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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
0ld-Time Sports.

In a copy of the London Times, dated
October 3, 1913, has been found an adj
vertisement of two or three tickets
(which will admit one Person to every
Play or Performance that may be at the
Drury Lane Theater for the whole dura-
ton of the present season, price six
guineas each" And in q letter from
Weymouth, where the royal family was
staying, there is curious list of "sports
of the country people,, witnessed by
:" the King, the Queen, and all the
Processes, with q number of the nobil-
ity," described as follows:
All persons of jovial, friendly DISPOSE
tons are invited to be present at, and to
partake of, the aforementioned country
sports, which, with others to be declared
upon the ground, are intended, if the
weather is fine, to be exhibited at Maiden
Castle, near Dorchester, this day, Sep
tember 20, at IL o'clock in the morning,
in honor of the birthday of her Royal
Highness, the Duchess of Wurtem-
bergh.
To be played for at cricket, pound of
beef each man of the winning set to
have a ribband.
A cheese to be rolled down the hill :.
prize to whoever stops it.
A silver cup to be run for by ponies,
the best of three heats.
A pound of tobacco to be grinned for.
A barrel of beer to be rolled down the
hill ; prize to whoever stops it.
A Michaelmas Day goose to be dived
for.
A good hat to be cudgelled for.
Half a guinea for the best ass in three
heats.
A handsome hat, for the boy most ex-
pert in catching a roll dipped in treacle,
and suspended by string.
A leg of mutton and gallon of porter
to the winner of a race of 100 yards in
sacks.
A good hat to be wrestled for.
Half guinea to the rider of the ass
who wins the best of three heats by COM
ing in last.
A pig prize to whoever catches him
by the tail.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25

die. The apple-orchards are still worse,
the soft wood of this years growth being
eaten, and the bark stripped from the
limbs. They look white as picked bones,
and many of them are already dying.
The nursery plants are eaten down to
the ground. The Governors loss is over
800, 900, and it will take him five or ten
years to replace his fine orchards;
Millions of grasshoppers were still
at work on the trees eating the bark
and soft wood. They rose in swarms
around us at every step OF the horses,
and we could distinctly hear the whirring
noise of their wings. witnessed grass
hopper-rise, as it is called. Thousands
commenced going up into the air and
circling about. l could liken it to moth
ing but bees swarming. They filed the
air in countless millions and then struck
off northwest. In the corn they were
still at work. Not spear was to be seen
above the earth, but on going to the hills
found them sticking in the ground eat
ing the roots. Some had burrowed over
an inch deep in search of the green
plants. rode over four miles and saw
not living green thing but little milk
| Wtttt sOllc DllSut5, ACiS
and there patch of prairie grass. All
the tame grass seemed to be taken. One
farmer was at work replanting, but most
of them were at home waiting results,
and those 1 spoke to seemed greatly dis
couraged.
A good many farmers are in town, dis
cussing the situation. They say they
will replant if they can get seed. Gen.
Brisbin is here encouraging the farmers
to plant all their ground again, and urg-
ing the merchants to give them liberal
credit. A meeting viii be held at the
Courthouse tonight to devise ways and
means for getting seed and determine
what it is best to SOW. In some localities
the farmers are clubbing together and
signing joint note, which is indorsed
by rich farmers, and then discounted in
bank, the proceeds to be at once invest
! ell in seed
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
THE CHOPPERS.
Ravages of the voracious Insects i'm Ne
braska.

