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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-29
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record Of the Week.
EASTERN.

Henry Bicknell, q 15-year-old son Of
j. A. Bicknell, of Portland, Me-, shot his 10
year-old sister Matte dead, with gun which
he thought was empty. He went insane over
the affair
A loss of 5000 was occasioned at
Allegheny City by the burning of the Union
foundry, on Preble avenue.
Malarial fever is epidemic at West
Elizabeth, Pa There are at present sixty
cases, many of whom are in q serious condi-
ton.
Capt. II. G. Chester, through whose
heroism the members Of the Hall Arctic expe-
dition were saved, has just died at Noank,
Conn.
An alleged crank, calling himself
Nathan Schiller, was arrested at Albany for
logging the footsteps of President Cleveland
and lowering about him. No weapons, how
ever, were found on SCHUYLER, who protested
against his arrest, and said he deserved pc
litical position as he was u poor man, and
wanted to better himself.
Colonel ID. X. Wright, an eminent
lawyer of Connecticut residing in New Haven,
and Dr. Alfred S. Burdy, distinguished sur
geon of New York, are numbered with the
dead.
A New York bootblack jumped from
the center span of the Brooklyn bridge into
the East River, distance of 100 feet, and was
fished out of the water apparently uninjured
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difficulties have been so nearly harmonized by
mutual concessions among the parties inter
ested rs TO promise not only strong combina-
ton but lasting peace. In that case it is not
improbable that the people Of the West will be
called upon to pay the expenses of the late war
in the shape Of higher freight rates.
BY the end of July the track of the
Burlington a Northern Road will be completed
from st. Paul to Oregon, Ill. 1856 miles. The
road will not be opened for Chicago traffic
until September.
Sioux Falls Dakota) special: "A
large and enthusiastic meeting was held at the
courthouse here to consider the proposition
of the Manitoba Railroad Company to build
the Duluth line from Wilmar, Mimi, into this
city The necessary aid will be given and the
road will be built into Sioux Falls before Jan
uary l."
The Illinois Central Road has organ
lied an engineer corps to survey a direct route
from Chicago to Freeport to connect with it's
leased line to Dubuque, the track to be ready
for next seasons traffic. Surveys will also be
made to St Paul and into the lumber and iron
regions of Northern Wisconsin, with the inten-
ton of reaching Lake Superior.
In the Circuit Court at Springfield,
Ill, the suit against the Illinois Central Rail
road Company for alleged unjust dscrimina-
ton in the matter of fares from Chicago TO
Nation and Kankakee was ended by the jury
bringing In a verdict for a fine of $1,000
against the company.
The managers of the coal railway
companies voted to make the price of stove
coal, free on board in New York harbor So 80
per ton, and CRATE, egg, and chestnut 1918,
the advance to take effect immediately.
The Colorado Midland Railway Com
pany has just let contracts for grading it,
roadbed from Colorado Springs westward to
the Platte River The road has been engaged
for some time in grading between Leadville
and Aspen, and the announcement is now
made that contracts for grading be-
tween the crossing of the Platte and Lead
vile will shortly be made. The line, az
projected, extends through the pass over the
Hayden divide, across the range constituting
the western rim of South Park, and through
the Continental divide by means of tunnel
$3.50 feet long, the last two SUBMITS being
overcome near the timber line at an elevation
of IL, 500 feet above the sea level. The total
length of the line projected is about 240 miles,
and the estimated cost about sS,000000.
Within a year there will be in opera
ton seven trunk lines from Chicago TO St
Paul. az follows: st Paul, Northwestern,
Rock Island, Minnesota and Northwestern,
Burlington and Northern, Wisconsin Central,
and Illinois Central A pretty formidable list,
but believers in the resources of that section
claim that there is room for all.
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SOUTHERN.

