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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-03
How Gen. Leslie Combs Paid an Old
Election Bet.

In 1914 the veteran Gen. Leslie
Combs, of Lexington, KY, agreed TO
climb, feet foremost, creased pole IN
Paris, l20 feet high, in the event Of Mr..
Clays defeat for President. The lost
wager was never paid until the other
day, when Gen. Combs achieved the
feat-no pun intended-in the following
fashion, as told by the Lexington o..
server and Reporter:
Gen. Combs went to Paris by the pre-
vious night train, not arriving till nearly
II o'clock at Col. Kisers hospitable
mansion, but there found a warm room,
good fire, and delightful bed ready for
him. He rose early next morning fully
refreshed and prepared for his perilous
feat, never previously performed by any
living man.
The venerable Craddock called on
him shortly after breakfast and con-
Quoted him TO his office, where. soon
afterwards, they were joined by w. X.
Higgins, of Lexington, the friend of
the General. They Immediately started
to find the pole, but upon arriving at
the place where it was planted in 1874,
no vestige of the historical pole with its
LlotIly'Cap Oh VoPi "hN .ho c'oi
Spangled Banner-a Clay and Freling-
huysen banner-below, could be seen.
1t was said that some " Heather Chinee"
had cut it down long time ago, and
pocketed the pieces. But, upon visiting
handsome residence in the suburbs,
two pieces, each about ten feet long,
were found standing as sentinels on
either side of large front gate.
The General at once recognized them,
and instantly assembled each at the top,
and there made a few "incongruvial
remarks in reference to the immortal
Henry Clay. They then returned to
the office of Craddock, where a few
''drops" of lubricating oil (old Bourbon)
were administered to him, which re-
stored his vital powers, and Richard
was himself again.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-03
Foreign Gossip.
ATHENS is TO be lighted with gas.

The London Post is 100 years old.
CAsT.IRoN stoves are denounced in
France as breeders of disease.
ALEXIS has been made Msjor.Gen-
eral in the Russian army.
CHARLES DICKENS, Jr., denies that he
is coming to this country.
BELLS were tolled and flags hung al
half mast all over England, for Horace
Greeley.
BISMARCK is a member of al German
societies in different parts of the
world.
CRoCco, the noted Italian brigand,
recently sentenced to the galleys, has
an account of 10000 francs in Lon
don bank.
ADELINA PATTI receives fifty thousand
dollars for two performances a week in
Russia, and sixteen hundred dollars a
night for extra performances.
Two light-fngered Americans-Saun.
ders and Davis-have achieved fame in
Russia by appropriating some of the
royal jewels, and securing forced ten
years residence in the Ural Noun
tains.
THIS is the manner in which almost
an entire French family has passed
away. Theophile Favre, the Commu.
mist, was shot; his cousin, Jules Favre,
committed suicide by hanging himself /;
one of his brothers had died the same
death, and another brother is hopeless
maniac.
The French Government has prom.
ised, by stipulations annexed to the
Treaty of Frankfort, that it will deliver
to Prussia, on the 3lst of December, a
list of all the Alsatians and Lorrainers
who have chosen French nationality.
The list comprises no less than 100000
names. 1t will fill 900 pages of print,
and will cost 10000 francs.
A LAD of fifteen has just committed
suicide at Porcheres, Basse-Alps, under
strange circumstances. He was out
driving a cart, drawn by donkey, and,
owing to the late heavy rains, the roads
were so cut up that the vehicle stuck in
the heavy soil. As the animal was un-
able to extricate it, the boy, in despair,
took cord off the harness and hanged
himself to an adjoining room.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-03
The Reason Why.

Mr.. A. j. Clark, editor and publisher
of the Jordan Mimi Mirror, in an.
nouncing it for sale gives the following
honest expression of opinion about the
paper and the place
"The man who buys it must be a
clean out Democrat, died in the
WOOL No cotton warps' need apply.
He must undertake to publish the pa
per Sonewhere in Scott county, until he
starves to death, unless sooner kicked
out. We offer to sell for the simple
reason that we have lived long enough
in country where our whisky is frozen
up nine months in the year, and every
mans nose is in 'pertual notion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-03
To Cure COrnS.

