
| clared insane.
The robbery of Netherby Hall, at
Carlisle, England, which resulted in the death
of three policemen, was planned in London,
the funds being furnished by receiver Of
stolen goods residing in Stratford The burg
lars were six in number one being Texas
cowboy named Rudge, and four of them have
been arrested The mansion contained plate
and jewelry worth s250.000.
The street-car men of Pittsburgh pro-
pose to form protective association, and, af-
ter organization, to demand an increase in
wages or a decrease in working hours.
The iron trade at Pittsburgh is re-
ported as looking up. Large orders for all
kinds of products are being placed in sntcipa-
ton of an advance in prices for spring de-
livery.
A coal train on the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad crashed into a freight train
which was standing on the bridge across White
Deer Greek. The engine and thirteen cars were
hurled into the creek below a distance of thirty
feet The engineer and fireman went over
with the engine but were uninjured
Pol
United States District Attorney D.
b. Scarf, of Minnesota, has forwarded the fol-
lowing to President Cleveland: IF you desire
my resignation as United States Attorney in
aud for the District of Minnesota, hereby
cheerfully place the same at your disposal,
provided no charges of any kind have been
made or are pending against me-"
Thomas f. Heenan, of Minnesota,
has been appointed Consul to Odessa.
While hunting near New Phila-
adelphia, Ohio, Theodore Thompson mistook
his brother for a squirrel, and gave him a
full charge of shot, nflicting a dangerous
wound
The White Earth Indians, of Min
nesota, have taken preliminary steps toward
concentrating on one reservation ali the scat
tering tribes in that State, numbering $500
persons.
Cholera has, within O few weeks,
swept away thousand hogs in one township
in Champaign County, Ill 1t is said to be
rapidly spreading.
A gold-headed cane was the tribute
paid by the citizens of Paw Paw, Ill, to their
retiring Postmaster, who served them continu-
ously for thirty five years.
A telegram from Detroit states that
@when the tug Frank Moffat was making fast
to the wharf at Sarnia, on the Canada side Of
the St Clair River, her boiler exploded with
terrific force, blowing away her upper works
and part of her deck aud shattering her hull
John Ward, first engineer, of Detroit; William
Miller, second engineer, of Port Huron; John
Wiley, fireman, residence unknown; and Wal
ter Fisher, fireman, of Petrolia, were instantly
killed Their bodies were blown into the river,
and have not yet been recovered; Capt Thomas
Curry had his leg broken. Andrew Reed and
Frank Furtap were badly scalded, and Robert
Goodman, the mate, who was ashore with the
line, was blown over wood pile and badly in
jured