The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-22

The body of young Presbyterian
minister, the Rev. T. Heatherly, of Nash
vile, Tenn, was found on the roadside in
the Houston (Mo.) section, one OF his hands
grasping discharged pistol. 1t is supposed
that he committed suicide.
The town of Lincoln, Neb., has voted
$4,000 In bonds to aid in the extension of the
Missouri Pacific to that point.
A Chinese laundry at Oakland, Cal,
burned, FIVE inmates perishing in the flames.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has
decided that a wife is entitled to sue for ALI
mony, even though the husband had been
granted a decree of divorce.
Austin J. Doyle, Chief of Police of
Chicago, has resigned.
Gen. Howard has ordered the re-
moval of the troops from the coal mines in
Wyoming where the Chinese laborers were
slaughtered.
A refugee from Montreal has spread
the smallpox at Marinette, Wis, where
twenty cases now exist and four deaths have
occurred.
II. w. Shaw, known to fame as Josh
Billings" died at Monterey, CAL, of apo
plexy.
Charles Mitchell, the pugilist, and
William Muldoon, the wrestler, rowed boat
race at Dubuque, Muldoon winning by three
lengths. A large amount changed hands on
the result.
John w. Coffee was hanged at
Charlottesville, Ind, for the murder Of a
man named McMullen aud his wife in jan
uary last, the house being burned after
ward to hide the crime. He made three
confessions during his imprisonment impli-
eating at various times several other par
ties In the preparation of the deed
Coffee was utterly FRUSTRATED, and had to be
carried to the scaffold. Before the drop fell
he made short speech. The rope broke
twice, but was finally adjusted satisfactorily,
and in twelve minutes life was extinct.
The farmhouse of Peter Hingin,
near Waterloo, Neb., was the scene of a
double murder and suicide, the perpetrator
being the younger brother of Hingin, who
set fire to the building as he lay dying.
Lead ore in vast quantities has been
discovered at Montfort, Wis.
Eighteen lumber mills at Menomo-
nee, Wis.,, are reported TO have shut down tor
the second time this season on account of
the conduct of the men employed there. 1t
is understood that If they remain closed the
remainder of the season, which is probable,
the fact Will lessen the shipments of lumber
by some sixty million feet, and parties in the
trade say that such q diminution of the sup
ply would probably cause an advance of 81
TO 81 per thousand in the price of lumber in
the Chicago market.
The most horrible murder that ever
1isgraced Woodbury. County, Iowa, oc-
CURED in West Fork Township. Says a
Sioux City dispatch: James aud John John
son, brothers, lived together on a farm.
John was married, and James is a single
man about 2s years old. They had house
raising, after which a keg of beer was
tapped. The two brothers quarreled, and
James was ordered from the house. He
went out on the prairie and remained until
about IL o'clock. He then returned to the
house and found his brother John asleep in
bed. Taking an Old army rifle, he loaded IT,
placed the muzzle TO Jonn's head, and blew his
brains out. Not satisfied with his fendIsh
work, he loaded his gun again and fired an
other charge into his brothers head scatter
ing the brains and blood over the bed and
walls of the room. The wife Of the muir
dered man stood by and saw the crime, agree
ing that IL was the proper thing TO do. She
has not been arrested.