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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

THE real and personal property of Fair
deld is 81, 100000
AN Adrain man named r. W. Clark found
an old coffee pot the other day full of old
and curious coins
A boy caught q silver eel at South Bay
City recently that weighed four pounds and
was over three feet long.
Tx September, 1882, there were but six
houses in Saginaw City, none in East sagin-
NV, and only one in Bay City.
SIXTEEN sheep belonging to Mayor Newall,
of Flint, strayed off on a railroad track and
were killed by locomotive.
l. G.. STEADMAN, of Pittsford, a little ham
let six miles west of Hudson was arrested
charged with decoying small girls into his
drug store and taking improper liberties
with them
Coz. f. W. CURTENIUs an old citizen of
Kalamazoo, is dead He served in the Mexi-
can war, was Adjutant General of Michigan
before the rebellion, and commanded the
Sixth Michigan infantry in the late struggle.
MR. l. EGIEsToS, proprietor of the Kala-
mazoo Spring Works, and associate of Col
Stockbridge' in the ownership of the Ksla-
mazoo Driving Park, was seized with partial
paralysis, which, during the next morning,
became complete His condition is pre-
carious.
THE boiler in a shingle-mill belonging to
Hoogstraat q Cousins, near Custer Village,
exploded, killing John Mcintosh, the engi-
neer, injuring several others working about
the mill The boiler was a new one, and at
the time of the explosion the foreman says
contained two cages of water The damage
to mill will reach So 600
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

What do yon think of the mountain
gorges, Mr.. Spicer?" asked Miss Lady
bird of her neighbor at the hotel table.
well" said the other, thoughtfully,
as he looked about him, 81 think that
old anaconda at the head of the table
has gorged himself about up to his col
lar-button. One plate more of straw
berries will keep that unwholesome
child up all night with the collie and
give the country doctor job. The way
that dowager is loading up must in
crease the hopes of her heirs amazingly,
and if that redfaced man does not cut his
throat eating with his knife he will
probably die of apoplexy before the
evening train gets in."-Boston Com
mercidi Bulletin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

HINKsoN owns a savage dog at West
Point, Neb., and one dark night, think
ing that he heard thief in the yard,
he sent out the brute. Then he fol
lowed to look for himself, encountered
the dog, was not recognized, and got
bitten so badly that recovery was not
for a time expected He admitted that
he had prejudice against the bitter,
growing out of the grievousness of his
wounds, and therefore was liable to do
him injustice, but it seemed to him that
the death penalty ought to be inflicted.
However, after hearing an argument by
a disinterested neighbor, he lessened
the punishment to cutting off the of
tenders ears and tail.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
He bounded

situation at a glance. BE bounded
across the hall to the open door. and.
though hundreds of little ones madly
rushed against him, remained immov-
able as a pillar, all the while crying
out words of assurance and encourage
ment, assuring them that the fire was
not in the school building, that there
was no danger, and begging of them to
return to their seats. Others rushed
to his assistance and the children were
quoted down with few slight bruises
and torn clothes. The door in which
the heroic clergyman planted himself
led to pair of steep, narrow stairs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
What Wives Do.

This is the way Fannie Field in the
Prairie Farmer answers the question,
"Are wives supported?" "Who has
cooked your meals, made, washed and
mended your clothes all these years?
Who made the butter and cheese that
you sold and pocketed the money for !?
Who took care of your children, nursed
you when you were sick, and bore with
your outrageous fault-finding when
things didn't go to suit you? Who
patched, and darned, and contrived,
and saved, and made every dollar do
the work of three? And what has she
had to pay her for all this? Just her
board and clothes as she went along,
and if you were to die tomorrow all
that she could claim of the property
that she worked so hard to help you
save, would be the use of one-third of
the real estate; and in nine cases out of
ten that is literally worse that nothing.
If it had not been for your wife's help,
would you have been worth so much
to-day as you are now? If you had
been obliged to hire q woman to do the
work that your wife has done for her
board and clothes, do you imagine that
You could have done much more than
make both ends meet? 2"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
A Great Milling Town.

