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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
A Drunkard,s Body After Death.

A post-mOrtem examination of nearly
seventy persons who had died from the
excessive use of ardent spirits showed
the following facts:
/. Congestion of the scalp and of the
membranes of the brain, with much
Serious (watery) effusion; the substance
of the brain white and firm, as if it had
lain in alcohol for one or two hours.
2. The lungs not always, but frequent
ly, congested or inaamed.
3. The heart fabby, enlarged, dilated
and loaded with fat on the outside,
the blood in it of cherry-red color, and
with no tendency to coagulate,
4. The stomach perfectly white, and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
Little Matte.
STORY FOR THE CHILDREN.


Years ago, when was little girl, lived
upon the banks of that most beautiful Of rivers
the St Lawrence. l had kind father and
mother, plenty Of clothes to keep me warm.
end good wholesome fooc to eat. But there
was a little girl, who attended the same school
did, whom fate had not 30 well favored. In
deed, il seems to me now that all the blessings
OF life were denied her. Her clothes we're
coarse and ragged, and, like all wicked boys
aud girls the scholars used to make fun of her.
and tease her about her ragged clothes, as If
the poor girl were to blame. And, foolish.
weak-minded girl that I was, would often
| Join them in their cruel sport Tie story of
my conduct reached my mothers ears She
was grieved aud mortified over my folly, and,
after kindly talking to me and telling me how
wrong it was to treat q school mate In 80
shameful a manner she told me the following
story A true story il Is, too. And, hoping il
may be read by some thoughtless boy or girl,
who has the habit of ridiculng the misfortunes
of others, will write it:
when I was q little girl, }" said my mother,
there came to the same school which at
tended a little girl by the name of Matte Jones.
She was a sweet, patient little girl whom we
should have loved and befriended, instead OF
tornenting, as we did Little Mattie's parents
we're very poo, and, to add shame to poverty
her father was drunkard. The boys and
girls would twit her of being drunkard's
child, and laugh at her patched dress and worn
shoes, until she would creep of into corner
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
JananeSe Fish.

The Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington has just received collection of
134 species of Japanese fish, being very
nearly complete collection of all the
known species in that empire. The
specimens are beautifully arranged, and
are correctly labeled both in Latin and
English. They come under the exchange
system so widely practiced among the
scientific societies of the world. Not
long ago the Smithsonian Institution
sent to the Toxic Museum collection
of North American birds. equaled by
only three similar collections in this
country, and to the museum of the edu-
cational department collection, also
very complete, of South American
birds
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
Just Before Dawn.

"Ahl Heaven does indeed temper the
wind to the shorn lamb" pathetically
said old Mrs. Diffendorfer the other
evening at tea fight, after putting
away her twenty-eighth cup of Young
Hyson. why, what do you mean?
"You know that young widow, Mrs.
Bitten, who lives across the street from
us? Well, she has had nothing but sor-
low, trouble and distress for the past
five years. First her father was killed
by burglar; then her mother married
a nigger-minstrel; after that she had
the yellow fever and smallpox together
and next her husband failed, and she
had to take in washing. 1t was per-
fectly dreadful. The poor woman
nearly went crazy. She was just be-
ginning to bear up little again, when
her brother was sent up to the peni-
Tertiary for life; and, finally, last
month her husband died in fit, and
the very next day her baby choked to
death on gum-drop." Gracious! the
poor thingl" Wasn't it just terrible
Everybody believed she'd commit sui.
eide then; and she would have done so
too. but last week somebody providen
italy coaxed her to go to church-raffle
and what do you all suppose hap
pened?" "What, for heavens sake
what?' "Why, she won seal-skir
sacque!" "You don't mean it?" "Sht
did, though-perfectly splendid-camt
within an inch of the floor. The dark
est hour is just before dawn-after all
Now, isn't it?"--Sdn Francisco Post
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18

FREDERICK ECKERT, a Baltimore
county (Md.) farmer, of unsound mind,
removed from the grave the remains of
his wife, who had been dead for two
years, and secreted them in his cellar.
He then invited his neighbors to be
wonderful process of restoring his dead
spouse to life. The attendance was
meager, considering the novelty of the
entertainment, the crowd consisting of
three officers, who captured the would
be resurrectionist. The coffin was
found standing in the parlor with the
lid off and the silver plate removed.
Eckert has been sent to a lunatic asy-
1,,na
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
BRIDGET O'REnLY, of Port Even, n

BRIDGET O'REILLY, of Port Even, n.
Y, got mad at her mother, and, on ac-
count of the absence of more con-
venient weapon to hurl at her parents
head, Bridget used her infant child.
The old lady lodged, and the child in
ats flight overturned a pot of boiling
water, and died day later in terrible
agony from the effects of scalds and
hruises
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
The Squirrel Pest OF California.

