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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
FlUCTUATION IN PRICES DUR
ING THE YEAR.

Viewing the whole year 1876, the changes
in Wholesale prices have not been all one way
by any means. Last January, flour was about
80 cents barrel below present figures in New
York, and No. wheat was quoted at Sl.O7 to
Clip against $1.26 now; sugar, fair refining,
was to 81 cents per pound and 9T now, a
large advance. Hides have advanced from 20 to %
cents for South American, but leather Is not
much higher. Refined petroleum has doubled
in price, and promises to go still higher. Raw
silk has risen from IS to 80 the greatest in
crease in any raw material except petroleum.
On the other hand, cotton and wool are quoted
lower tIan they we're at the beginning OF the
year, Notwithstanding the sharp rise in the
past few months. cotton being 1211 cents per
pound OF middling uplands, against - a, and
wool 36ito 46 against 40 to 48 cents for the same
grade. Corn is from TO IL cents in the bushel
cheaper, and Of course, pork, which Is now
quoted at 51G.75 per barrel against $40. 90 in
tanusry. Mess beef is UNCHANGED. seed-eaf
tobacco has fallen n price from 20 to 40 to 10 to
35 cents. Butter is 2 or cents pound higher.
Coffee is the same for prime Rio, but cents a
pound lower for Java: young Hyson tea has
fallen from 20 to "a to IS to 80 cents, and I'M
colored Japan, common, from "a to 40 to IL TO
% cents finest Jap from GO to "a to 40 10 GO
cents choicest Ooolong from IS to 90 to IS
TO 20 cents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
Too Much photography.

An old man who owns stall at the
City Hall market took a notion few
days since to use his spare hours IN bet
tering his education. Procuring a
spelling book his face was seen behind
il whenever trade was dull. He tired,
however, of spelling the words to him
self, and engaged the services OF boy
about 13 years old, having the next
stall. to hear his lessons. Everything
passed off all right for two or three
DAYS. and then storm arose and CHI
max came. Holding the book in both
hands the boy observed
eve now come TO the word well
come How do you spell it:'
swell, sir, / spell it w-e.l-k-n'm."
"Not correct.
"K-om, then"
"No, sir.
"Then it's kim.
"No, sir.
boy, don't you lie to me, warned
the man.
81 guess I'll resign my Office" re-
Piled the lad as he laid The book down.
live let you go on and spell cat with
a k, horse without any e, boy with
double to it, becaase you are old,
and didn't want to hurt your feelings.
But when you call me liar. and don't
even know how to spell the word, it's
time for me To resign. '-Detroit Frex
Press,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
CHICAGO BUSINESS INTERESTS.

Commerce of the City for IS16-In Packing
Provisions, Live Stock, and Lumber, the
Garden City still Leads.
The Chicago papers publish lengthy
articles upon the trade of the city, show
ing how it has been affected by the
stringency IN the money market. The
facts, figures, and comparisons given
are worthy of consideration. We extract
as follows
=, The amount OF property marketed during
the past year at this point WAS considerably
greater than in 1875. or wheat the receipts
snow IaIihg on, but In the grand aggregate
the movement was much more satisfactory
than was expected. Chicago retains her posi-
ton as the primary grain center Of the world.
and, with good crops. is bound to make cred
liable showing N the receiving and handling of
cereal property. A detailed statement OF the
past years movement as compared with 1875,
shows the following result:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
The Late Inspector General OF the
Army.

The death OF Inspector Gen. James
A. Hardie, which occurred recently at
Washington, is much deplored by OH
GERS of the army. He was appointed as
a cadet from New York to the Military
Academy in 1888, and graduated in lS4S
with Grant, Franklin, Augur,. FREQ
Steele, and Ingalls,. He commanded the
Fourth Regiment Of the New York Vol
unteers in the Mexican war, and since
that time performed duty in various
portions of the country, and IN the late
war was respectively aide-de- camp TO
Gems, Mcclellan and Wool, aud on the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
The Bones Of AgamemnOn.

