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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

OLIVE, leader of the Nebraska gang
which burned Mitchell and Ketchum
at the stake on the pretext that they
were cattle thieves, is said to be the
wealthiest man ever arrested in the
United States for deliberate murder.
He owns over 10000 head of cattle and
vast tracts of land, and evidently con-
sidered himself above the reach of the
law. Olive aimed to revenge the killing
of his brother by Mitchell and Ketch-
UNI, who acted in self-defense. They
were arrested in an adjoining county.
and Olive gave tRe Sheriff $1,000 to
bring them where they would be in his
power. While en- route he captured the
prisoners, and, tying them to stakes,
smeared them with kerosene and then
lighted it. Next day their charred
bodies were found; and, subsequently,
Olive was arrested and placed in the
Kearney Junction Jail, from which he
has been removed to Lincoln to defeat
the intention of his friends to set him
at liberty.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

The Board of Indian Commissioners
are engaged in the preparation of their
annual report, and have compiled some
statistics, which, if true, are interesting.
The whole number of Indians in the
United States, except Alaska, is placed
at 250,S64, though it is obvious that the
enumeration of the savage tribes is
guess-work merely. The number of
Indians who wear citizens dress is given
as 127, 458. In 1868 the number of In
dams who occupied houses was 8,646.
In the decade this has been increased
to 23,060. The number of Indian schools
is 366, more than double the number of
ten years ago, and the pupils, increasing
in like proportion, number 1920. The
amount spent Oh education is given as
$353,125. The number of Indians who
can read is given as Al 300 The church
membership includes 10000. Pastoral
and agricultural products have greatly
increased within the decade. For in
stance, in 1868 the number of sheep
owned was 1858; in 1878, 594,574. The
statistics were drawn chiefly from the
Indian Territory, though they profess
to cover the entire Indian population
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.

MONDAY, Feb 10--1he Legislature reas-
sombled at $50 In the evening after recess Of
ten days. Gov. Croswell sent the following
message relative 10 the resignation of ex-Sena-
tor Chrstancy: Il transmit herewith for the
information OF the Legislature q copy Of
s@sssa bearing e. me- S Sss the ~ Hon fs.sc a
tiancy, resignine the Office of senator from the
State Of Michigan in the Congress of tho United
States, to take effect at IL o'clock noon of this
day, whereby said Office is now vacant, and has
been from said aforementioned period of tina"
The following isa copy Of Senator Christisucy's
letter Of resignation: sIAN,sJNo, Mich: Feb. 3
Governor OF the State of Michisan-yir: here
by resign my Office of Senator from
tho Staso Of Michigan in the Con-
grcss OF the United States, this resiQ-
nation 10 take effeot on the 10th day of Febru-
AIRY inst. at u O'clock noon Of said d.y. IsAAs
character was transacted. Numerous y .it ouu
were received, aud no ices OF introduction q
bills given. "A resolution instructing the oorp-
miltee investigating the asylum q. Kslam-soo
10 sit with open doors vas laid upon the taLsc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

this country who could shoot bird or
a rabbit with pistol, and any one who
should go out hunting with pistol
would be laughed at. This being the
case. Why should boy want pistol?
What human beings would he like to
kill?
1T is useless to say TINT he may need
his pistol for purposes Of defense.
Not one boy in 1000 is ever placed in
such position that he need defend
himself with pistol. But it often has
happened that boys who carried loaded
pistols thought that it would be manly
thing, under certain circumstances, to
use them, and yet, when the time came
and they killed somebody, they only
brought down misery on themselves
and their families. And this too, in
many case where, if no one present
had had pistol, the affair would have
passed off harmlessly, and been soon
forgotten.
"But the way in which boys generally
take human life with pistols is some
accidental way. They do not kill high
waymen and robbers, but they kill their
school-mates, or their, brothers, or their
sisters, or, in many cases, themselves.
There is no school where boys are
taught to properly handle and carry
loaded pistols, so they usually have to
learn these things by long practice.
And, while they are learning, it is very
likely that some one will be shot. l
saw in a newspaper, not long ago,
accounts of three fatal accidents, all OF
which happened on the same day, from
careless use of firearms. And one of
these dreadful mishaps was occasioned
by lad who carried loaded pistol in
his overcoat pocket, and who carelessly
threw down the coat.
"And then, again, boy ought to be
ashamed to carry pistol, especially
loaded one. The possession of such
thing is proof that he expects to go
among vicious people. If he goes into
good society, and has honest, manly
fellows for his companions, he will not
need pistol. A loaded pistol i'll a
boys pocket is not only useless and
dangerous, but, also, it almost always
stamps him as bad boy, or one who
wishes to associate with bad boys and
vicious men" "Jack-ir,-the- Pulpit"
i1l 81. Nicholas.
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he was. the newspaper having published
the document. "Then," Brother Mar
shall continued, 81 decline to vote on
the question, and object to O Sunday
paper being used in any manner in this
meeting" The Rev. Mr.. Snyder re-
marked, st read Sunday papers, and, If
/ am not very much mistaken, l have
seen in them advertisements of Brother
Marshall's services" Brother Marshall
did not further press his objection.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
Tue Louisiana House votes to abol-

