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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

Population of MERIDIAN, 1,532 in
1874 it was /, 407, and in 1870 it was
1874.
Population of Alaiedon, according to
the census enumeration, is 1,474 in
1874 it was 1898, and in 1870 1t was
1896.
Population of Onondaga, 1.453 in
1874 it YVES 1852, and in 1870 it was
1927. The village contains about 300,
and Kinneyville 116. The Oldest man III
town is 90.
Population of Sault Ste. Marie, 1850.
The enumerator of st. Joseph has
completed his work, and finds the popu-
lation to be 1900
The census returns of Jackson are all
in, and gives Is, 621 as the official count.
This gives an increase of 1927 in ten
years, which is per cent. per year.
The census of Ann Arbor city has
been completed, and it shows popula-
ton of S,02S persons, as against 1858
in 1870. These numbers do not, of
course, include students from abroad at
tending the University and public schools
who are here nine months of each year,
and who number 1000 or ZOO.
We give the population of several
places in Michigan in 1880 as compared
with 1870. The cities of Greenville and
IOnia were incorporated after 1870
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

Monday, Aug. 2. and continuing To Saturday,
Aug. Z, following.
As the time allowed is limited, the troops
will move as to enable them TO reach camp
and report for duty at as early an hour on the
I'd as possible.
The camp will be under command of Brig.
Gen. Wilmington, who will establish and govern
il in accordance with the State law and rules
and regulations together with such orders not
in conflict Herewith as he may deem necessary.
In order that companies may enter their en-
campment in good condition as regards drill,
new members will not be admitted for 30 DAYS
prior to going into camp, and only those who
have been 30 days or over III service will be
deemed eligible for camp duty.
Company muster rolls will be made out,
properly certified, giving names and dates of
enlistment of all members of companies who
are to be present mt the encampment of their
respective regiments, such rolls to be forwarded
through the regimental and brigade headquar-
tiers to the Adjutant General twenty-five days
prior to the date of encampment. and on the
arrival of the companies at camp they will be
mustered on these rolls by the Inspector Gen
eral or his assistants for camp duty.
In addition to the inspection directed in Sec
ton 20 of the law, the Inspector General will
require such drill and battalion movements,
under his supervision as he may deem neces-
sary to show the instruction and discipline OF
the troops.
1t is expected that companies will be pre-
pared for the regimental Encyclopaedia COM
petition under the "rules for the practice, y
as prescribed in the instructions for the In
spector General, who will have charge of the
practice.
The ''Roehm & Wright prize" will be COM
peted for by the companies of the respective
regiments.
The company making the highest team score
in the three regiments, as certified by the In
spector General, will be entitled 10 receive il,
and will retain it until won by some other COM
pany, and the members of such team making
the highest score will have the privilege of
wearing it while on parade with the company.
The Quartermaster General will, on the
requisition of the Brigade Commander, sup
ply sufficient number of tents and such
other articles as may be necessary for the
encampment and that are allowable under the
law.
BY order of the Commander-in-Chief.
JNo. ROBERTSON
Adjutant General.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
How IL Feels to Drown.

When 1 gave up all hope in the water
/ did not suffer one pang of remorse
about my past life. have always been
told that when man is drowning, all his
past life comes before him, and he suffers
horrors of conscience. 1t was not so
with me. l thought of you, my dear
father and mother, and of you all at
home and what sorrow the news of my
death would be to you all, and then,
strange to say, thought how people do
lie. / have always been told that death
by drowning is the easiest death, and yet
here I am, suffering agonies of pain, and
I remember wishing, if l am to be
drowned let it be done quickly. Then [
.l,ought, am about to solve the problem
about the future world, and / felt the
same feeling of shyness and dread come
over me that have felt SO often, and
never could conquer, when was outside
a drawingroom door and about to he
ushered into the presence of a crowd of
ladies and men. L have been asked if
never thought about the sharks which
infest the place. 1 am thankful to say
they never entered into my head. II
I had remembered them / feel sure !
should have gone down like a Stone
Philadelphia Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
BREyl'TIES.