The journal Of applied Chemistry says
Soak the feet well in warm water, then
with sharp instrument pare off as much
of the corn as can be done without pain,
and bind up the part with a piece OF
linen or muslin, thoroughly saturated
with sperm oil, or what is better, the oil
which floats upon the surface of herring
or inackerel. After three or four day
the dressing may be removed by scrap
ing. when the new skin will be found OF
a soft and healthy texture, and less liza.
bic to the formation { a new corn than
before. We have the recipe from a
source which we cannot well doubt, and
publish it for the benefit of many
readers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-03

ship Matchless, of the coast OF Northumber-
land, England.
The periodical Ministerial crisis in Spain
has just occurred, three members of tho
Cabinet having resigned. The sitting of
the Cortes was interrupted for a few hours,
until the vacant places were filed
The French Assembly has passed law re-
storing to the Orleans Princes their confis-
Gated property.
The notorious Cora Pearl has been expelled
from France in consequence OF the son OF a
wealthy Partisan attempting to commit suicide
IN her apartments.
The recent inundation of the River Thames
is said to have been the greatest since the
flood of 1852.
An explosion lately occurred in a coal mine
at Silverdale, England by which eight miners
we're suffocated.
A serious crisis is predicted in France
when the Assembly meets.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-03
TEXAS has Is daily papers.

TEXAS has Is daily papers.
THERE are l,S77, 100000 of us on this
terrestrial globe.
BALTIMORE sends 1000 barrels Of oys.
ters per month to France.
The Remingtons are making 100000
breech.loaders for Turkey.
The business of the Patent Office has
quadrupled in eleven years.
The Boston Base Ball Club (cham-
pions) comes out with "tame" and 81 900
in debt.
THERE are $4,000 men on the pay roll
of the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern road.
MICHIGAN angler has caught and
sent to market $50 barrels of fish the
past season.
The letters, papers and manuscripts
OF Prescott, the historian, were COM
pletely destroyed by the Boston fire.
The project has been revived for form.
ing Confederation of the five South
American Republics, with a form of
government similar to that of the United
States.
THERE is n wooden railing around the
residence of Hon. a. II. Ii. Stuart, in
Staunton, Va, which is over one hun.
dred years old, and still in good preserv.
alton.
MADISON COUNTY, Miss, boasts Of the
following named localities which gave
large msjorites for Grant: Little
Texas, Dark Corner, Ash Pan, Shake
Rag, Jumping Gully, and Long Hungry.
THE Toronto Mail announces the com.
pletion of arrangements for the organ
ization of a company TO build the Cana
dian Pacific railroad, authorized under
an act of the last session of Parliament.
FIFTY-Two cities in the United States
are supplied with letter-carriers. 1t
costs five and three-fourths cents to de-
liver letter in New Orleans, while in
Baltimore the cost for delivering letter
is one cent.
THE colored aristocracy Of Washington
will participate at the next inauguration
ball. Several aides who were matricu-
lated at the Freedmen's Bureau have
already sent orders to Paris in anticipa.
ton of this recherche event.
THE mean est man in Massachusetts, is
New Bedford liquor dealer, who re-
fuses to pay for 81 200 worth of liquors
purchased on credit, and has brought
suits to recover so, 600 paid for liquors,
on the ground that the sales were in
violation of law.
The worst infant monstrosity yet
heard of exists at Lancaster, Mass. 1t
is eighteen months old and has head
measuring thirty inches around the
frontal lobe, and weighing twenty
pounds-as much as the entire body.
The only trace of hone i'll the entire
anatomy is at the temples.
New YORK people are just now in
trouble about their coffee. A chemical
analysis has revealed TO their astonished
senses the fact that the beverage served
at the principal hotels and restaurants
of that city is strong infusion OF roast
ed beans, chicory, sweet potato peelings,
with trace of burnt tobacco stems to
put head on it.
A NOTICEABLE feature of the foreign
export trade Of the year 1872 is that the
shipment of corn has increased largely
over that Of previous years, especially
at the ports of New York and Boston,
fully equal in money value to the ship
ment Of wheat from San Francisco TO
Europe, thus showing that the inherent
value of the cereal is becoming more
appreciated by those who demand cheap
food.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-03
The South.

