The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-02-06
General Notes.

THE prettiest woman in Washington,
this winter, it is said, is the wife OF Sen
ator Dorsey, of Arkansas.
In 1906, the trade of st. Losis con-
sisted solely OF fox skins, coon skins
and bears grease, and amounted to
S77,97l.
SOMEBODY, who has taken the trouble
to compile the statistics of violent deaths
in 1873 gratuitously, finds that more
people died by drowning than any other
means.
CH1EF-JusTIcE YATES grandfather
reached 80. His father was over 80 at
the time of his death. Both were
Judges. 1t runs in the family.
THE South is beginning to manufac-
ture its cotton. Mills have been built
at all the more important ports and in
many of the interior towns. They
furnish a market for nearly 100000
bales year.
THE deposits in the Massachusetts
savings banks increased from 1854, 797,-
313. 92 in 1872, to 1903, 062, 1862 in
1873, or more than $4,000, 900. The
increase in the number of depositors
was about per cent.
THE decision of the New York Court
of Appeals, that passenger who buys a
ticket bearing the words, "Good for
this day only" must use it on that day
or pay again, will be interesting to the
public and welcome to the railroads.
AN Oskaloosa Iowa) man sent his
friends in Scotland barrel of apples.
They went through all right, and the
freight was Sl3.60. Notwithstanding
this, his friends wrote him that they
were cheaper than they could get them
at home.
A DISTINGUISHED German surgeon
named Esmarch has invented a process
whereby amputation of the limbs may
be performed bloodlessly by applying
elastic bandages to the limbs above the
point of operating. The method has
been successfully tried in England.
ONE wet night in Boston, recently,
visitors to public hall found man at
the entrance holding out ticket-check,
and say, Umbrellas, please" People
gratefully resigned their wet umbrellas
to his custody, but when the entertain
ment was over, both man and umbrellas
had disappeared.
THE Duke of Edinburgh has been APP
pointed Colonel in the Prussian army.
This is the first instance on record of an
English Prince obtaining Prussian
commission. English Princes have
been honoasy Colonels, but Prince AL
fred is the first who has ever really held
Colonel's rank in the army.
THIS winter, two large blackbirds re-
NAMED on Mr.. Pattee's place, in Jones
county, Iowa, and have been there all
winter. Whether they were infatuated
with their present quarters, kicked out
of the migrating flock, or instinctively
knew the present winter was to be one
of rare beauty and blandness, is beyond
our ken.
MAYOR HAvEMEYER's message to the
New York Board of Aldermen shows the
city debt to be SOB, 371, 943, an increase
of SO 100000 since 1871. The present
Comptroller has issued bonds to the
amount of $40, 100000 The expenses
of the City Government in 1871 was
$26; 900, 900; in ~, $31 100000; in '73,
$32 900, 900.
THE King of Dahomey is reported to
have made notable change in his wear
ing apparel. Seated on his throne, he
received scientific deputation not long
, ago, his body profusely decorated with
blue, gold and green labels, which had
been carefully peeled from the medicine
bottles brought by Europeans into his
dominions.
The Yazoo Miss Democrat says !:
"Ben. Montgomery, colored, of Warren
county, pays an annual tax of 81, 447. 09.
Ben. owns the two plantations, Hard
Times and Hurricane formerly the
property of MIR. Jefferson Davis. He is
good citizen, ard is highly respected
by both black and white.
THE English cricketers, who won so
many easy victories. in America, have
been beaten in their first game at Mel
bourne, by team of eighteen. The
Victorians, in the first inning, scored
267, against 10 on the English side,
and ultimately won the match in one
inning, by 20 runs. 1t is more than
probable, however, that most, if not
: all, of the victorious team were English
men.
e A PAPER was recently read before the
t French Academy extolling the virtues of
e buttermilk. 1t claims for this article a
S good share of the acid which destroys
: the incrustations which form on the ar
+ teries, cartilages and valves of the heart,
q and believes constant use of butter
o milk will free the system from troubles
J. which inevitably cause death between
e the seventy fifth and hundredth years OF
/ mans life.
{ Iii asserted that various experiments
!, have proved that the saliva as well as
9 the pancreatic juice of newly-born ami.
!. mails does not possess the power of
y transforming starch into sugar and it
i is. therefore, inferred, with good reason,
l. that any substance containing starch is
q unfit for food for very young infants, as
n their physiological condition is probably
J, similar to that of the young of carnivor-
e Gus animals generally.
), EACH year the English Postoffice con-
" vavs $40 DOC. 900 letters, 10, 000, 900 post