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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

A remarkable story comes from
Bombay, which suggests the proprie-
ty of employing monkeys as police
detectives. A Madras man making
Journey took with him some money
and Jewels, and pet monkey. He
was waylaid, robbed, murdered, and
buried by party of assassins. The
monkey witnessed the whole affair
from tree-top, and as the villains
had departed he went to the nearest
police officers station, attracted his
attention by his sighs and groans,
and finally led him to the grave OF his
master. He then enabled the officer
to recover the stolen property from
the place where it had been concealed.
and then went to the bazar and picked
out the murderers one by one,
holding them fast by the leg until Sc
cured. They have confessed the crime,
and are held for trial.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23


Horace Greeley says that the mater
nal yearnings of hens may be stified
if properly managed. To keep a hen
from setting she must be braced firm
", but the best way is to tie her legs
together, and let her head hang down.
1t is not necessary in all'cases to wiring
her neck, unless you need the feathers
for something. 1t was the last straw,
or the last hair, and not the last feath-
er, that broke the camel's back. Some
say that it didn't break the eamefs
baek-that it only made him " hump"
Should the hen show signs of decor
tieation, the sight of some feed will
revive her, as hens appetite is al
ways trustworthy. A great many
hens die of decorbieation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23
Blanauf.

After being detained in prison nearly
a year, and undergoing a tedious trial,
Blanqui has been convicted and con-
demned to imprisonment i'll IA fortress
by Paris court-martial for compile
ity in the revolt of Oct. 81, 1870. This
veteran conspirator was born at the
foot of the Alps, and was mountain
eer in his youth. At an early age he
went to Paris and distinguished HIM
self in Latin, history, and geography,
at the college of Charlemagne. After
remaining as tutor for a couple of
years near Toulouse, Blanqui went to
Paris in the year 1926, where his
troubles soon commenced. One of
the most remarkable conspiracies in
which he was implicated was that of
the season." in 1889. Each group of
c0nspirators was subdivided into
years, months, and weeks, and the
men were days. The police were
quite outwitted, and Blanqui and his
friends, taking advantage of n minis
terial crisis burst suddenly ON Paris,
and seized on the Hotel de Vile and
other public buildings. But for the
energy of Lieut.. Tisserand and some
old soldiers, there is no knowing
where the emeute would havestopped.
While in Paris Blanqui married wo-
man to whom he was devotedly at
tached, in fact the attachment was
mutual but Nine. Blanqui soon died
Of a broken heart on hearing that her
husband had been condemned to per-
petual imprisonment. Writing few
years ago about the death of that ex-
cellent woman, Blanqui said: "Com-
pared to that crushing misfortune %
years of captivity sit as lightly on me
as feather. And to think that am
sometimes treated like wild beast
who has tumbled into a pit But
through all vicissitudes | have re-
manned face to face, night and day,
with the shadow of her whois no more.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

THE AMERICAN VESUYIUs.-The
news that Mount Hood, in Oregon, is
throwing out dense column of smoke
and threatening an active volcanic
eruption, surprises most Eastern rea
ders, who know the mountain only as
they have seen its snowy crest in the
background of Bierstadt's canvass.
Mount Hood is one of the several
peaks of the Cascade Mountains
known as the Sierra Nevada in Cali
fornia) every one of which is an ex-
tinct volcano-rnless the present
manifestation of life makes the word
"extinct inappropriate. The other
important peaks are Mount jefferson,
the Three Sisters, and Mount Pitt,
ranging in height from ten to eleven
thousand feet the height of Mount
Hood is about thirteen thousand feet.
There are Indian traditions which in
dicate an eruption of Mount Hood,
but there exists no other evidence on
the subject except that of scientific
observation. The natural desire of
every American citizen is that if
Mount Hood is about to return to ac-
tive life as a volcano, it will do SO on
scale worthy of the nation which
has arisen around it since the last
eruption. The eyes of a great peo-
pie are upon it, and if it shows proper
spirit, Mount Hood may become a
nations pride.-Erchange.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

A facetious individual, not many
miles from Danbury, sought to " draw
his wife outn by pretending to be
found dead with an empty laudanum
phial by his side. And that lady was
good deal shocked at first, but hav-
ing read that needle introduced into
the human flesh would indicate on it's
surface whether that flesh was dead,
and being woman of eminent prac-
ticability, she at once armed herself
with polished instrument of nearly
two inches growth, and, with throb-
bing heart and bated breath, intro
duced good share of its length into
the deceased. What the surface of
the needle really indicated was not
learned, as he took it with him as he
passed through the sash.--Erehange.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23
Was Professor Morse the Real
Inventor of the Telegraph |!

