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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

IL will be seen that the work OF railway ex-
tension has been carried on in iorty-two Statcs
aud Territories, the only States III which no new
track is reported laid being c, nnecticut and
Delaware, aud the only Territories thus dis
tinguished being idaho, Indian Territory and
Utah, although 1t Is probable that few mi es
were laid IN the latter. The remote Possession
OF ALASKA of course does not &C me into this
category Texas leads the country In respect
OF railway building, having added last year by
our table, ], All miles, which fiual returns will
probably Increase to !, 900 or more. Colorado
appears to come nt xt with about 900 miles, Of
which no less than $40 are officially reported 10
us As laid b, that eDterprising narrow- ange rail-
way company. tie Denver and Rio Graz do. This
COMPANY built during the year no less than ten
different lines or portlons Of lines. Iowa comes
next with nearly $40 miller, and Dakota and
Ohio also show thus Tar between 400 and 800
miles. Indiana, Limos, New Mexico and New
York appear to have added between 3cO and 400
miles.
The narrow gauge makes no insignificant
showing in the list OF railway mileage con-
structed in 1881. o. the 253 differ mt lines
tuus far reported to be built during the year,
no less than forty-three, or over II per c. mt,
were Of thr,e-foot gauge and OF the S,240
miles Of new track, which We already report,
l,490 miles, or about IA per cent, were OF that
gauge,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.
More MiIes 81 nOads nutis Last YeaI
Than Ever Before.

Iron the Railway Agel
The year 1851 has been especially notable for
the enormous extent and rapldity OF railway
construction in the United States. Although
1t opened with very severe winter. and snow
the commencement Of operations III large
part OF the country, and although during the
summer and fall railway work in the West was
retarded by an excess Of rain aud mud. still we
are able thus early to present table giving,
we believe, a comparatively complete summary
OF the number Of separate lines and
the miles of track actually land down
in the various States and Terri
tories since the 1t OF January, 1881. As the
month of December has been unueu slly mild In
the northern half of the country, consid, rable
track 10 doubt has 10, laid within tee last few
GAYS, of which we have, az yet. recev q no
report. II ID ,robable, al-o that IN some other
cases the ant reports have not shown the
eutire amount OF tr ok laid or TINT will have
b,en land at the end OF this month. While,
therefore, the H. urcs when are II Nv able 10
give necessarily incomplete, aud will ave to
be supplemented in a future art Gle giving the
record OF construction III Diet. IL, We may say
that 1t has been made up with very great care
from numerous sources, railway managers,
State RAJ road Commissioners and other State
officers contributing their assistance, aud that
il Is reasonably complete for early publca-
uon. Our figures show that track has be n
laid on 259 different lines-althou, IA not 10y
as many different compauies-apd already
aggregates no less than 8,243 hi es.
This il much the largest mileage ever
constructed in any one year. that
for 1881 being given by "Poor's Manual" at
TIA miles, which III turn was for greater than
the mileage added i'll any pr, -ous year except
IN 1871. when it reached 1879 miles. Allowing
for returns yet 10 be received, We Leh, We II sal,
to estimate that the track lad in The UniteC
States III 1881 will prove TO have been very liz
tie, il any, less than 0. coo miles.
The following il the table, Ms far as we art
now able to complete 1t, OF new construction il
1881.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06
Animals OF the Rockies.

Those who frequent the snowy range
tell interesting stories of the various
wild animals, large and small. that in
habit those regions. The habits of the
large game, such as elk, antelope, hears,
etc. are too well known to require a
description. The smaller game is less
sought after by hunters. ana is less
known on the plains. The timber far
up in the range is sail to TEEN with an
imal life. There are rabbits, squirrels,
martens. grouse. ETC., In countless mum
bers. Some of these animals are so little
hunted that they ore very tame. For
instance, rabbits can be approached 20
as TO b. knocked over with pole; il
peculiar species of this animal il called
the sHow-shoe rabbit" on account oi
the peculiar formation of the feet, which
can be spread ont as large "A IN Ia
hand. With these appendages they a,e
enabled to run uron the surface of tire
lightest snow. The Rocky mountain
weasel fully sustains the reputation OF
its class for watchfulness and ag lily.
Surprise one IF the little fellows and he
will skurry over the snow ut terrible
pace, and should the snow he light aud
feathery, the little animal will shoot he.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

