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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

bard HARDWOOD, slightly hurt. The Coroner's
jury Lave rendered verdict that the accident
was caused by the negligence OF the engineer
in allowing the water to get too low in the
boiler. The mill was completely wrecked in
volving a loss CT $1,000. .
AT the Ioaia County Fair a number Of spe-
csl premiums were offered. The Standard
avs: The woman who brought the most
men to the fair" failed to cali for her reward.
There were several competitors for the prem
ium to the man with the longest nose, but it
was Justly awarded to Thomas Marsh, Of
Orange, whose proboscs is one of the wonders
Of Ionia county. ''The minister who had mar
ried the mort couples, the girl with the
largest feet" "the man with the poorest
Clothes" "the best-dressed lady" were all too
modest to apply for their premiums. John b.
Welch and Thomas Marsh entered for the
premium to the handsomest man, but it was
thought il they were the best-looking men
the county could afford we had better import
some citizens. This premium was not award.
ed. The premium of five dollars to the best
natured baby was given to Lily Ann Fell, OF
Sebewa-
THE schooner Middlesex, which on the Sth
ofSeptember left Manistee with load OF deali
for Europe, became waterlogged and was los
in the Atlantic. The crew we're picked up by
passing vessel and were landed in New York
the owner of the vessel, John Wright, being
among them. The boat was twenty years old
and was considered by many wholly unfit fol
stlch trip.
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casion, $40 80, was on New York day.
The stile-keepers, from whose salaries
this loss ia deducted, have really done
excellent work, since, although 5000, 600
or 4, 1000, 900 pieces have passed through
their hands, only a few hundred have
been found worthless.
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THE EASTERN IMBROGLIO.
Probability OF General European War
'ff,n poaeibilifv of n uar II, Euro,,a !,

Probability OF IA General European War.
The possibility of war in Europe is
now converted into an almost absolute
certainty. England has expostulated
with the stubborn Turk until she is tired,
aud now tells Russia to do what she
pleases with him, only not to attempt
the occupation of Constantinople. Rus
STA will not be slow TO attach to herself
the disaffected provinces, and the Turks
will find q different foe to deal with than
the one they have been conquering and
butchering for two months past. The
declaration of England marks a most
important era in European history. 1t
is preliminary to the expulsion of the
Turk from Europe, and the sooner that
desirable result is attained the better for
mankind. The Turks are, of course, no
match for the Russians, and, if Austria
does not interfere, the war will be of
short duration. On the other hand, if
Austria does assist Turkey, the Italians
seem prepared to pounce upon her
Adriatic provinces, inhabited by Italian
speaking people, and appropriate them.
Unless Turkey yields absolutely
to the dictation of Russia her
doom is probably sealed, and we may
expect war at once. II will be fortunate
il all Europe is not drawn into the strug-
gle. This has been the prediction of
all who could look impartially at the
from the start. Dipiomatists
have said peace when there was no
peace, and have worked energetically to
make their cry true one. War is
dreaded by every people, and its terrors
are every day increasing through the
perfection of destructive weapons. II
The present trouble extends to the
limits threatened, all Europe will be
involved, and next year will be terrible
me on the continent.
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Blondes.

The Statistics presented by Prof. Vir-
chow, of Berlin, at the recent Anthropo-
logical congress in jena, upset the popu-
lar notion that majority of the German
people are blondes. He showed that in
the central regions of North Germany
about one-third Of the school children
are blonde, in Prussia 35 per cent. and
in Bavaria only 20 per cent. The popu-
lation grows darker southwark. OF the
German Jews IL per cent. are blonde.
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Condemned Money.

The sum of S3l4.75 in condemned
money" was taken at the gates of the
Centennial Exhibition up the LIST ult.
Three-fourths of the pieces of silver had
been mutilated the remainder were
counterfeits. The largest amount of
counterfeit money received on one &C.
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TIVE Philadelphia Times relates that
GA lady, quite an enthusiast in art, one
of those who desire to have everybody
about them know what they know, in
troduced the statue of 'Lucifer in
Memorial hall, the other day, to the no.
tice of male friend as 9 a most admira-
BILE categorical representation of
Spring" Some of the bystand@s
thought IL good joke"
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

