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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

commission, and their first meeting was
Health i'll Lansing last week. The com
mission organized by the appointment OF
Mr. Mann as President and DR.. Murray
as Secretary.
DR.. Murray read report of his
work in Detroit as member Of the COM
mission in attempting to carry ont the
law. He had addressed commune
cation to General Manager Ledyard, OF
the Michigan Central railroad, request
ing compliance with the provision rel
alive to the transportation of Texas cat
tie, etc., but that gentleman replied,
quoting decisions from the Supreme
Court of Illinois and the United States
Court, under which he felt justified in
declining to obey the State law.
Among the other topics discussed
were CHAMBERS, pleuro-pneumonia, hog
cholera, trichina, and ,the dangers aris-
ing from the consumption of diseased
meat. The last report of the State
Board of Health contains the particu-
lars of two fatal cases of CHAMBERS iii
human beings, one ut Birmingham and
the other ut Dearborn.
Pleuro-pneumonia Is a contagious dis
ease which has not yet reached this
State, but is liable to come with the
blooded cattle which are brought in from
the East. In Massachusetts, several
years ago, it cost large amount OF
money and the most stringent regula-
tons to stamp it out. In New York
they have had a similar experience, and
in New Jersey they are still struggling
with it. Michigan should learn from
their experience, and take measures tc
throttle it as soon as it appears, when il
can be done at small expense.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

Balance on hand July 81, 1885, 5l0,O55. IA
JAMES LANE, who came to Calhoun
county forty-tiye years ago from En-
gland. and has resided in the township
of Canvis since that time, died last
week, aged 70 years. He broke the first
ground and put in the first crop ever
planted in that township, and ut his
house the first township meeting was
held.
In 1868 the population of what is now
Pressure Isle county was not more than
fifty, while to-day it is one hundred times
greater. In 1868 Pressure Isle county
had not dozen farmers, while to-day it
has twice as many as Alpena OF Che
boygan counties, or III fact any of the
new northern counties of the Lower
Peninsula. -PreSqUe Iste county Id
rance.
DIR. ISAAC WHOM, of Fenton, died
lately, aged II years. His first location
in Michigan was at Pennington in 1929.
In 1874 he went to Argentine, where he
resided fifteen years, since which time
he has been n resident of Fenton. He
was elected member of the Legislature
in 1888 and i'll 1871 was elected to the
State Senate, where he drew up the first
railroad charter granted i'll this State.
In 1861 he assisted in raising the Six
teenth Michigan infantry, called at that
time Stockton's Independent regi-
ment," and filled the post of surgeon to
1t for two years.
The report of the Michigan State Salt
Inspector for the month of July shows
the production of the Michigan wells to
be 266, 24S barrels. The inspection year
begins in December, and the total pro-
duction for eight months was l, 49S, 46l
barrels, an excess of 397, 403 barrels over
the same period of last year. Upon this
basis the production of Michigan
salt for 1880 is certain to exceed 2,5OO,-
900 barrels
We give below such reports of the
population of Michigan counties as have
been received since our last statement.
With thirteen counties unreported the
population, as will be seen below, is |,
43l, 1856. The counties yet to be heard
from will in ali probability increase the
total to nearly, If not fully, 100000.
The following are the additional reports
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

EX-SENATOR MORRILL,, of Maine, says
of Senator Hamlin "He has never
known sickness, and has been most care
full and attentive to his public duties, of
whatever character He has never worn
a piece of flannel or Undertaking of
any description, a pair of gloves, OF an
overcoat. Even in our coolest weather
Mr.. Hamlin, even at his advanced age,
plods along, dressed i'll the coolest OF
costumes-the old-fashioned swallow
tail coat-without wraps of any kind,
while his fellows are almost frozen to
death beneath big overcoats and the
heaviest of undertaking. His power
of endurance is wonderful and his capa-
city for work great.
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holding real property in Turkey, proba-
bly, account for the increased immigra-
ton. The German co ony Mt Jerusalem
now numbers nearly 400 persons, that at
Jaffa about 800. There is n third Ger
man settlement Mt Caifia of about equal
number with the last mentioned. The
settlers are mechanics, artifcers, car
riers and agriculturists, and are fairly
prosperous.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

M. Z. THORNTON, Georgia news
paper man, stated publicly that Senator
Gordon received $50, 600 from Cyrus W..
Field for carrying the Georgia delegation
to the Cincinnati Convention over to his
brother, Justice Field, and that after re-
ceiving the money Gordon advocated the
nomination of Bayard. Frank Gordon,
a son of the fiery General, took it upon
himself to punish Thornton for this, and,
meeting the latter on the street, he cut
him severely in the head.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

