The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-02
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Perry II. Smith, formerly Vice Presi-
residence in Chicago, of congestion OF tho
liver. For some years his health has been
extremely poor, and conservator was ap.
pointed for his estate.
The Celestials have scored another
victory, they having carried she intrench-
ments at Langson, securing the key 10 tie
position and forcing the invaders TO retreat
beyond Dong Dang along the Lougkoi. The
losses are unknown. The Orientals have
$4,000 men and seriously threaten the French
lines OF communication with the South.
Gen. Briere de pIsle has asked for 20, 900
mon.
Gen. Middleton and 700 men are on
the march from Qu'appelle TO the scene of
the Riel instruction. The Canadian Govern
ment has ordered the immediate dispatch of
800 militia from Ontario and Quebec by the
Lake Superior route. Capt Moore died from
u wound received In the engagement Of the
goth ult., and there are rumors that Maj.
Crozier was killed.
The Russian organ, lie Nord, pub
lshed ut Brussels, prints letter from St.
Petersburg which is regarded as GOOD author
ity, and says; present Russian military
movements are nothing Tut precautionary
measures, dictated by the most elementary
principles of national prudence" The Same
paper states editorially that the people OF
Russia regard the whole quarrel with no
trace OF irritation. ALonden dispatch states
there Is lull there In the war scare. The call
for the army reserves and militia alarmed
the people, aud after the subsistence of
the first excitement they are asking what
number are 10 be put under arms The Min
istry, IL is claimed, have allowed reports TO
circulate without contradiction that in fact
no more than %, 900 men are wanted. This
liz just about enough to I'LL the vacancies In
the muster rolls caused by the recent draft
for the Egyptian and Mediterranean stations.
Gladstone replied to the most pressing re-
quests as TO the true import OF the Queens
summons H. saying that the Government
had decided To postpone al statements upCu
the subject until after Easter, hoping in the
with Russia.
The anniversary of Ponce de Icons
landing at st. Augustine, Fla, in 1912, was
celebrated at that place March 2s.
A corpse found in the Delaware-River
at Trenton, N. j., has been Identified by sew
eral persons as that OF IS. s. Conant, the miss
ing editor of Hdrwrs Weekly.
After two weeks of active campaign
ing during which several hundred lives have
been lost, Gen. Graham's camp is just two
miles nearer Berber than when he started
from Suakin. The army is suffering from
typhoid fever and dysentery. The Berber
Railway has not yet been begun.
The cable chronicles the death OF
Prince Orlon, the Russian diplomat, at Fon-
taincbleau.
The Court House at st. Joseph,
Mo-, was burned, with the court records and
law library. w. b. McMett. Chief OF the
Fire Department, received fatal injuries.
The buildings cost $3.50, 900.
Powder smoke and coal dust caused
an explosion in coal mine at McAllistcr,
Indian Territory, and twelve miners were
taken out dead.
The VARSITY" race of 1885 on the
Thames at London, bel ween the oxford and
Cambridge crews, was won by the former by
three lengths; time, 2l:36.
DR.. Higgins, the Catholic Bishop OF
Kerry, at a meeting held in Killarney, offered
a resolution to the effect that an address of
welcome be presented to the Prince and
Princess OF Wales, and was greeted with
Kisses and groans. The resolution was finally
carried.
A cablegram from London says Par
lament believes that peace will continue be.
tween England and Russia, while the court
is certain that war is at hand.