The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-01-19
almost constantly. He is the author or
adapter of most of the songs used in
the Moody and Sankey meetings.
People and Things.
drinks schnanrs.

nauQ.
WOMAN is fast being made eligible to
all the ofnces without salaries.
PARTISAN Judges are not permitted TO
wear the unprofessional mustache.
The Grand Duchess of SAKE Weimar
has the richest collection of rubies in the
world.
A SAN FRANCISCO woman won a wager
by eating thirty quails in as many con.
secutive days.
The Sheriff of Tunica county, Ark, js
accused not only of stealing public mon
ey, but of murder.
OVER seventy members of the Yer
mont Legislature attend prayer meet
ing every morning.
QUEEN VICTORIA rejoices in the birth
of her twenty-fifth grandchild. Sixteen
of the twenty-five are girls.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH s grand-niece, Jane
Goldsmith, has just died at the Home
for the Aged, in Halifax, N. s.
A 60-YEAR-oLD woman in Leesburg.
o., dressed herself in a mans clothes.
and committed daring burglary.
FATHER BoIL1e, the new custodian of
the Vatican Basilica at Rome, is said to
be the master of fifty-two languages.
PROF. HUXLEY, in lecture at the Lon
don Institute, has declared his opinion
that the horse is only bear developed.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale con-
ducts weekly history class in his
church, after the manner of Bible
class.
The Dramatic Nea0s says that for
NAL separation has been arranged be-
tween Kate Claxton, the actress, and her
| husband.
HERMAN MICHAELs sueg his sweet
heart In st. Louis for breach Of promise,
and for the return of jewelry that he
has given to her.
The City Government of Boston re-
fuses to license any more boxers and
wrestlers, and those active scientists
will have to strike out for the tolerant
| West.
Ex-TREAsURER SPINNER has written
his name in the sands of time, and when
the next generation comes along and
sees it. what puzzled look there
| will be.
HE Cherokee nation in Arkansas has
gained its suit to compel the Little Rock
| and Fort Smith railroad to take up it's
rails and cease running within its bound
aries.
SIR MICHAEL COSTA, after his two ora
torios, &" Eli % and Naaman," has pre-
served a long silence in composition !;
butt is stated that he is now engaged
on a third work depicting the career of
Joseph, the son of Jacob.
HENRY BERGH has secured the con-
viction of S72 inhumans, relieved and
provided medical attention for 1902
horses and mules, and put 2, 264 animals
out of misery, all in New York city, dur
ing the year just past.
A CINCINNATI woman saw boy slide
into sewer opening. She did not faint,
or scream but she hastily took IF her
shawl, lowered it so that the lad could
catch hold of one erd, and in that way
kept him afoat until assistance came.
NINE. Aida MARcHAUD> formerly a
dancer at the Grand Opera, Paris, died
in that city lately at the age of 108. She
made her first appearance in 1775, ut
the age of 8. She has left memories
which are soon to be published by her
executor.
BERTHA Voy HILLERN, the pedestrienne,
has in Boston awakened interest remark
ably. The Governor, the Mayor, several
clergymen, and a large number OF women
go to see her in Music Hall. She has
learned Weston's play of getting men Of
public standing to countenance her un-
dertaking.
FROST WORK.
The frosts have come with noiseless tread
| The vanguard of the snow;
The sumac the robe of red,
| And all the forest leaves though dead,
| In gold and crimson glow.
| The exied summer birds have flown,
And o'ei each empty nest
The breathing wlpos make ceaseless moan
half unuttered monotone,
sigh Of vague unrest.
REMAINS of an ancient Indian village
have been discovered at Faragonah.
Utah. The houses, now covered with
sage brush were arranged in uniform
rows and were about eight by nine
feet in size. They were all two.
story built Of adobe, supported by
pillars of sandstone rock. Rude ap-
pliances for grinding corn were also
found.
THE Duke Of Westminster has set a
very good example to the other propri-
etors of London squares. He has of
fered to the Metropolitan Board of
Works the freehold of Ebury Square
Gardens, in order that this space may
be thrown open to the public. The
Duke offers to give up absolutely to the
public the fee simple, unhampered by
any condition.
MIR. PARNELL, member of the In
ternational Gun and Polo Club, has
performed at Brighton, England, the
extraordinary feat of shooting hundred
penny pieces successfully in fifty min
utes, thereby winning heavy wager
.f30O to Els. The arrangements were
that the "thrower up" should stand
eight yards from the shooter, and that
he should not throw coin mere than
three feet above his head.
Won MolrKE expressed himself at a
recent military gathering to the stfect
that Russia, in making war against Tar
J kew, was embarkipg in great and diff