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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14
Church PeWS.

There is speck of history connected
with the origin of church pews that can
not but help prove interesting. In the
early days of the Anglo Saxon and some
of the Norman churches a stone bench
afforded the only sitting accommodations
for members or visitors. In the year
1919 they are spoken of as sitting on the
ground or in a standing posture. At n
later period the people introduced low
three-leggad stools, and they were placed
in no uniform order in the church. Di-
rectly after tue Norman conquest wooden
seats came in fashion. In 1887 decree
was issued that none should call any seat
in the church his own except nOblemen
and patrons, each entering and holding
the one he first fonnd.
From 1880 to 1540 seats were more
appropriated, and a crowbar guarded the
entrance, bearing the initial of the owner.
1t was in 1868 that galleries were thought
of Aud as early as 1914 pews we've ar
ranged to afford comfort 10y being baized
or cushion d, while the sides around
were 80 high rs to hile the occupants
a device of the Puritans to avoid being
seen by the officer, who reported those
who did not stand when the name of
Jesus was mentioned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14
D0GGING A DEFAULTER.
A Detectives singular, but Successful
Method of Capturing "A Runaway Bani
Teller.

A Detectives singular, but Successful,
Method of Capturing "A Runaway Bank
Teller.
On Saturday evening two men and a
woman arrived in the city by the Savan-
nah train, and registered at the Charles
ton Hotel under the names of III. w.
Davies, Thomas Nichols and Mrs. Jo-
seph II. Nichols. Nichols is the alb
sconding teller of the Canadian Bank of
Montreal, who, on the 18th of Septem-
ber last, stole from that bank quite a
large amount of money, and, in COM
pany with his father, levanted to st.
Augustine, Fla. A reward of $4,000
was offered for the delivery of Thomas
Nichols at any place in the British do
minions, and Henry W. Davies, a we'll
known detective, was sent in pursuit of
him. The detective has been In st.
Augustine, Fla, at the same hotel with
Nichols, for several weeks, but could not
arrest him, there being no extradition
treaty for that class of offenses between
the United States and the British prov
inces. But he kept his man in sight,
and finally worried him into a surrender.
This was accomplished by advertising.
In every portion of the city circular
was posted, setting forth the theft, and
offering $4,000 reward for the arrest of
the fugitive. Every morning the fol-
lowing circular was placed in conspic.
uous place in the hotel at which Nichols
and his family boarded:
THIEF! 600 reward. On Sent H.
1875 Thomas Nichols, Teller of the Canadian
Bank of Commerce, at Montreal Dominion of
Canada, stole from said bank large quantity
Of Canadian legal-tender notes of the denon-
nations of $500 and $1,000, and accompanied
by his father, Joseph III. Nichols fled from
Montreal, and these two fugitives from British
justice are now at the Oriental Hotel, city Of
st. Augustine State of Florida. UnitedStates of
America. l hereby offer the following re.
wards $4,000, gold, for the recovery of the
amount stolen, or pro rata for what IL recov-
cred, and $4,000 gold for the delivery of the
raid Thomas Nichols at any place IN the British
Dominion, or Davies Detective Agency, II and
10 Williams street, New York, L. s. A.
HENRY w. DAVIES,
Agent and Attorney of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce. st. Augustine, Florida, U. S. A.
Five weeks of this kind of conspicu-
Gus and persistent advertising effected
what the law could not. The defaulting
teller, unable to shake off the detective,
surrendered himself, and
offered to return TO Montreal to stand his
trial. The parties left on the northern
bound train on Saturday evening, en-
route for the British Provinces
Is. c. NeUS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14
A SONG FOR NEW YEARS EVE.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN YANT.

Stay yet, my friends, mon el It stay
Stay till the good Old year,
So long companion of our WY,
Shakes hands aud leaves Ls here.
o, stay! o, stay
One little hour, and then away.
The year whose hopes were high and strong
Has now no hopes to wake;
Yet one hour more of Jest and song
For his familiar sake.
o, stay o, stay
One mirthful hour, and then away.
The kindly year, his liberal hands
Have lavished all his store,
And shall we turn from where he stands
Because he gives no more?
o, stay! o, stay
One grateful hour, and then away.
Days brightly came and calmly went,
While yet he was our guest;
How cheerfully the week was spent,
How sweet the Seventh days rest!
o, stay! o, stay
One good hour more, and then away.
Dear friends were with us-some who sleep
Beneath the coflin-lid-
What pleasant memories we keep
OF all they said and did.
o, stay! o, stay
One tender hour, and then away.
Even while we sing lie smiles his last,
And leaves our sphere behind
The good old year s with the past:
., be the new as kind
o, stay o, stay
One parting strain, and then away.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14
The Lion n Coward.