During the month of September the extraor-
binary number of 2,19O, 991 people paid their
half dollar and passed into the National Gen.
tennial Exhibition at Philadelphia
Thursday Oct. g. was Rhode Islands day at
the Centennial. The entire State turned out
and it is stated that the days receipts were in
creased n least three dollars in consequence.
In Union county, Conn.,, three persons
Miss Louisa Crane, Miss Emma Baker, and a
boy named George Melville--have been fatally
poisoned by eating toad-stools, supposing
hem TO be mushrooms.
A horrible casualty is reported from New
York. fire broke out on tho German bark
Europa, at pier No. 43, East river. She was in
the dry-dock, being calked, when large
quantity of hemp took fire. John Casey a
calker, was fatally burned, and John Sewer
another workman, probably fatally. After
short time the flames were ex-
tineuished, and the Gremen ex-
amined the held, when were discovered the
horribly burned bodies of Thomas Ingraham,
Lewis Sullivan, George Sill, William Furlong,
and James Mcdonald workmen employed in
making the repairs. The Europa was engaged
in the petroleum trade, and the tmbers being
saturated with the oil the flames spread with
frightfnl rspidty, cutting off all escape of tho
men working below. The victims were all mar
ried men, with large families.
shocking casualty occurred in a coal mine
near Pottsville, Pa, last week. Three loaded
cars that were being hoisted out Of the middle
Lehigh colliery were precipitated to the bottom
the breaking Of the rope, and four miners
were instantly killed.
New York papers announce the death Of
John r. Cleveland, brother-in-law Of Horace
Greeley, and for thirty years member of the
editorial staff OF the Tribune.
West.
Ebert A. Woodward, the Clerk OF the old
New York Board Of Supervisors under the
Tweed regime, who has been wanted for sew
eral years, was arrested at the Palmer House,
in Chicago, last week. He was travelling
under the assumed name Of A. Wallace,
and represented himself rs an English
man. Woodward was Tweed's confidential
man in the division OF the proceeds OF
the ring thieving, and was deeply involved in
all the great rascalitiee Of the ring. He has
been taken back 10 New York to answer for his |
crimes.
The Chicago Tribune reports 1.-THE freight
business on the various roads leading to the
East has greatly picked upduring the last wook
or two, aud an immense amount Of grain is &C.
ing forward. There has been no change in
rates-2O cents per 100 pounds still being
charged ON grain 10 New York. These rates,
however, are not strictly maintained, and il is
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List of PatenIa

Issued from the United States Patent
Office to citizens Of Cincinnati for the
week ending Augusta 1876. Furnished
for the STAR from the office of j. McC.
Perkins q Co., counselors-at-law in
patent cases and solicitors for patents,
Attend to all business before the Patent
Office and other Departments of the Gov
ernment. 513 Seventh street, Washing
ton, D. g. Drawings and specifications
OF patents, % cents. Copies of patents
to show the general state OF the art In
any one class, $5:
180,721. Molding- -fasks. J. j. Lebeau.
Filled April 28. 1861 Brief.-The
packed sand is supported by ribs par
TALLY embedded, to obviate repeated
trials in getting uniform support, and
to permit the use Of ventilating-grooves
C. A spring is used to counteract gray
itation in the attaching-hooKs.
1SO,974. Observation-Disclosures. Z. G..
Weir. Filed Jan. 10, 1851 Brief.-The
movable rails travel loDgiLudinally, in
stead of laterally, as usual, and are pro-
vided with hooked guides, which take
into angular chairs fixed upon the ties,
by which the said rails are guided
against or away from the fixed rails as
desired, and are at the same time Sc.
cured III position. The rear portions of
the rails move through chairs which ad-
nit OF slight lateral motion.
160, 703. Steam.radiators. Martin Fl,
Crane and Joshua K. Abbott, assignors
to Crane, Breed & co. Tiled July II,
1851 Brlet.-The triangular tube can
be applied to pipes Of different sizes.
1S0,8l6. Steam-radiators. j. Il. Alb
bott. Filled March 27, 1851 Brief.-Air
is first caused to pass into the central
tubes. On sufficient steam-pressure be-
ing applied, it will be forced out through
the water-seal at the bottom.
lSo,715. Pen and Pencil Cases. John
Holland. Filed April %, 1876. The
herein described pen and pencil holder,
composed OF the solid handle A, the ex-
terror case y, and the following ele-
ments, all contained and contractible
within the case Cproper--that is to say,
the sliding pen-holder k, the spiraily-
slotted tube g, rigidIy connected to the
lower end of the handle, the collared
and longitudinally-slotted tube 9, rigid
ly connected to the lower end of the
case, and the penclLholder j, provided
with a stud, i, which engages both the
and spiral slots in the en-
G and G.
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FOR SALE by ALL NE WS DEALERS
THE WEEKLY SUN.
l776. NEW YORK. 1876.