There are twenty-five mills in Mar
settles, containing 1877 pairs of mill
stones, entirely devoted to the manu-
facture of semolinas for macaroni, and
they use 100000 bushels of hard
wheats annually. The varieties of
wheat most used are the Algerian,
Italian, Turkish, Bombay, Calcutta,
Taganrog and hard Auvergne. Out of
100 pounds of wheat 40 to go per cent.
is made into semolina and the rest into
-four. The semolinas are consumed in
France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany
and Belgium, and the surplus of flour
is exported to Spain. If to these large
semolina mills the ordin lry four-mills
in Marseilles are added, that city may
be said to rank in Europe next to Buda-
pest in respect to its milling capacity
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

SCIENTIFIC engineers say that the
bridge over East river is the last long
bridge that will ever be erected, and
that, had engineers known as much in
1870 as they do now, this bridge would
not have been erected. Tunnels are to
take the place of bridges.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

EVERYBODY supposed that Congress
man Ben lie Fevre, of Ohio, was con-
firmed bachelor, but his heart has been
torn from him, so to speak, and he is
soon to be married to Miss Jennie
Maturin, of Boston. There is romance
mixed up with the affair, too. Last
summer, on the porch of one of the
Saratoga hotels, Gen. Ben was COM
planning bitterly because the collar
button on the back of his shirt had
pulled off. The little Boston lady vol
unteered to sew it on for him, and she
did. This won the bachelor
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
GOSSIP FOR THE Indies.
Cupid In Custody.

Cupid, little criminal,
What have Won been doing?-
Nothing wrong. oh, nothing wrong:
just title wooing."
You've been stealing hearts. fear.
Stealing hearts by dozens.
NO. haven't, no, hayen't;
They were all my cousins"
Come along. you little fraud:
You will have TO tairy
In a prison, till YOU learn
Wooing means 70 marry"
Very we'll, here's Bonnybelle;
She shall be the winner"
Bonnybelle said: "Officer.
Free the little sinner"
-Oh, I'll marry-Bonnybelle
Knows my truth and purity:
Here is good st. Valentine,
He'll be my security"
MARY "A. Barr. m she Continent
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

A FIRE-ENGrNE rushing by st. Mary's
Academy, Brooklyn, with 600 pupils in
the building, boy leaned out of the
window and shouted fire In an in
slant the 600 became panic-stricken
and rushed for the doors. The Rev.
Father Canmer, a stalwart young priest,
nearly six feet high and weighing over
200 pounds, realized the gravity of the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
LEMONADE is Denver's favorite beve

Lemonade is Denver's favorite bever-
age. AS many as 5000 glasses, it is
said, are frequently sold on the streets
day. The dryness of the atmosphere
in Denver's great altitude, added to the
intense heat, produces great thirst for
cool, acidulous beverages in the native,
and affects strangers similarly, though
still more noticeably.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
What "A Woman Reads.

Woman, in reading a newspaper, has
a distinct method of her own. She
takes it up hurriedly and scans it over
rapidly, as though she was hunting
some particular thing, bit she is not,
She is merely taking in the obscure
paragraphs, which she believes were
put in out-of-the-way places for the
sake of keeping her from seeing them.
Marriages and deaths are always
interesting re- ding to her, and the
advertisements are exciting and stimu-
lating. She cares but little for printed
jokes, unless they reflect ridicule upon
men, and then she delights in them and
never forgets them.
She pays particular attention to any
thing inclosed i'll quotations, and con-
siders it rather better than anything
first handed.
The column in which the editor airs
his opinions, in loaded hifalutin, she
rarely reads. Views are of no import
ance in her estimation, but facts are
everything. She doesn't caro- for it,
but makes q practice of reading 1T
because she thinks she ought to do so.
She reads stories and sketches and
paragraphs unfortunately, and be-
lieves every word of them. After she
has read all she wants she lays the
paper down with an air of disappoint-
ment as she observes that there is
nothing in 10.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

For the week ending July IA, 1888, the reports
indicate that measles, Inflammation OF bowels,
cholera morbus, diphtheria, pneumonia and
diarrhea increased, and that Intermittent fever
decreas I'd i'm area OF prevalence.
AT the State capital, the prevailing winds, dur
ing the week ending July IL, were southwest:
and, compared with the preceding week, the
temperature was considerably lower, the abso-
lutte and relative humidity less, and the day and
might ozone more.
Including reports by regular observers and by
others. diphtheria was reported present during
the week ending July IA, and since. at twenty
one places, scarlet fever at thirteen places, and
measles at twenty three places.
HENRY b. BAKER. Secretary.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

