The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-30

falling upon him another had his nos
broken by foul-tipped ball, Iii,
scarcely any of the players escaped with
out hurt or bruise of some sort
ONE of the strongest points made by
the opponents of capital punishment III
the Pomeroy case is based on the testi-
mony of DIR. Walker, Superintendent OF
the Insane Asylum at South boston, who
testities emphatically that Pomeroy is
insane and irresponsible. His reason for
thinking so is that Jessie is not truthful,
and he lays down the general rule that
insane people are not truthful Com
menting upon this, a contemporary sug-
gests that it would be good plan to
have the doctor examine some of the
witnesses in the Brooklyn case. Per-
haps he would find some of them insane.
A PROMISING young man has just met
an untimely death at Somerville, Tenn.
His name was Oscar Barton. Although
but eighteen years old, this bright youth
had in his brief career slain no less than
three men. He met his match at last in
the shape OF one-armed shootist named
Tom Doyle, and died like his victims
with his boots on. Tom emptied the
ieaden contents of double barreled
shotgun and two barrels of navy Colt
into the body Of the gentle Oscar, and
he had barely time to utter the stereo-
typed "I'm shot" ere his spirit winged
its flight to the land where shot-guns,
revolvers, and bowie-kniyes are I'M
known.
THE inevitable squabble over a rich
mans will has begun in Detroit Mr..
Z. b. Ward, dying a few months ago,
eft fortune of $5,00O,OOO, and the flu
neral was hardly over before the heirs
began to quarrel about the requests.
One relative, who had received $4,000,
said he deserved ten times that amount,
and gave notice that he would contest
the will. The Michigan Legisla-
ture has passed an amendment
to the present law relating to the settle
ment of estates, so as to do away with
the special administrator who may now
be appointed to take charge of the estate
until it is settled, and, instead, to give
the executors control.
ALTHOUGH the people of the United
States have achieved a worldwide noto-
riety for their immense consumption of
spirituous liquors, yet figures recently
compiled show that the people of the
United Kingdom are much more bibu-
lous than we. The average annual con-
sumption for each individual in this
country is about gallon and four-fifths
to Ireland's two gallons and pint, and
England's and Scotland's two gallons
less pint, of spirituous and fermented
liquor. OF imported and domestic dis
titled liquors we annually consume 70
600, 900 gallons, from which our revenue
is over $50, coo, 900, while that of Great
Britain is 1926, 100000 from all the
liquor drunk within her borders.
THE death of the two aeronaIHs in
France, which seems to have resulted
from the extreme rarefaction of the air
ct the height (26, 600 feet to which they
assembled, gives warning to aeronauts
that any distance beyond 10000 feet is
dangerous. At the previous ascension
of the Zenith, although it did not attain
80 great height, some of the party suf-
fered from dizziness, and two of the
pigeons were found dead in the cage,
while the third was almost lifeless. Mr..
Glaisher assembled to the height of 3d.
600 feet, whereupon he became insensi-
bic and his assistant nearly so, and it
was only by promptly opening the valve
that the latter saved their two lives. The
brothers Schlanginweit climbed to a
height of %, $50 feet on one of the peaks
of the Himalayas, and they describe their
sufferings as very intense.
CAPT. HALL, of the Coast Survey,
who has been stationed three years in
Alaska, has addressed to the Commits
sioner of Education at Washington an
elaborate account of the country and its
inhabitants. He reports that little prog
ress has been made in any direction since
that northern province came into our
hands, and that the condition of educa-
ton is especially discouraging. The
present condition of the natives is less
favorable than it was under the Russian
regime. Capt. Hall goes so far as to in
innate that there is in Alaska no civil
law, no government, no redress for in
jury, no protection for whites or natives,
and no punishment for crime. An of
fender against the Revenue law can be
seized and sent 1000 miles for trial, but
the murderer of revenue officer could
not be punished. Capt. Hall pronounces
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