Prof. Samuel Haughton says in Ma
tire: CT have proved that the strength
of the lion in the fore limbs is only 69.9
per cent. of that of the tiger, and that
the strength of the hind limbs is only
65.9 per cent of that of the tiger. / may
add that five men can easily hold down a
lion, while it requires nine men to con.
troll tiger. Martial also states that the
tigers always killed the lions in the am
phitheater. The lion is, in truth, pre-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14

A MOVEMENT is on foot to induce Gov.
Garland, of Arkansas, to invite the Gov
ernors of Alabama, Louisiana, Texas,
Mississippi and Tennessee to unite with
him in call for convention of the
Southern States this winter at New Or.
leans, for the purpose of determining
upon mutual plan for the encourage
ment of immigration to the South from
Europe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14

tentious humbug, and owes his reputa-
ton to his imposing name, and he will
run away like whipped cur under cir
cumStances in which the tiger will
boldly attack and kill" ="
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14

1T costs about Sl,100 to hang n muir
derer in New York State, ana oniy about
six shillings to hang h ,rse-t!Iief in
Texas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14
State Foundations in 1875.

Fifteen States of the Union have made
census of their inhabitants in 1875,
and we have the results of eight States,
as follows
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14

Two Americans have bought and will
exhibit the stone sarcophagus in hich
1t was intended 10 bury Guibord.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-14

EIopEMEST in California is called the
" Pacific slope"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-21
international Sunday .SchOol Lessons.
THIRD QUARTER, 1876.


THE Psalmist, after describing what be-
fell the lsraelites who rebelled against
God in the wilderness, tells us that He
gave them their request; but sent lean
ness into their soul" There is an import.
ant truth and lesson in this The truth is
that wicked desires when gratited bring
their own compensation, or punishment,
in pursuance of The operation of the law
of divine justice. the qualification OF our
wishes, the being permitted to have our
own way, ottentimes brings upon us real
misfortune.
This teaches us that our desires should
be conformed to what we know of Gods
will, and that if we oppose our opinions
to His eternal purpose we may receive
bitter retribution in The very permission
given us to do according to our own de-
sires. This is what bciell the lsraelites
and It is recorded in Gods book for our in
struction. And the lesson 1t teaches us
beside is that If our hearts are right be.
fore God there can be no difference be.
tween our desires and His will After
this state we should strivc-a state in
which our nature would be in harmony
with itself and its Creator, which condi-
ton can be reached only through q re.
iigious culture that will result in the en-
tire subugation Of our own will to Gods
will, anu in a tull recognition that His
ways are better than our ways. Gods
will thus being open before us, by laying
aside our own would become the law Oi
our being.
The failure in so many Of our plans
even in those things for which we earnest
ly pray-arises from the fact that they are
our plans, and not Gods. What would
be the result If the desires of all men
were gratitied, ~ men now are--confident
in their own strength and wisdoms If the
sun shone whenever its beams would de-
light human being, would there ever be
day Of rain, or would not the earth be
baked to crust through which no blade
of grass could penetrateY Were the clouds
as generous as the wishes OF every tilleT
of the SOIL should we not have another
deluge? And could the light be arrested
in the western sky to shine upon all the
work not finished upon earth, would the
night ever come with its stars and silence
and blessed invitations to sleep and
dreams? What clashing there would
be with the elements If all the wishes OF
men were once INDUCED.
Surely we know not, often, what we
ask, and il is well for us that Gods will Is
law; and we should cease our foolish
complaints at His divine order. Chicago
,Standard.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-21
mind three thoughts asking to be uttered

