The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-02-15
THE WESTERN STATES.

Two MEN were killed and four injured by
the burst ng OF boiler at GAINESVILLE, Ohio
The Metropolitan National Bank of Cincin-
natl is a dead concern and President Means
has been arrested. Cincinnati special says:
The developments show that the bank has
been in n very bad condition for some time. 1t
was expected that there would be a run on the
other banks of the city, but it was unusually
quiet in business circles, tae failure Of the
Metropolitan having been looked for week
ago ago, sensstion was caused by the arrest OF
was known last night that his arrest was con-
templated Mr.. Means. understanding there
was warrant out fCr him. appeared at Dis
trict Attorney Bunet's Office shortly after noon
and voluntarily gave himself up. 1t is under
stood that he is charged with signing the state
ment of Dec 10, 1887, sent to the Controller,
purporting to be a true statement of the con-
diton of the affairs of the bank. Means is
also CHARGED with the misappropriation OF
1924, 2SS of the funds of the bank by loans to
himself between Jan. l. 1887 and Feb. o. 1885,
DAKOTA is getting very sensitive about her
blizzard reputation. The Yankton Board of
Trade is out in circular recitinG the history
of the fearful storm of Jan IL, and claiming
that not over two hundred lives were lost in
an area Of $50, 900 square miles, while not
more than fifty head of live stock persisted.
FIRE in Gle veland damaged J. l. Hudsons
clothing store SIS, 900; insurance, sl5J. coo.
AS cable-car train at Kans as City was
rounding the top of steep grade the bar con-
Meeting the grip-lever with the cable broke
and the cars dashed down the incline and col
lided with another train at the bottom. The
cars were wrecked, three persons being fatal
ly hurt and seven others badly injured.
A FAMILY of five person in Toledo are seri-
ously and perhaps fatally i'll of trichinosis
from eating diseased pork.
A DUBUQUE Qowa) special says: "Judges
Couch, Ney, aud Linehan fled decisions in
the Circuit Court, Thursday granting perma-
nent injunction against the proprletors OF the
five principal saloons in Dubuque. These
are the first permanent injunctions granted
in Dubuque County, Notwithstanding there
have been over two hundred cases pending
for nearly four years. All of the judges
took the ground that the defendants, having
in their answers admitted the sale of wine and
beer, and the evidence having shown that
they sold whisky, it was clearly the duty of
the court, under the decisions of thu Supreme
Court of Iowa and of the United States. to
grant tho injunctions Three of the defend
ants filed q supersedeas bond aud notice of
appeal to the Supreme Court 1t is not likely
that the saloons of the defendants will To
closed until their cases are passed upon by
the Supreme Court"
HART was hanged for murder at Helena,
Mont, on Friday. He was born in St John,
n. b., in 1868 Petitions had been presented
to the Governor for clemency, but no active
effort was made to save the murderer. Hart
said that he had made d scovery for pro-
\
demonstrate its value. One of the ingredients,
no said, was ashes, VIII eli he had been eating
for four months.
Mr.. PNcKNEY, OF Toledo, well-shoo 'er,
and Harry Johnson, a workman, were literal
ly blown to pieces by an explosion of nitro
glycerine at Bellevue, Ohio.