The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-13
Character Of Issue.
MICHIGAN NEWS.

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sion to Niagara Falls.
THEY talk of macadamizing Water
street in Bay City, and of putting the
! city prisoners Mt work to do it.
SENECA SMITH, a pioneer settler and
prominent citizen of Kalamazoo county,
died, last week, aged IA years.
MARSHALL claims it is to have the best
hotel accommodations of any town OF
5000 inhabitants in the State.
WHILE many other States have re-
ceived incalculable damage from floods,
Michigan alone is crying ont for rain.
"BR1cK PoMERoY" will deliver the
annual address before the Eaton County
Agricultural Society, at Charlotte, Sep
tember ODD.
THE Patrons of Husbandry of Calhoun
county, had grand picnic and harvest
party at Gognac, last week, over 5000
being present.
DURING the past year ABA deaths have
occurred in Grand Rapids, being ratio
of scven.y-four to every one thousand OF
the population.
WALSH & ENGLEs carriage factory at
Union City, was burned few days ago,
/ throwing twenty men ont of employment,
and causing loss of $4,000.
THREE convicts escaped from the peni-
Tertiary at jackson, few days ago, 10y
going over the wall on ladder. They
were pursued and recaptured.
JOHN HINzMAN, of Bay City, aged GO
years, died last Thursday from the eff
fects of an overdose of morphine, which
he had taken for the purpose of quieting
his nerves.
JACKSON has horse 81 years old. His
name is Romp, and he was foaled III
Clarence, Erie county, n. Y, in 1924.
lie is without puff or windgall, and does
good days work daily.
Mrs. DECKER, of Bay county, lett her
child alone i'll the house for few min
utes, and during her absence the little
one fell into pail of hot water and died
after five hours of intense agony.
ABIJAH LUCE, an old sea Captain, died
at Grand Rapids last week, aged 81
He left the sea twenty years ago. Ii
1851 he sailed the bark Harvest Moor
between New York and Montevideo.
LARRY COFFEE held the pistol at Crane
Rapids, and was positive that it was no
loaded. Edward Corsey had his ey'
shot out and - ,ived dangerous wounC
in the head, and thinks it mas loaded.
NEAR East Saginaw, on Monday o
last week, as two boys named Matthew
and Crabb were engaged in hauling
wheat, the load capsized, instantly kill
ing Matthews and severely iniurin,
Crabb.
, REV. G. II. RICHARDSON, of North
:. vile, who has been supplying the Bar
fist pulpit in that village for nearly fou
months, having received uuanimou
= call to the passionate of the church, Wi
!. accept the same.
> By the discharge of pistol in tn
: hands of Larry Coffee, which he SUI
: posed was not loaded, Edward Canre
l had an eye shot out, and the bullet IL
L fiicted dangerous wound in.his head
The affair happened at Grand Rapids.
4 A COLLISION between two freight train
e ON the Michigan Central road, ne'
/ Niles, last Tuesday, resulted III I'll
g wrecking of three engines and twent
q cars, and the fatal scalding of John Nj
n Ginnis, an engineer. Damage, s5O, OO
If LEW w. HAINEs, an old resident
q Saginaw county, while driving throue
@ Saginaw City, on Sunday last, in con
If pany with his wife, was thrown from h
At buggy and sustained injuries from whiC
p il is feared he will not recover. Mr.
he Haines was slightly injured.
o. Mrs. Daley, an elderly FrenC