A South CAROLINA man, whose rival
was exhibiting n prize pumpkin at a
county fair. went twenty miles at night
to stab and mutilate the prize vegeta-
BILE, and lac only escaped lynching at
the hands of mob by quarter of an
hour.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

The water of the holy we'll at Mecca
has been found on analysis to contain
$40 grains of solid matter to the gallon,
and is seven times worse than the sew
erage Of London. This explains the
prevalence Of cholera among the pill
grims.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
Health In Michigan.

Reports to the State Board of Health, Lansing.
by observers of diseases in the different parts Of
the State. show the principal diseases which
caused most sickness in Michigan, during the
week ending July H. 1888, as follows:
Number of observers heard from, 81.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

The expenses of the French mission
to Moscow at the time of the Cars
coronation amounted to $4,000, the
German TO 100000, the Austrian
$4,000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

OK the tombstone of drowned boy,
in Missouri, was inscribed the following
accusation against his companions at
the time of the accident: Killed by
Philander Finley and Mart Beggs."
They brought libel suit, and got q
verdict OF $500.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27
Che Jrne Aurthrrurr.
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

A MOB OF women took down and re-
moved the shanty OF a man who had
jumped widows claim, at Huron,
Dakota. one night, leaving him roofess
in bed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

The mammoth Russian variety of
sunflower is grown on some of the
Western cattle ranches to supply the
deficiency OF wood for fuel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

THE coffee-house experiment in Bos-
ton is only 16 months old, but has
reached $1,000 profit a month. The
capital was furnished by benevolent
men who looked for no pecuniary re-
turn. The Casino coffee-house was
opened in February, 1882, and occu-
pied the whole of building. Plate
glass windows, hardwood finish, de-
corated walls, and tasteful furnishings
served to remove any impression of
cheap charity. There were two en-
frances, one, for women, opening di-
rectly into drawing-rooms, and the
other, for men, to "coffee-bar, where
coffee, coacoa, etc, sandwiches and
simple refreshments were sold, and in
the rear were billiard and pool tables,
with chairs for persons watching the
games. Cigars were sold at the coffee
counter, and smoking was allowed.
Overhead was a reading room and an
apartment fitted up with tables for
games. The idea was to provide all the
social attractions of the saloons, with
the exception OF intoxicating drinks. A
new coff'ee-house was soon projected, the
Alhambra, which is even more attrac-
tive in its decorations and furnishing
than the Casino, and equally success
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

The woman who always answers when
her husband is spoken to, and considers
herself the better three-quarters" of
the household arrangement.
The woman who buys all the provis-
ions and clothing, even her husbands
clothes, and buys them always at bar
gain.
She never thinks him of any conse-
quence in the family, but regards him
as boarder who eats great deal and
pays nothing, while the family is sup
ported by her own shoulders and fore
sight, including the bargains she is
constantly securing.
The woman who always pins on her
husbands collar and cravat, washes his
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-27

Do ENGLIsHMEN or Americans the
better speak their common language?
Having been a sojourner in London for
year and half, the Rev. r. l.. Stan
ton deems himself capable of answer
ing the questions in favor of us. He
heard Thomas Hughes read miserably,
dropping the letter "g" at the close of
such words as morning" and making
frequent mispronunciations Arch
bishop TAFT was 10y no means good
model in the use of his mother tongue,
and the English clergy, as a rule, are
faulty in speaking. Passing by their
peculiarities as to single words, their
ordinary use of the vowel sound is such
that, unless you give close attention,
you cannot understand them. DIR.
Joseph Parker, one of the foremost
pulpit orators in London among Dis
senters, invariably pronounces CHAP
ter as though written "chepter.' Many
of the vowels have peculiar twist as
they come from the tongue. DIR. Stan
tons ear detected fewer variations from
the best educated American usage in
Mr.. Spurgeon than in any English
preacher
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-05