braska.
A correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, writing from Brownville, Ne
maha county, Nebraska, gives the fol
lowing vivid description OF the CHASTITY
ruin wrought III that section by the
grasshoppers
Nemaha is one of the four counties so
terribly damaged by grasshoppers this
year, and 1 assure you that nothing that
has been written equals the frightful
reality of this plague. Had 1 not seen
it with my own eyes no one could have
made me believe that so small an insect
could produce such ravages.
All along the river bottom the ground
is bare and barren as if swept by fire,
and on ascending the bluffs / found the
trees stripped of their leaves and the
points of the limbs white as bone.
Not a spear of grass was visible in
any of the yards, nor was flower
or shrub to be seen anywhere.
The grass. is eaten into the very
earth, and it is brown and parched
as if dried by a fire. The people here
prided themselves on their beautifully
laid out and well-kept grounds, and a
few weeks ago the yards were green as
an emerald and the trees covered with
luxuriant foliage. Flowers bloomed
everywhere, and the houses nestled
among the green trees. All is now a
barren waste. Thousands on thousands
of grasshoppers crawled about the
streets, covered the fences, and lined the
sidewalks. Some of them were so small
and young they could not get out of the
way, and were crushed to death beneath
the feet of the passers-by and under the
wheels of wagons and carriages. Others
were large and strong, and flew away
by hundreds only to be replaced
by new hundreds apparently descend
ing from the sky. The stencil from
dead grasshoppers at one time became
SO great the people feared disease and
cleaned the town of their carcasses. They
crawled everywhere, lighted on my
clothes, and even in my face. If the
plaques of Egypt were any worse than
these, then the Egyptians ought yet to
be remembered with pity and sympathy
by all civilized nations. 1t is useless for
me to attempt to describe it to you-it
must be seen and endured to be under
stood, and assure you never fully re-
allied until to-day what the grasshopper
plague was. Countless millions have
been passing overhead all day high in
the air, but the people seem to care very
little whether they descend or not, as all
is taken, and j think the farmers would
rather delight to see the disappointment
of the millions who could come down
only to find their ravenous predecessors
had eaten up all there was for even
grasshopper's supper.
To-day 1 rode out to Gov. Furna's
place about two miles from the city.
He had a beautiful farm, well stocked,
hedged, and the best nursery in the
county of 160 acres in fruit, and not
tree escaped. Twenty acres of peach
orchard, on which a few days ago hung
5000 bushels of peaches, are completely
ruined. Not peach remains and the
trees are leafess as if in mid-winter.
Many of them are badly eaten and will
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25


The suspension of the firm of Bennett, Ben
son Co., Of Quebec is announced, with LA
bilities estimated at over $1,000, 900.
After having passed through the vicissitudes
OF infancy and reached the mature age of a
thousand years, Iceland finds that her troubles
nave just begun. The venerable island away
on toward the frozen regions has had terrible
touch of the other extreme, and what with
a general outbreak of volcanoes sup
posed to have subsidized centuries ago,
earthquakes, and furious storms Of
ashes and cinders, the unfortunate Ice
landers have suffered disaster the equal Of
which is unknown in history. About one-fifth
OF the entire population have been rendered
homeless and destitute, and several hundred
persons are reported to have persisted.
Portugal has prohibited the introduction into
that country and the adjacent islands Of pota-
toes from the United States.
a shooting match at Dublin for the Rifle Club
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
THE RIO GRANDE.
The Texas Border in "A Perfect Ferment of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Preparations
Both Sides of the River.

The Texas Border in "a Perfect Eerment of
Observation-Disclosures Preparations on
Both Sides of the River.
A special dispatch from New Orleans
to the Chicago Inter- ocean, dated June
Is, says A San Antonio dispatch to-
night confirms my previous telegram
in relation to the object of the Indian
scout from Fort Couch. The scout has
now been abandoned, and the troops or
dered to the Rio Grande. Information
has also been received that the Navy De-
partment has ordered vessel of war to
the mouth of the Rio Grande. 1t is be-
lieved that general movement of troops
will now be made to the Rio Grande, not
against the Mexican government, but
against Cortina and his followers, who
defy the authority of their own govern
ment, and are inimical and hos
tile to the Texans. 1t is rumored
that Gov. Coke has made formal
demand on the President for assistance,
and it els thought Coke will organize a
regiment or two of Texas minute-men to
go to the Rio Grande and look after the
Mexican robbers. The Presidents fully
informed of the events which have taken
place on the Rio Grande, and has issued
all the necessary orders relative to for
warding troops.
A Brownsville (Texas) dispatch says :
"W. ID. Thomas, guide to the govern
ment troops, accidentally killed himself,
on Tuesday, near Saltillo ranch.
The report that six Mexicans were
seen in the road near this place produced
much excitement. People are afraid to
leave the town. Every gun fired now on
the Mexican side OF the river is followed
by a report that some one on this side
has been fred at.
"The latest sensation is that Cortina
has left Matamoras. A band of his
cattle-thieves, called cavalry, were seen
above Matamoras Yesterday"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
How Hunks Went TO ireland.

