The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-12

| announce that the Chinese Government has
! determined TO follow the example of the
japanese, and has sent young men to Eng
land and the United States, to be educated
| in the schools of those countres...... The last
mail steamer from the Cape of Good Hope
brings the intelligence that the treaty of
annexation of African Territory to the Brit
ish Provinces had been finally concluded,
and produced much excitement in that terri
tory. Brand, the President of the Free
states, had issued formal protest against
the transfer of the diamond fields to Great
Britain......A trunk mystery case has arisen
at Quebec, which creates much excitement.
A box was found at the Grand Trunk Rail
way depot, containing the mutilated body of
female, in partially decayed condition.
The limbs had been cut off, and the flesh
dropped off in large pieces. The box was
| left by stranger, whose name is unknown.
An inve stigation is pending .....It is reported
on good authority that all the British troops,
except few artillery, will be withdrawn in
the spring from Halifax, N. s., which is now
the only garrisoned city in the Dominion,
PARIS papers assert that Bismarck is seek
ing pretext for the reoccupation of the
evacuated French provinces.....Adv
FROM Geneva, Switzerland, state that the po-
lice there recently captured the firm of
Berthey IL Co., who were running so-cailed
National Bank, but really had counterfeit
ing concern on a large scale. Among the
property seized were two thousand well exc
cuted certificates of Erie Railway shares,
one thousand shares of the city of Lyons,
together with large number of photographic
plates.
THE French official journal denies that
the Germans have made any arrests of
French citizens, to be held as hostages.
The committee on the Bank of France are
disposed to increase the circulation of the
bank to 800 100000 francs, instead of Co.,,
600 900 francs, as demanded by the Govern
ment. 1.-The committee of the French AS
sembly on the reorganization of the army
proposes to make the terms of military SER
vice five years on active duty, four years in
the reserve, and six years in the secondary
reserve.
WHILE large road wagon, propelled by
steam and carrying heavy boilers, was pass
ing through the streets of Glasgow on Satur-
day, surrounded and followed by throng of
children, one Of the boilers exploded. Five
children were killed outright, and seven
were so badly injured that their recovery is
doubtful. The dead and injured were
frightfully mutilated ..... Supplementary
elections are to be held in Paris to fill the
vacant seats in the Assembly. Victor Hugo
has accepted the nomination on q platform
embracing the abolition of capital punish
ment; the raising of the state of siege in
Paris; restoration of the monarchy;
proclamation of general amnesty; dissolu-
ton of the present Assembly, and the re-
moval of the seat of Government to Paris.
The nomination was rendered to Marshal
Mcmahon, but was declined. ..... The Russian
steamship Kuma, plying on the Caspian sea,
foundered in terrible gale recently, and all
on board, crew and passengers, were drown
ed. The steamer had o million of roubles
in treasure on board which is total loss.
..... The Journal de ST. Petersburg, the Rus
sian official organ, says the cordial reception
of the Grand Duke Alexis in the United
States creates profound sense of satisfac-
ton throughout Russia. The existing rela-
tons between the countries are strcng thened
by the noble hospitality with which the son
of the Emperor has been received, and are
now more than ever a pledge of enduring
amty, which cannot but contribute to the
general peace and progress of humanity.....
The New York Worlds correspondent, writ
ing from Havana on Dec. %, says: " Val
maseda, Captain General Of Cuba, has just
decreed the practical ensavement of the
whole Chinese population Of the island of
Cuba, numbering some $4,000 souls. The
decree orders the 10000 or $4,000 free Chi
nese Immediately to enroll themselves under
the tutilage of Government tutors and work
shops, receiving for their labor only four
reals per month, and ordering that all Chi
nese who are now working under contracts
shall be reindentured on the expiring of
their terms, or be sent to JAIL"