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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
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The Army.

Lieut.. Gen. p. II. Sheridan in his annual re-
port to the Secretary of War, SAYS the discipline
of the army is very good and that he has no
recommendations to make except that the num-
Der OF men in the companies be increased and
that two more companies and two majors be
added To each regiment OF infantry. The Gen
eral says that he most heartily comedies with
the remarks OF Gen. Schotield, of the Division of
the Missouri on the need OF military legislation,
and considers his views of so much importance
that he incorporates them in his report. From
the reports at the date of the last consolidated
returns the army consisted of ,2l4 officers and
a, 705 men.
Gen. Sheridan urges a radical change in the
allotment of lands to Indians. He suggests
rowing the limits of their reservations by To-
balance of each reservation be condemned and
purchased by the Government at 81. % per
acre, the interest of the proceeds of
these purchases to be given TO the In
dians each year. He illustrates the practical
working OF this scheme by instancing the Crows,
who now have nearly 100000 acres in their
reservation. There are not more than $500 of
Them and counting five persons TO n family-a
large estimate-they could be settled separately
on 800 acres for each family, and then have more
than four and n half million acres left. II this
land was purchased by the Government and the
proceeds invested in Government bonds and the
interest used for their support, ii would be more
money thnn is now appropriated by Congress an
nually for their maintenance. 1t would be their
own money, and take the question of annual ap-
preparations out of Congress. These lands could
readily be sold again TO settlers and the Govern
ment lose nothing. while the Indians would have
security in the principal until Congress chooses
TO give it to them TO be used they saw fit. The
Indians, he says counting the value Of the
lands OF their immense reservations, are not
take care Of their own property, and therefore
reqire looking after
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The Revenue Marine Service.

The report OF the Chief of the Revenue Marine
Service shows that in enforcing the provisions
OF the law and the protection of revenue 2, 448
merchant vessels were boarded and examined.
OF this number ,425 were found violating the
law and were either seized or reported to the
proper authorities. These vessels incurred
liability TO fines, penalties, or forfetures
amounting to S604 ,515-about two-thirds the cost
of maintaining the service. The number OF
vessels in distress assisted was 274. They had
on board 2,542 persons and the value of the
from drowning The Alaskan cruise of the
Corwin-an account of whose voyage and dis
coveries was published upon the return of the
vessel to San Francisco-is commented on ut
some length The report further states that
the revenue cutters have co-operated benefcially
with the State and national quarantine system
on our Atlantic and lake coasts i'm preventing
the Introduction of cholera, yellow fever and
smallpox. The cost of conducting the service
for the fiscal year was 1913, 957.
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Commissary Department..

The annual report Of the Commissary General
shows that the total amount TO the credit of the
Subsistence Department for the fiscal year end
ing June 30 vas "a ,0i3 131, and the total eXend-
lures So 051 766, leaving S99l 365 ON hand ut the
end of the fiscal year The average price paid
for fresh beef for the first half Of the fiscal year
10 29-l00 cents. and for the last half 15-l0O
cents. The value of subsistence issued to the
Indians during the year was 81 ,526. The aver
age cost per ration was fraction over 5OIa cents,
being an increase of about $40 OF a cent the
cost of the previous year. Gen. Merely urgent
" invites attention to the importance OF pro-
viding by law for the enlistment of cooks and
bakers for the army u measure calculated to
preserve the health and promote the comfort
and efficiency of the troops. Gen Merely rec
ommends that existing orders limiting the
number of commissory sergeants in the serv-
ice TO 100 be revoked so it may be practicable to
have a commissary sergeant ut each military
post or place Of deposit of subsistence sup
Mi
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
National Anthems.