A WOMAN hos sued the city of Muske-
gon for $40. 900 damages for falling over
loose board in the sidewalk.
The grease-box department of the
Saginaw barrel works has turned out
266, 900 boxes in the last three weeks.
VAssAR Times: George Burgess has
an apple-tree the leaves of which are
AZ green as at any time during the
summer.
JAMES TAYLOR, one of the earliest set
tiers at Kalamazoo, died from a stroke
OF apoplexy. He left 800, 900 to three
children.
The German carp to be distributed in
Michigan are adaptedfor small lakes and
ponds in the southern part of the State,
not the northern.
On account of inadequate accommo-
dations at Bad Axe, since the great fires
that swept over the Saginaw PENN ula,
there will he no term of court Tor Huron
county in January.
THE Elk Rapids Progress says that
| the water OF Grand Traveiss bay rises
about foot above the ordinary level
every seven years, and that next year is
the time for the rise.
A 14-YEAR-oLD boy of Portland nearly
whipped the school ma'am, when the
boys sister went to the aid of the teach
er, and between the two the boy got one
which made ting down unpleasant for
the next few days.
AT Roscommon, Deputy Sheriff Amos
Forbes was killed by Robert Il. Titus,
whom he attempted to arrest for assault
ing his wife. A mob was unsuccessful
In attempting to take Titus from the
officer who captured him.
The absence of snow in the lumber
| ing districts is beginning to alarm con-
tractors and lumbermen generally. The
Iraius from the north every evening
bring hundreds of woodsmen to the city,
whose services have been dispensed
with.-B0y city Tribune.
A sCHoOLMasTER at Reese applied to
a Justice of the Peace to know what
punishments he could legally infict up
GU The "big girls, who, he said, an
noyed him dreadfully. The Justice,
after a searching examination If the law,
advised the perplexed master that he
could marry one OF 'em.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

of reindeer, for, rs one OF the species
is all that skillful driver Can manage.
how could an old fellow manage 80
many? The only point OF resemblance
between reindeer sleigh and other
sleighs is that they are all made to run
on the snow, for the Lapp sleigh is really
q boat, short. narrow and graceful, and
it rests on broad keel instead of
two runners. 1t closely resembles in
appearance and size one half OF canoe.
1t holds but one person, who must
divide his attention between driving the
deer and acting as ballast. The driving
is the easiest part of the work, because
when the animal is fairly started he goes
straight ahead, and there are no street
corners In L.pland. There are curves,
however, and as spirited deer will
travel fifteen miles an hour, and cannot
be coaxed to slacken his speed, it is
about twice as hard To keep the sleigh
on level keel in rounding a well-beaten
curve of the road as to avoid capsizing
while "jibing" small boat in a brisk
breeze. The reindeer makes no trouble
in the stable, for he never enters one.
He prefers to find his own food. which
may be under the snow, but he knows
how to dig his way down to it; and if
the snow is deep, the only way OF find
ing deer that is wanted is to go from
hole to hole. Az the moss grows very
slowly, moving-days are frequent in
Lapp families, for the people must go
wherever the deer can find food. -Xor-
per's Young People.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

CHICAGO Times: There is one practice
at this season of gift making which can
not he too ,rcibly condemned. 1t is
the assessing of employees Ivy some of
their number to please an employer, a
superintendent, some one in authority
over men, with gift. These are sell
dom free-will offerings, for at Christmas
a wage-earner has use at home for all he
can spare. It is method of compul-
sion appealing to pride or fear, and the
man who will consent to become it's
beneficiary is neither just nor generous
To solicit gift is but TO levy tribute
1t may sometimes become genteel form
of robbery. Upon this subject the st.
Louis Cube. Democrat remarks, sensi-
by: "This whole practice is wrong
end foremost. 1t is parents who give
presents Mt Christmas time to their
children. The charity should flow from
those who havA TO those who have not
from superior to subordinate, from the
rich to the poor, from the strong to the
weak. 1t is stream that flows down
hill, not up. To force it up is against
nature"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

