The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-16

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CANADA has q sensation in the form Of
\ a condemned murderer named Trotter,
who confesses that it was he who muir.
dered Thomas Darcy MCGEE in 1868,
and not Whelan, who wns convicted and
hanged. Trotter was page in the
House of Commons at the time of the
murder and MCGEE boarded with his
| mother.
AMONG the patents said to have been
issued recently from the Patent Office at
Washington is one that many individual
| grains of the salt of the earth would like
to see put TO use. It gives the patentee
the right to construct an artificial moon
to circulate between the earth and its
present satellite, so that we may have
more light at night. re - "a
TIE Lien law" of Indiana works
sometimes very queerly, and Is causing
good deal Of dissatisfaction. A few
days ago woman bargained with man
for the painting Of her house, and after
the work was done paid him in full.
Since then the dealer who sold the man
the paints has brought suit against the
woman for his debt, and will probably
have his claim allowed.
ALL the parts and provinces Of the
Turkish empire are in state of uneasi-
ness and it now looks as though Egypt
might assume an attitude of opposition.
The new Sultan and the Khedive are old
adversaries, and it is reported that the
Khedive has been ordered to present
himself before his master in CONSTANT
nople. The Egyptian ruler may prove
to be less submissive in these days than
he has been at other times and il the
troubles of Turkey continue, he may
seize the opportunity to proclaim his in
dependence. 1t would be impossible
for the Turks to subdue Egypt while
they have so much other work on hand.
The returns of British trade for the
past eight months show that Englsnd has
patronized the American farmer, this
past winter, most generously. The i'm
portation of wheat more than equals the
home production, and has amounted to
nearly 20, 900, 900 centals in eight months,
of which nearly 16,000,0 900 centals was
from the United States, the increase in
the imports from this country being
greater than that in the imports from
Russia. There has also been large i'm
portation of American Indian corn. to
take the place of barley as feeding
grain. Altogether the British importa-
ton of cereals has amounted in the
above-named period to nearly EDS, 000,-
600, an increase of Ct, 500, 900 over that
of last year. ,.f
The present indications are that the
wheat yield in this country the present
year will be very large. California ex-
poets crop of so, 900, 900 bushels. Mis-
souri,, Kansas, and Iowa count on an
equal amount provided the grasshopper
neglects to put in an appearance, and
they insist that this ought to be his off
year. Minnesota is booked for 30,000,-
900 bushels, and will sell two-thirds of
the yield if prices are good. European
markets, under the menace of war, are
steady, and the demand is likely to in
crease. The Black sea is not likely TO
export grain enough to supply Eastern
Europe, to say nothing of the western
nations. The prospect for our farmers
and shippers is very cheering, and its
effect is already felt in our streets.
THE Japanese Indemnity bill, which
passed the Senate last week, provides
for the return of $4,000 exacted from
the Japanese Government in 1864 as due
to the United States because of an insult
offered to the American flag by the
Daimio of Chosin, then in rebellion
against the Mikado. This rebel prince
on June 25, 1868, fired guns in the
Shimonoseki strait in the presence of,
though not at, little American mer-
chant vessel called the Pembroke early
the next morning she was attacked, but
escaped uninjured and unpursued
through the Bungo channel. In the
same year Dutch and French vessel
were fired upon, England took hand
in, and all demanded Of Japan $3,000,-
600 indemnity, though that Government
had in no way been responsible for the
outrage. Japan was forced to pay, and
the United States received $3.50, 5000
though actual damages of all sorts could
not have reached $50, 1000 at the outside.
Efforts have been repeatedly made to
have the money returned, but hitherto
without effect, though the bill to that end
was reported favorably. Japan will use
the returned indemnity in Americana
ing the country through modes of edu-
cation and American teachers, and thus
the money returned in justice will be-
come wise and profitable investment.