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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
Mistaken for Highwaymen.

Senator Spencer, of Alabama, was tax
en- for highwayman while he was Jour.
neying to the Black Hills, late in June.
The treasury agent who left Deadwood
in the Bismarck stage had been cautioned
to take no risks, and if any suspicious
persons appeared on the road to get
the drop on them" The messenger. the
driver, and another man employed by
the company all had rifles close at hand,
when four horsemen were espied gallop-
ing down a mountain toward the stage.
1t was lonely spot, and the messenger
did not like the appearance of the stran-
gers. AS the four horsemen drove up
and leaped from their saddles, they were
covered by three trusty rifles. "Stop
we are honest men" shouted the stran-
gers: "Throw up your hands, then"
cried the messenger and the SQUAD of
four slowly approached under cover of
the rifles, and finally convinced the guar
dian of the national treasure that thew
ware not public plunderers, night-riders.
murderers, but only Senator Spencer and
friends. -NeU York Tribune
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
Armenian Dwellings.

A correspondent of the London NeeUs,
while riding toward the headquarters of
the Turkish army on the Soughanlu
range, suddenly felt his horse sinking
beneath him, and in another instant he
was enveloped in cloud of dust and
splinters. He had fallen through the
roof of a house into an apartment where
family was brealzfasting. An Armenian
village, from O distance, resembles the
heaps of refuse one sees around iron
smelling works Here and there a couple
of feet OF dry stone wall and cave-ike
entrance suggest the possibility of the
existence of human dwellings. Between
these dwellings, the spaces are carpeted
with an elastic layer of dung and offal
five or six feet thick. Huge, ungainly
buffaloes, with bodies like bisons and
the eye of an octopus, low and moan,
standing mid-leg deep III the filthy paths
Turbaned men are perched here and
there like storks on the house tops-pull-
ing their boards, and giving the whole
place a Scriptural appearance. Calves,
dogs and fowl wander promiscuously
among the chimney-pots, and now and
then dark-eyed, olive-faced woman
comes stealing shyly by, her face half
averted from the gaze of the Giaour, and
partly concealed by the folds of her linen
headdress. The gloomy interior of one
of the houses or earth-heaps is forty feet
in length, and is divided into two COM
partments by low boarded partition
four feet high. That next the door is
devoted to horses and buffaloes-the
inuer space affords accommodation to
travellers. A little terrace of beaten earth,
six inches above the floor, TANKS both
sides of the room. 1t is covered with
coarse rush mating, and constitutes q
seat by day, a bed by night. Two square
holes in the roof admit light and air.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
An AdrOit Robbery.

A very bold and skillful robbery was
committed in New York brokers' Office
the other day. The sales clerk had just
taken in a check for $1,000 on the
Leather Manufacturers Bank and 50, 200
in 800 bills, which he placed on the
counter by his side. The part of the
counter where the sales clerk stands is
partitioned off by an iron railing about
three feet high, the iron work being
wrought 80 closely that it would be diff
cult for a man to insert one finger be-
tween the rails. The clerk turned to
transact some business with the bullion
clerk, and minute later noticed that
the money was gone. Asquare piece Of
the iron Enclosure had been cut of, leav-
ing a space just large enough to admit a
hand. There was no clue to the thief
Word was sent to the bank to stop the
payment of the check, and thus limit the
firms loss to 50, 200 in greenbacks. An
examination showed that the piece had
been cut or fled off. The thief had car
ried the piece off with him, and it is be-
lieved that the iron work must have been
cut some time ago preparatory to some
such robbery, and that the piece was put
back in its place to be removed only
when an opportunity should arise.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
London.

The population of what is called Lon
don for 1877 is estimated at A 1856, 007, or
nearly that of the State of New York.
and fully as many as the two States of
Illinois and Iowa. This is 1000. 900
more than was given by the census of
1871 large part of the increase results
from annexing suburbs to the metropol-
itan district. An exchange says:
The section embraced in the Regis
trar's tables, under the name of London.
includes parts of three counties. and
comprises an area of 100 square miles.
The city OF London is itself only a
small district in the metropolis, Just as
the " old city" of Philadelphia is but a
small section of the consolidated city to-
day. Here the old dividing lines be-
tween the city and surrounding districts
have been obliterated, and are only
vaguely remembered by the present gen
Grafton, but in the metropolis of Lon
don they are maintained through the ex-
istence of local governments for the dis
tricts, with special laws and customs
inherited from olden times. During
1876, 1853, 1872 children were born in Lon
don, and 81, III persons of all ages died,
Tile dDuuul DlTbH-~utc DtluR nearly
thirty-six, and the annual death-rate
not quite twenty-one and half per
1000. The death-rate is very low for
such vast city, but great care is taken
with the sanitary regulations to keep the
public streets in good condition, and to
carry off the sewage. Fourteen thou
sand men, with 5000 horses, are daily,
or rather nightly. employed in cleaning
the streets, and their labors are supple
mented by the work of crossing-sweepers
and street-orderlies, or boys who are
employed during the day in collecting
manure from the business streets. The
streets of London are cleaned by con-
tractors, the work being done at night,
and the refuse which cannot be utilized
is carried in barges to the mouth of the
Thames and dumped into the sea. The
outlying districts of London have in.
creased rapidly i'll population within the
last ten or twenty years, rapid transit,
elevated and underground railways slim.
ulating the growth ofthe city in that di-
rectiOn T"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
A Man Lives Eighteen Hours with a
Broken Neck.