The following extract from letter
written by lady in Cleveland, in refer
nee to the resting-place OF our mar
yred President, will be read with inter
st $50 long a time has elapsed since
he obsequies that many strangers visit
'ng Cleveland are surprised TO learn
hat detachment of United States in-
fantry are still detailed to watch the
vault wherein lie the remains of our
IGNORED President. Night and day can
ne heard the measured tramp, tramp OF
he sentry on duty, and it is intended to
continue this watchfulness until the
ody is deposited in the ground.
Through the grated door of the vault
San be seen the elegant casket given by
The Masonic brethren. Covered with
beautiful flowers. kept fresh by loving
hands, it is still visited daily by hun
Ireds of people, many of whom eagerly
seek the cast-off blossoms as memen-
toes. Near the vault Is the shelter
house. and on the other side of the lake
me white tents OF the soldiers are
pitched. At the base OF the hill upon
which the monument is to be placed a
glass house is erected, inclosing the
funeral-car, still trimmed with immor-
telles and tle trappings of woe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

SOME Of the newspapers of Italy are
showing considerable concern bee ause
Miss Alice Blaine, the daughter of the
Secretary, is travelling in that country
without chaperone. Italians can no
yet understand this, although they see
Americ and English girs walk alone
ut all hours of the day, and looking as
easy and unconcerned as if they were in
their own drawing room. Miss Blaine,
however, being great somebody, has
brought the Independence of American
girls to the fore, and leading articles
have appeared on the subject in the
principal newspapers of Italy. But
they will learn upon short acquaintance
that Miss Blaine is perfectly capable of
taking care of herself, and if she chooses
to make visits among her friends and the
friends of her father in Italy, just as she
would do were she at home in Maine, it
is nobody's business, except to admire
her independence and self-reliance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

A CHICAGO druggist named Mathei
advertised, among other wares, a
freckle lotion" which was warranted
to remove all blotches, pimples and
other eruptions" which might be in
digenous to the female countenance.
Miss Labeau purchased n bottle OF the
prepared remedy to clear off a few out
lying freckles, and the effect was mar
velous. She declares that the freckles
disappeared and along with them an
outer layer of flesh, and that her coun
tenance has ever since presented a par
boiled appearance and that, whatever
grade of beauty she may originally have
possessed, it has entirely disappeared.
and there is now remaining only a vast
waste of unquestionable ugliness. She
place the cause of all her present misery
at the feet of the druggist, and asks for
damages in the amount of $40, 900.
There are doubtless many cases in
Chicago, and more elsewhere, that have
never come to light, similar to that OF
Miss Labeau. The sale of these poison
GUS com -ounds is unrestricted, and no
one knows the amount of damage done,
because the sufferers have too much
pride to confess their Injuries. The best
cosmetic is cold water and fresh air, and
there would be more beauty in the
world and more charming compilations
if nothing else were used.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

A CANADIAN has recovered q verdict
for $3.50 damages against the Trustee
of the First Baptist Church of Montreal
"a horse, frightened by snow falling
from the church, having collided witt
his sleigh, 10 his personal injury. HI
lost his case On its first hearing. The
G urt of Review reversed that decision
and awarded $50 damages, and the
Court of Appeals has now sustained the
latter Judgment by majority of the
Judges.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06
Great Men in Undress.