JAPAN contains 10000 Roman Catho-
lies.
PRIDE goes before fall, and so does
summer.
THEce of Sacramento shows 81, 500
| inhabitants.
The Oregon grain and crop fields are
very promising.
The census returns for Salt Lake City
show population of 2O,757.
The conductor who divided his collec-
tons with the company claimed that it
was fare arrangement.
MARK TWAIN has two more books in
progress. Evidently he is trying to
compensate for quality by quantity.
THE trouble with too many in this
world is that they want reserved seats
everywhere except in the family circle.
HYMEN is always represented as bear
ing torch. This symbolized the tortu-
GUS ways of true love that never did run
smooth
ROME sticks to its project of worlds
fair for 1856. An English company
has offered for so, 900, 900 to guarantee
its success.
The oldest postoffice in the country is
that at jamestown, Va, where letters
have been delivered in some form or
other for 283 years.
OF ten candidates voted for at Chicago,
seven-Grant, Sherman, Garfield, Hayes,
Window, Sheridan and Harrison-are
natives of Ohio.
FARIBAULT, Mimi, lays claim to hav-
ing the oldest horse in the country. 1t
is 46-year-old mare, descendant of
the original Justin Morgan.
The production of honey is becoming
an interest of some importance. 1t is esti-
mated that there are about 1000, 900
bee-hives in the United States, each
yielding on an average about twenty
two pounds of honey, and revenue of
about $4,000, 900, and, in addition, the
Industrious bees supply us with 24,0OO,-
600 pounds of wax.
AN autograph letter of George Wash
ington is shown at the Nashville Cen
tennial. The letter was written on
March IA, 1893, to Gov. William Moul-
trie, of South Carolina, declining to
lend several field pieces to the militia of
that State.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
Things Not Generally Known.

A mint for coming silver was estab-
lished in Boston in 1852.
Bears were very numerous within two
miles of Boston in 1725.
Horse-racing on Boston Common was
complained of in 1869.
The first duel in the United States
was fought at Plymouth, Mass, in 1921.
Capt. Kidd, the pirate, was arrested
in Boston and sent to England in 1899.
The Egyptians made glass and col
ored it beautifully 5000 years before
Christ.
For nearly 800 years London bridge
was the only one over the Thames.
The first child in New England was
born in Plymouth Colony in 1920, and
his name was Peregrine White.
The epoch of Abraham may be fixed
by that of Joseph, who went to Egypt
1,730 years before the time of Christ.
The original name of Albany, N. Y,
was Beaverdyck. 1t was founded 10y the
Dutch in 1923.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
An Economical Citizen.

A Galveston man in his shirt-sleeves,
without any hat, and in condition that
showed he must have run about three
miles in as many minutes, stopped po-
iceman and told him to hurry up and
come along, as there was tramp at his
house who refused to leave. The po-
lceman suggested that, owing to the
distance and the exhausted condition OF
the other party, they had better take a
street-car. Take-a-street-ca Pay
10 cents to ride Why, the tramp will
go off himself for nickel. Why, bile
my lights and liver if you amt worse
than the tramp Since when have they
put highway robbers ON the police
Ten CENTS! For 10 cents apiece III
furnish the city with all the tramps they
want ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
Interesting Case.

