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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01
A Versatile Speller.

. mo, SIR" said the shopkeeper, IT
don't think you will do. We want q
man who understands the rules of or
biography, and you have spelled stu
alton in seven different ways at least,
in your application. )"
well, what o. that Amt that q
mark of genius? Doesn't it show ver-
satility? 1 want you to understand
that L amt one O. them fellers that has
to spell word the same way every
time. No, sir! If that's the kind of O
man yer want, you'll have to take some
body else. amt the teller to pin him.
self down in that way. Good mornin';
solong."
And the versatile speller walked
out with the iaunty air of a third-rate
actor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

ONE of the latest Munchausen tales
from the West is that company of
men, all of whom are six feet or over
IN height, have founded town in Mon
tana, which they have named Giant
vile. Lots in this town will be sold
only to men six feet or more in height,
who have wives five feet and eight
inches at least in stature Tie hope of
the projectors is to found a community
OF people all of whom shall he phys
ically large, and possibly gigantic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

For the week ending May 10, 1883,
the reports indicate that measles in
creased and erysipelas decreased in area
of prevalence.
At the State Capitol the prevailing
winds, during the week ending May
II, were southeast; and, compared with
the preceding week, the temperature
was higher, the absolute humidity
greater, the relative humidity and the
day and night ozone less.
Including reports by regular observ-
ers and by others, diphtheria was re-
ported present during the week ending
May 10, and since, at seventeen places,
scarlet fever at eighteen places and
measles at thirty-six places. One case
of smallpox was reported at Detroit,
May 10.
HENRY B. BAKER. Sec'y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

HERE is q strange case arising out Of
the compulsory military service in
France. A man named Gaines, belong
ing to the reserve of the army, served
bis twenty-eight days last autumn. He
was punished by corporal for some
fault of which he evidently did not con-
slider himself guilty. He took his pun
ishment without a murmur, and finished
his term of service. Unfortunately, he
cherished resentment against the cor
poral, and four months after his dis
charge when, as he thought, he had
once more become n citizen no longer
amenable to military law, he resolved
to have it out with him. SO when the
regiment came to Paris and was sta
toned at the barrack of Orsay, Gaines
went there, found the corporal, and
roundly abused him for the animosity
he had shown him during his term of
service. For this offense Citizen Gaines
was dragged before military tribunal,
where his ignorance of the French law
was his only defense, and he was con-
demned to eight years penal servitude.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

Mr.. JAY GOULD has been pretty we'll
known as an abstainer from alcoholic
drinks, and it may be due in some
measure to this that he has kept clear
enough head to attain his present prom
inence as a financier at comparatively
early age, for he is not yet 80. Col.
Fordyce, well known in connection with
Hot Springs, Ark, once played a joke
ON Gould at that place. Gould was
sick, and Fordyce recommended brandy
and whisky, but could not induce him
to take any, Finally he persuaded him
to try glass of crock and rye" which
did him good, and Gould said that the
man who owned the spring that pro-
duced that water had q fortune in it. 1t
was long time before he learned how
he had been sold.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

A YOUNG man left Northern Vermont
number of years since for Mexico,
and at the time of his departure he
presented young lady with bottle of
maple sirup sealed up tight, with in
structions to preserve it until his re-
turn; then they would open it and have
feast of buckwheat cakes and maple
strip. In fifteen years he returned to
his former home, but his lady friend
had married and resided in Castleton.
He visited her there, and the bottle
was opened and used as originally in
tended. The strip was as delicious as
on the day it was bottled.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01
THE dog is said to be noble animal

THE dog is said to be a noble animal,
sometimes. But it would be difficult
- convince Frank Mccormick and wife,
of Pottsville, Pa. Their 4-year-old
boy ran out in the yard to play. Get
ting into an adjoining yard, with child
Like confidence he went forward to play
with large dog, chained. Although
represented as docile, some mad freak
took possession of the brute. He
seized the child, dragged it into his
kennel and literally bit him to pieces,
so that he died with few minutes.
The dog was killed, of course, but that
will avail little so long as hundreds of
thousands of other worthless and dan
gerous ours are permitted to roam at
large.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