The unfortunate career of Anna
Dickinson should be warming to stage
struck woInen. She had. scored great
success and made comfortable fortune
as platform speaker. ! In her field she
scarcely had q rival, and despite the dis
favor into which lecturers have fallen of
late years, she could always command q
large audience. But she suddenly con-
ceived the idea that nature had designed
her for an actress. and in middlerlife
without any previous training in the pro-
fassion, she began writing plays Of her
own and assuming the title roles. 1t was
a foregone conclusion that she must fail,
but when the critics told the truth she
ost her temper, and declared that they
had formed a conspiracy to ruin her.
She appealed from the critics to the peo-
pie, but their response was equally dis
heartening. Her audiences fell away, and
her last engagements in eastern cities
we're fiat failures. Still refusing to learn
he lesson, Miss Dickinson resolved to
abandon the east, and appeal to the
:ritical favor of the wild west, so she or
,anized q company and set out on q tour
Il the overnight towns. Now this has
ONE to an end. Her manager deserted
ierthe other day il Michigan, and the
ompany has gone to pieces. After
ears Of hard STRUGGLE in hopeless en-
srprise she has lostall her old prestige,
asted her fortune, and has nothing I'd
how for it ali except disap pointed
yfrhitifat, 8 SiSysg 4 $s 2:s fs s8SsH
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-05
SHORT AND SWEET.
Mr. James Mccoy Findsthe Man He
Been Wanting to Meet for Years

Been Wanting to Meet for Years.
Pittsburs Commercial Gazstte..
For three weeks Johh L. Sullivan has
been daring the eastern cities to pro-
duce man at any of his entertainments
that could stand up before him for four
rounds. He offered as an inducement
TO pay the successful man $3.50 for b.
trouble. Not until he reached McKees-
port, where be showed last night, did
man offer himself. James Mccoy, the
Sharpsburg pl Idler, appeared with him
and was knocked out in twenty seconds.
Mccoy is a local slugger of some repute.
He has figured in quite number of
matches. and usually came of victorious.
His last effort was with Callahan at the
Shakespeare hotel, East Eud, where
round 0f ns nt sad previous e1ier o9 te
going on that he had been anxious
to meet Sullivan for years, and that
he did not believe that any man could
knock him out in four rounds. When
Sullivan stepped out the audience forgot
to applaud, and n,urinur Of admiration
was all that coEld be heard. AS Mccoy
emerged from the wings the contrast
was painful. Manager Maloy said: stI>
pity that man, but he was well warned"
Mccoy weighs $50 pounds, has a cock
eye, and his broad chest is covered by
tattoo work representing flowers, anch-
chors, white and blue snakes and wide.
tnouthed dragons. His good eye in
creased visjblyS in size as it surveyed the
lion-like bearing of the invincible Sui
Ivan. The snakes and reptiles seemed
to be in motion on bis anivering chest,
but despite ! this he stepped forward
with frmness and shook hands with the
man he has been wanting to meet for
years" The word given, he began iTu.z
mediately TO reach out for Suilivan's
face. The blows were neatly stopped,
blow was almost delivered, when it was
recalled. He changed front, slapped
Mccoy lightly with his right on either
cheek, squared Off, spiang into the
dc, and sent in short, haif-arm
blow with his left that would have grat-
fled anybody's curiosity. McCoy's I
heels few into the air, and he lit on his
head and shoulders with q frightened
look In his face. Under the rules he
had ten seconds to get up. Ha stirred
uneasiIy raised his head and requested
his friends to pull him into the flies.
Sullivan stood und decided for % few Sec
sonds while the crowd cheered, when he
sudd enly strobe off the stage His first
remark was: was afraid TO hit him
when INTENDED To do it. 30 would
have broken his jaw, q
Mccoy only had one marx OF any
consequence but that xtended all over
ore side of his face. W. here. the flesh
scnrled up under the blow, III burst open
in ridges. ]. His eye had almost started
itg socket, and both lips were 81 on
his teeth. He did not have much &, saw.
further than s. will tal tttIe
champion Is do me after this. &, 81:
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-05
Personal News Paragraphs,

