The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-11-20

the care of Greeley's grave, which has been
reported recently as in neglected condition.
The panic caused decrease of s2i, 965, $50
in customs, and $1l, 3l5529 in internal rev.
enue receipts last year.
1t is announced that there is no probability
Of the tax on whisky and tobacco being in
creased or diminished.
The total taxable valuation OF the State of
Massachusetts,, exclusive of personal property
and deposits in savings institutions, is
1851 ,601, 165-a gain Of sos, III, IT'S over last
year.
The Episcopal Convention to elect sue
cessor to the detecting Assistant Bishop Cum
Minis Of Kentucky, met at Louisville last
week. The choice fell upon DIR. Thomas w.
Dudley, OF Baltimore. His election is re-
garded as a victory for the Low Church party
in Kentucky.
Milwaukee county will be taxed 5I27, 1897
next year.
An offer Of $35, 900 year for the lease of
the lines, etc., OF the Franklin Telegraph
| Company has been made by Boston capital
| lists interested in the line. This offer is be-
holders meeting, by the Atlantic and Pacific
Telegraph Company, who own controlling
interest. to lease the property to themselves
| for $25, 900.
The Japanese government is reported to
have bought $500, 900 pounds of saltpetre in
the New York market.
boy very much resembling Charley Ross
has been found in Barboursville, W. Va. A
small-hearted, benevel disposed gentle
man has the child in keeping, and will return
him to his afflicted parents for $4,000.
Foreign,
The London Times special from Calcutta
announces that the viceroy, Lord Northbrook,
has ordered the suspension of formal pro-
ceedings against the person supposed to be
Mana Sahib, until more mature consideration
can be had of the case
The authorities Of Seville have offered
reward Of $4,000 for the recovery of Murillo's
great painting of st. Anthony which was
stolen from the cathedral in that city.
| special dispatch from Vienna announces
that information has been received from Con.
stantinople that orders have been received by
| the Porte to concentrate the Turkish troops
near the Servian and Montenegro frontiers,
and that the Governors of JANA and Prier-
send in Albania, have been ordered to or
ganize the Mohammedan inhabitants Of the
province.
Two Irish members Of Parliament have
fought duel, and one was severely wounded
DR.. Kenealy, the Tichborne claimants coun-
al IN oft
meeting of the BAR announces that he has
been disbarred by the bepchers at Gray's Inn
The Russian government has resolved to
introduce a system of compulsory elementary
education. A trial is to be made at St. Pc
tersburg Of the Berlin system
Count Won Arnim has been again arrested.
1t is reported that the Count had previously
received a copy of his indictment, and the
only charge brought against him is for the
| suppression of official documents.
Strange rumors are circulating in st. Peters
burg of a socalistic conspiracy, in which the
conspirators made an unsuccessful attempt to
murder the Gar, and that a number Of ar
rests have been made in consequence in
Moscow
The Pal Mall Gazette says Prussia has de-
clined the proposal made by Russia for the
revision of the boundary line between the two
countries.
The city Of London waa recently thrown
into state OF intense and painful excitement
occasioned by rumor Of the sudden death at
Balmoral Castle of Queen Victoria. After
diligent search, it was ascertained that the
story was started in low tap-room, and had
no foundation.
During the retreat of the Carlists from
Irun, between fifty and sixty mon Of the Bis
cay battalion were frozen to death in the
snow. A telegram from Paris says the inn
preston there, in circles favorable to Don
Carlos is that his cause is utterly ruined and
his situation hopeless.
Count Won Beust, the Austro-Hungarlan
Minister at London, has been recalled to
Vienna, to be reinstated as Premier
Brothers Moody and Sankey, of Chicago
hove arrived in London from Ireland, where
they met with great success. They are hold
ing meetings in Agricultural Hall.
One of the greatest disasters of the worlds
history came upon China on the 26th of last
September. On that day typhoon swept
over the country surrounding the cities of
Hong Kong and Macao, destroying ,00G per-
sons at the former and over 10000 at the
latter place. The loss to property was beyond
immediate computation. The people were
unable to bury the decsying bodies with
safety to their own lives, and tar was poured
over the corpses after heaping thom
and the whole burned. A tidal wave and
earthquake accompanied the typhoon, wreck
ing nearly all the shipping on the coast.
Bodies were washed ashore for many DAYS
afterward.
Adyices from the Crimea state that the
drought continues and causes much uneasi-
ness. No rain has fallen Tor considerable
period. the agricultural prospects of the pre-
sent season are very depressing and unless
rain comes soon crops will be ruined.
The Council General OF the Seine has re-
jected proposition recommending the Ma
tional Assembly to pass bill granting an
amnesty for political offenses.
The government of Saxony has forbidden
the practice Of cremation within it's jurisdic-
ton. Lady bikes body was burned, it will