When the first settlers on the rich
farming lands along our rivers and
creeks and sloughs began to cultivate
the soil they found but few squirrels
and gophers. AS the land became COW
cred with wheat, vegetables, fruit-trees,
the advantages of living on well-tilled
farms became evident to the whole
troop of squirrels, who had before been
scattered on hillsides, and supported
by acorns, grass seeds, and similar I'M
civilized articles of diet. SO, with an
almost prsiseworthy adaptability, these
squirrels moved their abodes, and be-
gan to infest the fence-corners, the bits
of woodland, rocky spurs, and the
shaggy ravines near the houses of the
farmers, and they have ever since been
of the nature of parasites, or, if one
would be exact in language, of public
marauders. The California ground
squirrel, be it understood, is born
forager, a clansman, border reiver,
full of the terse wit of action, and the
sublime audacity of savage. He is an
amusing rascal, who rears a dome-like
mound where he chooses, even though
III Dt III tnC NCly ICCbh VI OdhSSi, ohSa
sits there for innumerable hours of sun
light, seemingly an innocent and un-
suspicious old gray-headed gentleman
of leisure, who is taking his daily dose
of atmosphere. Most farmers, however,
understand that when a squirrel sits up
unusually straight, and looks as mild as
the heart of May, it is prima-facie evi-
dence that he is plotting mischief and
planning further raids upon property.
Here is a pest which, if the truth
were known, would be found to destroy,
year after year, grain enough to make
in the aggregate an enormous tax upon
all concerned. This is an evil which
must be fought with steady, bitter pur-
pose, and by united action. There are
enough effective modes of poisoning
known. The point is to keep them in
constant operation, and, when one
method becomes little too familiar
try another. Wheat poisoned with
strychnine may, for instance, be used
during spring; in the hot summer
months use watermelon rim DIS; and use
when these fail, wheat prepared in
some other way, either wheat with
phosphorus or otherwise.-San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18

WITH reference to the scandal which
it has been attempted to fasten on the
name of Prentice, the well-known Louis
vile editor, his latest successor in the
journal founded by him, Mr.. Waiter
son, says: "The bones of poor old
Prentice should have been allowed to
rest undisturbed. If ever the maxim
de mortuis had relevancy, it should
be extended to him who in life, not
withstanding the quantity of attic salt
he scattered right and left, was singu.
larly void of malice and of guile. AS O
matter of fact, he did his country q deal
of honest service, he irradiated the era
in which he lived, he distributed plen.
teously whatever came to him, and, di
viding fair with his colleagues in every
instance, he beggared himself as far a.
he was able, and denied himself mos
piteously to give his all to his last sur
viving child. His life is not to be Sc
up as an example, but his memory de
serves something other than reproaches.
This is kindly not only, but discrimin
ating.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
cause It's Sunday.

A lady was entertaining the Bishop Of
the State at her house, as he was an old
and valued friend of the family, and was
always their guest on the occasions of
his visitations to the parish.
On Sunday morning after his arrival
the lady's little son sidled up to him Just
after breakfast.
Bishop" said he, would you Like to
look at my piggie book?"
why, yes" replied the church dig
nitary, anxious to please the little fellow.
well, whispered the child, I'll show
it to you, but you'll have to look at it on
the sly, cause it's Sunday"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
GEN FREMONT. Governor of Arizon.