p. w. Chase, Sheriff of Concordia
Parish, Louisiana, is reported short s27, 900 in
his accounts.
Peter Sorrell, colored, assaulted
Mrs. Dukes with a Ratchet near Luling, Tex
He was captured and jailed, and in the even
ing was riddlel with bullets by mob
At Greensburg, ky., Glenn Bishop,
agel 90, backwoods doctor and preach
er, married his ward, Retta Boston, whose
age is but years. Bishop obtained the
marriage license by fraud
4 war is in progress in the parish of
st. Martin, La, between the officers of the
law and Land Of desperadoes A colored
man named Lorenzo Randall was shot by
white man nanel NJ liz A warrant for the
arrest OF Mills was placed in the hands of
officers. The posse came upon Mills and his
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father-in-law, one Sparks. and fight ensued,
the result Of which was that three Of the off,
cers were killed and two wounded Sparks
and Mills then took TO the swamps- II is said
that Mills has with him some thirteen half
breed Indians and whites.
The public execution OF Joseph
Jump drew to Gallatin, Mo-, a crowd estimat-
ed at 20, 900 persons, most of them women and
children. The hangman at Fort Smith, Ark,
swung off white men and negro for muir
ders committed in the Indian Territory.
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FIRE LOSSES.


The Big Figures for the Last Six Months.
The extraordinary losses by fire in this
country during the last six months are be-
ginning to attract attention. The total
losses, where the property in each case was
valued at 100000 and upward, amount to
S22.903, 900, divided as follows: January,
$6.7S7, 900; February, s1,535, 200; March,
S5,444, 900; April, 1885,, 900; May, ST.
$4,000; June, Sl,705,000; July Ito date)
81, $50, 0O0-the aggregate representing two
fifths of the entire losses by large and small
fires for the first six months, which are esti-
mated at S53, 300, 900. or $4,000, 1000 in ex-
cess of the losses during the same period Of
last year.
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Lord Salisbury to pray Parliament to assist
the landlords by some new-fangled coercion
act Then will come the tug of war"
In the celebrated Crawford-D Dixie
case in London the jury found that Mrs. Craw-
ford had been guilty of improper conduct with
Sir Charles and that her husband is entitled to
a divorce.
The special train conveying the CO.
lonal officia - now in London to grand naval
review at Portsmouth was derailed in transit
Twelve prominent persons received serious
Injuries
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-29
RAILROAD INTELLIGENCE.

II is limited among railroad people,
saws Chicago dispatch, that the pending
effort to bind the warning Western railroads
bids fair to be the greatest success of the age
The new arrangements include the lumber
business, which has heretofore been excluded,
and has formed bone of contention. The
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-29

THE Prince of Monaco and the
French Admiralty are perfecting a
scheme for determining the direction
and force of the Gulf stream 10y means
of numbered floats, which will be
launched at intervals with request
that finders report the time and posi-
ton of picking them up.
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THE sundry civil appropriation bill with the
silver certificate amendment, passed the Senate
on July 81 The amendment reads follows :
And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized and required to issue silver certif-
Gates in denominations of 81 -, and SIS; and
the silver certificates herein authorized
shall be receivable, redeemable, and pay
able in like manner and for like purposes
as is provided for silver certificates by the
act of Feb. 2s. 1878, entitled An act to author
ize the coinage of the standard silver dol
lar and To restore its legal-tender character pro-
vided, That said denominations of 81, So, and SIS
may be issued in lieu OF silver certificates of
larger denominations in the Treasury, and TO
that extent said certificates of larger denomina-
tions shall be Cancelled and destroyed The
House OF Representatives passed naval appro-
priution bill amounting to 81, i25, 600 and the
sundry civil appropriation bill.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-29

GENERAL CLUSTERS widow went to see
Buffalo Bills Wild West at Staten Island
the other day, and had talk with Mr..
Cody, and was much pleased with the
show
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-29

