The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-03

0OVernOr nOduly, VI OulO, HAS Dech
challenged by DIR. Leonard. the Prohibition
candidate. to n joint scussion OF the license
question during the campaign. The Govern
or signifies his willingness TO engage In a
scr.ei OF debates with the Prohibition stand
ard-bearcr 81 Judge Foraker, the Republican
candidate for Governor will also participate.
In the customs treaty between Ger
many and Turkey. shortly to be signed, the
former receives important concessions.
An expedition will be sent out from
London 10 search for Gen. Gordon, many of
whose military friends believe that he es-
capped alive from Khartoum.
The German Minister to Spain had q
conference with King Alfonso Sunday. he
assured the King that the German Govern
ment was anxious to sett o the dispute over
the Caroline Islands in a friendly manner.
Advices from Herat state that the
Car will visit Merry in 1886, and in the au-
tumn of that year will lie crowed Emperor
of Central Asia.
The steamer st. Paul arrived at San
Franc SEQ with cargo of sealskins, valued
mt over Sl,000,o00.
The directors of the Chicago and
Northwestern declared dividend of TX per
cent. on the preferred stock, payable SPIT. rs.
depredatlons on the cattle ranges in the
Big Horn Basin and elsewhere in that section.
Twelve thousand people witnessed
the sparring match between Sullivan and
McCaffrey ct Chester Park. Cincinnati. Six
rounds were fought. The referee gave the
fight to Sullivan on the claim of foul. Sui
Ivan offers to fight Mccartney to the finish,
with or without gloves, within three weeks,
and bet $1,000 to $4,000 that he WINS
A sensation was caused in Wilkes
barre. Pa, by report that Preller, the sup
posed victim OF the ST. Louis murder by
Maxwell had been seen there.
Victimized depositors in the defunct
German Savings Bank at Erie, Pa, have
forced the stockholders of that institution
TO sign paper acknowledging their legal
liability and agreeing to make a settlement
The recent explosion of the steamer
S. NJ. FELTON, at Philadelphia has been traced
to the agency of man named Adriance
Spears, who carried line of accident insur-
ance which would have yielded him $50 per
week IL he had been seriously injured.
Spears, however, was killed, and the pay
ment of his life policies, which call for $685.
OOo will BE- resisted. The deceased is said to
have bled tho accident insurance companies
handsomely during the last fifteen years.
The foreign insurance companies are
threatening TO withdraw from New Hamp-
shire on account of unfavorable sta Q egis-
lat-on.
A special from Upper Saranac Lake,
New York. says:
PRESIDENT Cleveland's party has broken camp
and returned TO the Frosp CT House, much to
the delight OF the few remaining summer board
ers The President is looking remarkably we'll.
He IL much tanned by exposure TO sun and
win during camp life Every day. with
a guide, h goes out on the lake fishing. and re-
tui ~ aC ni2Lt with big catch OF bass and
trout During the long evenings the President
plays whist with DR. wara and any other two
players. This gives an idea of the everyday
lie OF MIR. Cleveland in the mountains, and
when he gets b ok to WASHINGTON, which will
probably be not b fore the middle OF Septem-
Der. he will be well prepared for the work
that awaits him. All iumoIs of his i'll
den and sT' at Sy Dr Ward end
his sppe justities all that. Variety l. lent
to the hotel life by the visitors who come in
from the woods and shake hands with the
President sportsmen wonder at his declara-
ton that he would not give cent to shoot all
the deer in the Adirondacks. and fishermen
ADMIRE him because he says that lie came TO
rsh and carries out the programme thor
oughly Many OF the latter who know how
much pocket flask can do TO make things
pleasant when rain falls or fish W II not bite
will want 10 know whether the President sticks
to he good old habit OF carrying a swallow
with him. All that could be learned was from
Il 81.
carry" the President called out. Doc. You
sure souve got the bother" and smiled and
looked happier when the Doctor winked. That
guide was snowy haired, and too old to be I'M
truthful.