The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-07-30
Ar Bay CITY, the other day, a little

AT Bay City, the other day, a little
boy fell into the river and was drowned
while playing on a dock in front OF hi
parents residence. The child was seel
by two of his companions when he fel
in the water, but they having been for
hidden to play on the docks, were afraiC
to give the alarm.
The State Military Association, com
posed of delegates from every company
OF every regiment of militia in the State
held session at Detroit Tuesday. Reso
lutions were passed that no company
should take part in the competitive drill
at the State Fair /; favoring an encamp
ment of State troops this fall, and fixing
upon Jackson as the next place of meet
ing No other business of importance
was transacted.
TERRENCE MOORE, President of the
Ontonagon Silver Mining Company, ar
rived at Marquette few days ago with
silver brick weighing thirty-six pounds
from the mill on Iron river, Ontonagon
county. Great excitement prevails.
The vein of rock is said to yield forty to
fifty dollars per ton.
A PERIPATEuC music teacher, who has
been sojourning in Hillsdale for brief
period, was treated to a ride on a rail
through the streets of the town one day
last week. He represented himself as a
single man when, in fact, he had wife
in New York, and was very sweet on the
young ladies of Hillsdale. Hence the
Indignation of the Hillsdalers.
New patents issued to citizens of this
State Stave baskets, r. 3. Wheeler,
Niles g1ain-separatcr, Hurlbert II.
Seeley, Fenwick gate-hinges, George
Marsh, Marshall; rein-holders, Jas.
Bulger and Nicholas Inglis, Muskegon
table-leaf lifters and supporters, Tilton
f. Smith, Attica; bGnd-slat adjusters,
John G.. White, Charlotte.
A SERIOUS runaway occurred at Battle
Creek last week, which will probably re-
suit fatally to Chas. ID. Crossett, n bar
Der. He, in company with two other
young men, were driving into town from
Gognac Lake, and when about to cross
the railway track their horse took fright
from an approaching engine and ran
away, upsetting the buggy and throwing
the occupants violently upon the ground.
Crossett had two of his ribs broken, and
received severe internal injuries.
In suit involving the constitutional
ity of the new liquor law of this State,
Judge Cochrane, of the Superior Court,
decided that he was convinced that the new
tax was not license, and that the law
was constitutional in this part, but he
asked for new argument on the point
as to whether the levying of tax on the
business of selling liquor came within
the requirements of the Constitution that
taxes shall be only upon property.
The whole matter will in the end go to
the Superior Court.
Mr.. J. w. BEGoLE, of Flint, has dis
covered bed of polishing material on
his farm near Otter lake, that beats all
polishes hitherto known. 1t is about
The color of land plaster, but is lighter,
and has different chemical composition.
Colgate, the great soap manufacturer OF
New York, has experimental with it,
and pronounces it the best substance
for washing, polishing and toilet soaps
that he has ever found. Used in a crude
state with water it will remove pitch or
tar from the hands with the utmost ia
cility. Colgate offers price per ton for
it that will make the mining and ship
ping of it profitable business.