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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS.

The Tariff Commission has resolved
not TO visit the Pacific slope, for lack of
time
At the international Convention of
Fire Chiefs at Cincinnati, Capt Shaw, of
London, severely criticised the heavy ma
chinery used in American departments
The National Department of Agri-
culture places the yield of winter wheat at
$50, 0o0, 600 bushels, and spring wheat 1T l40,-
100000 bushels The September condition OF
potatoes has declined, but prospects are ia
vorable for crop of Isl, 600, 900 bushels
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has declared a quarterly dividend Of
10 per cent DIR. Norvin Green gave notice
of his intention to retire at the end of his
term OF office
The New York Commercial Bulletin
estimates the losses by fire throughout the
United States during August at sS,000,0O0.
This Is 100000 less than the waste by fire in
August, 1881; 81, 000, 0O0more than in August,
1880; nearly 3,OOO, 600 moro than in August,
1879; and $4,000 more than in August,
1878.
The crops in Ontario, Canada, fall be
low the average In the western section the
harvest was long and tedious
A storm Mt Montreal caused the burn
ing of La Prairie barracks which originally
cost the Imperial Government S500000
4 minister at Quebec refused to mar
~ a man 10 his deceased wife's sister, assert
ing that, although the alliance would be a
valid one, the law did not compel him TO
perform the ceremony.
Engineer Melville has caused n great
sensation at Philadelphia by deserving his
wife and children upon the moment of his
arrival The wife's story of his gruff greet
ing and brutal departure is pathetic one.
Lieut. Danenhower's attention having
been called TO notices in the press contain
ing innuendoes of charges by him against
Engineer Melville, he has issued card
stating he has made no accusations against
any one, and that his relations with the
Engineer have always been of a friendly
character
Hon. Abram S. Hewitt said to re-
porter in Denver that John l. Davenport had
Mt last unearthed the author of the famous
Morey letter, but that the matter would
probably be dropped without prosecution.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Russian actress Feyghite shot
herself in the apartments of the Duo dc
Morny, at Paris, and inflicted, it is feared,
fatal wound
The proposed coronation of the Gar
of Russia, which has kept the world on a
broad grin for the past twelvemonth, has
been postponed to next year.
The cable brings advices of the death
of Emile Plantamour, the Swiss astronomer.
-Four women were decapitated at Dub
lin by the falling of buttress of St Pat
rick's Cathedral
1t is announced that Parnel1, Davitt,
Dillon and Brennan have decided TO hold a
conference at an early day In order to in
augurate a national movement in which the
various movements will be consolidated
upon the platform of national self-govern-
ment, the abolition Of landlordism, the pro-
motion of home industries, the rights of
laborers, and paid representation in Parlia-
ment
The Hillsdale crew lost their first
race on the Thames through bad steering
and the breaking of a slide They twice
fouled the Thames crew, and had secured q
good lead and seemed in fair way TO win
when the accident occurred which enabled
the Englishmen to take the lead and keep 1t
to the end
Sir James Anderson, physician ex-
traordlnary TO Queen Victoria and the au-
thor of two medical works, has been called
from earth
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22
Foreign immigration.

Anew York telegram says: Superintendent
Jackson, of Castle Garden, reports that
during the first six months of the present
year 27S, 342 immigrants landed at this port
The avowed destinations of these new
corners in the West were as follows: Arizona,
10; Arkansas, 40; Colorado, ,2j3; California,
2,355; Dakota, 2,107; Indiana 3J42; Illinois,
b, SD; Idaho, 8; Iowa, IL ,546; Kentucky,
~ Kansas, 2,209 Michigan
1860; Missouri, 5000; Minnesota, 4,2S7 (;
Montana, 1853; New Mexico 81; Manitoba,
$50; Nebraska, 4,45S; Nevada l24; Ohio,
14,6G3; Oregon, 1873; Utah, 7S; Wisconsin,
Is ,232; Washington Territory, 80; Wyoming,
$50; Indian Territory, 2 The greater pop
ton of these immigrants proceeded directly
to the West, and comparatively few went
either to the South or TO New England Al
though the avowed destination Of nearly
100000 was New York State, only small
proportion of them have settled in this
vicinity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22