Among the most talented musicians
it has been a difficulty to trace the
origin of many of the national anthems,
especially God Save the Queen, 4"
which tune is also the popular hymn Of
the Prussian court. 1t has thus often
been a mooted question as to who orig
mated the Italian Royal March, al
though Grunello was recognized as its
composer. 1t now appears that in 1886.
Just fifty years ago, the then King of
Sardinia, Charles Albert. ordered that
each one of the twenty regiments should
have its own regimental march. Macs
tro Grunello was at that time leader of
the band of the First Regiment, called
the "Sardinian Grenadiers," and he had
been so inspired or impressed by the
famous march from Rossini's Moses in
Egypt" that when he composed the one
for his regiment he was full of Rossini's
melody and produced very spirited
though not an original regimental
march. 1t became very popular, and
when the small Sandman kingdom
blossomed out INTO united Italy under
Charles Albert's son, Victor Emmanuel.
il was no longer called a march, but
the Royal Hymn"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

case. Recently amounts have been certified TO
this ONCE as due TO some Of said States and
Territories from the United States account OF
commissions ON the net proceeds Of the sale OF
public lands within the States and for other
cause, the amounts 30 certified, instead OF being
paid having been ordered To be credited on said
indebtedness OF the States and Territories "a
stated against them by the former Controller.
Other States, IL Is reported, will present the
Same question, as amounts may become due
them for the sales of lands or otherwise, and
said amounts will be credited as above indicat-
ed, unless Congress I'm its wisdom shall direct
that the money due and TO become due I'm said
States shall be paid To them without reference
To the charges, stated heretofore made
against them by the former Controller.
Discussing the question of old claims against
the Government, which are constantly being
presented for his uction, the Controller sug-
gests that some fixed period after the right Of
the claimant accrues should be prescribed by
action thereon.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

81 06s 90 ON account of violations Of the postal
laws, thirty we're for the recovery OF S5J,746 ON
custom-house bonds 129 were for tne recovery
Of SIS, 673 for violations OF customs and naviga-
ton laws, 625 were suits against Collectors OF
Customs and others for refund Of duties and
taxes, and 1,646 were suits involving 81 ,301, 766,
In which the United States IL party Is i'm
terested-mahing total Of 81, 235, $50. OF the
whole number OF suits brought Ito were de-
cided in favor of the United States, forty three
were adversely decided. 372 were settled and
dismissed, and 1918 are still pending The
entire number of suits decided or otherwise dis
posed of during the year was 2.673 the amount
for which judgments were obtained was $780,
626, and the entire amount collected from all
sources was 81 ,932. $40 The number OF cases in
which offers of compromise were pending and
decided during the year was 223, involving
81 91s, 297. The number of offers accepted was
11s, involving the sum OF 81, 23S 953. The amount
accepted was S134 ,6l3; the number OF offers re-
jected was 0xty-one, involving the sum of 500,
l2s, the amount rejected $50, 473. The number
OF offers pending mt the close OF the year was
-four, involving the sum OF 1915 as for the
compromise of which there is offered SIS, 800.
In the cases pending are included eight cases OF
trespass on the public lands involving the sum
OF 81, Ill ,000 An offer OF $3.50 an acre has been
made in compromise, which offer cannot be APP
proximated until the area of the land has been
ascertained by survey.
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The Secret Service.

The Chief of the Secret Service Division, in
his annual report to the Solicitor of the Treas
ury, shows:
During the last fiscal year 444 arrests were
made by the operatives OF the service, assisted
by local officers, n large majority Of which were
for passing, dealing in, or manufacturing coun-
terfeit money. The amount of counterfeit money
captured during the year was $500, $50, mainly in
flash notes. A large amount of plates, dies,
mods, and counterfeiting material was seized
and destroyed. The Chief of Division expresses
the opinion that there now in the hands OF
counterfeiters about 100000 in base money of
the following character: $40 silver certificates
$40 United States notes, $40 notes OF the Third
National Bank of Cincinnati, 50 United States
notes. The counterfeiting OF coin is on the i'm
crease, which, in the of the Scent nickel,
is due to the disparity between its face and I'm
trinsic value. While counterfeiters of paper
money during the last year have been unusually
active, they have been generally unsuccessful in
their efforts TO float the results of their work.
recommendation is made for Legislation prohib-
iting the making of dies or molds for making
fac SMILES for business purposes
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

