The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-28
WESTERN.

Mrs. Margaret M. Cooley, of Mitchell,
ID. T., and Mrs. Rebecca Maroat, of Baraboo,
Wis, sisters, and both appearing with babes
in their arms, were sentenced at sadison,
Wis. to two years each in the penit tiary
for perjury.
Alex. Hubbard, the young Milwau-
keean who swallowed a trade dollar some
weeks ago, has the coin in his stomach still,
but is in good hePlth.
An Austrian quarryman was found in
a dying condition in freight car at Joliet,
with his nose and lips cut OF and his tongue
hanging by few shreds of flesh. The mu-
tilation is alleged to be the work of strikers.
Several hundred men and boys at
Sacramento, Cal, invaded the Sixth Street
Church, where an all-night prayer meeting
was being held by the Salvation Army,
wrecked the windows and pews, and assaulted
the revivalists with such brutality that the
entire police force was called out.
Pinkerton's detectives are looking for
gang of ingenious swindlers who have vic
timized large number of banks I'm this
country and in Canada by the presentation
of forged letters of credit One Chicago bank
IS said to have suffered to the extent of 81 900.
The Hessian fly has greatly damaged
the wheat crop in sections of California.
In blowing gardens at Marshall, Ill,
locusts were developed by the thousand in an
almost matured state.
The Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
is building westward from Valentine, Neb.,
at the rate OF nine miles per week, aud will
reach White River by August.
Sullivan's printing establishment on
Sixth street, Cincinnati, was destroyed by
fro. Seventeen persons lost their lives. The
fire was caused by the explosion OF gaso
line stove on the second floor, and the flames,
springing up the elevator chute next TO the
stairway, at once cut of escape. Seven were
killed by jumping from the fifth floor. One
man persisted in trying to save the lives OF
others. 1t was at first thought that all the
rest had escaped, but nine more corpses were
found inside the building.
A bronze statue of the late Gen.
Frank p. B.air was unveiled last week al
Forest Park, St Louis, by his daughter, Mrs.
Christine Graham, 10, 900 persons witnessing
the ceremonies.
In the United States Court of Chica-
go, Judges Harlan and Gresham were un-
able to agree on one of the points involved
in the Observation-Disclosures case, and it now
goes TO the United States Supreme Court al
Washington, the defendants having SO re-
Quested. The latter were required to renew
their bail of $50. 600 each.
The bloodthirsty Apaches are again
on the rampage in Arizona and New Mexico.
They killed two men Mt Eagle Creek and
fouroat Alma. Troops have started after the
cut-throats.
Leading educators of Nebraska,
Iowa, and Kansas assembled in convention
at Omaha, the attendance being large.
In the United States Circuit Cour,
at Chicago bonds OF $4,000 each were re
newed by J. c. Mackln and w. J. Gallagher
The certificate of division of opinion flied by
Judges Harlan and Gresham asks tho su
premc Court TO decide whether the crimes
charged are Infamous; whether the defend
ants can be tried otherwise than on an In
dictment: whether the Clerk OF Cook County
II a public officer under the Federal election
law, and whether the facts stated I'm the in
formation constitute conspiracy.