The suit recently concluded, in which
Mr.. William Remsen sued his father-in-
law, Mr.. John Hay, for damages in the
amount of $4,000 and obtained $500,
throws some light upon an important
and as yet tolerably dark question of
law. Mr.. Remsen claims damages on
the ground that after he had married
Mr. Hays daughter and had lived hap
PLY with her for three months, the
father (and the mother) of the young
woman enticed her from her home and
induced her to live apart from her hus-
band permanently. According to old
English law, the husband has a certain
proprietorship of his wife, and, if she
deserts him, he is justified in using gen.
tie violence, if that be necessary, to
bring her back to her legiance-alle-
glance being the proper term, since it
Is possible for wife to commit "petty
treason" against her husband. In ordi-
nary marriages the woman is also "giv-
Ell away" and it would be interesting to
discover what is the exact meaning of
this phrase, and if, in use it is her faith
er who gives the bride away, whether
he has any sort or shadow of right
husband of his wife's services. In the
present case, Mrs. Hay, the mother-in-
law, when she came to Mr.. Remsen's
house and took his wife away, threat
ened to clay him on the floor and walk
over him if he should give her any
sass. ," There is no doubt, if the allie
cations are true, that she metaphorically
walked over him, but there is some
doubt, shared by the jury, whether she
had any right to do so. There is good
deal of morality as well as law involved
in a case like this, especially in regard
to the extent to which the much-abused
mother-in-law may fairly give way to hel
feelings when she supposes that the
happiness of her daughter is at stake.
Every well-balanced husband hopes tC
be grandfather in time, and to see his
daughter married, in which event his
wife will become mother-in-law, and
liable to be rallied at by him who in turn
expects to have n mother-ln-law in the
partner of his own bosom. Evidently
the question of the mother-in law, the
father-in-law and the disconnected,
though possibly reprehensible, son-in.
law needs reconsideration amid all the
lights that can be cast upon it.-Neu
York World
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

THE large number of inexcusable ac-
cidents on pleasure steamboats, in the
United States has prompted officials i'll
the Treasury Department at Washington
to examine the law relating to inspec-
ton. AS the result of this investigation
it is found that when disasters occur the
statute leaves the inquiry as to the cause
and responsibility with local inspectors,
the very persons who make the original
inspections, and who in some cases, nc
doubt, are the guilty parties Until a
different device has been adopted 10y
Congress it is useless to expect the Off
Gals in question to overhaul themselves
very severely.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

DALE, otherwise Jordan, the Canadian
cricketer who was arrested as a deserter
from the British army, and was duly
tried and sentenced to thirtysix days
imprisonment, has got himself into still
worse trouble-stepped out of the frying
pan into the fire, as it were. Instead OF
thanking his lucky stars that his SEN
tence was 50 light, he just gathered him
self together and bolted. OF course be
was recaptured, and he was given new
trial with CELEBRITY that must almost
have taken his breath away. And now
once more he is under sentence, only
this time his sentence is to term OF 33t
days Imprisonment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

TEXAS JACK, the noted scout and
plainsman, died recently at Leadville
from exposure and indiscretion. de
was 40 years old, and enjoyed wide
spread reputation throughout the Unit
ed States. He was married to the cele-
brated danseuse, Morlacchi. Jack, or j..
B. Omohundro, was native OF West
Virginia. He began his eventful career
in the Confederate army as scout, and.
after the war, resumed his life on the
the border, and became an intimate as
sociate of Buffalo Bill, Capt. Jack Craw-
ford and Wild Bill. The quartette con-
sisting of the four most-noted scouts
since the days of Kit Carson, have be-
come celebrated through Ned Buntline's
novels, in which he figured as hero.
1t was one step to the stage. He APP
peared in two or three dramas written
especially for him, and was very popu-
lar in the West, where his many qualities
were well known and generally recog-
nized. He was, says Leadville eulo-
gist, ga warm friend, an intrepid scout,
a Joyous, social companion and fearless
in the most venturesome enterprises
that fill the history of the border.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
Hardly Prepared.

Are you prepared for death ?" the
Clergyman asked, with tremor of emo.
ton in his voice, as he took the sick
woman's hand in his own. A shade OF
patient thought crossed the invalid's
face, and by-and-by she said she didn't
hardly believe she was there was the
little bedroom carpet to be taken up
yet, and the paint up stairs had hardly
been touched, and she did want to put
up new curtains in the dining room, but
she thought if she didn't die until next
Monday she would be about as neal
ready as woman with big family AMI
no girl ever expected to be. p. S.
That woman got well.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
Opium.