COOP sense is good thing to fiddle
on, but the trouble is only the minority
of people appear to do much fiddling.
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MARTIN HOLLOWAY, brother of the most
famous man Of pills ever known on this
pill-shaped world, is to be made knight
by the British Queen.
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M. DEPAssE heads movement in Paris
to raise 10000 franc monument COM
memorative of the French Revolution.
The monument is to be on the ruins of the
Tuileries
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LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The great rolling-mill strike at Phil
adelphia, involving over 1850 men, has been
settled
The miners employed by the new
coal-mining syndicate which operates ma
jorlty of the mines in Southern Illinois met in
East St Louis last week, and decided TO de-
mand two cents a bushel, top weight In case
the demand is refused they will strike
Live stock in Montana is reported in
excellent condition. During the season there
will be shipments East of II, 900 head of cat
tie, ION, 900 sheep, and 10000 horses
The citizens of Daviess County, In
diana, are indignant at the return from Can
ada of Charles ii. Brown and John Grimsley,
absconding township trustees, who declare
their intention to remain. Brown issued
fraudulent warrants TO the amount of sS5, 600
A terrible story of the sufierings
from famine of the fishermen and natives of
Labrador and Newfoundland is telegraphed
from st Johns. Co and hunger have done
their work so effectually in some districts that
half the population has been swept away.
Advices from the far Southwest re-
port that intense excitement existed at FL Paso
over the Cutting Imprisonment affair The
Mexicans were massing troops at Paso del
Norte fully prepared to do battle at a moments
notice. There was large body Of United
States troops at Ell Paso and more are going
there Edito. Cutting was stll in prison, and
il WIS said that an attempt would be made to
execute him
The contest for the baseball cham
pionship among the clubs composing the Ma
tional League is hot one Detroit has won
81 games; Chicago, 40; New York, ~; Phila-
delphia Boston, st Louis, Kansas City, and
Washington follow with games won in the or
der named The st Louis team of the Amer
lean Association leads i'll the race for the pen
nant
The leaders in the revolutionary
movement in Tamaulipas, Mexico, have been
badly defeated near the Sabinas Mountains.
The loss Is not given
The Knights of Labor of the Second
Iowa Congressional District have nominated T.
l. O'Meara their candidate for Congress.
Judge-Advocate J. j. McGarry of
District A, sembly No. l01, Knights of Labor,
has been nominated 10 contest the Ninth
Missouri Congressional District against Mr..
Glover, the present Congressman. Five
thousand five hundred Knights in the district
have pledged themselves to vote for the Judge
advocate. The total number of voters in the
district is about 1880.
The Chicago and st. Louis Road is
being extended southwark from Pellin to
Springfield, where it will connect with a link
leading TO the great bridge BY September an
other through line 10 the Missouri River will
be in operation.
Upon his arrival in London Lord
Salisbury was met by great crowd, who well
coined HIM with hearty cheers. He called
upon Lord Harrington and held an hours
conf renee with him. Lord Harrington
promised Lord Salisbury hearty support,
but declined to join the Conservative Govern
ment Lord Salisbury subsequently started
for Osborne TO receive the Queens command
to form government
THE sundry civil appropriation bill, with the
silver certificate amendment, passed the Senate
on July "a. The amendment reads as follows:
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NEvADA's fishing inhibition begins in
April and ends with September.
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DEATHS CRASH.
Seven Persons Lose Their Lives Near
Columbia, Tenn, in a Fearful
Railroad Collision.
A Number of Italians Manned or Killed
Near Bridgeport, Conn, in
Similar Disaster.
Nashville TENN special,

special engine coming north collided
with the regular train on the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad near Duck River. forty
eight miles south of Nashville, and seven
men were instantly killed. The collision
occurred In deep cut with sharp curve,
making it impossible to see each other.
Both engines are total wreck. The fol-
lowing is n list of the killed: Henry Lau-
man, engineer of the accommodation train;
Robert Brown, fireman of the accommoda-
ton train; Thad Beech, engineer Of engine
No. 519; Pat King, fireman of engine
No. 519; Monroe Wilson, baggagemaster;
A. Z. Robertson, of Louisville, Ky.,
passenger agent, formerly ticket agent of
the Louisville Il Nashville Road at Nash
vile; Henry Whittemer. There were only
two passengers injured. The sight is most
horrible, the bodies being torn TO pieces
and scalded by the escaping steam. AS
soon as the terrible news reached Columbia
every available conveyance that could be
secured was en- route to the accident
There were between fifteen and twenty pas
sengers in the ladies' coach, who were unin-
jured.
Engine 519exploded. throwing the tender
100 feet. Robertson was instantly killed,
being disemboweled by piece of iron.
Henry Whittemer was found with flag in
LIS huiu, NtuStu DttNtcH TIC IOCOHOlN6
and the side of the cut. The train was
running at speed of forty miles an hour
at the time of the collision.
Fatal Railway Disaster in Connecticut.
bridgeport tCt.l dispatch.l
The Boston express on the New Haven
road. which left New York at IL a. M, coll
lided to-day with gravel train on which n
large number of Italian laborers were rid
ing. There is but one track at the place
where the accident occurred. The gravel
train had the right of way, and the signal
was set accordingly. The engineer of the
express failed to observe the signal.
Ephraim Slayback, engineer of the express,
jumped to the ground and received serious
injuries. The fireman also jumped. but
escaped injury. Two Italians, one named
Michael Ross, were killed and six were Sc
riously hurt. One had his skull crushed
in, and it is thought he will die. All were
more or less hurt internally. Slayback
was arrested on charge of manslaughter.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-18
GRACE COTTAGE, MOUNTAIN
LAKE PARK,
--WAS--
OPENED FOR SUMMER
BOARDERS JUNE
LIST. 1856.
It Is Knooon Also as Mss Jennie
Smiths Home or Religious
Headquarters.

