The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-05
Foreign Items.


ports the claims of the inhabitants of
Alsace against France.
The wine furnished the Prussian
soldiers cost fifteen cents bottle.
In Australia the farmers play whist
for sheep points, with bullock on the
rubber.
CASTELAR,, the leader of the Spanish
Republicans, has recently inherited "A
very large fortune
QUEEN VICTORIA has more Moham-
medan subjects than the Sultan OF
Turkey.
EARTHouAKE shocks have been fire.
quent in the Sandwich Islands since
the heavy one of February last.
ACCOUNTS from France report that
there has been great waste of the pro-
visions sent there from England and
The United States.
A MAIL robbery of over Il million dol
lars in gold has occurred III the United
States of Colombia.
BARON DUDEvANT, the husband OF
Madame George Sand, died Mt Bar
haste, i'm the department of Lot-et-
Garonne, ON the Sth nit. He was rs
years old.
GEN. MoITKE was beaten ut the re
cent elections in seven out OF the eight
districts in which ho~was candidate of
! the Conservatives for the German Par
! lament.
The German papers declare that 1t is
absolutely necessary for Germany to
obtain possession of lIeligoland, the
small island in the North Sea, now be
longing to England. It is argued that
if Germany owned the island she might
reduce her naval force by one-half.
TUE Emperor Williams abandonment
of IL formal coronation, with imposing
ceremonies, was brought about, it il
said, by the persuasive cntreaties oi
the Crown Prince, who Thought II
might have an Ill influence upon the
numerous Republican minds of Ger
many.
GEN. LANGiEwICH, leader OF the Pol
isb insurgents IN 1868, aud banishcd to
Siberia, will he permitted, IT is said, tc
return TO Russia on account of con
cilatory letter he has written to the
Gar, who is rcputcd to have II weak
ness for fine rhetoric and sentimental
applause.
HONG-KoNG affords Il singular instanc,
of the curiosities of taxation. On,
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ,
year is derived from tax of Z per cent
on moneys won ut the licensed gam
bling tables. They have daily aver
age there of 1851 players, or one t.
every eight of the entire population.
A REMARKABLEs spiritual medium wh'
is reported to make wonderful revcla
tions, has appeared in the ancient tow
of Syracuse, Sicily. Spiritualsm
seems to be new thing there, and Pie
tro Spumanto, the medium, is REGARDED
: us a miracle worker and supreme en-
chantcr.
The latest story about Kossuth il
that he is Solacing his sickness aud
broken constitution by transatin9
Shakespeare into Hungarian. His physi
clans have ordered him to rest; but M
says he could not live six weeks unles
he kept at work, which he regards as
necessity of his nature.
PIERRE BoNAPARTE, the murderer o
Victor Noir, lives at present on hi
farm i'll Belgium He is said to be il
such needy circumstances that he is I'm
able to pay the mortgages on that farm
His property in Paris has been seize'
by order of the courts, Pierre Bona
parte not having paid to the heirs o
his victim the twenty-five thousap'
francs damages, to which he was con
demned by the high court which &C
, quilted him of the criminal charge.
CHE WIND IS TEMPERED TO THE SHoR
LAMB otherwise the delicate organiza
!, ton of woman could never bear III
under the severe trials which it is he
lot to endure. As means of sustaining
her strength, and bringing her safel
through the difficulties and dangers q
which she is by nature the hciress, III
medicine ever prescribed is COMPARABLE
: to DIR. WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGA
BIrrEEs. In all arrangements of TIN
female system it restores regularity
and promotes physical vigor an,
! mental repose.
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