Eighteen hundred and seventy-six is the
Centennial year. 1t is also the year in which
an Opposition House Of Representatives, the
first since the war, will bel power at Wash
ington; and the year OF the twenty third elec-
of these events are sure to be OF great interest
and Importance, especially the two latter; and
all Of them ana everything connected with
them will be fully and freshly reported and
expounded in THE SUN.
The Opposition House of Representatives,
taking up the line OF inquiry opened years ago
by THE SUN, will sternly and diligently IN
Vestigate the cOrruptiOnS and misdeeds OF
Grants administration; and will, it is to be
hoped, lay the foundation for new and bet
ter period in our national history. OF all this
THE SUN will contain complete and accurate
accounts, furnishing its readers with early
and trustworthy information upon these ab-
The " EEKLY SUN. which has attained q
circulation OF over eighty Thousand copies, al
ready has Its readers IN every State and Ter
ritory, and we trust that the year 1sT6 will see
their numbers doubled. 1t will continue TO be
a thorough newspaper. All the general news
of the day will be found in it, condensed when
unimportant at full length when Of moment;
and always, we trust, treated in a clear. iny
teresting and Instructive manner.
II Is our aim to make the WEEKLY SUN
the best family newspaper In the world, and
we shall continue to give in its columns
large amount of miscellaneous reading. sue =
as stories, tales, poems, scientific intelllge' 10
and information, for which we are not at 40 r.
make room In our daily edition. The a. ,ricuT
tural department especially Is one of il a nro
inent features Thb fashions are .,so ro,.,,
larly reported in i!s columns; an 4 % SO are al the
markets of every kind. ~
The W EEKLY sun, eight Y rae with, ettss.
six broad columns, is only SSes' 81 WIN hIsxs
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cost OF the paper no d. count can bs rypays t9e
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We have No travelling agents. '- - 1a'' .
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/. THE Sun. New York city.
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and of local agricultural clubs In partfe-
ular, was called to the depredatIons
caused by these tiny quadrupeds, winch,
1T was suddenly discovered, had IN
creased to such an alarming extent us IT,
have actually destroyed u large expanse
of pasturage and TO threaten TO over
run the ooun ry.
The land is represented as resembling
the ground in the neighDorhoOd OF tar
gets for rife practice, being literally
riddled with holes; the whole of the
vegetation is destroyed in certain locali-
ties i'll IeViOtdale, not merely the blades
OF grass being eaten by the Mice, but the
fOOts beng consumed as we'll. The con-
sequence has been That the sheep have
been robbed or their natural t0od, ,aand
the recent lambing season has been one
OF the most disastrous ever known, both
ewes and lambs beng deprived Of sus.
tenance and perishlng in numbers. The
piague is almost identical with that
which has SO seriously intertered with
the progress of sheep farming in New
Zealand, only there it is the rabbits that
nave caused the mischief; ana unless it
can be stamped out it threatens the
ruin OF many sheep.Drecders and WOOL
growers.
One farmer in New Zealand has ac.
tually sacrificed fifteen thousand acres
OF land by lnclosing that area with a
solid masonry wall, in order 10 prevent
the spread of a colony of rabbits which
had taken possession of a portion of his
farm. But land is TOO scarce and Valu-
able in Scotland to permit of such an
heroic method of cure. The question for
the Scotch farmers is whether they can
reduce the number of the mice by en-
cOuraging the increase of Weasels,
hawks, owls and other carnivorous birds
and beasts, or whether they must take
the law into their own hands and drive
out the enemy. The unfortunate part of
the business is that the little rodents
are of no value; unlike rabbits, whose
skins and flesh are both of certain
worth, and they are too small to attract
sportsmen with their guns. One thing
is certain, that the Scotch farmers will
not in future encourage the use Of the
gun at hawks and weasels, but will
rather encourage the visits Of these
mOuse-catchers.
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sas Belle, reports dangerous snag at
the head Of the upper crossing at High
land Rocks, it being Immediately In the
channel. =. New Orleans Plcayune oath: :
"Freights for Western bound steamers
are extremely dull, and then the rates
o freight given would not pay the hand
ling OF it. We had three departures for
Cincinnati-the Arlington, Cherokee and
U. z. Schenck. These packets were
bound to 10 together, and the amount OF
light recorded by the three would not
suffice for one. Freight before the ar.
rival OF the above packets was ~ cenls
per hundred, but before they lett 1t got
down TO half that amount. 1t was alleged
that the steamers Arlington and Chero-
kee put the rates at 121S. and Capt. Car
ter, OF the Schenck, m1ue it 10, at which
figure we believe it stood up to their de-
parture; as there is no other Cincinnati
packet in sight tor this week, the Golden
Rule now ON her way to this port, will
have it all her own way next week..
N. 0. Times: "The U. p. Schenck, for
the Ohio River, had very fair freight
trip. The other Ohio River boats did
not fare quite SO well. Too much tonnage
I'D one day."
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river NeNR.