GEN. FREMONT, Governor of Arizona
Territory, now in New York city, has
submitted to the Government plan
for bringing the waters of the Gulf of
California back to their old basin in
Southern California, which, he says,
would create an inland sea suitable for
navigation about 200 miles long, fifty
miles broad, and 800 feet deep, convert
ing what is now a desert region into a
highway of commerce. He thinks the
climate of Southern Arizona and South
ern California would be tempered and
improved by this change.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18

DIR. SHAW, the popular pastor Of the
largest Presbyterian church in Roches-
ter, and one of the largest in the coun-
try, says that women shall pray at his
prayer-meetings, and he would like to
see any one trying to stop them. And
the women of his church, doubling up
their little fists and shaking their pretty
heads, emphatically agree with him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18

THE largest infant at birth of which
there is any authenticated record was
horn in Ohio on the 10Th OF last Janu-
ary. The newborn boy was twenty
three and three-quarter pounds in
weight (the ordinary weight being
about six pounds), and thirty inches in
height (the ordinary height being about
twenty inches). The circumference OF
the head was nineteen inches, and the
foot was five and half inches in
length. Six years ago the same woman
became the mother of a child eighteen
pounds in weight and twenty-foui
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
DAVID SNoDGRAss, the only lawyer in

DAVID SNODGRAss, the only lawyer IN
Pennington, Va, became counsel for
some very detestable criminals. The
people of that village were indignant,
and secuted the idea that the worst of
culprits are entitled to legal defense.
Then he grew angry, and told his neigh
bors to attend to their own business
rather than to his. That night Mr..
Snodgrass was taken out of his house,
whipped, tarred, feathered and ridden
ON q rail.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
Che Trlle Northerner.
FRIDAY, APRIL Is, 1879.

DURING the existence of the Federal
Government there have been five Sec
retaries of State from New York. They
were Martin Van Buren,, William l..
Marcy, William H. Seward, Hamilton
Fish and William M. Evarts. 1t is
worthy of note that each one of the
first four was also Governor of the State
and United States Senator.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18

inches in height. The mother, Mrs. M.
V. Bates, of Nova Scotia, is seven feet
nine inches high, and the father, a
Kentuckian, is seven feet seven inches
high.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
The Deacon's Rebnke.

See h'yar," demanded Deacon Hast
ings, as he fished a tin suspender-but-
ton out of the contribution.box, who's
been dessycratin' de house oh de Lord
dis way2 Hit am my solem' conviction
dat de brudder who 'tempts to cheat de
Almighty out oh his fer'rage obber de
Jordan to de sweet green fields beyant,
III crawl in under de canvas arter he
gets dar, instead oh goin' past de ticket
wagon and obtaining his credenshuls
along wild de oder bredrin."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18

THE Brooklyn bridge, if what is
testified be true, is to be failure when
high wind prevails and crowds press
upon it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18

PANIER scarfs and draperies appear
on all Paris dresses brought over this
spring.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18

The chairmanships of the standing
committees of the House of Represent
atives at Washington are distributed
among the States as follows:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
For the Little Children.

*Composed by Margaret vandegrift; selected
Aunt Lucy
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16
FIRES,

RoBINsoN's wagon mandatory, Gin
cinnati, partially burned July 9TH.
THE paper mill al kaukauna, Wis,
was struck by lightning and damaged
to the extent of s. 900 July 9Th.
NEARLY a whole square in Houston,
Texas, was burned July 10th. Loss
$4,000.
THE butter tub factory Of the Nor
wood Lumber Co. Norwood, n. Y,
burned July 9TH. Loss $4,000, no in
surance.
WALL 4 Writers extensive livery and
Leadville stage-line stables at Denver,
Col, were burned last night, says dis
patch of July 9th.
A CLEVELAND dispatch of July
9th says at 1880 o'clock yesterday
evening, a fire broke out in the up
per story of Denham's paining mill,
Scranton avenue, and spread rapidly,
destroying the Variety iron works, the
Atlantic & Great Western freight depot,
the two story building occupied by
Rust, King 4 Clint, lumber dealers
and large quantity of rough and fin
ished lumber belonging to different
yards. A brisk wind was blowing, and
only by great exertions was the fire
gotten under control. AT one time it
bid fair to burn both sides of Scranton
avenue, from the swing bridge to the
Atlantic passenger depot.
A FIRE at Stanwood, Iowa, July 9th,
destroyed three buildings, used together
as a hotel, and owned by S. r. Hougn-
ton; also store-rooms owned by NJ. H.
Somes, S. G. wilkins, and c. ID. Hib-
bard, occupied respectively as saloons
by N. F. Easton, j. G. Allworth and F.
Key, were burned, Loss, $4,000; in
surance, $4,000 A small portion Of
the contents only was saved. The
cause Is believed to have been light
ming.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