A gentleman named Miller, residing
ut the corner of Park and John streets,
Second ward, and aged about 60 years,
was engaged in picking cherries at Mr.
Pfohl's, near by, and while doing SO q
limb broke and he fell to the ground, a
distance of only ten or twelve feet, strik-
ing on his shoulders and the back of his
head. This occurred about 10 o'clock
in the morning. Miller was taken to his
residence, and DR.. Whedon was called.
When the doctor reached the house, and
made personal examination, he found
that Miller had suffered dislocation of
the neck ut the base of the brain and at
the upper part of the spine. He could
hear and understand, but could not
speak. DIR. Whedon, on further exam
nation, found that when the mans head
and neck were pulled into the natural po-
sition he conld not only understand and
fear, but could talk as well. For about
two hours the neck remained in its dis
located condition, and most of the time
persons were employed in holding the
head and neck III position, his mental
faculties being in their natural state.
Doctors who visited the house during the
afternoon declared that not in the his
tory of the country has such case ever
happened before. A dressing consisting
of bandages and weights was applied to
the patients head to keep the neck ex-
tended. The injured man died about 4
o'clock Sunday morning, and previous to
his death he became paralyzed in his
right side. He lived eighteen hours
with broken neck !-Syracuse (M. ~
Courier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
The Indian Troubles.

The administration looks upon the
Indian trouble in the Northwest as con.
stituting just now the most serious ques-
ton with which it has to deal. The
latest reports from the seat of war prove
what was before known, that the military
force now on the Pacific coast is alto.
gether inadequate for the prompt sup.
preston of the present difficulties. Tc
reinforce the United States troops with
regulars would involve the transportation
of men and material of war across the
continent, and before the relief could
reach the Pacific coast it might be toe
late for it to be of any assistance. II
matters continue to look as serious az
at present in the Northwest it is not inn
possible that the President may call up
on the States to furnish militia for the
suppression of the Indian war;. Wash
ington Correspondence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
An Arizona ShOOting-Match.

A letter from Greenwood, Arizona
Territory, gives the following account of
a characteristic Western affray, result
ing in the death of three men: "On
Friday night Grant Blake and Johnny
Baker were killed. 1t seems that Johnny
Baker got drunk, and swore he would
kill any man in Smiths saloon. There
was DIR. Foster there, whom Johnny
did not like. He kept hourishing the
pistol over the doctors head, saying he
was going to kill him. The doctor got
up from the table, where he was sitting,
and went up the street to his cabin and
got double barreled shotgun. He came
back TO the saloon to make Johnny beg
his pardon so he says. Grant Blake
saw him go over to Smiths saloon with
the gun and ran after him to take
Johnny's part. Arriving there, Blake
told the doctor and Johnny to put up
their weapons. At this, the doctor turned
on him and shot Grant right through the
breast. The latter seeing the move
ment of raising the gun, had almost i'm
mediately returned the fire, hitting the
doctor between the eyes. After shoot
ing Grant the doctor turned on Johnny
Baker, and firing the second barrel of
his gun landed the charge in Johnny's
breast, killing him instantly. Johnny
and the doctor fell at the same time.
Grant turned around after being hit and
had walked halfway across the street to
his saloon, when he also dropped They
buried Grant and Johnny on Saturday
the doctor is not expected to live"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
ELECTIONS.
states that Are to Vote TIL. Fall.