The chief features of the house are its
pleasant veranda and It's large, well-ventil.
ated dining hall. The latter is always
place for cheerful reunion.
Mountain Lake Park is a comparatively
new Summer resort, being opened for its
first season during the summer of 1882
Each year has proved its fitness for the
purposes of health, recreation, and Chris
tan social life. Its location, on the B. 4
o. (near the summit of the Alleghenies,
three thousand feet above the level of the
seal, renders it convenient OF .ccess The
pure mountain air invigOrates the system,
while the great natural beauty of this region
invites to pleasant exercise. Mountain
Lake Park is knewn as the Christian Sum-
mer Resort of the Alleghenies, and by its
charter no amusements inconsistent with
Christian life are allowed. No trains stop
on the Sabbath.
The Camp Meeting here commences July
10th and closes July 18th, 1886.
The Mountain Lake Chautauqua Will be
held later, during July and August.
Those wishing home at Grace Cottage
during any part of the season, should write
at once, In order to secure accommodations.
Single room, week, ..-..-....--..........Sl0CO
Two in a rOOm ~ week, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1O0
Three in a room, week, ............-........ 600
Four in room week, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 30
Dormitory, a week, ..--..-.-.--........... 40O
Address,
Miss JEN ME SMITH,
Mountain Like Park,
Garrett Co., Md.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-18

success and they'll tell itP They'll
tell it, if only to give the news,
and so you'll have that much. If
they'll help from no higher motive,
accept that. Get everybody to
work from their highest motive,
and then study and strive to lead
them higher.
Many papers have no W. G. T.
U. news, because no woman in the
place will prepare copy. Don't let
this be the case. See that they have
copy. :.
II an editor refuses to admit
Temperance news, never take mo"
for a final answer. Send one, two,
three, four, five, and if necessary,
a dozen different, earnest women
to him, and let him know you are
all praying for him.
x If my wife fails to furnish
w. c. T. U. copy, I'll get someone
else to, or do it myself. So long as
my name stands at the head of the
Keyser Echo, it will have w. c..
T, U column.
The PLATFORM. Rev. J. w. Car
ter compared and contrasted the
Press and Platform. The latter
has some advantages over the for
mer. The Platform is destined to
be immortal. AS long as public
opinion is valued, and great re-
forms are to be advocated, the Plat
form will live. The people will
always delight to be moved and
swayed and instructed with speak
er and nearer confronting each 9th
er, while face beams on face, eye
looks into eye, and heart beats to
heart in their throbbing emotions.
But while statesmen are devils
ing ways and means for protecting
industries, there should be some
way of protecting the Temperance
Platform from Temperance tramps.
The cause is greatly embarrassed
and hindered in many sections by
these tramping frauds who try to
make money enough lecturing
through the week to keep drunk
on over Sunday. Let US have pro-
lection from Temperance tramps.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-18

pure sunlight Of truth and
Righteousness, that ugly swamps
and thickets of vice may give
place to green swards Of peace be-
spangled with blooming joys.
And SO will it be in the coming
happy days of universal Prohibi-
ton and sobriety.
Further notes Of the Mountain
Top feast in next issue. In con-
nection with further Proceedings
of the w. c.. T. u. Conference.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-18
Have Empty Treasures ana
Work to Show.

