The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-09-17
FRESH TOPICS.

FRESH TOPICS.
SHARON, of California, says he will
sacrifice his whole fortune of 5,OO0,-
900 sooner than that any stain shall be
left on the memory of Ralsson.
The census returns show that Boston
has become the sixth city in the Union.
Her population amounts to some 81, 900,
which is a gain OF $4,000 in five years.
Part of the growth is due to recent an
uexations.
M. RoHING, French chemist, insists
that tuttermilk will prolong life. The
Tactic acid in it clears the cartilages, ar
teries, and valves OF the heart of the
ietritus, corresponding to SCOT, found III
old persons.
LONDON is agitated over a smaller man
than Tom Thumb. The name of the
microscopic being is Jean Hannema his
age is sc, his height is six inches less
than Tom Thumbs, and his weight is 26
pounds. He was born in Holland.
The tenacity of life on the part of
Anthony, of Leavenworth, and Carruth,
OF Vineland, has taught people one thing
- the uselessness of attacking editors
with pistols. Nothing but artillery
should be used in bombarding their
heads.
INDIANA is just discovering that it has
vast porcelain clay deposits equal to the
best in the world for the manufacture of
stone china and queensware, and very
available for Sevre5 china work, and fac
tories will soon be erected III indianapolis
TO develop its wealth.
cisco, one of the rocks on which Ralston
split, will cost, II it is completed accord
ing to present plans, $5,000,0 600 and the
furniture 81, 000,0 more. 1t is to be
completed and opened this fall-no
unfore seen reverses overtaling it.
BROOKLYN has a mania for queer law
suits, its latest venture in that direction
being an action brought by one Hugg
against Miss Sarah Williams for breach
of promise. While Sarah was poor she
pledged herself to Hugg, but an aunt
died and left her $40, 900 and she repu-
dated Hugg. The damages are laid at
$4,000, which shows a disposition on
Hugg's part to deal fairly.
Mrs. MARY VAUGHN, native Vir-
gilman, celebrated her Tooth birthday, in
Williamson county, Tenn, the other
day, and large number of her $50 liv
ing descendants gathered around her on
that occasion. She is the mother of
seven sons and eight daughters, all
giants in stature, and in the crowd that
came to celebrate her centennial ami
versary, there was scarce a man of less
stature than six feet.
The efficacy of advertisements was
never better demonstrated than by the
proprietor of the Dwight House, at
Binghampton, n. Y. Last spring he
advertised his house with cuts in nearly
all the leading papers of the country, and
set forth its attractions and advantages
in lucid manner. The house, which
before had not prospered, is now cele-
brated, and does very profitable and
steadily increasing business.
A SINGULAR experience is that of Mr..
Vickers, of Quincy, Ill. The Hoffman
church scandal in that city led to a street
fight, in which Mr.. Y. was struck in the
leg by stray bullet. Then he suddenly
remembered that once before he was
served exactly in the same way in Mis-
souri,. The latter affair also resulted
from q church scandal, and hencefortl
Mr.. Vickers has resolved to shun the
company of bad preachers, and will MOI
go near q church. Some of the good
ones ought TO pray for him.
A GOOD tramp story comes from Brook
field, Mass. A tramp stopped at Widow
II. 5 few days since and asked for food
She replied that she had none. Mr.
Tramp went across the road to neigh
boris and asked if they were aware tn
woman living on the other side wa
starving. He then requested the loal
of a fishing-rod lying close by, whicl
was granted. With it he went to pom
q short distance off, fished for sewers
hours, catching a good string, returne
to the Widow H., and made her pres
emf Of them.