mind three thoughts asking to- be uttered
here:
l. Let us always keep in mind the great
theory OF man, and fit our actions to thai
abstract estimate alone. Consider the sin
and ignorance and weakness we here wit.
ress as only interruptions of a great plan,
as discords coming from the outside into
the great harmony. Our hearts must be
fixed upon the quality of manhood, which
may be found not in the fallen individ-
uals OF earth, those blighted flowers, but
which is seen Swallowed in the saints and
heroes of all ages, chiefly Swallowed forth
in Christ. We mustlook only Up.
9. Let us wholly exclude from our souls,
Danish by reflection. by sentiment, by
hope, and by prayer all idea that such
magnificent being as man has come here
by natural evolution, and that no God
surroun's him. Let us place a loving
Father and Savior close by his cradle,
his pursuits. his grave.
3. Let us affirm and hold precious the
idea that all these streams of human
power and love and life empty into u
world of Immortality. Let us believe that
a being that leaves such a train Of glory
behind him may also have sublime des
tiny; that the splendor around him is not
more possible or actual than the splendor
OF his future; that where things so thrill
ing have been it is a feeble logic and q
feeble love that place any limit to the
grandeur and blessedness of man beyond
the sepulcher.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-21
Ben. HIPS Speech.

Ben. Hill disowns the version of his
celebrated harangue on the amnesty ques-
ton which has been printed in pamphlet
form by the National Republican Com
miltee for circulation as acampaign docu
ment. He claims that it is garbled and
distorted, and is anxious to have 1t be
ieved that he never said what is imputed
to him. Unfortunately for the Georgia
Confederate, the pamphlet in question
contains literal and exact transcription
of what he said on that occasion, and the
only garbling or elimination that has been
done was done by himself when, per-
ceiving the damaging effect upon the
Democratic party of his traitorous dia-
tribe he revised and remodeled his speech
for the Congressional Rec>Td, emitting the
Objectionable language, and inserting
matter never spoken by him. The cam
paign document fs douby effective be.
cause OF its entire accuracy and truthful
ness. --Chiclgo Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-21
NOIHER'S DARLING.

m the sea shore at morning she wandered alone,
The waves kissed her feet and the wind tossed
her hair,
And swan by her side all the time she was
mid the fishes remember what legend has told
How Queen Aphrodite arose from the sea!
Did they think mat my earning win ringiets oi
Was Venus returned, or one fairer than shes
In the woods she would stray all the long sum
Now glistening in sunshine, now lost ir the
shade,
And the birds would flock round her and show
her the way
To the leaf hidden nests where their children
were laid;
For they knew she was gentle and harmless 10 all,
And her prattling they answered with chirping
and sopg:
She would pet the young birds till the tree
Said. Home, little truant, the journey is
long.
so she placed the dear chicks in their nests, and
Each wide opened bill as she murmured
" By-bye:"
Then she stole from the wood, like a star through
the mist,
When the sun to the moon yields the rule of
the sky.
The jays flying home famed her cheek with
their wings.
The lambs bleatea kindly, the dogs bayed adieu,
And even the owl-the most stupid of things
Kept noddng good night till she passed from
his view.
Then she came up the lane--mother's darling
and pride
Not formal and prm like your city-bred
girls;
With foot-weary stumble she sunk at my side
Brown hands on my knees, and my lap fun Of
curls.
The embrace and the kiss only mothers can
know:
The supper, the bath and the old cradle song;
Goodnight. mamma dear!'' From the room
did 90?
Yes my form, but my soul was there all the
night long--Hdrper's Weekly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-21
A Dollars Worth OF Prayer.

A YOUNG man handed dollar bill to
his minister This, he did, we suppose,
in the kindness OF his heart, He had ii TO
spare, and he thought it would be accept
able, rs II doubtless was, and as such lit
tic offerings always are TO ministers when
they come from liberal heart. Hut in
this instance the receiver did not at first
really understand why the money had
been handed to him whether as n gift, or
for some benevolent object, or. possibly,
in payment of some indebtedness which
the preacher had forgotten, Accordingly,
holding Me bill in his hand, he asked the
young man why he had passed it to him.
His ofi.hand reply, playfully made, was:
81 want dollars worth OF prayer" Had
the pastor known that the money was put
into his hands with any such intention he
probably would not have taken il, but az
ii was, he retained the bill and thanked
him for the favor.
But this was not the last Of it. Out OF
the fuliness of that pastors heart prayers
assembled to God for the conversion OF that
ihougbtlcss young man. While he was
thus engaged, God visited him in dream.
He caused him to see, in his dream, as he
thought, that minister bowed in prayer,
and pleading most earnestly for the sal
walton Of his soul. So deep was the iil-
pres ion Oh his mind that he was led by
the Spirit Of God 10 seek and secure the
forgiveness OF his sins. He iouno peace
in belioving. lie got his moneys worth.
--CIrisdais Etn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-21
THE AOTHER'S CRADLE.SONG.