The Washington Star, from an ex-
animation of a mass of testimony up
on the subject, comes to the conclu-
sion that Prof. Morse was not the in
ventor of the telegraph, and says:
The great difficulty in the way of
operating the wire at any distance
had not been met until Prof. Henry,
in 1928, made discovery of the fact
that a galvanic current could be
transmitted to great distance with
so small diminution of force as to
produce mechanical effects adequate
to the desired object, by means of a
galvanic intensity battery. Prof.
Morse subsequently availed himself of
this discovery by Prof. Henry to make
telegraphy practicable, and profitable
to himself. Prof. Henry, who took
out no patent for his discovery, seems
in this, as in his other valuable scien-
tifc labors, to have sought for no
other reward than "the consciousness
of advancing science, the pleasure of
discovering new truths, and the scien-
tific reputation to which these works
would entitle him." Upto 1846 Morse
seems to have fully conceded that he
was indebted to the discovery of Prof.
Henry to enable him to make the
magnetic telegraph successful. At
that time Morse got into litigation
with other parties over his claim to
the monopoly of telegraphic rights,
and he appears to have deemed it ne
cessary to his interest to depreciate
the Importance of the discoveries of
Henry. The concurrent testimony of
leading telegraph authorities, and of
the very men who were associated
with Morse in telegraphic patents, go
to show that he merely availed him
self of Henry's discoveries, and ap-
piled them to his machine. 1t does
not appear that Morse ever made a
single original discovery in electricity,
magnetism, or electromagnetic APP
plicable to the invention of the tele-
graph"
Under the circumstances, it is not
difficult to decide to whom should be
awarded the chief honor of giving the
magnetic telegraph to the world.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

Mr.. Fuss, of Wisconsin, died and
was about to be buried, when just be-
fore the coffin was closed some one
noticed that the corpse was perspiring.
A physician was summoned, and
succeeded after some fuss in restor-
ing Fuss.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

The late bal masque at the palatial
residence of the Hon. was the
most recherche affair of this Tor any
other) season. | put that in because
there have been fifteen of the most re-
eherche affairs of the season so far this
wear. Without, the house was as eff
fulgent as steamed-oyster saloon on
a dark night, while within the scene
was perfectly enchanting, Govern
ment Conservatives tubs and alD be-
ing transported by the magician's
wand Bags Congressional order) to
this home of luxury and afiluence. 1t
was fairy land condensed-the illusion
rendered more perfect bv the subdued
warbling of hundreds of stuffed birds
from the Smithsonian Institute.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

Help yourself. Fight your own bat
ties. Hoe your own row. Ask no
questions of any one, and you'll sue
ceed five thousand times better than
one who is always beseeching some
ones influence and patronage. No
one viii ever help you as you can
help yourself, because no one will
ever be so heartily interested in your
affairs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

A pair of sweet lips, pink waist,
a swelling chest, and il pressure or two
of delicate hands, will as much I'M
hinge man as three fevers, the mea-
sells, a large size whooping-cou pair
of lock-jaws, several hydrophobias
and the doctors bile
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

Charming New York They are bet
ting 800 to $50 on Wall street that
Stokes win be hanged. If the Twelve
Disciples had lived in that neighbor-
hood they would; no doubt, have
backed Judas against the field, and
given long odds on his winning the
game. Moral New York
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

A public lecturer lately read an in
teresting paper ON the subject of edu-
eating the deaf and dumb, advocating
system which is becoming popular
in Europe-that of conversing with
the eyes and the lips. Young ladies,
as we'll as the deaf and dumb, would
speedily learn and thoroughly appre-
ciate this system.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

A Cincinnati. paper having assert
ed that no reference to the Almighty
is contained i'm the Constitution of the
United States, rival sheet triumph
antly exclaims " Mistaken, as usual.
If it will turn to the attestation it will
find the words, Done at Philadelphia,
in the year of our Lord I776,'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

Mrs. Ford, of Lafayette, Indiana,
had a $4,000 house, and paid forty
cents gallon for hes kerosene until
last week. The new building will be
lighted with gas.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

A young lady of Indianapolis was
very sorry that her wedding, which
was to take place at the same hour
would prevent her attending her SIS
ter's funeral.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

Communications may be addressed simply
b" CHIEF, Donaldsonyille, La, or to the edI-
tor and proprietor personally.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-03-23

Transient advertisements, 81 per square first
insertion; Is cts each subsequent insertion.
All official advertisements 81 per square each
insertion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-14
COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK MARKET.

