The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-09

Business failures throughout the
country for the week ending July 4 were 204,
against eos for the preceding week and sse
for the week before that.
Manager Van Horn states the Cana
dian Pacific Road will be completed to the
Pacific Ocean in seven weeks.
Gen. Lew Wallace, ex-Minister to
Turkey, arrived in New York on the steam
ship Fulda. He says that the Sultan is
warm friend of the United States. and mani
tests his liking on every occasion that offers.
In the rifle contest at Bingen-on-the-
Rhine, Rodler, of the New York team, was
made rife king.
Earl Spencer, lately Lord Lieute-
nant of Ireland, has been offered a Dukedom
by the Queen.
In the Spanish Senate, Senior No
watches has entered protest against the
visit of King Alfonso TO the cholera dis
tricts, claiming that it was against any
constitutional right enjoyed by the SOW
ereign.
Lord Randolph Churchill has been
reelected member of Parliament from
sonal effort, leaving the direction OF his can
vass to his wife, formerly Miss jerome, of
New York.
Malcolm Hay has resigned as First
Assistant Postmaster General, and Exon
gresham Stevenson, of Illinois, has been
chosen as his successor. Judge Lambert
Tree, of Chicago, has been appointed United
States Minister to Belgium; ex-Congressman
John E. Lamb, of Indiana, United States
District Attorney for Indiana; and Samuel
T. Hauser, OF Helena, Montana, Governor of
Montana Territory.
Fourth of July was observed through
out the country in the usual fashion. There
were, however, no notable demonstrations
in the larger cities. At Washington the
PRECEDENT passed quiet day at the White
House, in the morning disposing OF a lot of
accumulated business, and in the evening
was joined by members Of his Cabinet in a
social chat and smoke. In New York Tam
many celebrated the day by a gathering at
the wigwam, where speeches were made and
the Declaration of Independence was read. In
San Francisco the Garfield Memorial Monu-
ment was unveiled at Golden Gate Park. A
monument TO the memory of Ltta, the prima
donna, was unveiled at Bloomington, Ill. Ex-
Senator David Davis delivered the address
Great excitement was created in Salt Lake
City by the refusal of the Mormon city
officials TO raise the flags on the public build
ings to full mast Their feelings and atti-
tude toward the Federal Government were
shown in their actien in placing the flags at
bal Ipif Marshal nd
several others waited on the officials, and
after considerable discussion and threaten-
ing the latter decided to run up the flags to
full mast on the City Hall, Court House, and
cooperative store. On other buildings, how
ever, the flags remained at half-mast.
The information is telegraphed from
Mount MacGregor that Gen. Grants ply
sicians made another examination of their
patients throat but found no special
change. He was informed that the growing
weakness indicated that exhaustion would
be the final resut.--The Generals
city residence and cottage at Long Branch
are both offered for sale. 1t is accepted as
sad fact that the General can not now live
long, and the plan of Mrs. Grant is TO retire
into some private home and live upon the in
come from the endowment fund and what
ever may come from the sale of Gea. Grants
book. Visitors ut Mount MacGregor are so
numerous as to have become IA great annoy
ance to the family of the dying hero.
The cholera continues to rage with
great violence in SPAIN and since the out
break of the epidemic there have been ten
thousand deaths.
Big Bear and number of his braves
were captured near Carleton by the Cana
dian mounted police.