Their direction and whereaho,,,
unknown. are
A Bolton, Texas, special Jnlv en-
says A most devlish and covordl,u'
sasslnatlon Is reported in this CONN.,.
H. T.. Stubbletield, one of the best "a
most substantial citizens, about s,nr;-o
went about 100 yards from his bo,,So
alter his horse, which was staked SO
the grass. He was fred upon bv AZ
assassin concealed In the bushes with
shotgun, and instantly killed. TN"
murderer wore number six boots ond
was tracked to where his horse MO-
hitchtd. was
A New YORK dispatch of Jnlv IN
says Cnastine Cox, the murderer of
Mrs. Hull. has apparently adonte6 ,ba
insanity dodge. Yesterday morning he
singed portion of his hair with mafcb.
es, and when questioned WHY he did 81
informed Warden Finn that he wanteG
TO relieve himself of the headache ~,
direction Of District Attorney Pbelns
Cox was this afternoon examined nv
DR.. VIM. l.. Hardy, the examiner in
lunacy, who pronounced him perfectly
sane. DR.. Hardy will examine Cox
every day until he is placed on trial.
A NEWARK, n. j., special of July 7tb
says a Mrs. Fuller, said to be the wife
OF the manager of A. T. Stewart & Co.'S
Chicago house, and daughter of Mr..
Beekman, II wel[known real estate
agent on Pine street, New York, was
chIoroformed and robbed in one of the
principal streets in Montclair, N. j., last
evening. She is a summer boarder al
the Hillside house, at the foot of Orange
mountain. The summer residents of
Montclair are much excited over the
robbery. Tonight meeting of citizens
gathered TO discuss the robbery.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

water, Szegedin cannot be rebuilt this
year. The inhabitants will live in wood
en- barracks during the winter.
AT a meeting of the Geographical
society IN Paris July Sth NJ De Lpsseps
said he estimated the cost of the Darien
canal at 250, 100000 francs, about $50
100000
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of July
9th says the GdtOs estimates the costs
to Russia for its war with Turkey at
fl5O, 100000, and the deaths in the
Russian army at 100000.
A LEADING Paris newspaper dated
July 9TH says in the Council of Minis
tiers, Lepere, Minister of the Interior,
estimated that, in consequence of the
bad crop, purchases of foreign grain
would amount to s20,O00,000.
A CALCUTTA cablegram Of July 10Th
says: The cholera, which first appeared
three weeks ago in British Burmah. is
spreading. Hitherto but very few Eu-
ropeans have been attacked, but the
most stringent sanitary regulations have
been enforced in all the garrisons,
which are larger now than they have
been at any time since the last Bur-
mese war. Further reinforcem ents
have been countermanded.
A LONDON cablegram of July 9TH, in
speaking of Rev. Talmadge's reception
in England, says that divine preached
to 10000 people on the 9th inst. Thous-
ands upon thousands of persons throng-
ed the streets leading to the hall for
miles. almost blocking the passage of
vehicles and pedestrians. Many PEG
pie were severely crushed, and DR..
Talmadge's carriage was almost de-
molished by the crush of the great
crowd, every individual in which was
anxious to see the distinguished Ameri-
can preacher.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16
CABLEGRAM.S.

The city OF Port au Prince, the prin-
cipal seaport Ct .Iaytl was reported to
be in flames July eth.
THE troop snip Orentes, bearing the
body of the prince imperial, arrived of
the coast of England July 9sh.
THB rumor that an armistice had
been agreed to between the contending
forces in South Africa, was denied by
reports received July 7tn.
ApvIcss from England. under date o!
July oh, state that the hop crop prom
ises to be the most disastrous failure
tor many years.
4 PEsrH telegram OF July Sth says:
In consequence o. the continued high
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16
CASUALTIES.