Tue Louisiana House votes to abol-
ish the Mofiitt bell-punch, but adopts
a general revenue bill in its stead. That
prohibits the transaction of any bust
ness without the payment of n license,
and then lays taxes in wholesale fashion.
Beer saloons must pay the fancy price
of $500; insurance agents $1,000;
theaters, shows, junk-shops, telegraph
and express companies $500; bankers
and private clubs $3.50, and so on down
to druggists, doctors and lawyers, who
must pay $50 each.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
The New Premier.

William Henry Waddington, who has
accepted the responsibility of organic
ing the first Parliamentary Cabinet I'M
der President Grevy, is assuredly one
Of the most remarkable men not only of
France but of the world. Scarcely less
distinguished as a classical archeologist
than as q statesman, and possessing a
thorough practical knowledge of the
Turkish empire and other regions of
the Levant, his accession to the chief
post of responsibility in the French Gov
eminent is sure omen of an enlight-
ened and vigorous foreign policy, which
will restore France to the position she
lost by the disastrous schemes of the
imperial regime.
Nj. Waddington has the advantage
of being almost equally an Englishman
and Frenchman. He was entitled to
choose either nationality, but the course
of events has brilliantly justified that
instinct which led him to designate
himself from the land of his birth rather
than from that of his education and an
cestry. He was the son of a wealthy
English cotton-spinner, was educated Mt
Cambridge, settled in France, and has
been prominently identified with the
affairs of tne republic for the past ten
wars
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
In British Columbia they have h

In British Columbia they have hit
upon q novel way to make Chinese inn
migration difficult. They propose to de-
clare all Chinese ports infected, and sub
ject vessels coming from them to such a
rigorous quarantine and long delay as
will drive them to other lands easier of
access. The expedient is probably
adopted to prevent interference by the
higher provincial authorities, by whom
discrimination in taxation and other
measures of that description would be
pronounced illegal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
Laughing While Dying.

Ir. Edwards was summoned TO see
Mrs. Swearengin, who lives about six
miles above Tazewell. She was not
thought to be dangerously sick by her
self or her family. DIR. Edwards found
her sitting up in bed, talking and laugh
ing with her family and some friends
who we're visiting her, and she appeared
to be unusually lively for sick person.
Soon as he warmed sufficiently he APP
preached the bedside of his patient, and,
TO his great surprise, he discovered that
Mrs. Swearengin, though sitting up,
laughing and talking was actually dying.
He gently informed her husband, who
could not realize the fact. He thought
the doctor was mistaken. DR.. Edwards
prescribed for the jovial woman, and
left her without letting her know OF her
rapid dissolution On his way home he
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

THEY manage these things better in
Russia. A gentleman named Juchan-
beef, the former Treasurer of the Mu-
.ual Credit Foncier Company, who en-
bezzled $l,000,000, has been sentenced
10 sixteen years penal servitude in ST
IBERIA. Such sentence is as good as a
death sentence, for the victim is put to
work in the Siberian mines under con-
vict overseers, and no man not Injured to
the most cruel hardships can survive
sixteen years of the treatment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
JOHN Fl. BLANEY, of Boston