elective or appointtwe Office, or any other Of
fcial position under the constitution OF laws
Of this State.
G. Finally, the Government, whether Of
the State or Of the United States, Ia nothing
but committee of the citizens appointed 10
attend TO certain concerns Of the whole body
of the people that cannot otherwise be man
aged, and all straining or undue tension OF
the functions of these committees In any di-
rection whatsoever should be constantly
watched and always resisted by the people
COLORADO RKpUBIIcANs.
In the State Convention of the Republicans
of Colorado, held mt Denver, Hon Ernest l.
Campbell, of Leadville, was nominated for
Governor on the second ballot
william II. Meyer was nominated for Lieu
tenant Governor on the first ballot
james Il. Bedford was nominated for Con-
gress on the second ballot
Melvin Edwards, of Summit, was nomi-
mated for Secretary of State; Fred Wolsen, OF
Huerfano, for State Treasurer; John Abbott,
OF Larimie, for Auditor; ID. f. Urmy, of Pu-
eblo, for Attorney General; J. ID. Chaffee,
Chairman of the State Central Committee.
Resolutions were adopted of regret at the
death of Garfield and indorsing the course of
President Arthur; thnnlss for the calling OF
Henry NJ Teller to the secretaryship of the
INTERIOR denouncing the decentralization of
silver and recommending the aIportionment
of funds arising from the sale of public lands
to tho sinking of artesian wells in Colorado.
DELAWARE GREENBAUKERa
convention of the Greenbackers of Della
ware convened at Newcastle and nominated
Milo l. Blanchard for Governor and Alfred
H. Weld for Congress- A former convention
had Ramed ticket with John G. Jackson for
Governor, but he declined The platform
adopted, in addition to the usual planks
adds one demanding the abolition of the
whipping post
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22

The Republican candidates for Congress
were elected by pluralities a little in excess
OF that for Governor. The Republicans
carry fourteen OF the sixteen counties OF
the Senator'S twenty eight are Republicans
and three Fusion OF the members OF the
House l08 are Republicans and forty
Fusionists In two districts the elections
are not determined
Official returns of the State election
In Arkansas show the following vote on
Governors Berry, Democrat s7,67b; Slack,
Republican, 40,352; Garland, Greenbacker,
10, i42 The total vote was l47, Ice, the largest
ever polled
The wife of Engineer Melville has
been placed In the asylum at Norristown,
Penn on certificate of insanity given by
two physicians Melville telegraphed to his
sister in New York TO take care of his home
and children His friends claim that great
injustice has been done him in the statement
that he deserted his family, and they assert
that his wife has not only been deranged for
several years, but is under the influence of
liquor great portion of the time She is a
daughter of Judge Waldron, of Buffalo.
Incendiary fires caused the destruc-
ton of the greater part of the village of
Grand Meadows, Mimi and numerous build
ings were consumed at Red Wing by the
same means
The agricultural products of Kansas
this year are estimated to be worth at pres
ent prices s13S 1856, 3l5, and the other prod
ucts of the farm, garden and pasture, in
Guiding live stock, will bring the total up to
sl76 900, 900, or an average, of sl76 for every
man, woman and child in the State.
Negotiations are nearly completed
tor the transfer of the Little Rock and Fort
Smith road to the Gould system, rs n feeder
to the Iron Mountain road.
John Mckinley, formerly resident
oil Dallas, Tex, has been sentenced TO be shot
by the Mexican authorities for killing q ma
tive.
President Arthur returned to Wash
ington on the 10th inst
There is q gensine craze for oil
gambling in the petroleum centers of Penn
sylvania
Severe floods have occurred in por-
lions of Austria and Italy.
Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Dean of
Windsor, and domestic Chaplain TO Queen
Victoria, is dead.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22

literally butohereds Laughlin at Pmo Pinto
for refusing TO drink with him, was pursued
twenty-five miles by citizens and riddled
with bullets
An important financial institution
known as the Richmond Banking and Insur-
anoe Company, located at Richmond, Va,
closed it's doors and was placed In the hands
Of trustee The concern was one of the
two repositories for the funds of the State
of Virginia, and had on deposit $500. 900 Of
State money. o.rr.. -, ~
A dispatch. from Brownsville, Texas,
says that the yellow-fever epidemic Is suffer-
ing from inundation by rise In the Rio
Grande Many residents In the northern
section of the city have been compelled to
vacate their premises The disease has ap-
peared ut Mier, Mexico, In malignant form
Thirty buildings around the public
square at Crockett, Tex, valued at $4,000
were burned.
Nathan Bennett, negro, who at
tempted to outrage white girl in South
Carolina, was taken from the jail and hanged
and his body ridhed with bullets by mob.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A registered per cent. bond for
$1,000 was stolen from the Office of the
Register of the Treasury ten days ago, and
the secret-service force has thus far failed TO
secure any truce of it
Miner and Rerdell, the convicted
star-route conspirators, were granted new
trial, Judge wylie setting aside the verdict
because of it's incoherency and the miscon-
duct of the jury. Aerrick, for the Govern
ment acquiesced in the motion for the new
trial. claiming the recent verdict simply
trihed with justice.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22
POLITICAL POINTS.