The annual report Of First Controller Durham
shows that during the fiscal year ended June 30
6S,6O9 warrants were examined, registered, and
countersigned, and that % geo accounts received
from the auditing officers revised, recorded,
and certified to the Register. The Controller
calls attention to the fact that in 1868 the First
Controller then in office certified balances due
TO the United States from the several States and
Territories respectively for direct taxes due and
unpaid under the direct tax act of Aug s, 1861,
and such States and Territories were accordingly
debited the books in the Office of the Register
OF the Treasury, and says:
IL may well be doubted whether any corporate
State was properly so charged, but as the then
Controller had jurisdiction OF the subject mat
ter the statements made by him OF the accounts
OF the above-named States and Territoriesas
TO their Indebtedness ON account Of direct
taxes are binding ON the present Con-
troller for the reasons indicated In
the opinion In the Mississippi direct tax
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

"FoR ten years" said clerk in a
Broadway store, Eve have been selling
key-checks, on each of which is stamp
ed a number and promise to pay 81
to whoever returns the t-cys to this
Office. We charge nothing for the SER
vices rendered. Our profit comes from
the advertisement the check gives us.
We have now $4,000 of these checks
out, which we sell for % cents EACH"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

The Yale law school is all torn up
over the admission of female student
President Porter is mad, and the whole
class is in paroxysms. The law faculty
claim any person who can pass the ex-
animation must be admitted, and, as
the lady passed better than any of the
young men, she had to be admitted
The matter was finally compromised
by letting the young woman stay and
striking her name off the catalogue
What bothers them now is whether to
give her the old degree-"bachelo of
law"-or invent new one-"spinster
at law
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

APRoPos of Ben Perley Poore's re-
cent severe illness, the New York Star
recalls that once, when threatened
with Bright's disease, his only chance
for life, he was told, was dieting. He
accepted it, and, bon vivant though he
is, lived for nearly two years on stale
bread and skim milk, after which time
he was pronounced cured.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
bureau of Navigation.

Commodore J. q. Walker, Chief of the Blu
reau of Navigation in his annual report TO the
Secretary OF the Navy, submits estimates for
$4,000 for the support Of the bureau for the
next fiscal year. IL is proposed that the Ranger
shall DO employed in sounding i'm the Pacific
Ocean of the coast OF Lower California and
Mexico, and i'm examining the North Pacific
Ocean for the rocks and shoals which have been
reported in the track of vessels. The old sur
yeys OF the coast Of the Spanish Main are
known to contain many errors, and it is pro-
posed that the Thetis shall be used to make the
surveys necessary TO correct them. Upon the
completion of this duty the report continues:
The Thetis should be sent 20 the South Pacific
TO examine the many dangers 70 navigation re-
ported to exist In that section, the existence OF
which has in manY cases not been proven.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

The sale of public lands in Califor-
mia is an evidence of the immigration
into that State. 1t is estimated that
there are 100000 acres of Govern
ment land, of which 20,000,000 are
suitable for agricultural purposes. The
applications for public lands in 1888
numbered 5,2S7, covering over 100000
acres. There were 1852 applications
fled in 1884, covering an area of $685.
$40 acres. 1t is stated that this immi-
grafton consists mostly of farmers of
moderate means, upon which the State
is to be congratulated.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

THE Boston TranscfIpt says: "The
statement that the Hon. Carl Schurz
has made an offer to purchase the
Boston Post was substantially correct
The only thing incorrect about the
report related to the character of the
offer. Mr.. Schurz has not, it now
transpires, offered $4,000 cash and
agreed to assume debts to the amount
of $45, 900. He has simply subscribed
$4,000 to the stock of the company,
although he has not paid in the money.
When he does do so he will hold con-
trolling interest in the paper, and the
remaining $35, 900 of the new stock
the entire capital being $75, Goodwill
probably be made up among his friends.
The present stockholders will not inter
pose any obstacle to Mr.. Schurz's
securing the property; but, il he does
not pay in his subscription, the paper
will continue in the present hands,"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
paymaster. General Rochester,s Report.