The British Government is consider
ably disturbed by the recent movements
in Ireland. The peasantry are reported
to be armirg themselves, and Irish
American agents are said to be busy in
the country The British military force
in the island is being daily increased,
and during the long, dark nights, as "A
British Judge once remarked, lively
work is anticipated.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

JERUSALEM seems to be growing in fa-
vor as place of residence for foreigners
who find their native countries uncom-
Portable. The foreign Jewish popula-
ton has, according to Consul Moore, in
creased considerably of late years. That
community is now estimated at $1,000,
including native Jews, against 10000 in
1873. The desire to avoid compulsory
military service now enforced in most
European countries, and the right OF
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

THE body of man whom bullet had
killed was found at Fremont, Ohio. 81
am tired OF life," was written on card,
and the theory of suicide was accepted
by everybody except a detective, who
believed that murder had been COM
mitted. After a great deal of labor he
fixed his suspicion on Peter Welsh and
his wife, but he had not particle OF
evidence against them. Almost in de.
spair, he secured their arrest, and then
told each that the other had confessed
The trick succeeded, for the pair have
fully implicated themselves.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

THE two ladies who expect to become,
in succession, Empress of Germany, are
both named Victoria. Victoria, of Schles-
wig Holstein, who will succeed Victoria,
Princess Royal of England and Crown
Princess of Germany, is dignified and
engaging, but not pretty. She is very
intelligent and well educated.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

THE new census brings out wildly the
enormities of the rotten-borough system
of Connecticut. -Four towns with n
population of about 1000 send to the
State House of Representative as many
legislators as do New Haven, Hartford,
Bridgeport, and Waterbury, with pop
ulation of 1901 600
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Che Tne alurtlserner.
FRIDAY, AUGUST Is, 1880.

A sHREwD farmland bought for $l60
the big meteor which fell i'll Emmett
county, Iowa, last year, and was laughed
at by his comrades for what they con-
ceived to be his idiocy. He has now
sold it to the British Museum for SO, 800.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

OssIN ALDRIcH, of the signal corps,
was married in New York last March to
Miss Julia f. Hooper, beautiful girl,
whose parents objected 80 the match.
The young couple removed to Cincin-
natl, where they lived for while, APP
parently contented. Aldrich then took
his wife to her home, and soon thereafter
sent her letter, stating that he had
been ordered on an Arctic expedition
and would not return for several years.
She made inquiry at Washington and
found that he had been stationed ut Mo-
bile, Ala, and that he had another wife
and several children This disclosure
FRUSTRATED her, and, after Il painful in
terview with him at Mobile, where she
made an oath that she had not been
married to him in order to secure his re-
tention in the service, she returned to
Cincinnati. She died there, as her
physician reports, of a broken heart.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

URIAH PHELPS, "A merchant i'll Tyron,
Davidson county, n. c., induced a youth
named O. w. Click to sleep with him in
his store, in anticipation of a raid by
burglars. The next morning Phelps
was found dead in his bed. AS all the
windows and doors were locked, and as
Click is n noted somnambulist, it is be-
lieved that the young man got up in his
sleep and killed Phelps with an AK.
Click admits the possibility of this, but
declares that he has no recollection OF
anything, except that he dreamed OF
fighting burglars.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

THE slow growth of the river towns is
one of the most noteworthy facts
brought out by the new census. The
st. Louis Globe remarks : 1.-The census
returns, as far as received, make very
poor showing for the cities which have
put their trust in that "great natural
artery of commerce" the Mississippi.
New Orleans, which has scarcely any
railroad business, and depends chiefly
on river business, has fallen behind all
the other large cities i'll its rate of
growth. Vicksburg has actually fallen
off in population, and Memphis is a
smaller city than it was ten years ago.
st. Louis, which has been snubbed and
cheated by the railroads up to very re-
cent times, has felt the effect of her I'M
perfect railroad connections very severe
ly. On the Upper Mississippi there is a
most plentiful lack of growth. Quincy
has barely held its own. Hannibal is
frantically looking over the census tables
for its lost children. The only towns
that have kept up with the natural rate
of growth owe it to their railroad con.
nections, and it is not until we come to
Minneapolis and st. Paul, which are
not river cities, but railroad cities, that
we encounter that rapid growth which
indicates prosperity.
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G59. 77G.4s Sl.G11. 757. 9

The falling off of $40, 01S. 40 in the re-
ceipts from Michigan is accounted for
by the fact that the revenue from tobac-
co in 1880 was 500, 553. 81 less than III
1910
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

IT was so common for Freeman TO
whip his wife, at Memphis, that the
neighbors paid little attention to the
bruises which she constantly bore. She
never complained of them, and was
seemingly resigned. But few days
ago pistol shot was heard in her house.
and her husband was found with a bull
let in his head. q concluded that I'd
stood it long enough" she said, land,
Lordy sakes, wasn't he surprised when
I hauled out my pistol and popped at
him -
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

NATcHEz, Miss, levies n tax of 80. 80 a
week on all commercial tourists.
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Internal Revenue Receipts.