Cards have bean received announc ing toe
marriage of Nj. liam Hope and Miss
Kate g. Grant On Wednesday, Sept. IL, al
Los Alamas, Rosario, Argentine Republic.
Miss Grant was for seVerai years q teacher
ia the high school, and for several y ears af-
terward IN the Normal school ID " ona.+
Chief Justice Celeridge arrived at Liver
pool the 9th, from the United States. He
expressed hiRlself as much satisAed with
his trip. b. S. *55. =z.l ~
Polly Curtis, an English IS ,ooo-a-year
girl, visiting in Brooklyn. has eloped with
an an S8-a-week young clerk from Boston.
Col. Frank B. Pond, author of the famous
Pond law for taxing saloons, died at Malta,
Morgan county, Ohio. && i s5s ~
Rev. Mr.. Bsnaett has sued the Council
Bluffs Globe for calling him s'reverned
puppy" ~ n. .zS$ &$: s
Judge Brewe OF Hillsboro, ILL.,, a promin-
ent man; is dead. ~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-05
A Bad Preacher.

Valley City, Oak. Special: Rev. Isaac NJ.
Frey, for five or six months pastor of the
Congregational church Of this city, has sud
denly left for parts unknown. His financial
matters are in very bad shape-that is, for
his creditors--he having converted every
thing into cash, beside, it isreported, taking
$3.50 of church money. Among the proper"
ty disposed of was some that was mortgaged.
He leaves wife ana three children in this
city in embarrassed circumstances. Rev.
Frey came to Valley City from Washington,
D. g., where he married his present wife
last spring, he being widower with three
children, and she widow with an equal
number, born of union of recently de-
ceased and it is understood, quite prOmin-
emit Washingtoniap.' At the time of the
lady's marriage with Frey she knew but lit
tie Of him, having been acquainted with
him but short time. He carried recon- men,
dations from Michigan, however, and his
ministerial bearing did the lest, At this time
the lady was possessed of the remnant of a
small fortune, in amount about So 600. Out
of this she furnished Frey with money to
come to Dakota and sent him frequent
drafts aftershis arrival here, and he con
stsntly beseiged her for more money. This
she refused to send, and Frey brought her
to Valley City, where she deposited about
81, 600 in the First National bank and took
a check therefor, made payable to herself.
To this the reverend forged bis wife's name,
drew the money and left Mrs. Frey and her
children penniles This ACTON seems to
have been premeditated before He arrived
In Dakota, as he left his three children at
some point ID the east. Frey. Is OF small
stature, dark complexion, dark eyes, hair
5sliahtly tinged with gray, and wore, when
last seen, a beard of several weeks growth.
which he will probably cut off at the first
opportunity He is about forty years Of
age, and has the appearance OF hlaae man
of the world. His wife tainted dpon hear
ing of his desertion Of her, pad Is almost
heart broken on account Of ner children.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-05
Fortune and Rank.
Samuel johnson .

.SamHol Johnson.
In civilized society we all depend up
on each other, and our happiness is very
much owing to the good opinion of man
kind. Now, cir, in civilized society ex-
ternal advantages make us respected. A
man with good coat upon his back
meets with better reception than he
who has bad one. ~.
Sir, you may analyze. this and say,
'What is there in it?" but that will avail!
you nothing; for it Is part Of general
system. Pound St. Paufs church into
atoms, and consider any single atom; it
is. to be sure. good for nothing. But put
all those atoms together and you have
st. Paul's church. So it is with human
felicity, which is made up of many in
gradients, each of which may be shown
to be very insignificant.
In civilized society personal merit will
not serve you so much as money will.
Sir, you make the experiment.. Go into
the street and give one man le :ture
on morality and another shilling and
see which will respect you most. Per.
haps he who has large fortune may
not be so happy as he who has small
one; but that must proceed from other
causes than from his having the large
fortune, for he who is rich in civilized
society must be happier than be who is
poor, as riches, is properly used, must
be productive Of the highest ad vantages.
Money to be sure, of itself, is of no use.
for it's only use is to part with it.
When | was running about town, q
very poor fellow, l was great arguer
for the advantages of poverty, but I was
at the same time very sorry to be poor.
Sir, all the arguments which are brought
to represent poverty as no evil show it
to be evidently q great evil. You never
find people laboring to convince you
that you may live very happily upon q
plentiful fortune. So you hear people
talking how miserable q king must be,
and yet they all wish to be in his place. ]