The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-16
TIE WORLD AT LARGE.

THE reported political complications in Ser
via and Roumania and the uprising of the
Greeks in Macedonia against the authority of
Turkey are believed in the European Capitals
to be the work Of Russian political agents who
have beeu at work actively for some time
stirring up disafTecton in the Balkan prov
inces.
THE Emperor CT Brazil is suffering from
inflammation of the kidneys. He is attended
by Dr. Verga of Milan, DIR. Semmolla Of Ma
piles, and DR. Charcot of Paris
THE action of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Directors at their meeting in Boston,
last week, in declaring only one per cent. div
idend, instead of the customary two per cent,
created general sensation in Wall street. A
Chicago dispatch says:
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy has Just
issued Il statement of the earnings and expenses
OF the road for the month of March and Tor tho
three months ending March 81, 1855, compared
with the orresponding periods OF 1887. Gross
earnings for the month were I'll, 2ll. lss.O2, a de-
crease of Sl,74l, 493.49 The expenses were
Sl.3G, Cos 20 a reduction of S2l,5l3JG, while in
net earnings deficit of Sl45, IL is is shown, in
dicatin. a decrease OF Sl,1lJ.919W For the
quarter the gross earnings were 81, 500 co. -, u
decrease OF s2.2l6.3 045 expenses, sass, 4h1l,
an increase OF S4la, 80 %; net earnings, St2l-
473.93, decrease of -, 63j, ~. -.
OWING TO drought IN the cattl raising dis
tricts of Cuba many animals arc dying anu
vegetables are scarce
The Texas capitol building has been COM
peted AID formally accepted A Chicago
dispatch says:
The completion Of the Texas Capitol entities
the Farweil syndicate % 100000 acres OF the
choicest lrdZiug and agricultural land in the
panhandle of Texas. IL has long since been
public rumor that the Farwell syndicate mas
disposed OF the property for s3O,UO',OJO. The
building has cost them upward of S1OOO,OOJl
and is &C know lodged 70 be- the finest State Capt.
tol in the United states The land was worth
only fifty cents an acre when the contract was
made, but railroads AMI the prospects OF more
railroads have maze the land worth fully 80
an acre.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has contributed sl0)
in aid of an orphan asylum TO be siablishe d
at Lynchburg, Va
HE production OF iron and steel IL the
United Stltes in 1887 is officially reported by
the American Iron and steel Association
as follows, in gross tons: Pig iron, &, A.
las; Bessemer steel ingots, 9, $50. 033; Besse-
mer steel rails, 2,lcl, SJ4; open hearth
steel ingots, 3d., go; open hearth steel
rails, Il. 14j; crucble steel ingots, 1886;
rolled iron, except rails, 2,299, 5C9; iron rails,
| J,'W; pig, scrap and ore blooms, $500;
kegs of cut nails 200 poundsl, cos, So In
the two years from 1855 to 1887 we increased
our product of pig iron - Per cent, our pro-
duct!on Of Besscmer tee ingots % per cent,
our production of Bessemer steel rails 10 per
cent, our production of open hearth steel in
gots l4l per cent, and our production of
rolled iron Al per cent
TIE outlook for finishing wheat seeding IN
the Northwest is very discouragng A ST
Paul dispatch of Monday says:
1t has raincd almost continually for nearly
! two weeks and the ground is thoroughly
soaked. In some places the standing water is
| from six inches 10 IA foot deep or the fields that
1 are already plowed and ready for seed. IN the
| southern part OF Minnesota there are thou
sands OF acres that will not be sOwn at all this
year. as IL will lie too late by the time the
ground gets II condition to be worked. Far
| mers arc devoting their land 10 oats and other
| grain and the wheat acreage will toe about one
| fourth less than last year. In southern Dakota
the acreage Will be a little less, but the short
| age will not be as great as in Minnesota.
ARCHBISHOP LYNCH, of Toronto, Ontario, is
| dead
Dom PEDRO, Emperor Of Brazil, has had a
serious relapse at Milan. lie shows symp-
toms OF neuralgia cerebral congestion.
The Chicago and Northwestern Eoai will
build new depotat Sioux CITY, Iowa, to cost
| $4,000, construction u begin Immediately.