What becomes of it? There are 975,
600 pounds of opium imported to this
country annually. This is an increase
of 80 per cent. on the amount sent to
America five years ago. 1t is time that
our scientists, political economists, NOR
alists and humanitarians looked into the
matter. The drowsiness and imbecility
of Oriental nations has been ascribed, in
part, to their use of this narcotic. Are
we to be devastated 10y the baneful drug
1t is gratifying to know that the winter
sowings in Smyrna have been blighted
and destroyed.-Atbany Evcning Jour
nal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

CANADIAN law requires the previous
announcement in church OF every mar
riage. or license from County Clerk,
and the latter procedure costs about ST.
The consequence is that numerous couples
cross into the United States to be united.
Detroit clergymen and Justices do n
great deal of this business. The Herald
of that city says that half dollar was
the fee formerly, but now 50 is usually
demanded The following is reported
conversation after knot had been tied !:
"Now, 80 if you please" remarked the
Justice urbanely to the bridegroom.
GIVE no money!" said that individual,
turning to his love; "you pay the gen.
tleman." The lady turned upon him
with fire in her eye. "Pay him your
self. No money, did you say? You've
got plenty of money, and 1 know it. -"
"Come, now, Sally, stop that nonsense,
and don't be givin' the gentleman so
much trouble after he's done so much
for We; give him the 81" For me, is
it? 1 guess it's for you, too, and yod'll
pay him if he's paid at ALL" But the
groom continued to insist that he was
penniless, until finally the bride reached
away down into the folds of her volumi-
nous dress and produced the 81.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
How a Young Inventor Worked.

The old "door-latch" in universal use
before our knob-latches became popular,
still holds its place in many country
houses. The Scientific american has
this interesting notice of it:
The remark of the English builder,
Mr. Frederick Smith, that everything
about the American thumb-latch ''proves
that brains were used when 1t was de-
signed and made" calls out from an old
friend of the inventor the following ac-
count of the circumstances under which
the invention was made. Our cOrrespon-
dent gives the story in the words of the
inventor, Mr.. Blake After telling how
his previous business-the manufacture
of tooth brushes-had proved unprofit-
able, Mr.. Blake said:
81 found it was necessary to invent
something. Going to the City OF New
Haven, / went into hardware store and
asked the salesman to show me the worst
made article of general use. He at once
handed me Norfolk latch bought 1T,
took it home, and in q short time made
the present latch. In the first year L
sold thirty thousand dozen"
The Blake latch was patented about
1880. Our correspondent says that the
last Norfolk latches he saw were being
worked up in a rolling mill in Philadci-
phia, in 1915. Our correspondent
adds
"That in 1879, nearly fifty years after
the American latch was patented, 1t
should be considered wonder by the in
telligent Englishman, is perfectly mar
velous. That the Blake latch has never
been improved by the active American,
proves that Mr.. Smith is correct when
he says that brains were used in its de-
sign and construction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

The plentiful use of lemons at this
season of the year is wholesome and
healthful. Lemon juice is the best anti
scorbutic remedy known, and is valuable
in fevers, inflammation, liver complaint,
children's complaints, etc. BY rubbing
the gums with lemon juice they are kept
healthy, the nails and hands are also
kept clean, soft and supple by the use
of lemon. Neuralgia is said to be cured
by rubbing the affected part with lemon,
and it is an excellent thing for use on
the hair. 1t is now customary to put a
slice of lemon in the glass of iced tea,
which renders the customary drink much
more palatable.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

PROBABLY the youngest widow on rec
ord in this country lives in Albany. She
was discovered by census enumeration.
She gave her age as % The inquiries
of the enumerator afterward revealed
the fact that her husband died in the
war, about seventeen years ago, so that
the poor creature was left widow Mt
the early age of years. She carried
on the statistical conversation with the
enumeration in apparently blissful un-
consciousness of any extraordinary de-
auctions being made from the figures
and facts she had given.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

