The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
MISCELLANEOUS aLEAN1NQs.

The commercial agency of Dun, Bar
low & Co. have issued their circular showing
failures in the United States and Canadas in
the last three months and for tho first half Of
1880, as compared with the corresponding time
in 1879. During the last three months LOGS
failures, with liabilities at 800, III, 6S9, were re-
ported in the United States, and during first
half year of 1880, 2,497, with liabilities of S32-
SSS, 763 In the first six months of 1879 there
were 4,O5s failures, with 65,779,3lo liabilities.
Thomas Boothroyd, wealthy farmer
of Howard township, Ont, was attacked by a
boar, which threw him down, bit him in the
side and throat, completely severing the jugu-
lar vein, and doing him other serious injury,
from the effects Of which he died in fifteen
minutes.
Sarah Bernhardt opens her American
engagements in October. She will play 100
nights in the principal cities of the United
States.
The War Department is in receipt Of
information that the sensational reports about
the invasion of the Indian Territory are with
out foundation.
Seven Cuban insurgents, captured by
the Spanish authorities, have been put to death
at Havana.
In little difficulty between the sol
diers stationed at Monterey Mexico, and the
police, one of the former and two of the latter
were killed.
Crop reports In Iowa the outlook
for the farmers is very satisfactory. Corn will
be more abundant than ever before, and rye,
oats, barley, and hay will be fully up to the
average. Spring wheat alone will show
slight falling off. The acreage under fax has
been doubled, and the crop is excel
lent.-The last crop report sent out
by the Agricultural Department at
Washington shows an encouraging state of
things. The cotton crop is the best for many
years wheat will be much above the average.
and the corn crop is unprecedentedly good.
Texas farmers are unusually lucky this
year. Corn in that State is rated
at 116, and cotton at 114.-Foreign reports
represent the harvest prospects in France as
promising, except in the western and eastern
provinces. Austrian farmers complain Of the
recent heavy rains while the Hungarians re-
joice over an abundant yield of rye, wheat and
barley. In Italy the quality and quantity of
the crops are reported to be excellent but
Russia, owing to the ravages of insects, will
have very poor harvest.
Our neighboring republic of Mexico
recently held on election to choose a President
There were three or four candidates III the
field, and, az neither received a majority of all
the votes cast, there was no choice by the peo-
pie. Under the Mexican constitution the choice
of ruler to succeed Diaz WILL therefore, de-
volve upon Congress.
The Mexican Government declines to
allow Gen. Hatch to follow Victoria across the
boundary, because the precedent will be dan
gcrous.
Princess Louise is going to England
again for the benefit of her health.
The steamer Dessonk, bearing the
Egyptian obelisk presented to the United States
by the ex-Khedive of Egypt, has arrived.
Arrangements are nearly complete for
the resumption of work on the Washington
monument, suspended for twenty-one years.