Edward A. Pollard, the Southern historian,
has just died at Lynchburg, Va, aged 40.
The Alabama Legislative troubles have been
settled according to the plan proposed.by At
torney General Williams, and legislation is
going on smoothly.
st. Louis felictates herself on having re-
covered from the epzootic.
Fifteen hundred and thirty-one buildings
have been erected in st. Louis during the
past year. at a cost of s5,5S4, 900. OF these
buildings only Sc are frame.
Judge Orr, Of South Carolina, accepts the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-03
Political.

Thurlow Weed has written a long COM
munication 10 the New York Herald, showing
the impractlcability of carrying out the 80
called civil service reform.
The resolutions censuring Senator Sumner
for introducing his "oblivion" resolution
into the United States Senate have passed
the Massachusetts, Legislature by large ma
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-03

A DARIES man discovered that the
fumes of burning birthstone was pre-
ventiye of the epzootic, and fired some
in his barn, and then went to dinner
while it burned. He subsequently adj
mitted to a neighbor that that barn
never did suit him where it YVES, and
that Cicero never owned a horse and
yet was happy.-Danbwy Nesos.
The New York herald., 1873-11-26
A CURIOSITY OF THE TIoHBoRNE RIAL.

"a BEssBoR0UGH STREET, Nov. 4, 1873
OF ENGLAND:--
MY L0RD-Seeing the death OF the Lord Chief
Justice or the Common Pleas recorded in the pub
lie press and that the Attorney General is likely to
be made his successor, and knowing Your Lord
ships high character for justice, feel sure Your
Lordship Will forgive me for drawing your atten-
tion to the Attorney Generals conduct in the late
trial at the Common Pleas and the language made
OF by him about me and also to the fact that he
made use OF forged letters for the purpose OF de.
featng me a. the last trial, knowing, as the
evidence OF M. Chabot and his own letter OF July
"a 1873, published in the Times and other papers
proves that he knew the letters were forgeries at
the time he used them, or In legal language he
mas also had the same f0rgeries brought
against me In the present trial. although he
acknowledged them as Iorgeries In his speech, and
no doubt, tney would have been used against me
mad not the Lord CHIEF Justice OF England nj
once condemned them. The public, who nave
found me the money 10 defend myself know all
these facts as well as 90, and that this rosccu.
tion Is only carried on for the purpose OF crushing
me and saving the reputation Of the Attorney Gen.
era.
/ now ask you my lord, not to appoint this per.
eventually obtain my Just rights and where even
If he did not try the case, he would influence his
brethren to deny me justice In the same manner
as his predecessor. Sir william BOWL and. beg
TO remain Your Lordship's obedient servant,
Il. O. L. TICHBORNE.
The New York herald., 1873-11-26
EVACUATION DAY.
Parade Of the seventh Regiment and
the Veterans OF lSl2-Great Display of
Patriotic Bunting.