A NORTH CAROLINA monkey attended
several executions with his master, be-
came deeply interested in the operation,
and, securing "A rope, tried it on himself.
After experimenting for half day, he
died by strangulation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

thirteen in number, are to be replaced
by twenty-six small girders, and they
are to be thirty-one feet lower than they
were in the old bridge. This new plan
will give abundant securities for stability,
but it will, of course, necessitate n low
ering of the Orders already standing,
ond it is on this ground that the plan is
expected to be opposed. The people
interested in the fifteen or twenty smacks
that find their way up the river to the
neighborhood of Perth in the course OF
a year will, in the name of :" the naviga-
ton of the Tay," probably take consid-
cradle exception to the new plans.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09
The Annual Encampment.

The following order has been issued
by the Commander in Chief
MILITARY DEPARTMENT, MIcHIaAS,)
ADJUrANT GENERALS OFFICE,
LANSING, June II, 1880.
General Orders No. o.
The encampment Of instruction for 1880 for
the brigade of state troops, az provided for in
section 81, State Military law, will be held at a
point to be hereafter designated. commencing
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

A MAN who marries Vassar girl will
have to provide something besides love
in cottage Just glance at the items
these girls used UP last year. Among
these we note "Forty-fve tons of
fresh meats, two tons and half Of
smoked meats, two tons of poultry, three
tons of fish, five barrels of mackerel,
$4,000 CLAIMS, 442 gallons of oysters, five
barrels of pork, 255 barrels of flour, two
tons of buckwheat, 36 bushels of beans,
1919 bushels of potatoes, s, 400 dozens
of eggs, 500 quarts of milk, S,OO5
bananas, 22,611 oranges, and other deli
cacies and substantials in proportion. J"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

JUDGE MCCRARY has decided that the
Western Union Telegraph Company had
not the exclusive right to use the tele-
graph wires of the Union Pacific Rail
road Company, and that the American
Union Company could use the wires.
The contract between the railroad COM
pany and the Western Union was de-
clared void, because beyond the power
of the railroad company to execute.
The court further declared that the
provision of the contract by which it
was agreed to send messages for the
officers of the railroad company free
was corrupt, immoral, and against pub
lie policy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

FOREIGNERS are not to be blamed If
they gather singular ideas of American
manners in reading the details of law
suit brought by one Mr.. Finch, a jeweler
of Newbern, N. c., against one Miss
Waters, of the same place. This young
woman, it seems, desiring a set of jet
which she was not able to buy, acceded
to the jewelers. proposition that she
should take it, and pay for it with 100
kisses, at the rate of one kiss day.
She gave Mr.. Fitch, who called at her
house every morning for the purpose,
the promised kiss for thirty mornings,
when he became dissatisfied with her
cheek, and she offered the other one,
but refused her lips, upon which the in
dignant purchaser abandoned the re-
naming seventy, left the house, and
brought an action for breach of contract.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-09

THE North British Railway Com
panys plans for restoring the Tay
bridge are now published. The main
features of the new structure will be
two. The old long Orders, which were
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-15

and state-rooms will be placed amid
ships, and will contain every facility
for comfort and luxury. All the latest
improvements are to be added, and the
entire cabin will be splendidly furnished
and upholstered. There will be 275
revolving chairs at the saloon tables,
and the state-rooms will easily accom-
modate 800 frst-elass passengers. A
drawing-room, which can be occupied
by 100 ladies' at once, will be placed on
the deck Immediately over the saloon
The smoking groom will be above the
drawing-room, and will accommodate
100 smokers at once. The saloon Will
contain six bathrooms. There will be
room on board for almost any number
OF steerage passengers, and space for
an enormous quantity of freight in the
hold. The City of Rome is to be built
OF steel, with double bottom, and
eleven bulkheads.