The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-10-25
PEOPLE AND THINGS.


A MAN of 92 years has just married
woman of "a at Gainesville, Ora.
THE French prefer giving private
aims to making public subscriptions.
THE value of CALIFORNIA; quicksilver
yield for 1878 is estimated at 81, 5000
THE entire annual product of steel
rails in this country is estimated at 500,-
600 tons.
AN Illinois farmer has sent anYapple
III inches in circumference to the
President
The Pennsylvania oil production has
averaged 100000 barrels per month SO
far this year.
MORE than half of the total popula-
ton of France depends on agriculture
as means of living.
The British Consul in Pekin puts the
deaths from famine in China at 7OOO.-
600. The province of Shansi alone lost
100000
The measures adopted in Prussia for
the determination of the Colorado
beetle are said to have been entirely
successful.
OVER 1000 farmers in Maine have
taken hold of the beet-sugar enterprise,
and are raising this root for the factory
in that State.
A TEXAS paper advertises a pillow
which has furnace for the heating of
the iron. 1t is claimed that it will plow
the stickiest land.
THERE has been no increase in the
acreage or production of corn in Great
Britain during the past ten years, and
little in that of meat.
OF the 1864 600, 900 of capital invested
in British railways, s44 100000 paid no
dividends at all last year, and less than
$10,000,000 paid over 8 per cent.
THE Scientific american pronounces
as groundless the notion that has gained
some currency that the use of the
tomato tends to produce cancer.
A LONDON publisher spent $12,50O in
advertising new magazine before the
first number was printed, of which 10O,-
600 copies were consequently Sold
NoBELNG's remains were inferred
in cemetery-the name of which is
kept secret-in presence of few rela-
tives and great many police at a. m.
In Ireland this year there were 5,203,-
705 acres cultivated, decrease of g.
1876 acres as compared with 1877. The
chief decrease was in oats, potatoes and
flax.
A COMPANY has obtained concession
from the Sultan for laying down rail-
way between Jaffa and Jerusalem, and
it is expected that the road will soon be
built.
A SACRAMENTO thief, who stole a
valise, found to his disgust that it con-
tanned the bones of a Chinaman, and
belonged to the baggage of bereaved
relative about returning to his native
heath
The Cinnamon of San Francisco are
again endeavoring to stop the cutting
off of queues in the prisons of that city.
A test case is being made of Chinese
prisoners suit against the Sheriff for
$4,000 damages.
The latest idea in England is glass
furniture. Glass can be worked into
most extraordinary and lovely forms,
and we receive the almost incredible as
surance that it is more durable than
wood and is exceedingly cheap.
AT the birth of a child in Cyprus
vessel of wine is buried, to be served up
afterward at its marriage. A certain SUI
perstition attaches to this wine, for,
whatever may be the fate of the child,
it is never employed in commerce.
THE Japanese Government has awak-
ened to the necessity of preserving its
! forests, and stringent regulations have
been passed which shall not only hinder
the too rapid destruction of the forests,
but increase the area covered by wood
lands.
THE most important piece of Roman
sculpture ever found in London was
lately excavated. 1t is believed to have
formed part of mausoleum. London
was large city, with mint and other
metropolitan institutions, even in Ro-
man days.
MANY of the reserve men of the
British army who abandoned their occu-
pations and focked to their standards
at the nations call, are now almost
starving, being unable to find work as
easily as they left it, and the Govern
ment seems powerless to help them.
THE regal splendor in which Queen
Victoria travels is evidenced by the
richness of her railway carriage. It's
windows are shaded with green silk cur
tains, trimmed with costly white lace;
its ottomans are covered with cream
colored silk, embroidered with the
royal arms and monogram, in purple
and gold, and carpet costing over $500
covers the floor The entire worth of
the vehicle is $4,000.
THE English propose to have a great
agricultural fair in 1879, at an expense
of $250,000. 1t is said that agriculture
is declining in Great Britain. The num-
Der of cattle, the wheat acreage and
other crops are decreasing, and very
nearly one-half of the population of the
United Kingdom is now dependent for
sustenance on imported food. The peo-
pie hope that an exhibition, as proposed.
will help to revive dropping business.