SING him . cradlesong,
Tender and low;
Eel him how Jesus came
Long. long ago;
Came as u little one,
Lowly and mild.
Gods own eternal Son,
Yet Mary's child.
Long years may come and pass,
And there shall be
Under the church-yard grass
Slumber for thee;
Yet shall thy song live on
Still in his life,
Sweeter when thou arr gone
Out Of the strife
Sorrow will come with time,
Faith may grow ctid;
Truth, like "A silver chime,
Calls to the fold;
Calls to the rowing al scp,
Ozone far astray,)
Come, and thy Lord shall keep
spoilers away"
Say not the words are weak,
Scorned for the wise;
Doth not the Master speak
In iowly guisey
He shall thy weakness mako
Holy and strong,
And thy poor song shall wake
A sweeter song.
Sarah Doudaey, in Christian at Work
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-21

THE Khedive 81 Egyp. provides a
daily feast for the cats OF Cairo at the
great Mosque, and great is the tumult at
the hour OF prayer, when they all rush to
the distributing priest for their allowance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-21

PAysoN, on his dying bed, said to his
daughter, you viii avoid much pain
and anxiety if you will learn To trust all
your concerns in Gods hands. Cast NIL
your care on Him, for He careih for you
But if you merely go and say that you
cast your care upon Him, you will come
away with the load on your. Shoulders"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-15

HEIsTER CLYMER is Chairman OF
the Committee on Expenditures in
the War Department. He is lead
ing Democratic member of the House
from Pennsylvania. Caleb T. Marsh
exhibited before the committee con-
tract he had between himself and
Evans, The acting trader al the post OF
Fort Sill !; he also exhibited checks oi
payment Of money 10 The Secretary
OF War or his wife in connection with
his verbal testimony, and yet Hester
Clymer, well knowing that Marsh as
we'll rs Belknap was implicated in
crime, let the scOnndrel Marsh kceE
the contract and checks. and further
took no measures to put Marsh undel
bonds for his appearance or retair
him to give testimony. Tie -impl,
flies 10 the House and lays the Who'll,
matter before that body for politica
effect, and so lets all the testimony
nee the country, ana place hlmscI
and his committee in the position o.
being unable TO impcach the Secretary
of War, for lack of testimony. II
addition to this, when he is summoned
with the members of his committe,
before the grand jury Of the L. S
Court to give testimony, they refuse
TO go, and the Democratic side of III,
House stand by them in this re
fusal and pass resolution relieving
them. Such seemingly wanton neg
lect Of the simplest duty, is totally nn
pardonable, and can be explained up
on no other theory than that the De
mocracy had bought Marsh up an'
We're bound to let him escape.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-15

The Democratic members Of the
Committee on investigation into the
expenditures Of the War Department,
viz: Heister Clymer, of Pa, Black
burn, of KY, and Robbins, of N. c.,
are objecting to appear before the
grand jury in the case against Bel
knap. They claim that they have not
time to spare from their duties. Is
it possible, that having discovered
malfeasance in Office, they want to
obstruct the Government In dealing
out punishment. They make diselos-
urcs Of wrong doing for political ef-
feet, and then they would seek 10
make more political buncombe by
avoiding the prosecution of the of.
fence that they might chargcupon the
administration failure 10 punish
Again, why is il that this committed
so precipitated the disclosures before
things could be made ready to catcl
the guilty parties2 Marsh fled a
once to Canada where he has beer
joined by his wife. Thus the Gov
crnment is bereft of its testimony
The fact Is, all the Democracy wanted
was to get the political effect Of tn,
disclosures and then clog the process
of punishment. If the Democrac,
paid Marsh for his story, as we hav
no reasonable doubt that they did
of course they don't want him on tn
witness stand, nor will they have hin
there If they can help it. The part
Of treason and assassination will nc
stop at the commission of any offenc
to win power. Mark our word 70
| ii, that time will prove our surmise
as to the purchase Of Marsh to be trn'
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-15