NEW YORK, June IL, 1872.
Money continues abundant, at 4@5 per cent
on call, while more good business paper than 10
of cred could be accommodated at ia Q per cent
on 30, co. and 80 day time. Gold closed at
1l4Js. Sterling exchange, 1929. The wool
season 10 not yet commenced, old and foreign
are passing more freely into manufacturers
hands, but it NAV not be possible to deane the
value OF new until after the next London sale,
for which the trade seem TO be waiting. Buy
era, Of course talk lower prices, but one thing
IL noticeable, spinners are not sverse to stock
ing mp pretty freely st going rates. Wooden
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-14
local lrparfmrnf.

TuE FARMERS CLUB OF Van Buren, county,
will meet at the Cucrt House on Saturday,
June 18th, at two o'clock p m.
Subjects for discusson-"Ih cultiyticn OF
Wheat and the prospect OF the Market"
Every farmer in the vicinity of Paw Paw
should attend, and join IN or listen to the DIS
.cussion; an interesting meeting is anticipated.
!. !. WoODMAN, President.
A O. Cr1DDFS, Sec
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PTC.,TC .I.>.D FESTIVAL.

The Farmers Club Of Antwerp viii hold a
FEsTIV VAL and PICNIC at the farm of F..
Smith. half a mile south OF the Richmond
School House, on Wednesday, June 18th.
The Paw Paw Cornet Band Will furnish the
muse for the occasion.
For farther particulars CAL in at the Club
meeting at the Court House tomorrow (Satur-
day afternoon.
A. c. GIIDDIN, Secy.
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Ice Cream aud StdubeTriss.

There Will be a Strawberry and Ice cream
Festival at the Grove il front OF the Town
House on Tuesday Evening, June 18th, for
The benefit OF the Society OF the Presbyterian
Church.
\ cordial invitation lie extended TO all.
should the weather prove inclement the Fes-
t,val VIII be held in the Town Han.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-14

goods, moreover arc improving In price, 20 that
there 10 not much look Of decline 81 pre- sent.
Flour 10 dull and gets no benefit from the I'm.
provensnt to Wheat, and thereby hangs q
tale" which every farmer and holder Of wheat
should be able to interpret. Choice Michigan
White Wheat quoted to day at s21O@2lI, and
Red Western at 81. Corn steady at 63@e6c
Oats dull. Michigan 53@6sc.
Butter is drug new western, 1l@lsc.-
Eggs leal7c. Ness Pork ei2.45@la.5o. Ket.
tie Lard, 9JS. Cotton rules quiet at 26lS, but
there lie no particular firmness in cotton goods
Of any kind printing cloths excepted, very lit
tie business is doing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-14

UNPARALLELED SUCCESS OF THE >YSTtM IF sELLILG GOOD
GOODS CHEA
STORE FULL OF GOODS,
COUNTERS LINED WITH CUSTOMERS.
The Choicest and Magnificent Display -, Varieties HATS
exhibited this any other Markedly whatever
calling wish 70 ask for
Ribbons ia Endless Variety!
From No. Trimming RBBoN No 300 RIBBON, al the
Gay and Knobby Patterns shown hero
Recherche and Elegant Assortment Of FLOWERS Imported
country, Large and
Store
will have all times large and
shown by any House Kalamazoo Guarantee also
hen in better style, least good) and du-
rIcatc any II AT or BONNET made
there, and take dis
OIL
fonK Kalamazoo prices Miliners
in Lawrence, Bangor Iawton, Matawan aud other
Towns will notice that selling RIBBONS
Wholesale Chicago Nners whoa s2d
of Goods will testify
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-14
DETROIT MARKET.