Parade Of the seventh Regiment and
the Veterans OF lsl2-Grcat Display of
Patriotic Bunting.
Yesterday was the ninetieth anniversary OF the
evacuation OF the good city OF New York by the
British troops. AS 1t not legal holiday but
few places OF business closed, but there was
magnificent display OF trlcolored bunting, and
nearly every second house on Broadway was orna
mented with the American nag-a fact which was
caused, no doubt by the recent outrages OF the
spanish sodery the American martyrs at
Santiago de Cuba.
At two O'Clock the Seventh regiment paraded to
celebrate the anniversary OF our lathers' liberation.
The regiment, equipped III lall overcoats, left their
armory at ten mieutes past two O'Clock and
marched down Broadway to the City Hall at
which place they were reviewed by Mayor Have
meyer and tne Common Council. The regiment
paraded 600 strong and was in command of Colonel
Emmons Clark. Among those present at the
view were Thurlow Weed, the Earl OF Roseberry,
a young English nobleman; Captain Frederick
Ward aide-de-camp to His Excellency Lord Duf-
ferin, the Governor General OF Canada; General
Morris, and General Duryee.
At daybreak J. Gould Warren and II. ]. Elderd
holsted the stars and Stripes over the old fort in
Central Park.
At noon the veterans OF 1912 and 1914 assembled
to the number OF AZ in the officers room of the
Sixth Regiment Armory, East Fifteenth street.
General Raymond was arrayed in all the glory OF
on no at mtary dres Sne wos osner e1cep be
cockade on the hat being the only distinctive mark
The assemblage comprised men whose ages
range rom nearly 100 down to threescore and ten.
At one O'Clock Adjutant Warner called the roll.
Forty-two persons responded, while some 20.
among whom was General John A. Dix, were alb.
sent The Oldest veteran on the roll Is John Hol-
brook, aged 81, and the youngest John Strain, aged
II, who remarked, as his age called ssIhe
youngest upon the roll, and the father OF twins
eight years of age.'
Line was then formed, and the veterans filed
down stairs, where they were met by the officers
OF the Sixth regiment, and all sat down TO a
bountiful dinner.
Adutant Warner read preamble and series OF
resolutions calling the government to v,ndicate
the national honor and to recognize the Cuban Re-
public.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted, after
which t0asts and responses were Indulged in
wnen the assemblage dispersed. There have been
four deaths OF veterans since the meeting year
ago.
The New York herald., 1873-11-26
FUNERAL OF A PROMINENT WILLIAMS.
BURGER

Yesterday afternoon the last tribute OF respect
was paid to the remains OF Mr.. John Osmcr for the
past 20 years proprietor OF the Kings County
Hotel, Williamsburg. The services, which were
Impressive, were conducted by the Rev. ]. d.
Wells, OF the South Third street Presbyterian
church. All the ceremonies were under the direc.
ton OF United Brothers Lodge, No. 356, r. and A. NJ
bearers:-J. ID. Bloom, ID. II. Strauss George
Estrupp, John Pucknabcr, II. sandman, Gustaye
yoege and NJ. Masterlen.
Among the prominent citizens present were Mr..
william wainwright, ex-Sherin Anthony Walters
Aldermen Frank Nolan and Eckert, ex-Judge
VOORHEES, and ex-Fire Commissioner william A.
Rr0wn.
The New York herald., 1873-11-26
RECOVERY OF STOLEN GOODS.

For some time past goods to the value OF 1000
or $4,000, have been stolen from the store OF
George $. Levy 4 Brothers, No. AZ Crosby street,
New YORK, manufacturers Of furs Yesterday,
about noon, Onlccr II. Brown, OF the Fifth pre-
cinct, arrested young man named Phineas Sciliar
and residing at No. $40 Grand street, Williamsburg,
with portion OF the stolen goods IN his possess
sion Sclliar was locked up In the Fourth street
station house " await examiaatLQp.
The New York herald., 1873-11-26
EMIGRATION TO LIBERIA.

