The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-01-22

eminent and Few England company
on the 9Th of December, for the con-
struction of railroad from Mexico to
Leon, and, on the 18th of December,
another contract was signed with Ed
ward Lee Plumb, representing the In
ternational Railroad Company of Texas,
for the construction of a road from
Leon to the Rio Grande, to connect
with the International railroad. This
will make it necessary to construct
1850 miles of railroad i'll Texas to the
City of Mexico.
Missouri, following the example of
nearly all the Northwestern States, pro-
poses to enact law regulating freight
and passenger tariffs on her railways.
A stringent bill has already been intro
duced in the Legislature for this pur-
pose. 1t enacts that no railway shall
charge more than two cents a mile for
passage money, except when the
amount is fraction of five cents, in
which case the fraction may be added.
1t provides that suits for violation of
the law may be brought in the Circuit
Court of the county wherein the in
fraction was committed, the action to
be brought in the name of the State.
The penalty is fixed at not less than
$50 nor more than than $500, one half
of the fine to go the informer, and the
other half to the school fund of the
county in which suit may be brought.
THIS years annual dividends, says
the Detroit Tribune, on the stocks and
bonds of the various corporations at
Hartford amount to S2,51S,69S The
Insurance companies cry aloud at their
losses, which keep their dividends down
to from II to % per cent. per annum.
The Phoenix pays a quarterly dividend
OF per cent, with IN extra dividend
of per cent the Connecticut pays 6
and 3, and the Travellers, knock-kneed
and gouty, hobbies up to the front with
a semi annual cash dividend of per
cent, with a stock dividend of 20 per
cent. additional. The Etna Insurance
Company pays 6 per cent, and total
of $1S0,000; the Hartford total is
100000; the Phoenix 100000; the
Travellers $4,000; the National Screw
Company (Which is not an insurance
company pays u per cent; total. $751;
500; and the Gatling Gun Company,
10 per cent; total, $37, 900.
Mr.. G.. E. MoRRow, the Western
Rural, delivered an interesting address
at the meeting of American Dairymen,
at Utica, New York, few days ago, in
which he showed the large proportions
to which this industry is growing in
the Northwest. Mr.. Morrow exhibited
a map giving the regions in Illinois.
Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota in
which dairying has become prominent,
and history of the rise and progress
of the business was given also a dis
cussion of the obstacles and circum-
stances favoring prosperity in these
States. Liability to extreme drought
was named as the most serious OBJ
stacle. The cheap lands and abun.
dance, and cheap food in summer and
winter, except in times of great drought,
give a marked advantage. The cheese
product of these four States for 1874,
was estimated at $4,000, 900 pounds,
Wisconsin and Northern Illinois pro-
ducing most of this and about equal
quantities. Iowa produced about l, $780,
600 pounds Minnesota but few hun
dred thousands of pounds. The prob
able increase of cheese product for 1875
was given as 20 per cent.