JOHN II. BLANEY, of Boston, got
drunk on an average of four times a
year. kept so in each instance about a
week and then went into an inebriate
asylum to get sober. All the rest of the
time he was q total-abstinence man.
His wife sued for divorce on the
ground of @gross and habitual intoxica-
tion." He contested the case deter
minedly, claiming that his intemper-
ance was not habitual' within the
meaning Of the law, since he was per-
fectly sober nine-tenths of the time, but
the Supreme Court has decided against
t,.c,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

Or all Yankee whittlers, the boss is
George w. Knox of Cleveland, Ohio, who
has exhibited specimens of his skill at
the Vienna and Paris Expositions. He
has worn out 800 knives and spent three
years cutting miniature Bunker Hill
monument out of pine plank. Over
the monument is an arch support
ing five gothic steeples, from which
hang five long chains covered with
swiyels and models of mechanics
tools
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
The CITY of Mexico is a law pla

The City of Mexico is lazy place,
according to Chicago Times CORE
spondent, who accompanied the visiting
committee from the United States.
-The hotels are languid," he says, so
are the restaurants, the theaters, the
public offices and the barber-shops The
business houses have an air of perpetual
waiting upon Providence. The clerks
act like weary anglers looking patiently
for rise A generation of American
enterprise might revolutionize all this
and rouse the metropolis from her
trance"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
"a RUSSIAN Nihilist," in the Februa,

"a RUSSIAN Nihilist," in the February
North american, presents graphic
picture of his country as "The Empire of
the Disconnected" With a Gar unequal
to any greatness, either good or evil,
surrounded by rascally officials and a
rotten aristocracy, and yet with the
spirit of liberty permeating all classes
of the people to a degree but partly re-
vealed in the frequent disturbances, this
writer finds hope for Russia. He pre-
diets that "Cgardom will soon sink be-
meath the weight of its decrepitude,
and "the true national life of Russia
will begin"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
Petroleum.

The past year has been O poor one for
the oil men, for petroleum was 90 bar.
rel year ago and has gradually de-
clined to about half that now, while the
stock on hand of 100000 barrels. with
which 1878 began, has been increased
one-half. The oil region produced
about 15,18S,015 barrels during the
year, of which about two-thirds were
shipped abroad, a considerable falling
from the exports in 1877. The old fields
in Butler and Clarion counties, Pa, are
now playing out, and the new district
about Bradford, further north, is gain
ing at their expense.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

met DR.. Hall, whom he asked TO cali
and see his patient, and aid her restors-
ton il possible. He, too, decided that
she was dying. He left medicine, and
directions to apply blister at certain
time, but before the time arrived she
was dead.--Bue,td Vista { Ga Argsls.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

President Grevy in his inaugural
message to the Chambers says: @The
National Assembly in raising me to the
Presidency of the Republic has imposed
great duties upon me. shall apply
myself unremittingly to their accom-
plishinent and shall be happy if, with
the cooperation of the Senate and
Chamber of Deputies, do not remain
below the level of what France has
right to expect from my efforts and my
devotion. Sincerely submitting to the
great law OF parliamentary government,
/ shall never enter into conflict with
the national will, conveyed through its
constitutional organs. In the bills
which it will submit to the vote of the
Chambers and in the questions raised
by parliamentary initiative the Govern
ment will be guided b. ;he real wants
and unmistak able wishes of the country.
Inspired by spirit of progress and
appeasement it will devote particular
attention to the maintenance of tran
guilty, security and confidence. which
are the benefits France most ardently
desires and most imperatively needs.
In the application of the laws which
give to our general policy its character
and ain. the Government will be in
flDenccd by the spirit wherein those
laws were dictated. 1t will be lib
eral and just toward all-the protector
of all legitimate interests and the de-
fender of all interests of the state. In
its solicitude for those great institutions
which are the columns of the social edi-
fee, the Government will bestow large
share OF attention upon our army, whose
honor and interests will be constant OBJ
jects of its most cherished preoccupa-
ton. Now that the two great powers
of the state are animated by one spirit
which is the same that actuates France,
the Government, while taking account
of rights acquired and services rem
dered, will take care that the republic ia
served by functionaries who are neitho
its enemies nor its detractors. 1t wiz
continue TO maintain and develop the
good relations which exist between
France and foreign powers, and thereby
contribute to the consolidation of gen.
eral peace. 1t is by means OF this lib
eral and truly conservative policy that
the great powers of the republic, ever
united and animated by one and the
same spirit, and proceeding always with
wisdom, will cause its natural fruits to
be borne by the Government which
France, taught by misfortune, has con-
ferred upon herself as the only one tina,
could secure her repose and usefully
labor for the development of her pros
perity, strength and greatness
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
FRANCE.