They were all sitting around the stove
at the grocery store, and Hunks, who
had been sailor, was relating his adven-
lures
"Were YOU ever in Ireland, Mr..
Hunks Z" asked Judge Pitman.
"Never, but once" replied Hunks
and then 7 went there under very ex-
traordinary circumstances. You see we
was on voyage from Liverpool to New
York, and Just as we was getting out OF
the sight of Irish land the men they mu-
tinted and seized the ship. l was sec
ond mate. They killed the Captain and
first mate, and they knocked me III the
head. They jes' out of cussedness, L
'spose, they stuffed me into beef barrel,
headed the cask up and hove me over
board. / dunno how long was insensi-
BILE. but howsomedever, when L come TO,
| found myself in the bar'l, and the bari
LAWN on the shore, apparently, for it
didn't roll any. i tried to kick out, but
was SO weak couldn't. But felt for
the bung, and busted it, SOS to git some
fresh air. Directly felt somethin' kind
o. ticklin' my nose. / thought it was a
fly so 1 knocked at it, and ketched one
end of a straw give the straw jerk,
and / heard somethin' knock agin' the
bari and a voice exclaim:
"'Gosh =
"Then I knowed there was a teller
outside tryin' to suck somethin' out OF
the bari with q straw. Directly he
stuck another straw in and gave it "a
harder jerk, and jammed his agin' the
the bar'l tollably lively; and l heard him
say
queer =
"But he put the straw through the
bung the third time, he was so
eager for Ticker, and the way bounced
that nose Of his'n agin the side of the
bari was simply inhuman. Then he
jumped back, and says he
90 Be the sowl of st. Pathrick if that
don't bate Banagher What's in yam
bari anyhow"
! with that he gave the head kick
and it caved in. L crawled out, and
! looked kinder solemn at him. said for
a bit of fun (:
"'I don't know much about your
manners here, but it seems to me You
might be more civil than that to man
/ in his own house
run Well he jes' legged it ; and 1
heard afterward that he went up TO the
town yellin' that the devil had come
ashore in barl. But L jes went to
Queenstown, shipped for home on a
brig, and quit. And that's how l went
to Ireland"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
Opening.
PROVISIONS.


The movement was fair in this market during
the week just past but rather an unsettled feel
ing prevailed, and further decline was sus-
tanned in values. The principal cause for the
weakness that prevailed was the light demand
on shipping account and the unfavorable adj
vices received from Eastern markets. At the
extreme close however, change came over
the market, and fair portion Of the early de-
cline was recovered. Cash mess pork closed
strong under a good demand at $19@19. 10 !;
seller June closed at 1855 seller July at
SO, and seller August at 1920. Cash lard
at S13. 10@13.20; seller August closed at $685.
@13.40.
PRODUCE.
There WAS an increased inquiry for butter
during the week and the business transacted
was somewhat larger, and quite a number of
round lots were disposed of. The shipping de-
mand has been mainly for firsts, and seconds
dragged slowly. The receipts continue fair,
but the shipping movement had the effect of
keeping the stock reduced, though with some
dealers certain grades have accumulated. Quoc
tations ranged at 20024c for extras 1920
for firsts 14Gi17c for seconds; 1113G14c for
thirds, and 9011c for grease and common old
stock. Beans were in fair request and steady [;
offerings light quotable at S1.85@1.90 for
prime Eastern mediums and S1.00@1.S 80
for poor TO good Western. The demand
continues good for broom corn and prices
ruled firm at 1116@14c for good to choice hurl,
Hobo for good to choice stalk braid, and Ca
SIC for crooked. Beeswax quiet at 26@30c for
good to prime yellow. Cheese sold quite read
ily and former prices were maintained quo
table at 9@10c for good to prime new, and
Sd9c for fair some common old sold at case.
Cider ruled dull at 54.75(u5.00 per brl for
choice; common and sour dull at S3.00M3.50
per bril- Cranberries sold slowly at $4,000
ZOO per brl for poor and soft cultivated and
SS.00@9.00 for choice to extra. Eggs were
moderately active and steady; closed at 15160U
Ice for fresh in carries. Feathers we're
dull at 48@52c per ID for prime live
geese, and 3Cd5c for chicken. Green
fruits were without essential change. Apples
were dull, with but few good on the market
Quotations range at S1.25@1.50 per brl for
good russets in lots, and S1.00@2.50 in retail
way, according to quality. There were some
new apples on the market, which sold at 75c0o
$1.00 for one-third bu boxes. Plums were in
large supply, and sales ranged at 75c@S1.00 for
choice. New peaches sold at $3.50, and pears
at s1.75@2.00 for one-third bu boxes. Hops
were quiet at S20G30c per h for fair to choice.
Honey ruled dull and weak at 1Sd23c for good
to choice in comb. There was very little
change from last week in hides sales were
made at Sc all round for selected green sailed,
and 12@1256c for calf. The demand for hay
was rather light and prices were weak. Timothy
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
BREADSTUFFS.