The American Colonization Society has sent
more or less cmigrants to Liberia every year since
the first company embarked from New York, In
the spring OF 1920 A goodly number are now on
their way ron the South to take passage in the
park jasper, which sails from this port for the
African Republic IN the course OF this week
The headquarters Of the society is in Washing
Ton CITY, but 10 has branch once In the Bible
House. New YORK, where any desired Information
IN regard to this expedition or the cause generally
can he obtained
The New York herald., 1873-11-26

27 The Villa and Garden Of Chirdieli.
%. House and Garden of Berdi-Bey.
20. House of Sit Mahmut- -Turja.
30. House Of Usrf-Beck.
81. House of Mjahtera.
32. House of Ibragim- -Berdi-Beck.
33. Reservoir of Ismarnud.
"a. Place of the Execution.
35. Cemetery of Abas-tau
The New York herald., 1873-11-26

8. College Of Chirgasi-Khan.
10. College Of Alpa-Cul- Khan
II. College OF Hodias-Mehrem.
II. College of Fasul-Bek.
13. College of Daylet-Kara-Kys
a. College Of Bek-Nijasa Divan Begi
IS. House Of Miahtjar.
16. House of Kusch Begi.
II. House of Divan Begi
The New York herald., 1873-11-26

Is. Caravansary.
10. Covered Shops.
20. The Market Square.
81. The Gate of Abdal-Bab
%. The Gate of Bakchi-Darvas.
23 The Gate of Chermohamet-Ata.
q. The Villa and Garden of Angrik
25 The Villa and Garden of Gildengali.
26. The Villa and Garden of Rapsik.
The New York herald., 1873-11-26

l. The Palaca Of Khan (Arik).
3 The Palace Of Khan-Arik.
3. The Mosque Of Holy Polwan-Ata
4. The Mosque Of Seit-Bey.
5. College (madresa) Of Mohamed-Rahim-
Khan
6. College Of Mohamed-Am Amin-Khan.
z. College Of Kutlu-Mrat-Inaca
8. College of Rahman-Berdi-Bia.
The New York herald., 1873-11-26

There are twelve classes OF ofcials, who are styled
Sipo-hI and they comprise the various civil and
military grades
The New York herald., 1873-11-26
TIE KHIVAN CAPITAL

The Wall, Fortifications, Mosques, slave
Mart and Institutions of Learning In
the Fallen City-The Local Police
Powers and Privileges of the Khan
Barbers and Boards.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-15

of the jury has reached you by the
wire. 1t is only for me to give the
feeling entertained by our citizens on
the result, and that feeling is one of
universal indignation, and shows
upon its face a total disregard, by the
jury, of the evidence, for upon the
evidence given, no such verdict was
justified. And Judge Davis, in pass
ing the sentence OF four years in
State Prison on Stokes, truly replied
to the appeal of prisoners counsel, for
mercy and consideration: "That the
jury had given the prisoner greater
degree of mercy than the evidence
would certainly warrant" One law
for the rich, and another for the poor,
would seem to be in existence, when
the cases of Reynolds and Nixon are
taken into consideration, but the true
facts in the present case would appear
to be the result of perjury, and that
induced by the free use of money.
Stokes can surely say " friends in
need are friends indeed 1t ishighly
probable that the Grand Jury will be
called upon to investigate into the
method by which the Jury were in
duced to find so le lient verdict In
fact, Judge Davis, in addressing the
Grand Jury, on the day following the
rendition of the verdict in the Stokes
case, told them in plain terms, that
their attention would, without doubt,
be called, by the District Attorney, to
the conduct of jury in a recent crim-
inal case.
In a recent number of Harpe,'s
Weekly, that "Journal of Civiliza-
tion,n Thomas Mast has a caricature
on James Gordon Bennett, Jr., of the
Herald, representing the young man
as Brutus, on the subject of "Casar-
ism." The Herald has gone after
Nast's scalp, and in the end Mast will
wish his employers, the Messrs. Har-
pei, had set him to work on some other
subject.
Frank l.. fainter, ex-cashier of the
Atlantic National Bank, of this city,
was convicted, a few days since, of
embezzling $425,OOO of the funds of
the bank. His defence was the pov-
erty of the bank, and desire to add
to its wealth and standing. That the
investments made in Wall street, with
the funds, were purely on that ac-
count. He moves for new trial.
There are too many of these eases,
where officers of financial institutions
use the funds under their charge "just
to help the institution" fainter is
young man, less than thirty years of
age. More anon,
STANIsLAUs.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-15
National Restaurant