It is no credit to a union to come
to convention with full treasury
and no work to show. Temper
ance money is the Lords money
and we must have it out at usu'
ry.
Better to come up each year with
empty treasury, and point to the
work done by the money collected
and disbursed
There are many ways to spend
money wisely. Circulate Temper
ance papers and Literature. The
Nations Drink Bill" is the best
thing to putin Post offices, Barber
shops, Depots, &c.
Instances were given, by mem
bers of the Conference, of converts
made by this "Poster."
Jennie Smith spoke again of the
value of tract distribution, and es'
pecially this Drink Bill"
Mr., G.. w. Atkinson, of Wheel
ing, testified to the good work done
with tracts during the great re-
vival in Wheeling, conducted by
Jennie Smith and Miss Sherman.
He had much more faith in this
work than formerly. By all means
send out this Drink Bill"
Mrs. Tudor said. II sent out a
dozen of these lately, in Western
Maryland, and am receiving letters
now asking for more"
Many further testimonies were
added along this line.
On motion of Mrs. Cadwallader,
the reading of the paper, The
Home in its relations to Temper
ance, was set for Saturday morning.
Conference adjourned with the
Doxology and Benediction.
(Report Continued on Local Page.)
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-18
ON LlTERA.
TURE.
led BY MRS. j. NJ PORTER, OF NEW
CUMBERLAND, W. VA.

led BY MRS. j. NJ PORTER, OF NEW
CUMBERLAND, W. VA.
Mrs, Porter being absent because
of illness, Mrs. Buell. was asked by
Conference to open the discussion,
which she did, beginning with pay
ing a glowing tribute to the News
paper Press as the best and most
efficient medium for circulating
literature. The next best means
are essays, tracts, &c.
1t is very important to find the
best methods Of circulating !itera-
ture.
Avoid personalities Don't select
tracts intended to have a personal
bearing on the faults of particular
5ndjvjduals.
Look about and see what is the
particular bdm6 of community and
seek and circulate an dnt5dote tor
that bane. If cider drunkenness is
the trouble, scatter Miss Colman' s
cider leaflets. II beer drinking is
the curse, get beer leaflets, and so
on.
Miss Jennie Smith, spoke of the
Importance of knowing what was in
tracts before they were sent out, and
of marking particular paragraphs.
She always read tracts before dis.
tributing, and many that came to
her hands she burned, instead of dis
tributing them, because they were
not only worthless but bad.
Mrs. Johnson added testimony
to the value of tracts, giving an in
stance showing how great good
had been done by one little tract
called "Hints and Helps in Week
Day Life 1t came to her from
Jennie Smith, and being so helped
by it, she mailed it to a
friend in Cincinnati, who sent it
back with thanks for the help it
gave her. 1t was sent out again
and again, coming back with like
testimony, and it was now out on
another mission,
Many other interesting sugges-
tions and testimonies followed.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-18
.7,400 FREEMANS !
w. G.. T. Z. Confer.
ence Edition.
Send for Them and Sow
Them Knee Deep.
Mailed Everywhere at S1,OO per
Hundred.

The w. G. T. U. Interstate Con-
ference at Mountain Lake Park
recently, was splendid success.
1t could not have been otherwise
with such able Temperance leaders,
orators and workers, as Mrs. Buell.,
Miss Pugh, Col. Balm, G. W.
Atkinson, Rev. J. W, Carter, Jen-
ME Smith, Mrs. Tudor, Miss Pol
lock, and host of others good and
true, on the four days program.
To give all the good things of
the Conference wide circulation
THE FREEMAN will issue this week
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-18
SPECIAL CONFERENCE ED.
TION.

This special edition contains
the full proceedings of the four
days sessions, with copious notes
of all the discussions, addresses,
&c, &c.
For circulation among the
Unions in the States represented,
the Conference ordered 1000 copies.
Individual delegates and visitors
promptly subscribed for and order
ed lots of 25, 50, 100,
and 200, amounting to more
than another thousand, which
with our regular issue, would ma Ike
6,400.
To be able to fill orders still COM
ing in for the Extra, containing
all the Proceedings, we will print
at least thousand more, making
7400 FREEMANs that will go forth
this week, scattering the facts and
truths of Prohibition.
SEND FOR THE FREEMAN AND SOW
THE SEED.
For this special Conference Edi-
ton, send at once % cts, so cts, ST,
81, or more, and we'll 6end you as
many copies as ordered at rate of
81 per hundred, postage paid by
US.
They are chock full of live
matter for Prohibition campaign
ing, while most valuable for W. c..
I. U. instruction and inspiration.
Send for them at once.