The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-07
LATER NEWS IETMs.

A portion of Upper Burmah, it has
been agreed, will be coded to China
Lord Randolph Churchill has sub
mitted to the British Cabinet proposition for
the reform of the administration of the Gov
ernment in Ireland
There was q quiet observance in Ber-
lin of the twenty fifth anniversary OF the ac-
cession of Emperor William to the throne of
Prussia.
Queen Victoria is angry at the re-
fusal of the foreign courts to recognize the
right of Prince Henry of Battenberg, the hus-
band of Princess Beatrice, to the title of Royal
Highness
Princess Colonna, of Paris, nee Eva
Mackay, gave birth to son last week. A
magnificent outfit for the infant has been re-
ceived from San Francisco The christening
dress is entirely composed of antique point
PAlencon.
Hydrophobia is raging to such an ex-
tent in France that the police have been or
dered to shoot all stray dogs The four chill
der Basteur's treatment for the disease, sailed
Tor New YORK apparently cured
st. Louis has hair dresser who has
applied for patent on an invention by which
passengers and freight may be received and
discharged from railway trains in full motion.
A Chinese laundryman in st. Lonis
named Jue Jun was received into the Pilgrim
Congregational Church. Five of his country
men witnessed the ceremony.
Maxwell, the alleged murderer of
Preller, in St Louie, Is next month to be
placed on trial, when witnesses are expected
from the four quarters of the earth. Awoman
has been summoned from Hong Kong
The people of Oregon and the con-
tiguous territory have already commenced TO
protest against the reductions in the mail SER
vice proposed by Postmaster General Villas
Two masked lads robbed house in
the outskirts of Cincinnati, after choking an
old lady to a condition bordering on insensi-
bility.
The County Penitentiary at Albany,
N Y, is plague-stricken spot It's 1000 in
mates are exposed to deadly form of typhus
fever. A great many deaths have occurred
The epidemic is said to have all the character
istics of the "black plague" which decimated
London years ago.
Frederick Fishel, cashier and conf
dental bookkeeper OF August Bernheim &
Bauer, New York clothing manufacturers has
been arrested charged with having robbed his
employers by means of forged checks of up
wards of s75,0 900.
A vein of pure petroleum has been
discovered near Park Hill, Ontario, 175 feet
below the surface.
Several earthquake shocks have been
felt recently in Valparaiso, Serena, africa, and
Tacna, South America.
Bishop Fabre, of Montreal, Canada,
has issued a circular denouncing tobogganing
as sinful sport
William Dale, instructor in a gym
nasium at Binghamton, n. Y, swung seven
pound Indian clubs for four hours and fifty
minutes In bicycle contest at Minneapolis,
Woodside made 266 miles in twenty-six hours
Sub Treasurer Acton, of New York,
refused to turn over his Office to Treasurer of
the United States Jordan when requested, act
ing on the advice OF eminent counsel. Treas
urer Jordan relieved Mr.. Acton's bondsmen by
breaking the seals and commencing business
operations.
A member of the Chilian Legation
has gained notorety in Washington by indslg-
ing i'll an old-fashioned drunk. After receiving
a sound thrashing from plain republican
citizen he was with difficulty bundled off to his
quarters.
r. L. Cooney, of the man-of-war
Manhattan, lying off City Point, Va, gave
away his watch and diamond ring and then
committed suicide by opening an artery in his