The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-03-04

Fla.
John Glab, Mayor Of Dubuque,
Iowa, announces that he VIII organize . stock
company for the erection Of large distllery
IN the suburbs of that city.
Joseph Alsup, Of Black Oak, Mis-
souri,, having . vito and several children,
killed himself with shotgun when ordered
to vacats . rental house
Charley Maurice, cowboy, amused
himself at Logansport, Ind, by riding his
horse into saloons and demanding drinks at
the point OF revolver. When he attempted
to ride into the Postofice policemen barred the
way and landed him in the cooler.
Martin o. Simons, tried at Baraboo,
Wis, for arson, was acquitted on the ground
that there is no law prohibiting the burning of
ones own house
The exports of California wine dur
ing 1885 reached 800 600 gallons-nearly one
million gallons in excess Of the shipments Il
the previous year.
In st. Louis, DIR. Edward III. Coates,
whose domestic relations have been unpleas-
ant, met A b. Keith on the street and shot
claims that his victim was the cause of his
home troubles.
Quo warranto writs were granted last
week by the Minnesota Supreme Court to for
felt the charters of and dissolve the corpora
tons known as the Hastings and Dakota Rail
way, Minnesota Central Road, Southern
Minnesota, Southern Minnesota Railway Ex-
tension Company, and the St Paul and Sioux
City lines. on the ground of -fulfllment Of
charter promises. The writs also call for
reversion of the land grants to the State.
On ranch near Deming, New Mex
leo, General Crook and the Apache Chief
Geronimo held a conference, in which the latter
asked leave to return TO his reservation
Crook demanded an unconditional surrender,
but the Indian leader rode away with a white
flag flying.
Three ranches at Wheatland, Cal,
were visited by masked men, who drove out
the Chinese marched them to Wheatland, and
then set them at liberty. At one ranch the
Chinese quarters were fired and destroyed
The Illinois Central Railroad is sell
ing round-trip tickets from Chicago to New
Orleans, good for forty days, at $3.50.
Four glandered horses on farms near
Rochester, Ill, were killed by the Assistant
State Veterinarian, and thirteen others were
ordered qusrantined
Two employees of the n. X. Fair
bank Company, of Chicago, are missing, and
are accused of having robbed the firm of about
$1,000
For the recent assault on Mr.. Dick
son, United States Attorney at Salt Lake, An
gus and Frank ]. Cannon have been held in
81, OO5 each
Edison, the electric an, in an inter
view regarding the telephone dec sion by the
Indiana Supreme Court, expressed the belief
that the law would be pronounced unconstitu-
tional, and declared the decision fatal TO
patents and progress.
At e. Lutheran church in Detroit the
twelfth male child of a German family named
Detloff was named after President Cleveland,
who was represented by Congressman May
bury. The infant was presented with sl0
gold-piece.
A schedule of the liabilities and as
sets of the defunct Ritzinger Bank of Indian
apois shows assets, s267, s27; liabilities, s455,
S6s The bank had 400 depositors. 1t is
claimed that - cents on the dollar can be paid
them.
Wiebren Wartena, who murdered
John Dreger on the bank of the Kankakee
River, was executed at Rensselaer,, Ind Nearly
one thousand persons were allowed to witness
the hanging