AN instance of the fear that comes
over the average British mind at the
mention of the word dynamite, in the
light of recent events, is shown by the
action of London police officer, who,
when on the point of arresting re-
spectably-dressed man for behaving in
a drunken and disorderly fashion on the
Strand, was solemnly warned by the in
dividual of the danger incurred by
touching him. "You had BETTER he
said, mot interfere with me; have
twenty pounds of dynamite in my peck
ct. and 1 shall blow myself and you up
if you approach step nearer" The
officer, after getting assistance, trans
ported the man to the station house
with the utmost tenderness, and there
found his pockets filled with waste pa
.%ar
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

A CUSTOM has long prevailed at the
Senate end of the Capitol by which
retiring presiding officer of the Senate,
whether Vice President or Senator
elected President pro tempore of that
body, is privileged to carry off, when
his term expires, the andirons and fire
set of the Vice Presidents chamber at
the Capitol. Mr.. Wheeler took away
with him pair of brass andirons fin
ished with dragons heads. Mr.. Davis
set were modern revival OF an antique
style, and included andirons, fender,
poker, shovel and tongs, all of the
handsomest brass. He promptly re-
moved all of them on his retirement.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

A SOUTHERN correspondent says that
when jeff Davis INDUCES in his ever
controlling propensity to wave the tat
tered remnants of the rebel flag Mt
meetings of Southern survivors, or any
other possible opportunity, even the
soldiers that once hurrahed about his
knees petulantly exclaim, ooh, why
can't he let up?"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01
Bismarck's Soft.Heartedness.

Prince Bismarck is q red-hot enemy
of vivsection and the scientists who
pursue the practice. He can't bear to
see chloroformed dog cut up with a
keen-edged scalpel, in the interest o,
medical science. but he will plant
ten-gun battery on hill and bang 1000
pounds of rusty iron into military con
gregation of Frenchmen any time, in
the interest of German geography.
ft-hearted fellows, these animal
philanthropists. -Blu'iinvton Hank
enc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01
A Precise Answer.

A witness in court, who had been
cautioned to give precise answer to
every question, and not talk about what
he might think the question meant, was
Intercepted as follows; "You drive q
wagon?" mo, sir, do not" why,
sir, did you not tell my learned friend
80 this moment?" "No, sir, did not. Z"
Now, sir, / put it to you on your oath !:
Do you drive wagon?" "No, SIR"
"What is your occupation, then2" II
drive horse.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

SEVERAL parties will be sent during
the coming summer into the field by
the Bureau of Ethnology, Washington,
the appropriation for its researches
having been increased by Congress for
the next fiscal year. One party will
90 into Arkansas, Ohio, Kentucky and
other States bordering on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers and their tributaries,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01
Health In Michigan.

Reports to the State Board of Health,
Lansing, by observers of diseases in
different parts of the State, show the
principal diseases which caused most
sickness in Michigan during the week
ending May -, 1888, as follows:
Number of observers heard from, 81.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01
0hc Jrne Sorthsraer.
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1888.

LOUISA b. STEPHENS is the first
woman to become President of bank.
She succeeds her husband in the First
Nktional Bank of Marion, Iowa.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

THERE is a man living in Georgia at the
age of 80 years whose father was l0l years
old when the former was born, and who
liv,d TO accompany him TO the polls to cast
his first vote. The son now splits rails,
builds fences, digs COOLERS, and bids fair to
live as long as his father
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-01

GoD has given man two eyes; IL he
lose one he hath another. But man
hath only one soul; if he lose that, the
loss can never be made up again
Chrysostom.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
Sullivan lRouseds..

SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 13.-The John l..
Sullivan combination, billed at Driving
Park this evening failed, owing to threat
ening weather, to give an exhibition. The
crowd was greatly incensed, clamored to
have the admission fee refunded and over
powered the ticket sellers. A number of
persons were bruised and tramped upon.
The manager escaped with the money on
horseback. Tonight while Sullivan was
in barber shop large crowd assembled
outside, hooting, Kissing and threatening
his life. The police tried to disperse the
crowd, but were assaulted and two of them
severely pounded and kicked. Sullivan
escaped through a side door and went to
his hotel, which was then closed 10y the
proprietors. Seven rioters were arrested.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
A Valuable Trunk PurlOined.