A. G. Botkin, a we!lknown newspa-
per man, late of Chicago aud Milwaukee,
has been nominated by the Republicans for
Delegate in Congress from Montana
Benz. Il Hill, Jr., SAYS seat i'll the
United States Senate is beyond his aspira-
tons, and that he would decline the appoint
ment if rendered him by the Governor Of
Georgia
Gen. James B. Weaver WAS unani-
mously nominated for Congress by the Sixth
district Greenback Convention of Iowa
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22

THE wearing Of jewelry is going out
of fashion in England. 1t is regarded
as vulgar to be seen with a display Of
Jewels, unless it be on great occasions.
Bare arms and throats are the rule IN
fashionable society, the wearing of
bangles, bracelets and chains being left
to those who do not follow the newest
STYLES.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22

AN Austin father complained bitterly
of the way his children destroyed their
clothing lie said: when was boy
i had only one suit of clothes and had
to take care of it. / was only allowed
one pair of shoes year in those days"
There was a pause, and then the oldest
boy spoke up and said: Il say, dad, you
have much easier time of it now-you
are living with us."-Terds Strings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22

Party State Conventions, and
What They Did.
List Of the Nominees. Platforms, Etc.
NEW HAMPSHIRE aEfvprIcAxs.

The Republicans of New Hampshire met
in State Convention at Concord, and on the
fourth ballot nominated Samuel W. Hall, of
Keene for Governor. The Committee on
RESOLUTIONS reported reaffirming the faith of
New Hampshire Republicans In those
principles which have given liberty, peace
and prosperity IL the whole country; lament
ing the death OF President Garfield. and ex-
pressing confidence in his successor. The
tariff plank Is as follows: I'VE reaffirm and
indorse the principles of protective tariff
as the safeguard of American industries, by
which our great manufacturing interests
have been fostercd and maintained and
American labor protected against ruinous
competition and scantiy paid labor of foreign
nations"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22

A dispatch from Augusta, Me-. says:
The Kennebec Journal publishee full official
returns from all the State except from six
small plantations, the vote Of which VIII
change the result but little:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-09-22

SOME of tho models of Partisan
dresses have absurdly long-pointed cor
sages and stiff. hideous panniers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-07
A Girls Experiment.

The presence of big black bear in
the neighborhood of Butler, Ga, recent
". has given occasion for several local
scares and number of newspaper az
ticles. Miss Mary l.. Groat, a young
woman who lives in that vicinity, near
Reynolds, decided few days ago to
make use of the bear in order that she
might test the courage and devotion of
two rivals for her hand. She planned
that her brother, disguised in a buffalo
robe, should appear in q certain grove
during twilight that evening and that
both lovers should be with her at the
time. The young men were glad of the
opportunity to be with Miss Groat,
neither suspecting that they were to
pass through the crucible and come out
either refined gold or 1906" medal met
al. Sammy Groat, the bear, was de-
lighted with the scheme, feeling that he
could roar her las gently as a sucking
dove or as thunderously as a cyclone
in the wild west. When the sister saw
the disguised brother poke the bears
head over some bushes she pointed to-
ward the object. Both lovers looked
and saw the masqueraded youth. To
Miss Groat's surprise, however, each
made for the animal and the discharge
OF three or four revolver shots added to
the surprise. The bear took to his heels,
and the young woman frantically ap-
pealed to her lovers not to shoot. Sam
my cot home without a scratch, and
shortly afterward theromantic girl, with
an admirer at each hand. also returned,
all considerably excited by the incident.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-07
Pearl Fishing in the Indian Ocean.

