The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-25
BREyITIES.

A CENSUS enumerator got terrible
whipping In Pittsburgh because he
pressed a stalwart Irish woman for an
answer to the question, Il" Are you white
or black 2"
Sr. PAUL's CHURCH, at Troy, is to have
two organs, one in the choir and one in
the chancel A pneumatic apparatus
will enable single player to play both
instruments at once.
The father of the late jim Fisk is
travelling through the West in golden
chariot, with which he exhibits his patent
harness by day; and at night he pitches
a big tent, III which he holds revival
meetings.
JUDGE JOEL PARKER, of New Jersey,
being called on TO sentence chicken
thief, remarked TO the culprit that
"fowls cannot always roost as high as
they would like to" and sentenced him
to six months Imprisonment.
AN Auburn inventor has patented a
car that runs on skates instead of wheels,
and is especially intended Tor elevated
railroads. 1t runs on grooved rails,
and, it is claimed, with less friction than
that of the journals now in use
Mr.. PARNELL is said by those who
witnessed his entrance into the House
of Commons to have aged considerably
since he last appeared there. A fierce
light burned in his eyes, and he looked
the attenuated embodiment of an idea.
In Titusville, Pa, Mrs. Joseph Bush
nell died from the effects of kissing the
dead body of her father. Her father
died of erysipelas, and mt the time of
kissing the corpse she had a sore on her
lips, through which her blood was poi
soned
FORGOTTEN! Oh, if the good deeds of
human creatures could be traced to their
source, how beautifully would even death
appear, for how much charity, mercy
and purified affection would be seen to
have their growth in duty graves
Dickens.
The last connecting link in the route
across Australia from east to west has
lately been completed by traveller from
the side of Queensland. During the
journey some very good country was
discovered, which will be more fully ex-
plored before long
AMERICAN journalism is rich in names.
For instance, tlVre is the Fairplay
! (Colorado) FI'tme; the Dakota Blizzard.
the Sofia 4Quiiaoon,, Of Ouray, Colorado;
the Tombstone f,pi.d;)h, of Nevada;
the Jimptecute, Of Texas, and the
BazOO, of Missouri
A PHILADELPHIA private detective was
employed by jealous wife to watch her
husband, but could discover nothing
wrong III his conduct. Such report,
/ IL,
sooner than the detective desired, and
so he gave accounts of imaginary mis-
conduct, thus leading the wife to apply
for divorce. He is now under arrest
THE crown of Hungary has lately, for
the first time, been photographed. 1t
Is greatly revered by the Magyars, who
believe that the inner portion forms
part of the original crown presented to
the first King of Hungary by the Pope,
A. d. 1000. The regalia are kept in
chest secured by eight seals, and the
royal seal in the center. These may
only be broken by those who affixed
them.
A VERY recent report says that the
yield of wheat in Poland is 20 per cent.
above that of the Russian empire, while
there are thirty-seven head of horned
cattle for every 100 inhabitants as against
thirty-three in Russia, and eighty-six
head of sheep as against seventy. Rus
STA, however, has more and better horses.
This improvement in Poland has been
brought about by the agrarian reform
which has diminished the taxes paid by
tillers of the soil, and enables them to
buy implements and artificial manures.
CHINAs immense coal fields are at last
being developed, the superstition of the
people having been overcome. In a
district near Tchang, on the Upper
Yangtse- Kiang, productive area ex-
tending over seventy-tive square miles
has been tapped. At Wotze-kow ten
beds were discovered, and one of them,
lying only hundred feet below the sur
face, is being worked. At least 1,200,-
600 tons of anthracite are said to have
been exposed.
PETERSON told the st. Louis newspa-
per reporters that he had been knocked
down at the door of his residence by
three strangers, who carried him off,
kept him a prisoner several days, and
finally set him adrift in a boat on the
Mississippi river. He was a prosperous
and respected merchant. Still, the re-
porters did not believe his story, and
have learned by investigation that there
was hardly word of truth i'll it. His
motive for the falsehood is mystery.
An Infaliible Sign.
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