III hpil Manuel
DETROIT, June II, 1872.
Business, though not very stirring, is up with
the season Since the date of last letter a
few quite important changes have taken place
I4Il6, and 26xi0, is 256r50c, and larger sizes
50cg100 per box higher. Spades, shovels,
and scoops have been advanced soc per doz.-
Nails are unchanged from the basis of $3.50
for l0d. in rs keg lots. Tin remains on the
$3.50 basis. Very few changes have taken
place in drugs or OILS Paris green is active at
30@4Oc per b.. according to strength. OH
peppermint has declined from $3.50 to 1925.
llnseed oil is subject to cutting" and prices
have dropped lc-ofered at 81 and 96c for raw
and boiled. Turpentine has declined from
66@65e. Dry goods men are not troubled with
a rush OF customers, and goods are generally
IN the buyers favor-perhaps cheaper than they
will be month hence. Groceries are steady
A coffee sugar, 1l34c. Coffee OF all kinds firm.
The wool question is getting warm quite a
number Of buyers, eastern and local, have
entered the field during the week. There Is
singular unanimity among them IN crying down
prices. Substantially the market is 203c below
the starting point, and still the cry is wool must
go still lower. While there Is 40 need OF q
panic, 1t is evident that the anticipations OF
growers are not going to be realized. The
number Of sheep has undoubtedly been largely
increased everywhere, and foreign competition
is severe. but buyers Of wooden goods cannot
keep out OF the market much longer. while the
stock OF goods is no. large and the wants Of the
country are very great, so there is small pros
pect Of wool going below SOC. while there is q
fair one that il will average Coo. Prices offered
here range at 55@60c, according to quality
Flour is dull at 80 for choice white. Wheat has
been on the advance every day for aweek until
to-day, when prices fell off &c on No. white
and TIeadwell, but advanced &c on amb er ex-
ira held its own. Much confidence is entertained
by the bull element IN a strong market all June.
Closing rates: extra, s2.02 No. white. II .92;
Treadwell, !l92 amber, 1892. Corn, 81 go
55c.-dull. oats steady at 42c.
Butter can be had by the car load at ii@i5
and has been largely exported, but crock is
on hand in tons. The warm weather will play
havoc with it, so it will soon be demonstrate d
that it is more profitable to use tubs, even il
they have to be given away, than crooks. Eggs
on the decline, offered at l6; potatoes dull,
mixed 40o50; Peachblows 5Oa70; Cheese,
12Ml3
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-14

CiiANCERY sALE.-By virtue o. decree
made IN the Circuit Court for the County OF
Van Buren, in Charcery in q certain cause
therein pending, wherein Sylvester Darby 10
complainant, and James Annex. and Sarah
Amick, are defendants. bearing date the 18th
day OF August, a. ID. 1871. i shat sell Of pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder. on Monday,
the 22d day Of July, A. d. 1872, AZ one o'clock
IN the afternoon. at the front door OF the
Court House, in the Village OF Paw Paw, in
the County OF Van Buren, and state OF Michi-
gan all OF that certain piece or parcel OF land
situated in the County OF Van Buren, and tate
OF Michigan, 10 wit the south half OF the
west half Of the southeast quarter of section
twenty-five (22) in township one a. south of
range fifteen west, containing ferry acres Of
land more or less.
Dated June 9Th, 1872
JOHN KNOWLES,
Circuit Court Connissoas..
s97t7. van Baren County Mich.
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Business Notices.

The finest line OF Dress Goods and Dress
Trimmings, all the latest styles al Van Auken
and Cos.
Mary had little lamb,
She kept it in the garden;
Every time 1t wagged it's tail
II spoiled her Dolly Warden.
She now reads the TRUE NoRTHERSEE.-
subscription price $50 per year. Call and
subscribe for it.
c. b. WELDON X Co., have on hand the larg-
est and greatest variety Of Parasols in town
Which they will sell at very low prices.
20 per cent saved by buying your clothing
at Van Auken and Cos.
ALL styles and quality of Parasols at {. b..
Welton X Co., to be sold very cheap
15per cent saved in buying your Boots, Shoes
slippers. etc. al Van .iuken & Cos
Have your Clothing made at Van Auken X
Cos. The largest stock OF Cloths, Cassimeres
and vestings IN Western Michigan.
Dus Soui "hi'o NOous ano c'eIy 'niDB ~ Huc
Muslins. Piques, etc, at Van Auken & Cos.
The largest stock OF Embroideries and In
settings, Edgings, valenciennes and Imitation
Laces at Van AukeL and Co.'S.
D. b. Deland's Best saleratus at Gliddens
only 10 cents per pound.
May Flower Chewing Tobacco at Gidden's
for sl.25.
The latest styles Of Hats and Caps at Van
Auken and Cos.
We hear no complaints from that best Japan
Tea; every one who has tined IT SAYS Glidden
keeps the best in town.
A large line Of Croquet and Nillsson Slippers
] at Van Auken X Co.'S.
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TEA. TEA. TEA. TEA.