len cases of sunstroke occurred in st.
Louis, July 9th.
Two deaths occurred from sun-stroke
in Memphis, July 9th.
A TERRIFIC wind and rain storm
swept over Ohio July 10th.
LEWIS w. ANDERSON and daughter
were killed on the Coney Island train,
New York, July 9th.
PAUL TYLEY, an old resident of Dyers-
vile, Iowa, WAS drowned there Juiy
10th by falling into an open sewer.
A BOAT capsized on Pewaukee lake,
Wis, says dispatch of July 9th, and
Chas. Rinkler, of Chicago, was drown
ed
Miss MARY RICHTER, living six miles
from Oshkosh, Wis, while laboring I'M
der temporary attack of insanity,
drowned herself in a clstern, July 9th.
The thermometer reached 100 de-
grees in ST. Louis July 10th, and four
persons were sunstruck. The only fatal
case was that OF Rudolph Flangleber,
who came from Milwaukee.
A FORT WAYNE, Ind, dispatch Of July
Sth says Mrs. James Cavanaugh, by
mistake, gave her two-year.old child
morp hine instead of quinine. the child
dyingin three hours. The mother is near
ly crazy over her mistake. Both medi-
cines were lying together on the closet
shelf.
A SIOUX FALLS, Cd. T) special dated
July 9TH says Mrs. +. Lee and babe, of
that city; Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson, Of
Red Wing, MINI, were drowned while
attempting to cross q swollen stream
in a wagon. Mr.. Lee and young
girl who were with the party escaped.
A SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, dispatch Of July
9th says J. Hoiferman, a railroad ein-
ploye, was sun struck this morning and
died in a few moments. He was Ger
man, about 80 years of age and mar
ried; but has relatives living near Yer
den.
A CINCINNATI, dispatch of July 10Th
says: During q heavy thunder storm
this afternoon, two countrymen on
their way to the city with wagons load
ed with green corn for the market, took
refuge under a bridge near California
oiIp. lit iIGululliS, otll'Ch th0 "a ihSC
and killed both men and their four
horses.
A DISPATCH of July 9 says boiler of
the steam Touring mill at Carlisle, Ky,
owned by Rogers and Bostiau, exploded
yesterday forenoon, throwing the engl-
ueer, j. A. Summers, distance of 40
feet, mangling him terribly. He died in
two hours. Loss to the mill and ma
Chlnery, about $4,000.
A CARlNvILLE, IL, special of July
9TH says: To-day, as J, Lillemap and
wife were coming to this city, their
team became frightened rs they were
going down steep hill and ran away,
throwing both him and his wife ont of
the wagon, tracturing LiIleman's skull
and severely injuring Mrs. l., Neither
of them will probably recover.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

GAIT. LOGAN, of the schooner Katie
+. Stuart, which arrived ut Halifax,
n. s, last week, reports that when off
Whitehead he saw n whale about fifty
feet long coming toward the vessel.
He threw billet Of wood Mt the mcn-
ster, which seemed to enrage It, and
dived under the schooner and came up
alongside, blowing water on the deck,
1t was struck by several missiles, but
did not seem afraid. Then bilge water
was pumped overheard. This drove
the whale off for few minutes, out it
came back, and was evidently about to
strike the vessel when 1t was struck
close to the blowhole by large lump
of coal. This seemed to take the cour.
age out of the whale, and it swan of
IN the dire elton from which it had rrst
come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

GEORGE NJ. BEARD declares that
Americans are growing more plump
and beautiful with increasing prosperity
and leisure, and pictures to himself an
IDEAL state of society, in which the
wealthy few will be occupied in Nd
vanciug the temporal welfare of the
needy many.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

WHEN Mr.. w. II. Smith, first lord of
the admiralty, came out at Oxford to
receive the degree of ID. G. L., he was
received with roaring chorus, "And
now he is the ruler" etc, which he took
very goOd.temperedIy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

PHILADELPHIA Chronicle: Snort dresses
are now all the rage in Paris. This is
glorious rews for the American wo-
men who have grown left handed in the
back from stopping over to pick up
their trails.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

Mrs. c. ID. SWEET, of North Benning-
ton, Massachusetts, aged twenty, has
obtained q divorce from her husband,
seventy years old, after three years of
unhappy married life.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

Mr.. d. O. Mills, Of California, has
determined to erect an elegant resi-
deuce in New York for which he has
purchased the entire block between
Fifth and Madison avenues and seventy
eight and Seventy-ninth streets, at
5000 900.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

TIE friends of William G. Gilman,th the
New York forger, have petitloned Gov.
Robinson for his release from prison.
The petition was carried to the COVER
nor by Rev. DR.. ioughton, of whose
church Gilman was member.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-07-16

other awards of medals are to be made
for gallant services upon the lakes as
soon as the technicalities of law have
been complied with in regard to sub
mission Of evidence.