States tuat are I'd sote HIS rah.
Kentucky will hold the first State
election on August 6. A Governor and
other State officers and Legislature
will be elected. The main interest CEN
ters in the election of Legislators, who
will choose successor to Senator Nc
Creepy, whose term expires in 1879. OF
course a Democrat will be elected, and
the main issue is whether McCreery will
succeed himself Next follows Vermont,
where the people will vote for State Of
ficers on the 4th of September. On the
10th of the same month Name will elect
State officers and Legislature. Sept
8, California will elect Governor and
Legislature. The present Governor,
Irwin, Democrat, was elected by u M
iority OF 435 over both the Republican
and Independent parties. The Legisla-
ture to be elected will select successor
to Senator Sargent, whose term expires
in 1879.
On the second Tuesday in October
elections occurr in Ohio and Iowa. In
both States Governors and Legislatures
are to be chosen. The Legislature
elected in the former will also select
Stanley Matthews successor in the
United States Senate, although Mat
thews' term, like that of Sargent, does not
expire until 1879.
The following table gives o view of all
the elections to be held this year :
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
IIWOMAN,S WEAKNESS.
A Peddler Who Has 1t Down Fine.

[From the Chicago Times.l
He was melancholy, low-spirited
kind of man, with no style about him,
but he bowed politely to the lady of the
house who answered his ring at the door,
and smiled almost sweetly at the urchin
who was tugglpg at her dress.
"Can / sell you bottle Of the Magic
al instantaneous Freckle Eliminator?'
he asked, producing bottle from the
little black box with leather handles
which he had with him.
Don't want any,"
"It's splendid article, madam-war-
ranted or money cheerfully refunded.
Better try it.
81 don't want any, / say"
eff you don't think it will work, 1 can
give you the most convincing proofs that
you are mistaken"
$50 long. haven't any use for it. y
81 see you haven't got 'em bad.
"Got 'em bad Sir, what do you
mean p
I" L was saying that you amt bad yet.
But don't neglect 'em if you don't want
to be as speckled as duck egg"
"Me me freckled2 Get out with
you, you impudent man."
IF them amt freckles on your nose
never saw any"
"Take yourself off instantly. Go, /
say, or I'll call the police"
Better try the Magical instantaneous
Ehminator before it's too late"
ugh you nasty"
Here's some of my World Renowned
Pimple Subiugator. It'll take the PIN
pies off that boy there so You wouldn't
know him in two days"
"Police Police -
:" It's too bad, though, that nothing
will cure his cross-eyes or turnup nose. y
ugh you brute. / could.
But she never said what she could, but
slammed the door shut with crash and
threw herself on the bed and cried with
vexation until dinner time.
'How crusty and disagreeable some
inator man as he passed through the
front gate.
At the next house the patient sufferer
said to the fairy who came to the door
" Madam, am selling the deservedly
popular and ever successful Potent Hail
Crimping Fluid"
"No, L don't want any,"
g L am also selling the famous Magica
instantaneous Freckle Eliminator, but
saw at once by your very fine complex
ion that you are not III need of any sucl
article. Let me sell you bottle of tin
Hair Crimping Fluid"
"Well, L don't know"
CT can't help smiling to think that tin
lady next door to you, to whom | trio,
to sell bottle of the Eliminator. denio
up and down that she's freckled"
"Denied that she's freckled ?"
"Indeed she did.
Why, she's the freckeldest object
ever saw, and she knows it.
81 couldn't help thinking so myself.
"She's vain, stuck-up thing, any
way"
81 dare say she is. I'm pretty sure
can tell when l meet a real lady"
How much did you say this is p
Zone dollar and half bottle
madam"
"Well, guess I'll try a bottle"
eff L hadn't failed to catch the frs
woman on the Eliminator 1 wouldn't hav
caught the other on the Crimping Fluid
and, bless their souls, they're both til
same thing" muttered the meek an
low-spirited peddler as he passed on.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
A BuIIy,s Fate.

A fatal shooting affray occurred near
Richmond day or two since, which is
in some respects quite peculiar. 1t APP
pears that George Moody, young son
of Whit Moody, large property owner
at Kingston, was set upon by one Tom
Stivers, big bully, who was discharged
from Gen. Clusters command just before
the death of that brilliant but Inflated
soldier.
Stivers abused tho youth by pulling
his ears and slapping his face.
The boy bore this treatment for
some time, and finally said, "Tom,
don't want to hurt you, but I've had
enough of this" Stivers answered by
ordering him out of the house. Young
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
The Radish in Japan.

The one vegetable which serves all
purposes. and seems to be absolutely in
to every Japanese, whether
high or low, is the radIsh. They have
developed it to gigantic proportions, the
roots often three feet long and three
inches in diameter. The color is always
white. They eat it raw with salt they
boil and serve it as we do turnips; they
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20

accused quoted a previous speech Of
Prince Bismarck to the effect that the
so-called Three Emperors' Alliance was
really not such, but only an agreement
to secure mutual consultation in the
event of peace being endangered. The
court thought that another appeal was
open to the accused.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
An Editor In irOuble.