Francois Paul Jules Grevy was born
Aug. 10, 1918. He became an advocate
at Paris, and acquired influence as an
opponent both of Socialism and Bona
partisan, and after the February revolu-
ton was member and Vice President
Of the Constituent and Legislative As
sembies from 1S48 till Dec. 2, 1851. In
184S he proposed that the Executive
should be chosen by the National As
sembly and hold Office at its pleasure
with the title of President of the Coun-
Gil of Ministers. In 1868 he was named
bdftonier of the Order of Advocates.
He was elected to the Corps Legislatif
in 1868 and 1859, and in 1871 to the Ma
tional Assembly by three departments,
taking his seat for that of Jura, his old
constituency. He was President of the
Assembly from March, 1871, TO April,
1878; but declined the invitation OF
President Theirs to serve longer in that
capacity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
Garnbefta,a speech.

In his inaugural address to the Cham
Der of Deputies, Gambetta eulogized
the great citizen whom he had succeeded
in the Presidential chair, and whose
footsteps he was to follow. He promised
impartiality in the discharge of his du-
ties, jealous regard for the freedom Of
debate; that he would protect the mi
nority, and exact respect for the consti-
tuition. He said the republic has issued
victorious from party conflicts and must
now enter on an organic and creative
period. The Chamber must devote it.
self to scholastic, military, financial and
commercial reforms.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
Ghe Trne @ortlleruer.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IA. 1879.

FoR the relief of the bereaved or
phans of the victims of yellow fever mt
che South, il is proposed to establish a
permanent central orphans home. The
National Relief Committee and South
ern congressman are urging the meas
ure, and endeavoring to secure charter
from Congress-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

A MEETING of the st. Louis clergy
was held to discuss proposed changes
in the marriage law. The Chairman
read memorial that had beep prepared
by committee for presentation to the
Legislature. Are you reading from a
Sunday newspaper?' the Rev. Mr..
Marshall asked. The Chairman said that
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

at never could understand the
deacon said, why boy should carry a
pistol. A pistol is very peculiar fire.
arm it is made for a peculiar purpose.
1t is quite natural for boys to want rifles
or shot-guns, with which they may kill
game; but pistol is intended to kill
human beings, and this is about all it is
good for. There are very few boys in
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
what . NIght nrpught.


Ugly and gray
The sky all day,
Drowned on the children's outdoor play.
Down cropped the dead leaves from tbs boushs
Til the little marten summer house
Stared from the bare boughs where IL safe
Empty OF nesuings, dssolate.
Now and again,
At the window pane,
Sad eyes watched for the tsrdy rain,
Though not drop fell from the sky.
Yet dismal winds went moaning by;
And, like leaves blown out of the shivering trees
Fluttered flock Of chickadees.
Only at night
When blankets white
Folded the children warm and tight
Could they quite forget their hindered play,
Their baffied longing, the sullen day;
Or could let their Maynard fancies fly
To the drowsy land of lullaby.
But sweet and deep,
At last, will sleep
Over q childish trouble swept
And, while the dark night down on all
Hung in its blackness like a PAIL
Silently sitting. thick aud slow,
Flake upon white fake fell the snow.
All, what surprise,
When the Wasting eyes
Shall spy what world of wonder lies
Where yesterday they saw but gloomi
Boughs are touched with silver bloom,
Every shrub wears an ermine wrap,
And every post has feathery cap.
Nothing but white
Through the livelong night
Fell, and fell from that murky height.
1t has muiiied the tread of busy feet
With moonshine carpet along the street.
And has woven OF frosty lint and shreds
A downy quilt for the flower beds. i4+
Only band
From fairy-land
Gould make garden 30 white and grand.
Fairies ID must be; see. for proof,
The marteu- house has a marble roof;
And the empty robins nest is full
Not of Cue young birds, but of WOOL
Forgot is the gray
Dull yesterday.
Up, and out of doors, and away.
Little Ones needless of slips and falls
Gather the snow in crusty balls.
They pelt each other, they run, they shout,
Till they tire even the echoes out.
- fOukh's Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