The river tell feet Q inches here in
the twenty-four hours ending at 8 A. NJ,
with 10 feet inch in the channel.
Special to the STAR:
PITTsBURG, August 8-9 A. M.-Riyer
l foot inches and stationary. Weather
clear. Ther. 66 deg. Wind northeast,
STEAMBOAT MOVEMENTS.
The Virgie Lee will leave for Kanawha
this evening. Capt. j. V. Reynolds
commands, and Mr.. Jas. III. Stratton
will leave for Huntington this afternoon.
-. The City of Portsmouth arrived this
morning, and will return this evening
to Chflo :. The Shannon is due here to.
night from New Orleans. BE-. The United
States, from Louisville, had fair trip,
including SO pcs pipe, ID bags peanuts,
IA brls lime, IL beams warp, 154 empty
kegs, o bdls saddle trees, 30 bales sheet
inc, 100 bales domestics, 80 bales cotton.
140 brls potatoes, and 8 brls whisky.
SHe will return this evening".
The James d. Parker arrived last
evening from Memphis with big trip
of freight and people. She registered
about 200 passengers on the round trip.
w. G. Tichenor is her agreeable COM
mander and Mr.. o. b. Russell, an &C.
complished gentleman, has charge of
the office. Tue Ripley packet Trout
had iair trip, including 35 hhds tobac-
co, % whisky barrels, 1866 feet flooring,
70 SKIS potatoes, % SKIS oats, 631 feet lum.
Der and liz empty half pork barrels
She returned at noon with a good
trip. .. The Potomac will leave
for Pomeroy this evening.
The Bonanza arrived this morning
from Portsmouth. She had 81 hhds to-
bacco, and a good miscellaneous trip.
She returned at noon with moderate
"trip. The Ben. Franklin arrived this
morning from Madison with moderate
trip. Her principal items OF freight
bales hay, 43 brls potatoes, 40 SKIS oats,
% brls whisky and 100 boxes starch. She
will return at ber regular hour this af-
ternoon. The Fanohon arrived at
Pittsburg at 10 O'Clock last night, and
left there this morning for Cincinnati.
ToWBoAT MOVEMENTS.
The Chas. Bowen No. left Middleport
for Memphis last night with a tow OF
salt. u. Wheeling Intelligencer, 25th:
"The Ike Hammitt since Wednesday
night has been trying to get over the bar
at the head OF the Island. About /
O'Clock she succeeded in getting her
model barge over, and in the evening,
was working at her Two lighters. The
Nall City yesterday arrived with the
barge of iron ore she left at Marietta
some days since. The Nail City, lett one
OF her barges on the docks yesterday"
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Baum lost more than half her!
chimneys in tornado at Salt River.
Thursday evening, and goes through
with stumps not as high as her pilot
house. Sue sustained no other injury !.
So. Pilot James Damron, Of she Arkan-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-26