:. WARREN CHASE, in the Spirit Of the
Tones, takes us to task on financial
matters. Hc says eve betray an ig-
norance on the currency question ut
terlv unworthy the editor of pa.
per-" Well, brother Chase, youl
estimate of Yourself and onrscli
would seem TO preclude any profit
able discussion Of the question be-
tween ms; besides, the exceedingly
courteous aud gentlemanly style OF
discussion on yonr part, is so striking
and modest that we fear we could not
in turn manifest the same exalted cul-
ture in good breeding. II would be
entirely useless for us to discuss any
question with an individual who
modestly assumes the proposition that
together with ourselves, nearly all
the statesmen of this and every civil
lied nation, are snprcmely ignorant
of the subject under discussion.
Brother Chase knows just all about
financial matters, has the panacaa for
all our financial troubles so much al
his fingers ends, betraying conf
denee in his financial acnmcn so su-
perior to our wisest and most expe-
rienced financiers, that he will pardon
us if Un 1o NOT faEo thn fpot,ll, to
enter into discussion with him and
further commisserate us that we arc
SO very ignorant, and have so very
much Ignorant company, embracing
men who have been supposed by
other ignorant people to know some
thing.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-15

TIE Ps'ohibitor says the recent city
election has demonstrated that there
are l35 pure men IN Ottungra" Again
it says ".Sodom required .fregighteous
men to sare IL Ott,tm,rd has one
hundred and Miyty. y.fre." As the Pro-
hibitoy editor, J, w. Norris, is one of
the 135, he has very modest way of
hcralding his purity. We give these
modest utterances to our readers that
they may thoroughly understand the
humility Of the newspaper represent
atiye Of the one hundred and thirty
five who voted for George lIaw, ESD.
the third party candidate for Mayor
al our municipal election on Monday
the 9th of March, 1876. This cxhibi-
ton of Christian humblcnesS Of char
actcr reminds us Of that Scripture
record concerning the Fharisee and
the poor Publican. In truth. this cen.
tennial year is to harbingera gloriou;
era i'm this, our city. On next Sab.
bath day lei our friend and his ont
hundred and thirty-four co-partncr'
offer up earnest soul-ycarning prayers
that our city may not be visited will
Divine vengeance by reason of thu
SAVIOR indwelling in these one hun
dred and thirty-fve men of purity
chief among whom is the editor u
the Prohibitoyr
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-15

SECRETARY YoUNG is receiving very
general endorsement as a candidate
for reelection. lie has. it is every.
where admitted, made an unexcep.
tionable Secretary of State, and the
opinion is that so good a man should
not now be displaced.--Ddr. Gazette
We think that the belief has gained
very wide prevalence that the Hon
Josiah T. Young has proved to be q
most nneSceptionable officer. From
our personal knowledge of The maj
he is scrnpnlously honest and just tC
all, and is a most dilligcni. indefati
gable worker. One thing we should
always rest assured of, and that i
that whileJ. T. Young holds any trns
in his hands, ii will be guarded will
as faithful and jealous care as moria
man ever did or ever could bestou
upon such trust. His talents W,
. regard as peculiarly adapted TO tn
discharge of the duties Of his Office.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-15
j. NJ HEDRICK& s CO., PROPRIETORS.

ton referred it to Quartermaster Gen.
eral Meigs, who reported twice
strongly against it, and Stanton re-
fused to pay 1t. In the fall Of 1876
Pendleton wrote to Bclknap asking
another consideration of the case. II
was again referred to Meigs, who
recalled and restated the former act
ion, and twice again reported ad-
versely. It was then referred to Gen.
Mckee Dunn, Assistant Judge Advo-
cate General, who decided that Bel
knap had q right to open the case
that the claim was good one, and
that the Third Auditor should be
asked TO settle. BelEnap approved.
and rcquisition warrant was issued
to Pcndleton, and payment rushed
through the War and Treasury De-
partments in one day, and the whole
face of the claim paid to Pcndleton
June IL, 1871.