The grain markets attracted considerable at
tention from spectators, and quite an active
speculative business was transacted. Generally
speaking the market was firnner, and the cur
rent range of prices was higher, although at
the extreme close the markets weakened and
the advance gained early was almost entirely
lost. The movement has been mainly specula-
tive, seller July being the favorite option.
The June shorts had generally made provision
for their contracts and they were therefore in
different about buying The liberal shipping
movement in wheat and corn, and the reduc-
ton in the stock in store, together with con-
ficting crop reports, We're the principal causes
of the advance established early in the week,
while the reaction toward the close was due to
increased offerings consequent upon the de-
sire to realize at the advance and the more
favorable weather. Wheat closed lower. Corn
1012c higher. Oats &c better and barley
trife higher than at the opening.
The following table shows the prices current
at the opening and close of the past week:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
Just Four.

One of crowd of darkeys who were
waiting on the levee for the arrival of a
steamer and job, was looking over a
pile of newspapers and spelling out
words here and there. when he came
across the word prognosticate." He
asked every one around him to explain
its meaning, and the last man took long
moment to think, and then replied
"Dere's Just fore words dat can't
dun 'splain de meanin' of, an dis we're
am one. If dat word was boots, or
Shoes. or wood could 'splain it
quicker'n Ightnin'l"- Vicks6urg Her
aid.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
SoIIrIC al.

The Democratic State Convention of Ohio, at
Columbus, last week, was one of the largest
ever held. The following ticket was put in the
field; Governor, William Allen, of Ross Lieu
tenant-Governor, Samuel +. C. TTeyon, of
Hamilton Supreme Judge, Thomas @. Ash
burn, of Clermont Auditor, E. NJ. Greene. of
Shelby Treasurer, John Schreiner of Meigs
Attorney General, Thomas E. Powell, of Della
ware member of the Board of Public Works,
II. L. Geghan, of Erie.
The Democrats of Maine have nominated
Gen. Charles w. Roberts for Governor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
What is I'm the Bedroom.

Ii two persons are to occupy a bed
room during the night, let them step on
a weighing scale as they retire, and then
again in the morning, and they will find
that their actual weight is at least
pound less in the morning. Frequently
there will be loss of two or more
pounds, and the average loss through
out the year will be pound of matter,
which has gone off from their bodies,
partly from the lungs, and partly through
the skin. The escaped matter is car
bonic acid and decayed animal matter or
poisonous exhalation. This is difi'used
through the air in part, and part alb
sorbed by the bed-clothes. If a single
ounce of wool-cotton be burned in
room, it will so completely saturate the
air with smoke that one can hardly
breathe, though there can only be one
ounce of foreign matter in the air. If
an ounce of cotton be burned every half
hour during the night, the air will be
kept continually saturated with smoke,
unless there be an open window or door
for it to escape.
Now. the sixteen ounces of smoke thus
formed is far less poisonous than the six
teen of exhalations from the lungs and
bodies of two persons who have lost
pound of weight during the eight hours
of sleeping for, while the dry smoke is
mainly taken into the lungs, the damp
odors from the body are absorbed both
into the lungs and into the pores of the
whole body. Need more be said to show
the importance of having bedrooms well
ventilated, and of thoroughly airing the
sheets, coverlids and mattresses in the
morning, before packing them up in the
form of a neatly made bed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
FINANCE AND TRADE.

Weekly Review of the Chicago Market.
FINANCIAL
The money market remains quiet, the prin-
cipal demand for favors being from grain and
provision operators. The supply is ample, and
rates easy at 7d10 per cent, according to secu-
rity offered. Government bonds firm.
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ALL the lands contiguous to the Mis-
sissippi river within twelve miles of its
mouth, are, 10y official order, reserved
for military purposes, in accordance with
Captain Eads' jetty plan.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20
ORIGIN. OF JOHN IRRLAND,S DT-
VINE POWERS.