A Southern Adonis, not particularly
celebrated for his personal attractions,
on peting somewhat protracted
toilet one morning, turned to his servant
and inquired:
"How do look, C@sar"
'Plendid, massa-'plendidp was Eb
ony's delightful answer.
"Do you think Pll do, C@sar?" he
asked, surveying himself In glass, and
giving Cesar piece of silver.
"Guy, massa! neber see you look 80
fine in all my life. You look jist as bold
as lionp
"a lionl Why, what do you know
about lonH You never saw one, C@
sarW
"Neber see a lion, massa! Guy! l see
Massa Peyton's Jim ride on one ober to
the mill ebery day."
why, you fool!-thaHs donkeyw
"Can't help dat, massa," said Cesar,
"you look jlst like himV
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SILK RAGS CONVERTED INTO SILK
YELvET.-One Of the weaIthiest OF
English velvet manufacturers, Mr.. Lis
tar, worked his way to success by years
utilize silk rags. He begun by buying
up all such waste at less than one oenI
pound, and up to the year 1854 he mad
expended the immense sum OF oyer ST.
SOC, 900 in fruitless efforts to find proc
ess. Nothing daunled, however, he
continued his experiments, and within
the past ten yeaSs has discovered o
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method OF converting suoh refuse into
velvet OF the finest quality. He car
ries on his industry in England, en-
ploying some four thousand workmen,
and hundreds OF travellers are also en-
ployed whose sole business is to buy up
silk waste in all parts of the globe. Tue
000, 900.
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The last lines Dean Swift wrote were
an epigram ou the building of a maya.
zine for arms and stores, which was
pointed out to him as he was taking ex.
ercise during his mental disease:
Behold proof of Irish sense
Here irish wit is seen
When nothiug's left that's worth defense,
They build a magazine.
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FINANCIAL.
CINCINNATI. August 26-l:sO 2. I

CINCINNATI. August 26 -l:31 r. NJ.
Gold is steady to-day at 11OZ buying and
lllH selling for coin, and 1llk for gold checks
on New York.
There is moderate demand for money TO-
day. Business is generally quiet.
We quote Eastern exchange 1-20 discount
buying and 20 premium selling. The market
is steady ana demand light.
There is fair demand for sterling. 1t is
worth "a 30 sight and 81 So sixty days.
Government bonds are Qmet and market
eaRN.
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A pious contemporary says that when
brandy was offered to the man who was
buried in a well at Portsmouth he re-
fused it, saying, "lf must die Tll die
SOBER" or words to that effect. The
Portsmouth Times misses this beautiful
moral lesson aud unteelingly says that
Sullivan .yelled out" Saint dry; don't
want it; feel buliy.U
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81 b0a4 rs, total range, for common 10 choice
per Genital, and moderate demand.
SHEEP-Quiet ana steady. Common to good
are quoted ~ Road .5 per GENITAL gross.
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Scottish Farmers Ruined by Mice.
[London Daily News.]

The Scotch farmers, with all their
shrewdness, are apparently utterly
beaten by the ridiculas mus. 80 far, at
1east, they have been unable to deYise
any means OF ridding themselves of tine
armies Of these Insignificant creatures
" hioh have quartered themselves on the
border farms. About three mouths ago
the attention Of The public in general,
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HoGS--stessd and demand moderate Com
s ARE quoted So sSs ~ ssif sepsg II soTt ~
81 SO per GENITAL. -. ..
0AfTLE-n naskss ara spa weak, We gsass.
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Cincinnati Live STOCK.

CINCINNATI. August 26-2P M.
The receipts and shipments Of live stock for
the past "a hours were as follows: .---
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The New York weekly bank statement for
to-day is as follows:
Loans Increase. 81 ,104, 900
Specie Decrease e,................,,.... L073, 100
Legal Tender Decrease. 645,3OO
deposits Increase. e................. 536,30O
Circulation Decrease. IA 2OO
Reserve Increase. ..................... 293,12
Inc following Is the 80 p. NJ. report or New
York Stock Market, as received by Lea, Ster-
rett & Co., 2S West Third street:
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The river tell feet Q inches here in
the twenty-four hours ending at 8 A. NJ,
with 10 feet inch in the channel.
Special to the STAR: e
PITTsBURG, August 96-9 A. M.-RiyeI
foot = inches and stationary. Weather
clear. Ther. 66 deg. Wind northeast,
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