The true northerner., 1875-06-11

PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.
FRESH TOPICS.
Col. ANTHONY, the Leavenworth edi-
tor, like Carruth, the Vineland journal
ist, still survives with bullet in him.
Mrs. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, though in
sane, will continue to draw the pension
of $3.50 per month from the government.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND, the well
known newspaper correspondent, has
assumed editorial management of the
st. Louis Times.
Coz. RoBFRT NJ. AND STEPHEN A.
DOUGLAS, sons of Stephen A. Douglas,
have just been awarded by the Court of
Claims about $3.50, 900 for cotton seized
in Mississippi.
Mr.. TRENoR W. PARK, of Benning
ton, VT, is said to be the fourth man in
point of wealth in the United States,
having property valued at 81, 900, 900.
Park was one of the original owners of
the Emma mine of Utah, and made his
fortune by specyllating in mining stocks.
The Portuguese government, in obe-
dience to the enlightened public senti-
ment of the age, has decreed the abol-
ton of slavery in all her dependencies.
This leaves Spain alone, of all the ma
tions on the globe, the advocate and de-
fender of slavery. All other nations
have emancipated their serfs.
A NEW religious vagary in California
sa sect of "Child Christians" who in
erpret literally the passage: Except
We be converted and become as little
children, We shall not enter int the
kingdom of heaven" They endeavor
to feel and act like children, playing
childish games, and adopting an infant
manner of speech.
HE Chicago Tribune thus plausibly
explains the increase in the divorce bust
ness : "Under existing laws a woman
can recover through the aid of an idiot
jury such heavy damages from default
ing lover that matrimony and divorce
are preferable to a suit for breach of
promise as being cheaper and less an
noying. The coming man will marry
and desert instead of paying heavy dam
ages for momentary weakness"
A PARIS sheet says there are four hun
dred and sixty-two German journals
published in the United States, and all
of them are in the secret pay of Bis
mark. Let it be hoped a time will come
when he will be in their pay, and then
the world will run oil the smoother. In
the meantime this tyrant, who salaries
the press with greasy hand, keeps up,
moreover, five organs in Australia, and
one at the Cape of Good Hope, for the
benefit of Africa and China
A RICH American in Paris discovered
that an unpleasant-looking fellow fol-
lowed him every day from morning till
night. He became uneasy, and diplo-
matte inquiry was made as to whether
the man who watched him was connect
ed with the police. AS result of much
negotiation, the unpleasant person was
arrested, and proved to be q gatherer of
butts of cigars. The rich American only
smoked famous brands, and only smoked
them half up, and it paid to follow him.
CINCINNATI claims to have the oldest
woman in America, whose age can beposi
lively authenticated. Her name is Po
desta, and she was born in Italy. Th,
officially yattested baptismal register states
that she "baptizata est die XII. Januari
1909" This makes her over LOG years
of age. The recent revival of the ques
ton, are there centenariansl has brough
out great many probable cases of tn,
existence of people 100 years old anC
upward, and some in which the evidenc,
is most convincing.
THE Burlington Hawkeye thus refer
to Spring Hill, one of Burlington's mos
fourishing suburbs And here it wa
only yesterday morning that the favor
ite dog of one of the most respecte,
families up there-a dog which never at
mouthful of anything in his life with
out napkin under his chin and SOLE
silver fork in his paw, crawled under tn
barn and dragged out sk-sku-skun-
well, we forget what they did call it, bu
it was awful, and when the dog wen
into the parlor and crawled under tn
sofa, he had the entire house to himsel
until the gentlemen of the family cam
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