Paymaster-General Rochester, in his annual
disbursements by his bureau during the last
fiscal year amounted to Sl3, 4S3, 727, including
S197 900 TO the Signal Service, S2l3,0OO to the
Military Academy, and S12;349, 443 on army pay
rolls The amount disbursed for payment of
mileage of officers was Sl55,O00 General Roch-
ester recommends that Congress be asked to
travelling under orders their actual fare and a
certain rnte of mileage by the shortest usually
Travelled route sufficient to meet incidental OK
penses. Such scheme, he says, would be
more equitable both TO the officers and TO the
Government than the present system. Ninety
two non-commissioned officers and privates have
been placed upon the retired list. General Roch-
ester recommends legislation TO authorize the
payment of these men 50 a month in lieu of the
allowances for clothing and rations. The Pay
master-General reports that the diminished OPP
erations OF his bureau make il possible for him
TO drop six clerks from the present force.
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Rurcan of Statistics.

The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports
that the total values of imports of merchandise
during the twelve months ended Sept. 80 were
$50, 551, go, and during the preceding twelve
months S65e, 065-a decrease Of SS7, sos.
The values of exports of merchandise for the
twelve months ended Sept 80 were S715, 1913 GIL,
and foI the twelve months ended Sept 30 1884
were S735, III OOO-a decrease of SIG, S7s $50 The
Chief of the Bureau of Statistics also reports
that q, S01 immigrants arrived in this country,
26S, $50 for the first nine months of this year,
against 1886 449 for the corresponding period last
year-a decrease Of G5613, of which a.. 800 is the
decrease in the immigration from Germany, and
40i that from Ireland
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
The Surgeon General.

The Surgeon General in his annual report TO
the Secretary of War, submits the usual state
ment Of finances and general transactions of
his bureau for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1885. The cost of hospital supplies for the year
600 for this purpose. in order to be prepared for
the emergency of protecting the army against
cholera, which he thinks probably will reach
this country next year. He says the general
health of the army has been unusually good.
He protests against the tendency TO overcrowd
the men in barracks. Various recommendation
are appended
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
The Geological Survey.

The sixth annual report of Prof. j. w. Powell
director of the geological survey, covering the
operations of the institution for the fiscal year
ended June 80 1885. has been given out for publ
cation. Prof. Powell says that during the fiscal
year fair progress was made in the Topographic
survey of the United States. An area of 81, sos
square miles was surveyed, and the maps there
of made ready for the engraver. The average
cost of the work about So per square mile
The following table shows the distribution of
this work
Massachusetts,. .. $50 Texas ............ 1000
New Jersey ,267 Plateau region. :. Is, 900
Appalachn region17 $40 Yellowstone park. 1000
Missouri Kansas .13, 600 Northn California $3.50
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26
Our Defenseless Seacoast.

Gen. John Newton, Chief Of Engineers in his
annual reqrrt invites the attention of Congress
TO the defenseless condition of our seacoast and
lake frontier. Gen. Newton restricts his esti-
mates to what is required for the repair and
modification of existing works, and for torpedoes
for harbor defense. He, however, expresses a
hope that the commencement of an elaborate
system OF defense may be no longer delayed for
lack OF appropriations. The report with re-
spect TO the estimates, work accomplished, and
the condition of engineering works in progress,
is largely digest of the reports Of the officers in
charge of the various works. which have already
been made public.
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Commissioners of Customs.