Those who enjoy good cup Of Tea are here
by informed that a choice article OF Japan Tea
can be had at the Grocery Store OF W. VI. Gid
den, which will be sure 10 give subtraction 70
81 lovers 81 thst beverage, s45.
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Gloves ia fresh VARIETY.

GIOVES-h Jouviu, Alexandra and other pnur
makes from 81 80 to 50, 90 pair
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-14

THE best article in use the Haliord Leices-
tershire Table Sauce. Every family into which
it has been introduced is It's reference. The
parties who Purchase once become constant
customers. You had better go without any
one article for the table than the IIalford.
MI the Worlds stage and all the people
merely players, and we surmise that large
portion of the players thereon, must be using
that justly popular preparation for the teeth,
Fragrant Sozodont" From the immense de-
mand there is for that article, the most delight
ful, convenient and eficacous beautifier and
preserver Of the teeth the world ever pro-
duced
Spading's clue, useful in every house.
/ CAsroMA-a substitute for Castor Ola fam.
J lily physc which is pleasant TO take and does
not distress or grippe, but is sure to operate
I when all other remedies have failed. IL is
purely vegetable preparation, containing Meth
err Minerals, Morphine nor Alcohol, the result
OF fifteen years experimenting by Doctor sam
uel Pitcher. 1t is perfectly harmless and fal
more effective than Pulls, Narcotic Syrups o.
Castor OIL. by soothing the system il pro
duces natural sleep, and is particularly adapted
to crying or teething children. 1t kills Worms
cures Stomach Ache, Constipation, Flatulenc,
and Derangement Of the Liver. No famil.
can afford to be without this article. IL cost
but so cents-ssk your druggist to get it 10
YOU. and he will always keep 1t. se7t4
!. p. EosE, 4 CO., SO broadway y. Y.
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Hosiery.

At I0l25S poland 25cts, up the Celebrated English German
HOSE, 2 Cd and IS and Is par-oules sizes always hand
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Circuit Court Comm sslols!.
S97t7. van Buren, County Mich.

NOTICE TO HEAR CLAIMe-Iu Pro-
late Court, Van Buren, county: Estate OF
THOMAS n. STEPHENSON, deceased. Notice il
hereby gwen, that said Probate Court will re-
ceive. examine and adjust al claims and de-
mapds OF creditors against the estate Of said
deceased, and Monday, June path, and Mon
day July 18th. are hereby assigned Tor hear
ing sad claims. and six months from the date
hereof are allowed creditors IL which TO pres
ent their claims.
S97-tG GEO. ". LAwTON, Iudge q Probate.
Dated Paw Paw, June Sd, 1872.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-14

AT THE GREAT DRY GOODS. MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS
MARKET FROM now on TO THE FOURTH OF july,
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No Larger on CheaDep Stock A,,y,chcre-

We have in Stock and fast anything appears
arrangement with New York House, are constantly su
everything New aud Stylish in the market in the shane OF
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-12-05
LOCAL PAPERs.-The New Yor

LOCAL PAPERs.-The New York
Times says: "You might nearly as
well forget your churches, your acad-
emies and school houses as to forget
your local paper. 1t speaks to ten
times the audience your minister does.
tits read eagerly each week from be-
ginning to end. 1t reaches you all
and if it has a lower spirit and less
wisdom than sermon, it has thou
sand times better chance at you. Ly-
ing as it does at every table; in al
most every house, you owe it to your
self to rally liberally to its support,
and exact from it as able,a ahigh-toned
character as you do from any edu-
Gator in your midst. 1t is in no sense
beneath notice and care-unless you
yourself are beneath notice and care
-forit is your representative. It is
the aggregate of your own conse-
quence, and you cannot ignore it
without miserably depreciating your
selves.