The detailed internal revenue receipts
from the four Michigan districts during
the fiscal year 1880 were as follows
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

The following is n statement OF the
receipts and disbursements at the State
Treasmer's Office for the month ending
July31, 1880:
Balance on hand June 30, 1880 81 ,376,37O ~
Receipts for month observation-disclosures. 305, 34603
S1,6sl. 7l6 45
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

The press has announced that Prof.
Edison had invented an electric motor
for railroads to replace the steam loco
motive, but he seems to have II formida-
bic competitor in the same field, and his
name is Field A New York dispatch
says that Mr.. Stephen Dudley Field,
nephew of Cyrus w. Field, has patented
an invention for applying electricity to
the motive power on both surface and
elevated railroads. His patent is claimed
to antedate the claims of other parties
who have taken up the subject. The
new invention will be tested on the eie-
waited roads, and, if successful, will be
adopted. It is claimed for the inven-
ton that it does without the fuel, smoke,
oil. heat, and noise of locomotives, and
permits the highest speed consistent
with safety. Another point urged i'll its
favor is that an attachment has been
provided which will render collision
between two trains impossible, each
train automatically preserving safe
distance from the next succeeding one.
The brakes will he operated by electric
currents used in propelling the electric
motor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13
TIE GHOST TO HAMLET.

Bet YOU two dollars and half
I am thy fathers ghost,
doomed for time to walk the night,
Until can get put on the day force,
And the foul crimes done in my days OF politics
are burnt and purged away.
But that am forbid, | could a tale unfold
Whose lightest word would weigh as heavy
As freight car; freeze thy young blood;
Make thy two eyes stick out like ink bottles;
Thy knotted and combined locks to part,
And each particular hair to stand on end,
Like quilts upon a brand new paint brush,
But this eternal blqzon must not be
To ears of flesh and blood: List, list, o listl
intend 10 sell IL TO a newspaper for $40.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-13

The following is II comparative state
ment of the totals for each district and
the State for 1879 and 1880:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-10
SIBERIAN and NEW YORK,


Although John Sherman's name was not
mentioned in Mr.. Camercn's convention at
Harrisburg last week, he does not despair of
success ultimately. We have already given
the details of his intrigues to capture the
delegations from the South by means of q
liberal use of the patronage at his command;
how he is bribing the black and white Re-
publicans with moneys belonging to the
treasury of the United States. The same
means employed successfully by him in the
electoral contest of 1876 are being employed
now, and there is good prospect that when
the rotton boroughs are heard from in June
next, the autocrat of the treasury will dis
cover that he is Unexpectedly popular.
But the votes of the Southern States will
not be sufficient to give Mr.. Sherman the
nomination, not even when swelled by the
delegation from Ohio, of which he is reason
ably certain. Three hundred and seventy
votes are necessary to a choice. With o
solid South in his favor, and the votes Of
Ohio and New York, he would be certain to
carry of the honor he SO much covets. But
it has been tacitly understood for some time
past that Mr.. Conkling would cast the
weight of his influence for Grant, and as a
matter of course give the msn on horseback
the vote of that State. 1t has also been un-
derstood that Conkling felt no particularly
friendly feeling towards Sherman on &C.
oount of his action relative to the New York
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-10

Leah, the Jewess, was assumed by the bene-
ficiary, and she carried it through in a very
ereditable manner. That her efforts were
appreciated was attested by very generous
appliance, and Mrs. Campbell may rest as
sured that her hard work in the past has
been fully appreciated by Minneapolis
amusement patrons.
THE THREE aUAEDsMEN.
This evening the company drops back
into their regular business, and
will produce Alexander Dunas' beautiful
four-act drama entitled "The Three Guards
men," AS the company has appeared in the
same drama before, many of the patrons of
this house know how we'll it ia played. To
those who have not seen it, we can only say,
go by ell means. Mr.. Bryton has particu-
larly happy role in this play, and Miss Cart
land does some effective work as Ann of
Austria. The full strength of the company
is brought cut, and the scenery is elegant.
THEATRE ooMIoUE.
The Theatre Comique commenced their
second week last evening, and drew big
house despite counter attractions. A num-
Der of new people appeared, and an excellent
and entirely new programme was brought
out.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-10
Tho Fort Smelling Bridge.