Homer was about as distant in time
from the heroes whose exploits he has
chronicled in the Iliad as we are from
the days of Marlborough and Prince
Eugene, Turenne, Montecuculli and So
bieski. He was quite as near to Aga
memnon as we are to Louis XIV. OF
France. In fact, he was too near to the
King of Men to dare TO touch with a free
hand those dreadful family histories
which required 700 years more of the
softening effect of tradition to fit them
to the uses of Eschylus and Euripides
on the tragic stage.
Yet it has been doubted whether the
great event that the first of poets so sim
cereiy chronicled ever occurred, or
whether his heroes were other than myth
ical fancies with personal names. 1t
is hardly a conceivable case that any
sane person should now doubt that Louis
XIV. was real sovereign of great
country, and the French King did not
make 80 great an impression upon the
world of his time as the son of Aureus
did upon the smaller world of heroic
Greece. It is doubtful, even, whether
the art of printing has increased the Wv
idness with which the memory Of famous
men is passed on from generation to
generation. Printing certainly gives
ampler scope to our view; it gives us the
past in greater detail /; it is like photo
graph of street scene in which all the
small detail comes out as clearly as the
greater facts. The commander of the
forces is there, and 80 is the pedler Of
peanuts at the corner. But tradition is
like the historical painter who concen-
trated his skill on the attitudes and faces
OF the essential figures-gives us the
hero glorified, perhaps, and leaves out
the unessential nobodies. For this rea-
son tradition, perhaps, transmitted from
bard to bard the well studied traits of
the great figures with livelier fidelity
than written history can reach. 1t is
supposable that Homer knew Agamem-
non as wildly as this generation knows
Napoleon Bonaparte.
1t has been piece of critical folly,
therefore, to doubt at any time the broad
facts of Homer's chronicle; but this is a
folly of which the world has seen the
last now that the patient deliver who I'M
covered the Pergamus of Priam has act
ually brought to the sunlight the very
bones of the commander of the expedi-
ton against Troy. DIR. Schliemann's
discoveries have in them all the salts
faction of naked reality. They are his
torical autopsies, as convincing on the
points they touch ~ post norton exam.
nations are medically.-Net0 York Her.
aid.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
:. 80. Tbankseiving day generally observed

-. 80. THANKSGIVING day generally observed
with great heartiness all over the country.
A fire ct New Orleans de-
stroyed over 100 houses, with = total loss be-
tween $500, 600 and e400, 000....2 Two
members of the Republican House m south
Carolina joined the Democratic organization
the rival houses remained in joint session
for 80 hour. A. Congress met for the
second session; Samuel j. Randall, of Penn
sylvsnia, chosen Speaker Of the House of
Representatives, vice NJ. @. Kerr, deceased.
....6. Awful calamity In Brooklyn, N. Y;
The principal theater Of the city destroyed
by fire, and 800 of the audience persisted In
the flames; intense excitement over the ter
rible catastrophe. 90. The Electoral Col
leges met in the several States and cast their
votes for President; much excitement
throughout the country. The remains of
Baron de Palm cremated ut Washington, Pa.
The president sent q message to Congress
containing letter from Senator Sherman
and others on the election In Louisiana. ..
2. News from Mexico that the capital has
been captured by the revolutionists. =.
.. Burial in Brooklyn of 100 unrecognized
and friendless victims Of the theater dsas-
ter. - 10. Intelligence from Mexico that
President Lerdo and his Cabinet had been
made prisoners by Gen. Diaz's forces, and
that Gen. Escobedo had been shot. Is.
Indiana Democrats held a consultation and
issued an address calling for macs meetings.
An ice jam in the river at st. Louis destroyed
steamboat property valued at $500, 900. ..
Ia. Wade Hampton sworn in as Governor OF
South Carolina, thus giving the State duali-
ty Of Governors. Great fires at Bolivar,
Tenn, and Eittle Rock, Ark. losses 1900, 600
and $50, 900, respectively. -. II. End OF the
railroad war between the East and West
trunk lines . Is. Terrible coliery disaster
in Wales number of miners killed by an
explosion 10. Great fire at Little Rock,
Ark. 20. An Austrian monitor fired upon
by fortress at Belgrade; Servia apologies
for the indignity
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
Height OF Structures.