FARGO, Dak., October 13.-While on the
Willard excursion, the daughter of Secre-
tary Teller had trunk lost at Helena
which was said to contain $4,000. Alex.
Mckenzie, sheriff at Bismarck, was en-
ployed to work up the case. To-day he
had five men arrested-three at James
town, two named Adams and one McGraw,
and two at Saltwater, Minn., one son OF
A. Staples, the millionaire lumberman.
Mckenzie passed east tonight with requi-
sitions for those in Saltwater. The first
clue to the parties was obtained from a
variety actress in Montana, who displayed
a fine fan and handkerchief, the latter of
which had Miss Teller's name on it.
SALTWATER, Oct. 13.-Quite sensation
was created here this morning when it be-
came known that David Staples and Mike
Shannon had been arrested last night,
charged with having been concerned in
the robbery of $4,000 worth of jewelry
from Secretary Teller at Helena, Mont, al
the time of the Northern Pacific opening
Staples returned here about ten days age
from Montana with pardon from Gov
Hubbard. The prisoners were taken to
st. Paul last night.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
The Burglar Under a Couch.

Nine out of ten women probably look
under their bed every night before retir-
ing to rest in search Of the much dreaded
burglar, and possibly one woman out Of
thousand millions has discovered that
often-looked-for visitor. What happened
on those rare occasions history saieth not,
although, considering the uniyersality of
the search, some general rule as to the
measures to be takan in case of discovery
ought by this time to have been pretty
well established. In default Of such stand
ing orders the example of Mrs. Crolly
whose case is reported from Dublin, may
be commended for imitation by the rest of
her sex. Finding man concealed under
a couch in her draWing-room, she immedi-
ately locked him in, sent for the Consta-
BILE, and then, without waiting for the ar
rival of the police, she armed herself with
a revolver, re-entered the drawing groom,
and threatened to shoot the intruder if he
stirred. He remained motionless under
the sofa, covered by the muZZle of Mrs.
Crolly's revolver, until the arrival of the
constable, when he was carried off in Gus
tody. But how many women, it may be
asked, have either the nerve or the revol-
yer of Mrs. Crolly? Those who lack
either, or both will probably console them
selves by rejecting that there is no wo-
man who cannot scream, and, with few
exceptions, ascream is as effective for
soaring burglar off the premises as a
dozen reyolyers.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
The Case of rambough.

LOUISVILLE, Oct. 13.-Crlminal infor-
nation was filed in the United States cir
cult court this morning against S. r.
Crambough, collector Of internal revenues
in the I'd district of Kentucky. Each OF
the eight counts charging that he FUSED
official government envelopes for the
transmission of private correspondence for
the purpose of s'saving postage" One OF
the letters sent in the envelope in ques-
ton referred to Crambough's amusing
canvass for the secretaryship of the navy,
vice Chandler, whom he expected would
be elected Senator from New Hampshire.
Crambough was endeavoring to haYe the
Republican state convention endorse him
for the position, but failed. No one here
believes Crambough wilfully did wrong,
but let his vanity and ambition run away
with his judgment.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
A stolen Child.

New YORK, Oct. l3.-Last week Mrs.
Roderick Cherrill, whose stage name was
Miss Augusta Roche, had her little daugh-
ter stolen from her by her husband. She
received letter from man called Ro-
land Barrett, stating that on her comply
ing with certain conditions all would
come right in the end, and that her child
was outside the jurisdiction of the State.
Mrs. Cherrill had got out writ of habaes
corpus commanding her husband to pro-
duce the child in court. Another writ
was served on Barrett. He appeared in
court and stated that Ike knew nothing of
the child. To-day, Cherrill was served
with summons in suit for limited di-
vorce by Cherrill. DR.. Jennings was ar
rested to-day upon an order of arrest in a
suit brought by Cherrill to recover $4,000
for the alienation of his wife's affections.
DR.. Jennings was required to give $4,000
bail.
Later.-The court vacated the order OF
arrest on tyranical grounds.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
The Taggar.

