The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-15
General Notes.

IMPORTERS affirm that there are nearly
1000 tints in gloves.
PHnADELPH AS $50 carpet factories
in busy times employ 60,0 persons.
A TRAVELLING man of observation says
that, for bad liquor, recommend him to
a temperance hotel.
OK the 9th of May the Mexican war
veterans are to meet in national conven-
ton ut indianapolis.
NOBLE county, Ohio, is not repre-
sented in the penitentiary. For six
years past saloons have been sup
pressed.
GERMANY has abolished bayonets.
Every implement of war should be like
wise abolished, and all feuds settled by
national arbitration.
THE marriage license of Jefferson, the
will of Washington and the will of Kos
ciusko, have just been placed in the
Virginia State Library.
ONE of the finest hotels in the South
ern States, the Mills House, at Charles
ton, which cost more than 5000, 1000,
was recently sold for $27,0
The st. Louis Republican says
"The ablest and most successful
merchants are, almost invariably, liberal
advertisers" So here so everywhere.
HENRY WARD BEECHER being asked
to give his opinion in full whether it is
right to sell bed-quilt at church fair
by lottery, replies, "Opinion in full,
No."
THE largest valley in the world is the
valley of the Mississippi. 1t contains
800, 900 square miles, and is one of the
most fertile and profitable regions of
the globe.
A HARD-MoNEY Congressman con-
densed his speech by holding a ten
dollar greenback in one hand and ten
dollar gold piece in the other, and ask
ing, (Which will you have ?"
A RELIC of the Inflated ship Atlantic,
i'll the shape of passengers ticket,
printed il German and English, has
Just been taken from the stomach of q
salmon at st. Johns, New Brunswick.
BAuZY's farewell to Danbury and the
world in general III the Danbury NelUs
is, A." Good-by. Owing to the press of
advertising matter we have been com.
PEELED to crowd Mr. Bailey out of this
country.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has Just rendered decision to
the effect that an insurance against ac-
cident while travelling by public or
private conveyance, does not cover an
accident which happens while the in
sured is travelling on foot.
THE sugar crop of Louisiana is de.
creasing each year-before the war
22l, 726 hogsheads of sugar, and d.
600, 900 gallons of molasses. In 1870
having kept on decreasing after the war;
it was 5000 hogsheads of sugar, and
1900, 900 gallons of molasses.
The French students in Paris allege
that they are afraid to associate with
English or American youths, because
the latter are so touchy. If they are
ever called liars or fools, they have a
singular way of faringup. The French.
men, who think nothing of such trifes.
cannot get along with people 50 easily
insulted.
AN exchange & YES an account of q
boy III Iowa who ate quantity of slip
pery-elm bark. A day or two afterward
he was taken violently i'll, and, four
days from the time of eating the bark.
died. On post-mortem examination.
his stomach was found full of bark
twisted into balls, the organs being too
weak to digest it.
LONE WOLF, the war chief of the
kiowas, was comparatively civilized
until he lately heard of the death of his
son. He had an ambulance and pair
of mules. and said he was trying to live
like awhile man. The son was killed
while raiding i'll Texas. Lone Wolf
drew his revolver, shot his mules, broke
up his wagon, piled it in his lodge on
top of the mules and burned the pile.
He shaved one side of his head, stuck
black feather behind his ear and started
his followers on the warpath.
SOME fact in regard to the density of
in various cities will be of
interest. The following figures show
the average number of persons in
dwelling
New York. 1872 Buffalo. ...........6
Philadelphia. 6.Ol Rochester. ....... $50