III. any one would like to test the diff.
ficulty of obtaining accurate information
regarding all out Of tbe-way topics, the
experiment can be very favorably tried
with the question as to the altitude OF
the Hottest structures in the world.
Bayard Taylor casually alludes, in his
record of travel in Russia, to the dome
of st. Isaac's Cathedral at st. Petersburg,
which, he observes, is lifted up 1900 or
400 feet in the air." The statement
raises doubt in skeptical mind as to
its accuracy, and forthwith all available
sources of knowledge upon the subject OF
lofty domes and steeples are diligently
searched. But at the moment there hap
pens under the eye slip from the Balti-
more Sun to this effect
The altitude of the dome OF the Capitol
makes that building the highest in America, 1t
being 2S71% feet from the floor OF the basement
story to the crest OF the statue. There are
only four edifces in the old world which tower
higher toward the clouds st. Peters, at
Rome which is 458 feet from the pavement TO
the top of the cross outside st Paul's, at Lon
don, which is 4e4 feet ; the Cathedral OF st.
Petersburg which il 1863 feet and the Hotel
des Invaides, of Paris, in which il the tomb Of
the great Napoleon, which is 1913 feet high.
In the United Statee, the steeple or Trinity
Church, New York, il next in height to the
dome Bunker Hill Monument, second and
the Washington Monument in Baltimore third.
The paragraph has been copied with
out comment by the american Builder,
which of course counts itself authority
upon all matters connected with archi-
lecture. But the Boston Journal Of
Chemistry espies the article, and the err
rors it incloses meet with instant recog-
milton and reproof. Nevertheless, in
correcting the mistakes of the Sun, and
subioining a catalogue of its own OF the
heights of towering edifices, the Journal
remarks upon the trouble of getting at
the right figures on account of the diff
ferences occurring among the different
authorities. "The Great Pyramid of
Egypt" says the Journal, sis usually
called the highest building in the
world, being about 475 feet high; but
the ugly modern cast-iron spire of the
Cathedral at Rouen, in France, is said to
be 49, feet high" Chicago amends the
statements of Boston with modest hes
itation; but the actual altitude OF the
Pyramid of Cheops is, according to the
most trustworthy writer's, ass feet, and
the spire of Rouen Cathedral is less by
at least fifteen feet.
Avoiding further criticism of the lists
presented by the two papers mentioned,
we give the height OF few of the great
buildings of Europe, as they have been
proved by comparison with various
authorities
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
The LITTLE FOLKS.


The Letters at school.
One day the letters went to school,
And tried 10 learn each other;
They got 80 mixed I was really hard
To pick out one from t'other.
A went in first, and went last;
The rest all were between them
X, l. and NJ, and N, o, p
wish you could have seen themi
b, O, ID, Il and j, X, L,
Soon jostled well their betters;
Q, II, s, TT grieve to say
Were very naughty letters.
OF course, ere long, they came TO words
What else could be expectedf
Till made ID, j, @ andr
Decidedly detected.
Now, through it all, the oonsonants
We're rudest and uncouthest,
While all the pretty Vowel girls
We're certainly the smoothest.
And simple U kept far from Q,
With face demure and moral,
Because" she said, "we are, we two,
SO apt TO start a quarrelr
But spiteful p said, "Pooh for Ui'
(Which made her feel quite bitter)
And, calling o, l., + to help,
He really tried to hit her.
Cried A, Now L and G, como here!
II both will aid minute,
Good z will join in making peace,
Or else the mischief's in it."
And smiling T., the ready sprite,
Said, Yes, ana count me double"
This done, sweet peace shone DER the scene,
And gone was all the trouble
Meanwhile, when u and made up,
The Constants looked about them,
And kissed the Vowels, for, you see,
They couldn't do without them.
:. Nicholas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29

The produce trade Of the city during the
year 1876 was fully rs large as in 1876 The
receipts Of grass seed since Jan. I are reported
at over As, 900, 900 pounds, against 80 900, 900
pounds for the same time in 1875; of fiaxseed,
1880, 600 pounds, against 40 900, 900 pounds
in 1875; of WOOL Sc 500, 900 pounds, against
$50, $50 bushels, against $50, OOS bushels in
1875. The receipts of hay this year amounted
to 5000 tons. Since Jan. the shipments OF
grass seed aggregated Al, 700. 600 pounds; of
iaxseed, 80, 100000 pounds; of wool, SO, 400, 900
pounds; OF potatoes, 307, 900 bushels, and Of
hay 10000 tons.
From small beginnings the lumber trade
has rapidly increased from year to year,
until at the present time the annual receipts
at Chicago amount TO considerably more than
1000, 900, 900 feet. The receipts and shipments
at this port during the present year. as COM
pared with 1847 are here with appended
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
RAILROAD EARNINGS IN 1875.