The annual report OF the Commissioner OF
Customs shows that during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1885. there was paid into the Treasury
from various sources the accounts of which
were settled i'm his Office the sum of S1S3 207 90s.
The amount paid out was S27, 125 ,973. The Com
missioner suggests that the designation OF his
Office be changed to Third Controller and also
the preparation Of information to be gathered
from the settlements made by him. A recon-
mendation is made for the payment OF the chief
customs officers by salaries instead of by salary,
fees, and commissions. according to the present
aystam
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The Steamboat Inspection Service.

The Supervising Inspector General of steam
vessels reported the work of the steamboat in
spection service for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1886, as follows. In the domestic service:
Total number of vessels inspected. 5,638
Total tonnage of vessels inspected. ,096, 365 65
Total number of officers licensed. 25, 235
The receipts observation-disclosures. Sill, 468
Expenditures. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50, 291
Unexpended balance in the Treasury
standing to the credit of the steam
boat inspection service. ............ 433, a.
Total number of lives lost by accident
in 1884. ....................... 21
Total number of lives lost in 1885,. 1873
Decrease in 1885. Observation-Disclosures. 1873
OF the number of lives lost in 1885, forty-seven
were passengers, and eighty-six were officers or
persons employed On the steamers. The loss of
life on steam vessels for the fiscal year is the
minimum loss yet recorded, being but one to
each forty-three steamers inspected, rs against
one TO each three steamers inspected previous
to the steamboat law of 1852. The report says
IL has come to be generally admitted that travel
by steamboat is the safest of all known means
of passenger conveyance. In the foreign SER
vice:
Total number of steamers inspected.... T7
Expense of foreign service. .S36, Gal
The Supervising Inspector General recon-
mends amendments TO the Revised Statutes 80
as 10 put the owners of inland steamers on an
equality with the owners of seagoing steamers
in the matter of personal liability.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

4 FEW amusement, first introduced
in Biddeford, Me-, is the vaccination
bee. The unsuspecting company, hav-
ing been invited to an ordinary soiree,
with "V. b. at g." is at that hour con-
fronted by the doctor, with a due array
Of points, and every one is vaccinated
at the entertainers expense.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

THE Prince of Wales is going deeper
than ever into turf matters. He has
bought new horses (groaning taxpay-
ers) and has joined the Jockey Club.
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fish was caught. The men made a tri-
umphal procession with their trophy
through the town of Sandgate, and
the town crier preceded its entrance
into the neighboring towns, where at
tempts were made to raise a sum of
money sufficient to buy new nets.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

Mrs. CATHERINE THURMAN, a we'll
known old lady of South Baltimore,
Nd, on celebrating her eighty-third
birthday, danced German waltz with
each Of her four sons.
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Diplomatic Service.

The report of Mr.. Eickhoff, Fifth Auditor of
the Treasury, for the fiscal year ending June 80,
shows that the total expenses Of the diplomatic
service were Si40,249. The total expenses of the
consular service were $50 1873. The amount Of
fees received was S791 ,345, and the expenses of
c0nsulates In excess Of fees received was $751;
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-11-26

SAYS New York letter to the Utica
Observer: "In the Mary Anderson
company is plump, smooth, jolly Miss
Tilbury. Bouquets and notes are sent
to her by the noodles; and one evening
a somewhat years-worn beau, famous
for a quarter of century as a gallant
of the green-reom, was struck hard by
her agreeable personality. His social
and business relations with the man.
agement were such that he was able
Just after rehearsal next day to be in
troduced to the girl. She received
him respectfully, but not ardently, and
he felt that he was not making deep
impression. He therefore made some
intensely silly remarks, intended to
convey his admiration. Il seem to
have been acquainted with you for a
long time, somehow he said. That's
natural, SIR Miss Tilbury responded.
Il am wonderfully like what my moth
er was fifteen years ago. You were
very sweet on her-judging by the let
tiers you wrote and the inscriptions on
the back of your photograph that you
gave her. 1 was overhauling a box of
her trash just before l sailed from En-
gland, and we had good laugh over
those things And who was your
mother?' Lydia Thompson The
wooer of two generations retired as
soon as he conveniently conld.n