The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-04-19
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending April II.

For the Week Ending April IL.
The Texas law taxing United States
treasury notes is now in force.
Army worms were devastating the
farms in several counties in Kentucky.
Clubs were forming all over Mexico
favoring the reelection of President
Diaz.
The village of Plattsburg, Mo-, was
nearly wiped out by fire, the loss begin
$500, 1000.
The National saw works at Cincin-
natl were burned, the loss being
$500, 900.
An incendiary fire caused loss to
business property in Tahlequah, /. T.,
of 500, 200.
The balance sheet of the whisky
trust filed in Chicago shows shortage
of 8, 200, 900.
Twelve persons were killed by earth
quake shocks in Italy and much prop
erty was destroyed.
Several farms near Cherokee, Kan,
were swept by a cyclone and number
of persons were injured.
Rev. j. NJ. Jessup, an aged Baptist
minister died in the pulpit at Sandy
Ridge Ala, while preaching.
The Nations Crisis is the name of
new weekly paper at Denver with ex-
Gov. Davis II. Waite as editor.
Fire destroyed an entire block at
Arkansas City. Ark. including the
Eureka hotel and the post office.
Four men were killed and others
seriously hurt in riot among railway
laborers at Sloan Springs, Ark
William Jackson was sentenced at
Greenup, Ky, to ninety-nine years i'm
prisonment for poisoning his wife.
The firm Of Tebbetts, Harrison 81
Robins, dry goods commission mer-
chants in Boston, failed for S250,000.
The large warehouse of BeabollidO
& Co., sugar dealers, was burned at
Tampa, Fla, the loss being 100000
J. +. Stedman, wealthy farmer liv-
ing near Hixton. Wis, accidentally
shot and killed one of his daughters.
A fire in John Dobson's carpet fac
tory in Philadelphia caused a loss of
500. 600 and threw 1000 persons out of
work.
The United States was requested by
the Chinese government to take under
protection the Chinese residing in
Guatemala.
DR.. John Blackmer, one of the most
famous prohibitionists in the United
States, died at his home in Springfield,
Mass, aged 63 years.
Twenty.six street laborers at Toledo,
o., were arrested on charge of vio-
latlng the ordinance prohibiting man
ual labor on the Sabbath.
The National Academy of Sciences,
the most august scientific body in
America, convened in thirty-second an
nual session in Washington.
The dairy barn of David II. Martin,
near Charlottesville, Ind, was de-
stroyed by fire and 100 head of live
stock persisted in the flames.
Rev. Mr. Icing SAID at the Metho-
dist ministers meeting in St. Louis
that the admission of colored branches
would destroy the Epworth league.
Walter l.. Nicholson, the first topog-
rapher of the post Office department,
holding that position for twenty-five
years, died in Washington, aged 20
years
Charles ii. Van Benthuysen the head
of the printing house of Charles Van
Benthuysen Il Sons at Albany. y. Y,
dropped dead of apoplexy, aged 50
years.
Mrs. Bees, proprietor of the Ameri-
can house at Youngstown, o., was
buried at the hour when she had ex-
pected TO become the bride of John
Evans, OF Warren.
William Hendrick, wanted in Ohio,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken
lucky for bigamy was arrested on a
charge of horse stealing in Middles-
boro. XIV. Seven deserted wives are on
his track.