The earnings Of about 8, 800 miles of rail-
road in the Western States including the CAN
ada Southern, Great Western, and Grand
Trunk OF Canada, foot up, for eleven months
Of the year, GA, 900, 600, against Sal 400, 900
for the same months last year. These fig
ures do not, however, indicate good year for
business, since the increase Is mostly on the
new lines, where the cattle culture and other
newly developing industries are just beginning
to make freight. The Michigan Central shows
an earning Of sc, 294 900, an increase OF only
1920, 600. The old Illinois Central, which is
unaffected by railroad wars except by the per-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29

THE musk OK is one of the most re-
markable quadrupeds to be found in the
Arctic regions. 1t is about the height
of deer, but is much stouter, and APP
pears larger than it really is from the
great profusion of long, matted WOODEN
hair which covers the whole body, and
conceals a thick coat of extremely fine
wool. The head is large and broad, and
the horns, very broad Mt the base, are
about two feet in length.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
Ihby BO.

Fly away, ny away, Birdie oh
Bring something home 20 my Baby Bo;
Bring her feather and bring her q song,
And sing to her sweetly all the day long.
Hoppety, kikety, Grasshopper oh.
Bring something home to my Baby Bo;
Bring her a thistle and bring Der thorn,
Hop over her head and then begone.
Howlibus, growlibus, Doggil,us OH T!
Bring something home TO my Raby Bo;
Bring her a snarl and bring her a snap,
And bring her posy TO Pit IN her cap.
Twinkily, winkily, Freely oh!
Bring something home to my Baby Bo;
Bring her a moonbeam and bring her star
Then, twinkily winhily, hy away far.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29

petual one necesstated by its running the
wrong way Of the map, shows a considerable
loss, and though the rates are not lower than
last years, the traffic 10 less on most Of the far
West lines
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29

Up to last Monday the number Of hogs
killed in Chicago since Nov. l was 49, $50.
Chicago still leads st. Louis, Cincinnati LOUIS
Vile and indianapolis, all together, by 81, 4S2.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29

sta of Gen. Burnside. In March, 1866,
he was breveted Major General for faith
fui. meritorious, and distinguished serv-
ices in the Inspector Generals depart
ment of the army.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29

Previous 10 1852 no records were kept of the
shipments of lumber.
The following statement exhibits the est
mated aggregate transactions in the various
mercantile markets of Chicago during the two
years past
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
77,64s,43T

Total bushels (nour
duced to wheat .... 81, 1925 7l,5I4,sl9
The following statement shows the number
OF cars Of wheat inspected into store in the city.
during each month in 1875 and 1876:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29
RECEIVED,

Total bushels (Aour re-
duced to wheap. ....9f, ia, 1893
SHIPPED
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-29

Net shipments, pounds. 5oGO9i,s7s AL ,ss6,il6
The closing prices on few leading articles
at date, and also on the corresponding day last
year are ~ follows
Arizona citizen., 1876-10-28
Freight Receipts and shipments.

Lord & Williams have received l9,OOO pounds of four from Terrenaie, and 50, 900 pounds of wheat from the Gila, dur ing the week, and have shipped 2OOO pounds of merchandise to the interior
 Fully, Ochos & Co.,, received 10000 pounds of merchandise by Samaniego's train, from the end of the railroad via New Mexico, and Appeps train is expect ed to-day, with 3O,OOO pounds. This firm have shipped as follows during the week: Government freight, to Grant, 2S,OOO pounds; Thomas, 25OO pounds; Bowie, l5,OOO pounds. Also 5000 pounds of bar ley to Bowie, and small lots of merchan- dIse to Grant and Bowie.
 Zeckendorf Bros. received : 900 pounds of assorted merchandise per Contreras' train, and have shipped POGO pounds of merchandise to various points, during the week.
 Ouinlius' ani Jenks' trains arrived during the week with freight for various parties, including a large stock of iron for Etche!ls' wagon shop.
Arizona citizen., 1876-10-28