One time there wasa man who had tag
gar, it was show, and the man TUX the
money to get in. The man had big pa
per nailed on to the taggar's den: s'The
Roll Bengoil Taggar, sometimes called the
monnerk of the jungel. Hands off. No
techin' the taggar-"
The monnerk of the jungle it was al
waysa layin' down with its nose tween its
paws, and the folks which had paid for to
get in was mad cos it Wudent wock, and
rore like distant thunder. But the show
man he said, ssThat's ol right when get
the new cage done, but this is the same
cage which the ole feller broke out Of in
Oregon; time he eat up the seventeen men
and their families Then the folks would
oil stand back and tauk in whispers while
the taggar slep.
But one day feller, who was drunk, he
took to punchin' the taggar with the mast
head of his umbrella, which stampeeded
the oidienee wild, and Wimmin folks they
stood onto the chairs, and hollered like it
was mouse, but the young chap he KEEP a
jabbing the monnerk Of the jungle cruel.
Pretty soon the monnerk it bellered of
fle and riggled. but the feller KEEP pokin'
like he was fireman to steam engine.
Bimeby the monnerk jumped onto his
hind feet and shuckeled itself out of its
skin and rolled up its sleeves and spit onto
its hands and spoke up and sed:
s'I'll bed am if can't just Whollop the
pea-green stuf1n' out o. the gumdusted
galoot which has been proddin' this ere
taggar.''
And he came down out Of the back door
of the cage and he lit on that drunk feller
And the oidience was stonish. .-Argo-
naut.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
OTHER NRKSEHAPS.

Portland, Me. The guide mill connect
ed with the Portland rolling mill is burn
ed.
Augusta, Co.: Isaiah Jackson and
Wiley Rayfort (coloredD were drowned
while crossing the Savannah river.
New York: Several firemen were over
come by heat and smoke at the Elm flax
mills fire recently. Loss $4,000; insured.
Utica, N. Y: Newton Phelps corn
canning factory and the seasons produce
ton of 150, 900 cans are burned. Loss $780,
900; insured partially.
Rochester, N. Y: At Macedon, Conrad
Enright and three Italians were killed and
seven men injured, j. Bird seriously, by
the explosion of an old blast which the
men were removing.
Mattama: Through the breaking of an
axle on the baggage car, three passenger
cars on the Cana dian Pacific railway were
thrown from the track and burned near
Deux Rivieres. Nearly 200 passengers
were in the cars, a number of whom were
severely injured, but it is thought none
dangerously.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27

queen ofsong, despite the presence of SO
many rival princesses. And here, o SER
mon on the vanity of this worlds great
ness, is the end Of that dazzling career
the quiet home of ali invalid amid the
peace and silence of these English hills. I
wonder sometimes if it were not better to
die like Malibran or Rachael, in the height
and splendor of a great triumph-sub-
merged beneath the topmost wave in
fame's mighty sea-thap to fall like this in
the shadows and the hush of old age and
retirement. She has tasted the two ex-
tremes of earthly bliss, the glories of a
triumphant public career and the sweets
of conjugal and maternal love and the
joys Of happy home. To the splendid
noontide of her life has succeeded tran
quill sunset. And yet, were great ac-
tress or singer, should prefer the fate of
Malibran to that of Jenny Lind.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
MANITOBA SNA KES.
Three Hundred Thousand Serpents
i'm one Hole.