When cholera and its attendant quar-
antine forced us to abandon the trip to,
Baghdad, we lost chance of seeing
the pearl fisheries of the Persian Gulf.
Here again, in Ceylon, we were fated to
miss the same coveted sight. The loca-
tion of the pearl banks is the bay of
Condatchy, less then a hundred and
fifty miles north of Colombo. Despite
the magnitude of this interest, which is
a state monopoly, no town of any eX-
tent marks the favored vicinity, and the
surrounding landscape is parched, flat
and inhospitable. Yet when it is an
nounced, after an official inspection,
that fishing will be permitted during
certain months, usually in the Spring.
the lifeless place becomes all animation.
A great fleet of boats gather from the
neighboring coasts, and multitude OF
natives come from the interior.
At given signal, that all may fare
equally well. the exciting work begins.
Hundreds of divers, ready with their
sinking stones, ropes and baskets, in
stantly plunge into the sea. In mo-
ment they reappear, breathless from the
long immersion, with their baskets full
of the peculiar mollusks which bear the
precious gems. Then another set de-
scend into the depths, each craft having
several, and SO on till the boats are
laden. The divers are sometimes at
tackled by sharks and obliged to use
their knives in defense.
When the oysters are landed divi-
sion is made. The boatmen receive
either a third or a fourth rs their share
q am in doubt which,, while the gov
ernment generously takes the remain
der Those belonging to the colony are
at once disposed of at auction, in lots
of thousand. The result of these
sales is, OF course, an assured revenue.
But such is not the position of the buy
er. His purchase is distinctly specu-
lation. There is no certainty that it
will yield in pearls enough to exceed
the amount of his outlay. He could bid
for unclaimed express packages with
equal hope of profit. A hundred oys-
ters may not contain a solitary pearl,
and vet two or three might be found in
one shell.
The moIlusks are allowed to putrefy
in the burning sun, and are then care
| fully washed, to extract the dainty jew
els from the foul dross. During this
odorous process the owner must be ever
vigilant, or his workmen will relieve
him of his choicest treasures. In truth,
pearl fishing, like mining for diamonds
and gold, is for all concerned a precar-
| iOuS occupation.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-07
A Clever Cheat,

Henry Keys, who left the Pioneer
Park, Oakland. Cal, recently, played q
trick by which he realized S65 for forty
gallons of water. Wishing to sell out,
he ''doctored" barrel so as to dispose
of it as full of pure whisky. He ar.
ranged in the barrel piece of hose
two feet long, with one end hermetically
sealed. He then filled the hose with a
quart of the finest whisky-old, oily and
rich. He then fastened the unsealed
end to the faucet on the inside, headed
up the barrel and filled it with water.
Ready was he for purchaser for forty
gallons of rare old whisky" and Max
Marcuse proved willing customer.
MarcUse sampled the liquor drawn from
the hose. pronounced it good and bought
the barrel for 565. After drawing a
few drinks the supply in the hose gave
out, and an examination showed the
deception. In the meantime Keys had
left the town, and he has not been heard
from. Two warrants await him-one
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, and the other for disposing of
fixtures in the Pioneer Park which are
said to belong to the estate of Michael
Reese. Max Marcuse is figuring how
much to charge profit and loss in his
ledger for the purchase of one barrel,
two feet of hose, one quart of whisky
and forty gallons of water.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-07
His Response,

The tribe of Koriaks in Siberia have n
settled conviction that all men are equal
and refuse to show personal respect to
any one, however exalted his rank. An
amusing instance of this democratic
feeling is narrated i'll connection with a
Russian major who wished to get what
he wanted from the natives bv Impress
ing them with proper sense of his rank
and power. For this purpose he called
one of the oldest and most influential Of
them one day and proceeded to tell him.
through an interpreter, how rich he was,
what rank he held, what immense re-
sources in the way of rewards and pun
ishments he possessed, and how becom-
ing it was that poor wandering heathen
should treat him with reverence. The
old Koriak, squatting on his heels, lis
tened to this enumeration of the officers
attributes without moving muscle of
his face; but finally, when the interpre-
ter had finished, he rose slowly, walked
up to the major with imperturbable
gravity, and with the most benignant
and patronizing condescension. patted
him softly OH the head. The major
turned red and broke out into laugh;
but he never tried again to overawe
KOriak
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-07
Josh Billings on Oourting.