AT sitting of the district court in and for the county of Pima, Territory of Arizona, on October IS, 1876, the decease of Hon. John Titus, ex-Chief Justice of the Territory of Arizona, was announced to that body, when the following proceedings were had:
 Upon motion of J. ". Clark, Esq, a committee consisting of Messrs. J. W. Clark, J. W. Young, Jr, and IT. B. Summers, was appointed to report resolutions of respect in relation to the late ex-Chief Justice and of bereave- ment and condolence in view of his decease. In accordance with this mo- ton the following preamble and reso- Iution were reported;
 Whereas: It has pleased the Ruler of the Universe to call from our midst the Honorable John Titus, ex-Chief Justice of the Territory of Arzona, at one of the greatest periods of his use fulness,-Now therefore be It,
 Resolved: That while we sadly deplore the loss of the whOle-souled and genial companionship of our honored and distinguished brother, we are still encouraged by the feeling that his acts and deeds, done by him while here, will insure him an eternal home above.
 Resolved: That as in his lifetime he commanded the honor and repect of not only his fellow members of the bar but of the whole community wherein he lived, It will be our pleas ure to forever revere his memory.
 Resolved: That we extend to his family and relations our deepest sym pathy, in this their great loss. and bereavement
 Resolved: That these resolutions be filed with the clerk of the district court of the first judicial district of the Ter ritory of Arizona in and for the county of Pinal, and be made part of the records of said court.
 Resolved That a copy Of these resolutions be forwarded Co the family of our departed brother, and that the samebe published Tn TIE ARIZONA CITIZEN, the Arizona Miner and the Arizona Sentinel
 J. W. CLARK, Chairman.
 IT. B. SUMMERS.
 J. W. YOUNG Jr
 JOHN J. DIVINE. Clerk District Court
Arizona citizen., 1876-10-28

ACCORDING to the Prescott -Yavapai census return, Prescott numbers 3822 population, while the rural districts of Yavapai county number 9S29. In the face of this showing mass conven- ton of Yavapai county" lately met in Prescott and nominated the following ticket for the Legislature;
 Representatives,-John IT. Marion. W. W. Hutchison, GuilfOrd Hathaway. W s. Head, :. C. Miller, E. c. Peck, Hugo Richards and c. B. Foster. COun- cil,-Iohn A. Rush, A L. MOeller, Geo. D. Kendall and L. A. Stevens.
 Every solitary one of these nominees is virtually a Prescott man. The pro- vincial population of Yavapai county as returned by their census marshal is about three times as great as the popu- lation of Prescott, and yet this provin- cial population hasn't the smell of a candidate on the legislative ticket We simply instance this as an evidence of the despotic sway of the moneyed " ring " of Prescott over the poor coun- trymen of Yavapai county For an American population it is a most re markable spectacle. It would be a rather dangerous thing for any Tucson clique to undertake such a move in Pima county. Why, Camp Apache and the Little Colorado settlements are represented in the Yavapai census report as having 2O77 people, and yet they haven't a candidate on the Legis- lative ticket. We suppose that under a proper enumeration Prescott would show a population of some 1900 souls tor Otherwise,) while the rural districts would show some 2000, and yet even on this showing, the lesser crowds the greater utterly out of any legislative whatever. This is what Butler of the Miner is trying to explain to the astOnished cOuntrymen of Ia vapai, and they say he has actually got and had a contraction of the muscles on one side of his neck in try ing to look pursuasive and innocent to the indignant ruralers.
Arizona citizen., 1876-10-28

SEVERAL weeks since, the Miner in its Uriah Heep style of lying, made mention of military scout after rene gade Indians that had escaped from San Carlos reservation" We correct ed this statement by saying that the Indians belonged to the Verde. It is perfectly immaterial whether we mis- takenly supposed there was an Indian reservation at present at Verde or not. The renegades were Verde Indians had never been on any other reserva- tiOn, had been lying in the vicinity of Verde, committing depredations, for an indefinite period, and unmolested by the military The Miner undertook to saddle these renegades on the San Carlos reservation; our purpose in our correction was to nail that lie Beg ging the question is as futile in lying as in loglc.