The following story is going the rounds
of the American papers just now: ''There
is a horse shoe shaped mountain in Mani
toba which is literally alivewith snakes.
A trustworthy correspondent writes that
there is a perpendicular hole in the solid
rock about fifteen feet deep, like large
well, where probably 800, 900 snakes used
to gather from all parts of the surround
ing prairie to pass the winter in the sub
terranean passages leading in all directions
at the bottom. Some of the passages are
large enough for man to crawl through,
but the stencil is too strong. In the spring
they would scatter through the adjoining
country 80 thickly they would become a
common nuisance. If man left his coat
on the ground in the field, a score or more
of them would crawl under it, and they
often took possession Of the large shanty
used then as a church on Sunday, fright
ening the ladies out Of their wits and fore
ing them to stand on the seats and shrek
for protection. 1t was finally decided to
exterminate them if possible, and one mild
winter about eight years ago, after they
had gathered into the pit, wall was built
around the mouth of it inclining inward a
little, and two foxes and setter dog
were put down to kill them. Three wagon
loads of skeletons were taken out in the
spring for BONFIRE"
The above probably refers to the colony
Of reptiles which infested Stony Mountain
some years ago. In the mountain was a
big hole where thousands upon thousands
of garter snakes squirmed and wriggled in
happy contentment. The den is now a
thing of the past, having, with its inmates
been destroyed by dynamite, and not by
two foxes and setter dog as stated.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
The New York Fire.

New YcRK, Oct. 13.-Sackett & Rakin
are the heaviest losers by the fire in 81
Cortland street last night. The damage to
their stock by fire and water is estimated
at between $4,000 and $4o,O00 A large
number of photographic stones and several
printing presses are rendered entirely use
less, and large quantity Of fancy type is
melted. The stock Of stationary was much
damaged by water. The firm was insur-
ed The building is the property of the
Union Theological Seminary, and was
damaged $4,000; insured.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
Counterfelter Caught.

NEW YORK, Oct, 13.-John S. Maxwell,
from Millersburg, o., has been arrested,
charged with having in his possession sew
eral finely finished photographs of United
States treasury notes, from 81 to $40, for
both sides of which he was endeavoring
to have plates engraved. A large number
of finely executed photographs of legal
tender notes was found in his possession
and in his room was an unfinished letter
to his wife saying he had contracted for
part of the work and it would cost him
$1,000. He said he would send her some Of
the 'sgoods" and gave her instructions
how to get rid of the counterfeits he would
send. He promised to send some next
week for her to practice with and then he
would send her more. 'Keep things go
ing,' he writes, 'and when get my hand
in it will 90 merry"
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
The Philadelphia Disaster.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13-The inquest on
bodies of the four persons killed by the
collision of North Pennsylvania railroad
train with street car on Friday last IS
concluded. A young man was driving the
car at the time of the disaster while the
driver was inside collecting fares. A pas
senger said that after the north-bound
train had passed the fagman walked away
and witness thinking this indicated the
track was clear, started the horses across.
The dagman shortly after waved his flag
to stop the car, but too late to avoid col
lision. The jury returned a verdict declar-
ing the Union Passenger railway censur-
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27
CONTEMPORARY FUN.

New York Journal Matches are low,
but it seems pity to strike them when
they are down.
Pittsburg Telegraph: They have struck
oil in China. It's turmoil, and can't be
made light Of.
The Judge: The last piece of timber Of
the Bourbon dynasty in France is gone.
It was but a poor fgurehead, anyway,
only Chambord.
Burlington Free Press: Darwin says
that the monkeys can blush. He certainly
ought to know when he sees the way his
descendants are cutting up.
Burlington Free Press: An exchange
notes the fact that a complete piece Of mu-
sic can be bought for the same price as
5-cent cigar. Yes, but the bother Of it is
it's about the same quality.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-10-27

the bit that the ladies practice. The
reason they do SO is because, not known
ing how to handle the lines properly, they
don't dare use the whip, but try to keep
the horse going by chirping to him, as if
he were sick baby, or saving his mouth
with the bit. A horse in such hands for a
month, becomes dull and stupid and loses
his spirit. I'd rather have horse of
mine driven by little boy scarcely strong
enough to hold the whip than place him
in the hands of such women. Boys seem
to have an aptitude for driving properly
and take hold of the reins in the right
way the first time. You know a boy IS
first ambition is to ride beside some driver
and it comes even before his yearning for
boots. Cor. Chicago Tribune.