Nobody regards the opinion of news
paper when it is confessedly the veriest
tool Of faction, or OF a ring, or of body
of men conspiring to seize the offices of the
State. While a newspaper must have its
philosophy of government, and its fixed
convictions and principles, it is never re-
spectacle and never Wields influence while
it is known to be subordinated to the pur-
poses of any man or set of men. When a
newspaper is upheld by patronage" or
public pap, whatever the success of Its job
establishment, the paper itself goes to de-
cay and loses caste, and this, in many cases,
without the fault of the editors. People
don't care to read the opinions of men who
are supposed to be paid for the promulga-
ton of these peculiar opinions. There
fore an organ is ever devoid Of influence,
One dollar made by advertising al intelli-
gent tradesmsn is worth five dollars made
while carrying many tons Of political sin
in the shape ;ot some mighty swell-headed
oficeholder or party leader. The Age has
mo public pap, and yet the Age prospers as
never before. The Telegraph, very certainly,
as newspaper, does not now outstrip its
rival in any indieia of growing greatness.
But these are matters that do not concern
the STATESMAN. We propose to publish a
true Democratic newspaper, and since the
party in Texas is omnipotent it shall not be
suffered, without protest, to play the tyrant
or. be guilty of those excesses of which ma
jorities are as guilty as the worst despots
that have filled thrones in the Old World.
There shall not be a one-man power up
lifted in Seguin, or in Austin, to issue un-
authorized DEGREES unquestioned, and COM
pei men to bow before its royal presence
on the pain of excommunication. Extrava-
gance of manner, arrogance in action, blus-
ter and bravado, cool impudence, are only
amusing when people begin to learn that
freedom of thinking is as much right as
freedom to breathe in Texas. Besides, we
intend to have the constitutional conven-
ton, by and with the advice and consent of
the Supreme Court and of Governor Coke,
inquire, in joint committee of the whole
on the state of the country and levelness of
John Ireland's head, by what divine right
this man proposes to unchurOh newspaper
because it don't believe Texas should have
partisan-made or John Ireland-made Con-
stitution. And then let this learned COM
mittee tell whether it will not be time
enough to organize an army when war is
declared and an eneRy appears. Let De-
mocracy in Texas rest till consolidation and
Grant are in battle-array against Thurman
or Church and the freedom of States. ~
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-20

THE Washington correspondent Of the
Memphis ACaL01sche says the subject most
discussed by politicians in Washington Il
who shall be the next Speaker Of The House
Of Representatives. The names most prOmi-
nently nentioned Ia connection With the
SpeakershIp are s. s. Cox, Of New York;
NJ 9. Kerr, Of Indiana, and Sam Randall,
Of Pennsylvania.
They are all conceded to be men Of abili-
ty, experience and integrity and each
have many strong and active fricnda. u ie
believed, however, that Of the three, Mr.
Cox Is the strongest. II the Speaker were
70 be selected By q direct vote o. the poo-
pie, he would dunquesfionhbly get more votes
than both Randall and Kerr. Hia name Is
moro frequently mentioned as the coming
man, than anyone else. and one writer
hopes that 'sthe Lord and the Democracy
may make him 6peaker.a But whoever
may be the person selected, i is admitted
by every one that the position is one Of very
great responsibility, second only % that O
President, requiring more than ordinary
discretion, ability and wisdom. Aec1, very
much, is expected of the next House ol
Representatives. course more than 4 car
accomplish. More, probably, than can be
accom- Dlishcd BY any human tribunal -
power, and as ils course - generally gov
ened By itscommiffecs ao ever cle i<nQH1
who is familiar with its pr0ceedl1f4. ana a
the committees ere appointed ~
Speaker, the imporlance Of bis position ..A
the absolute Necessity Of appoln.ln4 re
best and most competent men, AZ teAa
considered, is universally ac<no4 8s..
/ Lt Il therefore proper that tbe question, HAe
1 -hail ~ fhe te<f Sole 81 the House q
Representatives, shall be frequently a.,
- - tt~< u.rtI.frs~ ~. IrfI nnnomr ~