Guido Weiss, editor of the Berlin
Radical journal Die Wage, has been
sentenced by the Berlin Court of Appeal
to three months honorable imprison-
ment" for charging Russia with pursu-
ing hypocritical and mendacious policy.
under the protection of the Three EN-
perors' Alliance. 1t was in vain that the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
the elections to be held this year

The Governors whose terms expire at
the close of the present year, and whose
SUCCESSORS must, therefore, be elected,
are as follows: Iowa, S. J. Kirkwood;*
Maine, Selden Connor; Massachusetts,,
Alexander III. Rice; Minnesota, J. s.
Pillsbury; Mississippi, j. NJ. Stone: =
Neveda, l.. IL. Bradley; Ohio, L. M.
Young;;* Tennessee, H. ID. Porter; Texas,
Richard Coke;'* Vermont, Horace Fair
banks; Virginia, D. Ia. Kenper; Wis
consin, H. Ludington. The Democrats
are printed in italics, making seven Re-
publicans and five Democrats. Those
marked with an asterisk have been elected
to other positions, or fill vacancies caused
by such changes. Gov. Stone occupies
the chair made vacant by the resignation
of Gov. Ames, and Gov. Young that va
Gated by the President. Senator Kirk.
wood left the executive,office of Iowa last
March, on being sworn into the United
States Senate SO also with the Gov.
ernor of Texas, who is now in the Senate
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20

pickle it, in brine, tops and roots, and
consume the result in vast quantities (;
they dry the tops and roots and feed
upon them, and, worst of all, they hang
them on poles in the fields to freeze and
thaw all winter, and then consider the
shriveled remains worth eating.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20
sfoSig said he was not going sh.l Die
had fnlpsacted his, business. S6sers

instantly seized him and threw him
against the wall of the room and kicked
him as he fell. The boy instantly drew
a small revolver and fired. The first
shot struck Stivers over the left ear and
passed through the head, coming out on
the other side. A second shot entered
the chest and struck the lower part of
the heart. AS Stivers turned to fall
Moody fired third shot, which entered
the back and lodged in the very center
of the heart. Any one of the shots would
have produced death. Moody had his
examining trial and was acquitted
Lexington (ky.) Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20

The suits of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines
to obtain possession of her property in
New Orleans fill almost the entire cal
endar of the United States Circuit Court
in that city.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20

hlSSlNG AWAY A TEAR.
Not what the chemists say they b.,
Are pearls-they never grew;
They come not from the hollow sea,
They come from heaven in dew
Down in the Indian sea IL slips,
Through green and briny whirls,
Where great shells catch II in their lips,
And kiss IL into pearls
IL dew can be so beauteous made.
oh, why not tears. my girl?
Why not your tears? Be not afraid
do but kiss pearl
--R. II. Stod,iard.
A cLoUD-BuRsT may be a serious thing
in the Cheyenne region, where the
streams run down from the mountains
Recently there was sudden and I'M
commonly heavy fall of rain there. AL
most without any warning wave seven
feet high rolled down the Chugwater. A
detachment of the Third Cavalry en-
camped near the bank was overwhelmed
by the food. The dry bed of the creek.
on which no water had flowed for six
years, suddenly became river fifteen
feet deep.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-08-02
Ghe Republitart.
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-08-02
The First Client.

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Court
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-08-02

The Boone county School Super In
tendent announces that an attendance
at the Institute shall not be allowed
to influence the per cent. on granting
certificates to teachers. This Is cor
rect. There can be no just reason why
anything other than good qualifica-
tions should influence the grade Of a
teacher. One OF the greatest frauds
ever perpetrated on the people OF
Indiana was the proposition to allow
a per cent. on a teachers grade In
consideration that his being q sub
scriber to the School Journal. 1t
was bid for subscribers to that Pc
riodical, which is unquestionably q
very good publication, but 1t was an
offer to allow teachers to buy a part
OF their grade.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-08-02
National Power Can Protect.

Doubtless every reader OF the
newspapers for the past three or
four days has observed in the dis
patches frequent mention OF the cars
with which the mobs have avoided
interference with the mails. Trains
bearing officers commissioned by the
United States to care for the business
of the post Office have been permit
ted to come and go freely, while all
others were blocksded. The fact
proves that among the mobs en-
gagged in obstructing travel and
traffic there Is a wholesome respect
for the authority OF the nation. The
men who burned trains OF merchan-
disc at Pittsburg, and attempted to
murder whole battalions OF state
militia, scrupulously respected the
seal OF the United States upon mail
cars. These facts demonstrate sew
eral things OF considerable general
interest. They prove. In the first
place, that the American citizen who
happens to be In striking mood is
not inclined, generally, to strike a,