Swift relieved his tense and tragic
moods by Harvesting his servant with
cordis-on one occasion he insisted on
Harvesting his learned and respectable
friend DR.. Sheridan-and driving them
up and down the stairs aud through the
rooms of his deanery.
Peter the Great sought to unbend
himself by being wheeled over the flower
beds aud neat parterres of his hosts
gnrden in q wheelbarrow, as poor Sir
William Temple found to his cost. That
accomplished dplomatist appears to
have felt his chagrin at the failure of the
Tr pie Alliance mere child's play to his
feel ngs at beholding the Rn sian mon
arch riding roughshod over the priceless
tulips of Moor Park.
Innocent I'LL, probably the creates,
Pontif who ever sat on the throne OF
st. Peter, relieved his graver amuse.
ment of PLAYING at nine-pins with the
potentates Of Europe by gossiping fa.
mi larry with an old monk on a seat ut 0
fountain in the Vatican. He would
listen for hours to the stories aud point.
less anecdotes with which his humble
companion, who had travelled grea,
deal, RECALLED him. Temple Bar.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

For the information of the goodly
number of fossils who still speak of Gin
cinnati as Porkopolis, a few figures on
summer packing may be given. The
total number Of hogs packed in the
United States for the summer of 1881
was 4,772, 1884. of which Chicago packed
just 2,700,000, or considerably more
than half Of the other places engaged
in this business, St Louis, 1ndianapo
lis, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Cleveland
and Cedar Rapids disposed of more hogs
than were killed at Cincinnati, which
packed but 5000. The squeal of the
murdered hog is no longer one of the
pervading musical notes of Cincinnati.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

AMERICAN pork men have discovered a
new wrinkle in the way of handling pork
in Europe. They say there is an unusu-
ally heavy demand for pork just now, the
orders coming from England. AT Liver
pool the M at is repacked with English
brands, and in this condition finds ready
sale i'll France and Germany. When
asked how this could be, in the face of
egal prohibition, a leading operator
said 1t has been established by scien-
tific exper.s that on English brand on
American pork will knock the trichinm
higher than Gilderoy's kite"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

THE farmers of Michigan have united
in fight against further royalty for the
right to use a certain process for drive
wells claimed by N. w. Green as his ex
elusive property. Counsel has been en-
ployed to represent the farmers, who are
determined to contest the claim to the
asst extremity. The outcome of the
pending litigation will be eagerly
watched by farmers throughout the
country
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

A HANe-about-s he-door-young man,
an-old fashioned take the-girls-home-
from cburcb-young-man, has come IT,
grief in Altoona. This not -very-wise
Young man was in the habit of taking
the girl of his choice to the church door
and leaving her there. At the conclu-
sion of the service, be waited, according
to the custom of the town, ut the church
door. until his sweetheart appeared,
when he crooked his elbow and they
went arm in arm. The City Council
passed an ordinance denominating this
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

For the week ending Dec. "a, 1881,
the reports indicate that influenza, scar
let fever and pneumonia increased, and
that typho-malarial fever, neuralgia and
tonsilitis decreased in area If prevalence.
Smallpox is reported at Bay City,
Detroit, Kalamazoo and in Geneva town.
ship, Van Buren, county. No m ore cases
OF smallpox reported at Grand Rapids,
Dec. 26.
1t will be seen that scarlet fever is re-
ported by thirteen observers and dph-
iberia by twenty five observers.
HENRY B. BAKER,
Secretary State Board OF Health.
LANSING, Mich, Dec. 20, 1881.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06
The Trar Nartherner.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1882.

A MUCH LlrIeATED steer case, which
had excited West Brattleboro, VT, and
employed the county's heavy legal tai
ent to settle the important question
whether hair would grow on clippe,
bovlne's tail, resulted in disagreement
of the jury and then the litigants settled
it between themselves without disclosing
their solution of the question.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

sort of waiting round the door rs loadng
md ordered the arrest of persistent loaf
rs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
was ordered away, but he would see 'em
skinned alive before he would go. He
was arrested, calaboosed, fined. Worse
than that, the girl for whom he had suf-
fered repudiated him, and his aunt dis
inherited him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