4 NORNER OF COMMERCIAL
~ and Wilmington streets, Los Angeles,
We furnish THE BEST TWENTY-FIVE
CENT MEALS Of any restaurant in town.
Wholesome food, good cooking, and clean
and airy dining room, has made this restau-
rant a fnvorite. LINDNER & BOTrCHER.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-15
LOS ANGELES WOOD YARD.

\ LAMBDA STREET, OPPOSITE
"A Griffith, Lynch 4 Co.'S Lumber Yard. @
DRY WOOD always on hand, and sold at the
L Nv e. st Ca . h n a t es,
and delivered to any part of the. city. FULL
MEASUREMENT guaranteed every time.
Orders left at the principal grocery stores, or
at the yard, promptly attended to. ocl8mlp1
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-15
New YORK, Nov. 4th, 1873.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4th, 1873.
EDITOR HERALD-We have enter
ed upon the last of the Fall months,
and most agreeable season it has
been thus far to the denizens of the
metropolis. Fine, cool, bracing air,
which gives an appearance of fresh
ness to those who have, during the
past summer, been kept down to their
daily toll, instead of having been en-
abled to enjoy respite among the
green country fields, in company with
their more fortunate neighbors. The
poor can hardly spare the time, much
less the money, to pass few sultry
weeks in some humble cottage by the
sea, or in the mountains. With the
laboring class in a great metropolis it
is toll, toll, toll; and for what I? A
bare existence. Few are enabled to
put anything aside for less prosper
Gus day, without great economy, and
yet they cling to life in a city, instead
Of the more exhilarating and prosper
Gus career in the country west of the
Missouri. 49,
In q former communication, in
speaking of the fine buildings now in
course of construction in the lower
part of the city, / omitted to men,
tion the fine structure of the Della
ware and Hudson Canal Company, on
Cortlandt street. The foundation is
now being laid, and the building will
be one hundred and fifty feet square;
nine stories high, and with two steam
elevators. This building is intended
for the concentration of many of the
coal (wholesale) dealers and miners of
our city-in reality .Coal Ex-
change" ~. .. e5aa.4 e.aI
The suspension bridge which is to
connect the cities of New York and
Brooklyn, and now in course of con-
struction, progresses slowly in conse-
quence Of the small space in the abut-
ments that can be worked upon at one
time. This precludes greater dispatch
In their erection; but when these i'm.
mense piers are finished, the laying of
the wire. cables will progress rapidly.
The height of the bridge will permit
esAO A0AkCbt pulp W D0l1 UcIlodtu IL, the
terminus Of the bridge on each side Of
the river will be near the City Halls of
the respective cities. ra : erp
Our banks still continue in force the
certifcation of fchecks-s'G Good through
the Clearing House," But little cur
rency is being paid out over their
counters. The great scarcity Of cur
rency IL working ruin on that class
who depend upon their daily labor for
support. The discharge of this class
by employees still continues each
week adding to their number. The
press advance the belief that the pres
ent depression in all branches of trade
must be of short duration, as the coun-
try IL rich in assets. A widespread
spirit Of economy is everywhere ap-
parent, and II the present troubles
only bring our people more to their
proper senses, the result will be OH all
sides beneficial. ra~s-ss . &1F9
H0yt, Sprague & Co., one of our
wealthiest mercantile houses, suspend
ed yesterday--not for any weakness of
assets, but Inability to procure ready
funds for immediate necessities. Thus
one by one fall amid the ruin. But
the suspension Of this house can only
be temporary. a. ssy sr4 uEs WW
The rd,trial Of Edward s. Stokes
for the murder OF James Fisk, Jr.,
has drawn to close, and the verdict