The June meeting OF the Chicago
Jockey Club will be one of the biggest
racing events probably ever witnessed
IN this country. No less than $40
horses are enlisted for the contest-the
largest list of entries that have ever
been made for q turf meeting OF any
sort in the world. There will be both
running and trotting races.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

FIFTY thousand tea plants have been
distributed in the Middle and Southern
States, and in from three to four years
they will have attained size to permit
a full picking. Experiments have been
made with leaves raised in the grounds
of the Agricultural Department and in
the Carolinas and Georgia, which were
prepared after the Japanese method,
with perfect success. Some of the
samples were declared to be, by dealers
and experts, excellent "Oolong," and
the tea made from it cas- good as could
be bought anywhere" The Commits
sioner of Agriculture risks the state
ment that when the time comes our peo-
pie will invent mechanical contrivanees
by which the preparation of the leaves
will be conducted better and cheaper
than now done by the cheap labor of
Asia. In any case, every family in the
Southern and Middle States may grow
their own tea, and that of better
quality than that they purchase in the
general market.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

Interest Laws in the United States.
The following table gives the laws of
each State and Territory regarding
rates of interest and penalties for us
ury:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

One hundred dollars borrowed at 6
per cent, with the interest compounded
annually, will amount to 1912 in fifty
years, while the same 800 borrowed at
8 per cent. will amount to $4,690 in fifty
years. One thousand dollars at 10 per
cent, compounded, will run up to
SLY 800 in fifty years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14

Sixty head of Kentucky cattle were
recently shipped from New Orleans TO
Liverpool. This is the first shipment
from that port.
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Now and again.

Sad eyes watched for the tsrdy rain,
Though not drop fell from the sky.
Yet dismal winds went moaning by;
And. like leaves blown out of the shivering tree
F1uttered flock Of chickadees.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1879-05-21
AViso importante.
RnPress de Vspores cor'eos de Is AntiIas
DE RAMON HERRERA, HABANA.

Deseosa esta empresa de contrbuir al ma
yor movimiento mercanti de esta Isla, por
consgulente su mejor bienestar econ6mico,
ha dispuesto que sus conocidos acredltados
yapores q ''Marsea, "Alicante, " "Nuevo
Moctezuma" y 'Manuela," recalen la venida
ida la Habana, ademas de los pHertos de
Aguadilla Mayaguez en- Ponce, proporcio-
nando los sehores pasajeros que quieran
aprovechar esta oportunidad, sobre el buen
trato de sus conocidos capitanes Villaamil,
Ventura, Bidaguren, etc., las ventajas de los
precios tan moderados como los de cualquiera
etra empresa.
Asi mismo ma dispuesto que cuando hagan
viaje los em7leados civiles y miltares con sus
famiias dentro de los puertos de esta lsla, Sc
les rebaje la tercera parte del valor de los pa
safes, segun tarfa 81 ell ndmero de pasaje-
ros fuese mucho Il ocurriese embarque de tro-
pa, en- estos vapores espaholes, Sc haran con.
tratos especiales procurande la mayor economic
Ademas en- las respectivas Agencias, Sc
expediran billetes de pasaje de ida vueta con
rebaja de 30 p. q sobre los tipos de tarifa, sen-
do validos hasta tres meses despues de expe-
didos, y servibles para cualquiera de los vapo.
es de la Empresa
Puerto-Rico, Mayo de 1879,--Los Agen-
tes, Iriarte, heTmano de Cardce7aG & Co--Ma-
rina. hta. IA JUL