Courting il luxury, it IL salad, it il
ise water, it il beveridge, it il pla
spell of the soul. The man who haz
never courted hez lived in vain; he haz
bin blind man amung landscapes and
waterskapes; he haz bin a def man in
the land ov hand organs, and by the
side ov murmuring canals. Courtingiz
like 2 little springs ov soft water that
steal out from under rock at the fut
ov a mountain, and run down the hill
side by side, singing and dansing and
scattering each uther, eddying and
frothing and kaskading, now hiding un-
der bank, now full ov sun, and nowfull
ov shadder, till bimeby tha iine and
then tha 90 slow. am in favor ov long
counting; it gives the parties a chance
to find out each uther's trump cards, it
liz good eXercize, and liz jist az innersent
az merino lambs. Courting iz like
strawberries and cream, wants to be did
slow, then yu git the flavor. l hav saw
folks cit ackquainted, fall in luv, git
married, settle down, and git few wurk
in three weeks from date. This liz iist
the wa sum folks larn trade. and
akounts for the great number ov al
mightey mean mechanicks we hav, and
the poor jobs tina turn out.
Perhaps it IL best l shud state some
good advise to yung men who are about
tew court with final view to matr-
mony, az it waz. In the first phase,
yung man. yu want to get yure system
all rite, and then find yung woman
| who liz willing tew be courted on the
square. The next thing IL tew find out
how old she iz, which yu kan do bi ask
ch hot chn in
years old, and this yu will find won't be
far from out ov the wa. The next best
thing IL tew begin moderate; say once
every mite in the week for the fust six
months, increasing the dose az the pa
tient seems to require it. 1t is a fust
rate wa tew court the girls mother q
| leetle on the start, for there il one thing
woman never despizes, and that IL, a
leetle good courting, if it IL dun strikly
on the square. After the fust year yu
will begin tew like the bizzness. Thare
is one thing alwus advise, and that IL
not to swop fotograffs oftener than once
in 10 daze, unles yu forget how the gal
looks.
OCCASIONALLY yu want tew look sorry,
and draw in yure wind az tho yu had
pain, this will set the gal tew teaZing
yut find out what ails yu. Evening
meetings are a good thing tu tend, it
will keep yure Religion in tune, and
then if the gal happens to be thare, bi
accident, she can ask yu tew go hum
with her AS ageneral thing wouldn' t
brag on uther gals much when waz
courting, it mite look az tho yu knu
tew much. If yu will court years in
this wa awl the time on the square, if
yu don't sa it il leettle the slikest
time in your life, yu kan git measured
for hat at my expense, and pa for it.
Don't court for mummy, nor buty, nor
relashuns, these things are just about az
onsartin az the kerosene lie refining
bissness, liable tew git out ov repair and
| bust at any minDit
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-07
tsFather," he suddenly remarked. 6

''Father," he suddenly remarked, as
he looked up into the paternal face,
''you are awful good to ma" ''Am l!
Well, l hope treat her as a husband
should devoted wife" '.And it's all
over town how liberal you are to her.
''How; what do you mean?' ''Why,
heard three or four men on the car say
that all you had in the world was in hel
namen' ''Yes-ahem-yes- 90 to
bed, sir; and next time you hear people
lying about me don't listen to what they
sayn'-W Wall Street NeaOS.
A paterfamiEes was helping his ten
year old son to master his Sunday-school
lesson. That lesson happened to be de
voted to the parable of the Sower. In
the course of his instruction the father
asked his son the meaning of the word
stare" the son replied, Il don't know
exactly, but mother can tell me all about
it." Whyyour mother my sonp'' "Well,
she must know, for a little while ago,
when you didn't come home for two OF
three days. / asked mother where you
were and she said she guessed you were
on tare!'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-09-07
She Didn't Get What She Wanted.

Il just got mosquito in my throat, -
murmured the fair Angeline, as she
leaned on her croquet mallet.
Il am SO sorry" replied Tom;
cough hard.'
And the fair creature coughed hard
enough to break her back.
IF L only had something to drink, -
she sighed, as she glanced at near by
soda-water sign.
s.All right!'' he replied, innocently,
and tramped off to pump and brought
about pint of water, which the young
lady, who had not swallowed u mosqui-
to, but had tried to secure soda-water
under false pretences, was obliged to
swallow.
The moral of this is that too much
modesty is sometimes bad for the
health, and if you see anything you
want don't be afraid to ask for it.