The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-11-13

three miles down into Duluth Bay, and land
cd at Aliens shp-yard. Upon the island are
pine trees that will measure three feet across
the stump, and it is thickly covered over with
other timber. The soil on the island is IA
solid as any on the mainland. There are sew
eral islands in Duluth and st. Louis Bays,
but none have heretofore been known to be
displaced and to float such distance.
Foreign.
From London it is reported that wheat is
the poorest-paid grain grown this season.
| Occasionally there has been shilling rise, but
other markets show unequal decline.
Four persons were killed in a recent gun
powder explosion at Hounslow, near London.
The Spanish residents on French soil have
been driven from the border departments,
80 that they cannot participate in the bonn
bardment of Irun, which has been begun by
the Carlsts. The French government has
large force on the frontier to enforce strict
neutrality
The Reichstag has ratified the postal
treaties with Chill and Peru.
An amicable settlement of the Formosan
difficulties between China and japan still ap
pears doubtful, notwithstanding the more
pacific tone of recent advices.
The chief authorities Of the Catholic Church
have decided to hold great International
Catholic Congress in London, with the object
of maintaining the doctrine Of papal infalli
biity.
The Duke of Abercorn has been elected
Grand Master Of the Free Masons of Ire
land
Advices from Cape Town of the 18th Of
October, state that the gold fields were at
found daily. The crops throughout the colo
ny were in good condition.
1t is reported that the French government
intends to raise the siege of Paris soon after
the meeting OF the Assembly.
| Queen Victoria has been petitoned to re-
lease the Tichborne claimant.
! Montreal dispatch announces that a clerk
iu the savings department Of the Bank of
Montreal has absconded with $50, 900, and a
clerk in the Office Of VIM. B. Simpson, one Of
the stockholders, has fled with 1000,
The Alsace and Lorraine delegates have
taken seats in the German Reichstag.
Murillo's great painting of "St Anthony"
has been stolen from the Cathedral at Seville,
Spain.
The Argentine Republic has ordered that
all vessels in the ports of Uruguay having on
board arms and provisions for the rebels shall
be detained.
The British government has decreed that
slavery on the gold coast of Africa must
cease.
The students OF the University Of Edin-
burg have decided to elect the Earl Of Derby
to the Lord Rectorship.
The difficulty between China and Japan has
been amicably arranged. China agrees to
pay IN indemnity of 900 taels, in consid-
Grafton of which the Japanese troops are to
be withdrawn from Formosa.
Despite the governments measures in Asia
Minor, the famine continues. The Khedive
Of Egypt sent corn to the distressed dis
trcts.
The Carlsts in Spain have raised the siege
Of Irun, and Don Carlos has crossed the line
into France.
Duih6 sPeo'"' eoi 'i0oo III 'hs iei0h P"iieh
church at Montreal recently an alarm Of fire
WAS given, when the large congregation made
rush for the doors. Fully three hundred
people were trampled under foot and many
fatally injured.
The marriage Of the French Prince Imperial
| to daughter Of the Russian Grand Duchess
Marie is mentioned in Bonapartist circles as a
probable event.
Monseigneur Fruchaud, the Archbishop Of
Tours, died recently.