The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-12

Ghe Grue Northerner
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
IHR Reciprocity treaty is dead, the
United States Senate, in executive SEES
sion, having almost unanimously reject
ed it.
MISS ADA SWEET, the sweet little Pen
sion Agent at Chicago, receives the high
est salary paid to any female employe OF
the government.
ALFONSO is DESTROYS of emulating the
ex-Prince Imperial of France. He wants
to undergo "baptism of fire Like the
latter, and consequently participates in
the operations of the troops now massed
againt the Carlists.
A GRANDSON of King George Nv. of
England has turned up i'll Memphis.
His name is Francis Wallford White,
and he is a clerk in the Southern Express.
His father was son of the profiigate
monarch by Mrs. Fitzherbcrt.
The late Emperor of China left forty
widows. One of them, Alute, has com
mitted suicide. She was first i'll rank,
and her departure from this world would
be deemed in that country only n fit
tribute to the dead Emperor.
THE Secretary of War has furnished
Congress statement of the cost of the
Modoc war. which amounts in the aggre-
gate to little over $411 900. Now if it
cost the government $411, 900 to exter-
inmate the Modocs, how much would it
cost to exterminate all the Indiansl
The Senate Committee on Territories
have reported favorably on the PROPOSE
ton 20 form Il new Territory, to be called
Pembina, and the measure will probably
pass both houses of Congress. The new
Territory cuts off the northern half of
Dakota, embraces 1900 square miles,
and has 10, 900 inhabitants.
CARLYLE and Tennyson evidently re-
gard themselves as beyond the reach of
any empty honors which the British
government can bestow upon them. The
former modestly declines to be Il Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath, and the
poet laureate refuses to be made Baro-
net. There's modesty for you.
IT turns out that all the ado recently
made about q reward being offered for a
mysterious book containing scandalous
memoirs of George ". of England, was
the sharp dodge of a new York publish
er, to advertise a sensational work he has
i'll press. The well-planned trick was
successful, even the newspapers being
taken in 10y it.
SENATOR WRIGHT, of Iowa, proposes
TO enforce decency and sobriety among
Congressman during their sojourn at
Washington. With that view he has
introduced in the Senate bill to pro-
hibit the sale or manufacture of alcoholic
drinks in the District of Columbia, and
prescribing heavy penalties for violation
of the proposed law.
The Civil Rights bill, passed by the
House, goes to the Senate to be acted on
irrespective of the bill heretofore passed
by the latter body, and which now lodges
in the House. Owing to the great press
of public business, including the general
appropriation bills, and the short time
remaining of the session, it is doubtful
if the Senate will definitely act upon the
measure.
DARFoUR has just been annexed to
Egypt, and the Khedive is now looking
for more worlds to conquer. The new
province is fertile in tropical produc-
tons, and has large and valuable in
land commerce. It's inhabitants are a
mixture of Arabs and negroes. The
Sultan has hitherto been supreme, des-
potic, cruel, but devoted to the religion
of Mohammed.
The committee of the national Senate
10 which was referred Senator Wnght's
bill, providing for reduction of 10 per
cent. in the salaries of all civil and mill
tary officers of the United States, for two
years from the LIST of next July, has made
a favorable report upon the measure. 1t
has little chance of adoption, however,
by the present Congress, owing to the
shortness of the session.
RESISTANCE to the non-sectarian school
act, which went into operation some time