The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-08-08

CHICAGO pays million dollars year
for theatrical amusements.

nlOHE tlluH TWO tilOusdUu iullllonS VI
RS, says high scientific authority,
nave elapsed since the crust OF the
earth formed itself.
The Prince of Schwarzenburg, of Bo-
hernia, possesses the largest private es-
tate III the world. His farm consists of
10000 acres, besides which, he owns
70 breweries, "a saw-mills, AS kilns, 3
blast-furnaces, and host of other in
dustrial establishments.
The present Lord Mayor of London
was once poor printer.
BROTHER of the king of Sweden and
Norway is in New York Jail on q
charge of smuggling.
THE roof of Westminster Abbey. in
which chestnut wood was used, was ex-
amined some time ago and found to be
perfect. 1t has stood eight centuries.
1t has, OF course, been kept free from
moisture.
The net debt of Boston is S23, 7OO,-
900.
FLORIDA has just sent out fifty tons of
sponges.
MARX TWAIN has received patent for
a scrap-book.
VISITORS to Gettysburg battlefield
are very numerous this year.
COMMODORE VANDERBILT, the recent
| Neglected President of the Lake Shore
| Railroad, has issued his edict abolish
ing all passes. This order applies to
all who are not connected directly with
| the road.
Z. Z. WHIPPLE is credited with the
observation that he never reads news
paper in summer without suspicion
| that it is made of fried brains.
IT is positively announced that Anna
Dickinson will take the stage next fall.
She is now under the tuition of Miss
Fanny Morant.
The Liberte states that, according to
the project shortly to be submitted to
the National Assembly, the French ar
my, on war footing, would have an eff
fective force of /, 104, 900, viz. 756, 900
men in the field, and 347, 900 remaining
in Frauce.
THE banquet at the London GuildhaIl,
in honor of the Shah, cost $3.50, 900.
LET us hear no more snake stories.
In Dickson county, Tenn, the last and
largest has been killed. He measured
ten feet in length, was as large around
as mans body, and had forty-two rat
ties.
No oranges of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry have yet been organized In
Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
or Connecticut, but it is expected that
these States will soon report organiza-
tions.
In the opinion of Prof. Wyman, the
ancient mound-builders of Florida were
cannibals. This conclusion is based on
the fact that many of these bone-heaps
contained human bones, which were
broken in the same manner as those OF
certain animals that were killed for
food. The splitting of the bones had
been resorted to as a means of obtain
ing the inclosed marrow.
SOMETHING THAT TAKEs.-The three
fold combination agency for selling " Wealth
and Wonders Of the Boundlcss West" There
much sure money in it. See advertisement.
THEY are to have genuine Chinese
newspaper in San Francisco.
ALTA, stallion valued at $50, 1000,
died recently at Sterling, Ky.
THE faxseed crop of California will
amount to 1000 tons this year.
A MINNESOTA hunting party secured
$3.50 gophers in three weeks.
You've fellows on limited salaries, who
desire to marry, should emigrate to ia
pan, where one can live in luxury for
five cents day.
The Jim Brown hanging, at Suffolk,
, Va, is still talked about. Jim's skele-
ton has been preserved, and his heart,
preserved in alcohol, has been given to
: the son of one of the women he muir
, dered.
M. GUsTAvE CoURBET had the pleas
ure of pulling down the Vendome col
, umn during the days of the Commune,
1 and he will now have the additional
pleasure of paying, to the extent of his
worldly possessions, for putting it up
again.
: A BILL has, been passed by the Mexi-
can Parliament fo1 the disestablishment
of the Catholic Church, the Punishment
of the Jesuits, and the absolute freedom
of public worship.
OF the 36,17O, 294 passengers carried
!, over the railroads in Pennsylvania, last
= year, only thirty-three were killed-less
- than one in million. The chances of
. death by railroad travelling are, there
!, fore, more than million to one in that
), State.
s A LITTLE girl was bit by rattlesnake,
X near Jefferson, Oregon, short time
v ago. Her father ran to neighbor' 8
j. and procured bottle of whisky, which
d happened to be in the house, and gave
" the contents to his child and saved its
l. life. By the time the whisky arrived
e the child's leg was black to its body,
" and she complained of a bad taste in
n her mouth. The whisky had no per-
ceptible effect upon the child until she
had drank nearly the entire amount,
about one quart.
. A JEALOUS HUSBANDS REVENGE
! man in Portland married widow. She
;; had fashion, which is too common
~ among ladies who have buried man, of