GATH says: 1.-THE history of Ameri-
.can Presidents prior to Mr.. Lincoln was
very dull history. Washington was
the worlds hero years before he became
our Chief Magistrate. Adams had
played his principal act long before he
became President. Jefferson had ac-
complished his dramatic " ork in the De-
claration of independence twenty five
years before he was President, and had
altered Virginia from an aristocratic
State to a republican Commonwealth,
which was about the most important act
he ever did, long before he was either
secretary of State, Foreign Minister, or
President. Only two things stand out
il Jefferson's Presidential career-the
purchase of Louisiana and sending out
Lewis and Clark's expedition. John
sons administration, after Lincoln's
death, was combination of John
Tyler and Willard Fillmore replayed.
Grants Administration was Monroe s
resumed-the laying of bricks and pub
lie edlfces, with considerable obstin-
acy in the mortar. Hayes administra-
ton was the coming of President Robert
Raikes, with his Sunday-school book un-
der his arm, and entire forgetfulness OF
the wicked star route men. All of Gar
fields administration that we know of
to his death-another terrific soberer,
which some men have wearied to talk
about, but which the multitude will not
forget till their dying day."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

cath its surfsce like mlskrat in the
ater, coming To the surface at Intervals.
Both gray and black squirrels. gray,
silver ami red foxes are found in tn.
mountains. There are also quail that
are white ~ now.-Ert Collins En-
press
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06

Prim little Miss Sonnet
Once ordered a bonnet,
The biggest and Rrandert that ever was seen.
And little Miss Sonnet
She said, ~ will don II,
For I am quite sure II is ut for the Queen"
Then little Miss Sonnet
She put ON her bonnet,
And tied n true-lovers knot under her chin
And this wonderful bonnet
Had rel roses on IL,
with all Of them fastened In place with pm.
So little Miss Sonnet
Went out with her bonnet,
And strutted about for while in the park;
When the wind took the bonnet
Wi tn little Miss Sonnet,
And blew them both up in the sky like . larh.
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Health In Michigan.

Reports to the State Board of Health,
Lansing, by fifty-fve observers of dis
eases in different parts OF the State. show
capaes of sickness during the week end
ing Dec 81, 1881, as follows:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-06
Production of Iron.

The census report showed the follow.
ing as the production Of iron in the sew
eral States for 1880:
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Number AID Ter
Cent. Of O1serv-
ers by Whons
Each Disease Was
RepOrted.
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Garfield,s Attend. nts' Bills.

There has been some guessing done al to the
items which make up the bill of costs of Presi-
dent Garfelds illness. at can be stated now
OH good authority" says a Washington tele-
gram. THAT ONE Of the items are az follows {:
To DIR. Agnew, $50, 900. He charges SIS. 90 for
the first ops ration. DR.. Hamion's bull il $25.-
900. DIR. Bliss Ia content with SS,0O0, or about
fiO0 day. DIR. Reyburn would probably take
less, say 81. 900 or ej,DO0. The army officers
will be paid by brevet rank, and possibly
increased pay. One question which re-
mains TO be settled touches the status OF
Drs. Boyntou and Elson. Both are phvslc ana,
and both took tue duties Of nurses. Shall trey
be paid az doctors or IA mere at endants? DR..
Boy nton is a man Of INDEPENDENT means, and
might not care, apart from considerations OF
pride aud etiquette. Mrs. Edison IL comforta-
bly, well off, but would no doubt accept q lib
eral fee with graft ude. The services OF DIR.
Bovnton and Mrs. Edron were of the grent'st
value, a. IL IL no or ous that the patient WAS
kept alive more bv careful nursing than any
very intelligent surgery"
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A GREAT many marriages are blind
bridal affairs. -StcuJcnviiie Herald.
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DENMARK has law that other nations

DENMARK has n law that other nations
might we'll incorporate into their crim-
inaI cole. 1t provides for the punish
ment of persons who wilffully refuse to
suceor persons, in case Of death from
wantof aid. In certain cases the omission
even to afford aid is punishable. The
law provides that whoever has refused
to help another person in mortal d,n-
ger, when he could have done SO with
out peril to his own life, and that per-
son has persisted in cnsequence, shall
be liable to either imprisonment or fine"
AT fashionable weddings in England
youthful relative Of the bride bears
her tram. He is fancifu!ly dressed in
the style OF the Old Venetian or Charles
L period