The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-17
BREvITIES.


able, but all styles of collars are worn.
HERR NIEBLNa, Goethe's barber, re-
Gently died at Weimar, Germany, aged II.
THE estate of the late Mary Shields,
of Philadelphia, is valued at 1884, 900, Of
which 1876, 900 will go by her will to va
rious Pennsylvania charitable institu-
tons.
ters-in-law to Salt Lake and married
them all. The oldest is 30 and the
youngest 16, and they profess the most
ardent love for their husband, as well as
for one another.
AFTER eighteen years of litigation,
Irwin A. Williams, of Utica, N. Y, has
settled a claim for infringement of his
coal-oil locomotive headlight business
with the Eastern and Western railroad
associations for $50, 900.
SIR ALEXANDER II. GAIT, the Cana
dian statesman, surprised London re-
Gently, by registering at hotel as "Sir
A. Il. Calf and fifteen children" the lat
ter, mostly girls, creating a sensation IN
the dining-room when ushered In by
their governess.
THE Earl of Erne, the wealthy En-
glish landlord, one of whose agents
Boycott-has been under siege in Ire
land, owns 40,365 acres in Donegal,
Fermanagh, Mayo and Sligo, whose
rental is $780, 900. What is known in
Ireland as the Government" rental
places the rent at $4,000 per annum.
VICE PRESIDENT WHEELER is wild
over without near relative. He re-
sides in neat, Handsomely -furnished
house, ornamented with numerous gems
of art, and is held in the highest esteem
by his townsmen. Most of his time is
spent in his law Office. He is not a
wealthy man, but has a sufficient income
TO enable him to live handsomely, as he
has always been accustomed to do.
THERE has been turned out at Milan
q new kind of bread made with blood
from raw flesh. 1t is said to be a pre-
ventive of scurvy, and to do away among
peasants with all desire for alcoholic
drinks. The difficulty of blood coagula-
ton being overcome, the "blood bread"
will last for years. Twenty per cent. of
its ingredients consist of blood, its cost
is only two-thirds of cent per loaf, and
it is more nutritious than the ordinary
loaves of one cent each.
The Czarewitch and Czarevna of Rus
STA, with their children, are a very pleas
ant and happy family. They live in un-
ostentatious style, and during the past
summer were at Hansel, occupying qui-
city an unpretending old house, not
hampered by attendants or ceremonial
of any kind, enjoying their retirement
as keenly as the Queen of England APP
pears to enjoy the quiet of Osborne and
Balmoral, the children pursuing their
studies under an English tutor.
M. MUNKAosy, the distinguished Hun
garian painter, is at work upon an ex-
traordinary large picture, twenty-five
feet long and sixteen wide. It's subject
is "Christ Before the Judges" The
savior is represented standing in the
center of the picture before PLATE. He
is clad in white garments, and his hands
are bound behind his back. The priests
are pouring forth accusations, and the
populace fills the background. 1t is
reported that the painting has already
been purchased by an American for
$4,000.
AT the Winter Palace in st. Peters
burg there is a room full Of diamonds,
pearls and other precious stones. An
Empress of Russia is allowed to bor-
row from this room after giving re-
ceipt for what she takes, and, generally,
the Grand Duchesses are allowed to
borrow from it also. 81 remember"
says M. Labouchere. " once going into
this room with French diplomatic lady.
She beat hasty retreat after one glance
around, for she felt that, if she stayed,
her principles would succumb to her
admiration, and that she would try to
steal some of the contents"
SAYS the Boston Transcript: GA
club is to be formed at the West End, of
young ladies who have vowed never to
marry man who cannot sew on buttons,
darn his own stockings, black his own
boots, and take care of himself in every
way. Another club will be composed of
girls pledged not to marry any man who
has not learned how to take care of
furnace and range, how to drive nails
and mend water pipes, and who is not
able to shovel snow well. 1t is sup
posed that these climbs owe their exist
ence to the feeling aroused by the young
mems demand for wives who are good
cooks"