The regular meeting of the bridge COM
mission yesterday morning Was attended by
Messrs. Dawson, Cochran, Lindeke and
Knapheide. The only business of impor-
lance transacted was concerning the right of
way for the proposed approach to the bridge
in Hennepin county. The matter of seeing
the owners of the property through which
the road will pass was put in the hands of
Commissioner Knapheide and 8. P. Folsom
by the following motion offered by Mr..
Lindeke: That Messrs. Kuapheide & Fol-
som be authorized to make reasonable prop-
ositions with the owners of property along
the line Of the proposed road, and report
progress at an adjourned meeting to be held
to morrow wednesday, morning at ten
O'Clock.
Engineer Sewall reported the work of
testing the bridge to be progressing as rapid
ly as possible, and that the test would be
completed and the bridge opened for trial in
four or five days.
1t is the intention of the commission in
case the terms offered to property owners
along the proposed road are not accepted, to
Immediately condemn the property.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-10

custom house appointments. Therefore
was regarded as certain that in no event
could Mr.. Sherman hope to secure thai
State. But it seems from recent develop
ments that he has had the effrontery to try
it, and has even applied at headquarters tc
win. The New York Times publishes let
ter from Col. G. w. Moulton, q brother-in-laV
of Sherman's to that worthy which seems tc
indicate that the efforts have not been un.
availing. Under date of the 18th of De
cember last Col. Moulton writes:
The result of my conference is that Mr..
Conkling will look upon his personal relations
as not broken; that he prefers Grant, and can
not change that relation; that after Grant ~
out of the way he prefers you to anyone now
spoken of; that he will not make, or allow to
be made, any effort to control New York against
you if you are nominated, and that he will not
allow his name to come before the convention
but that he can not allow your friends in New
York to muster hum as in your favor. This
comes from the source which you are aware OF.
am to request that no steps be taken by you
for day or two.
So it appears that, Grant once out of the
way, Conkling will be content to wear the
Sherman collar. The question will arise,
however, why this change of front on Mr..
Conkling's part7 Has he condoned Mr..
Sherman's offense, and if 80 what was the
consideration paid? 1t is we'll known that
Mr.. Conkling loves power, and is more
anxious to be regarded as all-powerful in
debating affairs in his own State than he is
for wealth or social station. His defeat in
the matter of the New York custom house
appointments was the severest disappoint-
ment of his life, and he has ever since been
striving to regain control of the patronage,
both State and national, and has sacrificed
all else to that end. He has succeeded in
making himself practically the dictator of the
Empire State. His dicker with Sherman
referred to above-may restore to him the
patronage of the federal government. Such
an arrangement is, in all probability, one of
the conditions of cessation of his hostility
to Sherman. We may therefore reasonably
anticipate that hereafter Mr.. Conkling will
be potent at Washington in debating all
federal appointments in his own State. On
no other condition would he bury the hatchet
With one who has for so long been one of
his worst enemies.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-10

The Paris paper LIE Temps, severely blames
the American Congress for offering hospital
ity to the Irish agitator Parnell, and asks
what would result if Parliament were to
adopt the custom of placing its halls at the
disposal of foreign agitators. The same
thought has occurred to many people on this
side of the water. II Parneli came here
merely to ask aid for the suffering poor,
there would be no improperly in rendering
him the use of the ball of the House of Rep
resentatives, but he comes as the avowed
representative of an organization that is
revolutionary in its character, fact that
makes all the difference in the world.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-10
ASHES TO ASHES

Tho Body Of Hiss Dolly Hartman Gre
mated Yesterday at Washington. Fc
[Pittsburg Special (Feb. y to Chicago Tri-
bune.
As mentioned in yesterdays T'rtb uue, the
body of Miss Dolly Hartman was cremated
at Washington, Pa, to-day. large crowd
was at the depot when the funeral party ar
rived, but there was no excitement. A
hearse and carriages we're in waiting, and
the remains were taken at once to the Gre
matory, where everything was found in read
mess for the incineration. No one was al
lowed to enter the crematory except the fam
lily of the dead girl, some of the trustees Of
the LIE Moline estate, and one reporter. At
11:30 o'clock the body was lifted out of the
coffin and placed on the iron frame. The
features of Miss Hartman were slightly
shrunken, but she looked natural and life
like. Her hair hung loosely around her
head, tiny lock nesting on one cheek. The
body was clad in pure white dress of some
material like lawn, and around the neck was
eirclet of lilies of the valley. The slight
figure was wrapped in a sheet saturated with
alum water. At 11:44 the remains were
placed in the retort, the door was cemented,
and the incineration began. For a second
or two there was slight odor as of burning
feathers, which soon passed off. Looking
through the hole in the door the body could
be seen to sink little at first, and the out
lines of the figure to blend with the white
heat of the retort. At the end of three
hours and half nothing of the body re-
NAMED but small heap of ashes, which
will be collected and sent to the family.
Miss Hartman weighed about eighty
pounds, the ultimate remains only few
ounces. Everything passed off smoothly
and satisfactorily. The affair is the chief
subject of conversation this evening. There
is growing feeling here in favor of crema-
ton,