The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-09-22

j. j. MAYNARD, a prominent citizen and
business man of Portland, was killed one day
last week by being struck by a locomotive. He
lived only about two hours after being struck.
The deceased leaves wife and two children.
No blame is attached to the employees of the
company.
THoRABUR STEPHENSON, an Icelsnder, hves at
Muskegon, and exhibits family record cover
ing period of 1000 years. Throughout the
record appear the names of many Of the an-
cient sages of Norway, Sweden and Iceland !;
and the dates and incidents correspond with
the printed histories of those countries.
THE Michigan Conference of the Free Metho-
dist Church has been divided, and that portion
of the territory lying north OF the base line of
the State will compose a new conference, to be
known as the North Michigan Conference.
The new conference will be composed OF some
thirty travelling preachers and an equal num-
Der Of lay delegation, embraced in the territory
at present known as the Grand Rapids and Flint
districts.
EARLY on Sunday morning fire was discovered
in an ice-house at Kalamazoo owned by Root
Bros, and occupied by E. H. Davis, who had
200 tons of ice in the building. 1t was the work
of an incendiary. AS the only other ice-house
ran short last week, all the ice for the city must
come from Laporte Ind, now. Loss on build.
ing s400; insured for 1900. Damage to ice by
melting heavy insured for $4,000.
THE northeastern Lumbern,dn says that
after ciphering out the standards and
pounds, shillings and pence, it appears that
the first quality Of deals now being cut IN Mich
igan. and sold for from S22 to s2S per thou
sand, bring in Glasgow, Scotland, what is equiv
alent to 555, American coin. This would seem
to leave a nice margin for the buyer, after de-
Quoting the freight"
TIE body of Willie Sellers, the little 9-year
old colored boy who committed suicide by
drowning himself in the Kalamazoo river at
Battle Creek about two weeks ago, has been
found. Willie's mother had threatened TO
punish him for some misdemeanor which he
committed. While she was out procuring
switch he ran toward the river and soid he was
going to drown himself. The case has excited
considerable interest at Battle Creek.
A SPECIAL from PetosKey SAYS Capt. Andrew
Roddy, Of the schooner Sicily Brothers, near
Beaver Island, was fatally stabbed in the
stomach Monday last by rough named Bar
ney ODonnell. The latter was abusing an old
man unjustly when Roddy interfered with the
above result. He was taken to Charlevoix for
medical aid, which was inhumanly refused, ard
he was brought to Petoskey. He Is now
lying at the point of death.
SoJoURNER TRUTH writes to the Battle Creek
ourndl contradicting tho periodic notice Of
or death, and adds: :" l expect to go to Chi
cago this week, and from there to the Centen-
NAL. am lame yet, but DR.. Gitteau has got
me so smart that he says he can risk my going
anywhere. Nobody but horse doctor could
help me. lie has doctored me for year, and
says he can risk my going, aud have been out
and tried it, and feel able to go anywhere"
GONE Who KNOWS, writes as follows from
Marquette to a Chicago paper :" / want to tell
you where there is a big fraud. There is
gang of three-card monte and confidence men
operating here, and at tho Sault Ste. Marie.
They fleece passengers OF the boats ana all
strangers, and boldly assert that they have
bought up the Government officials that ought
to protect the innocent. This is no new thing,
but has been carried on for some time. Please
expose the rascals."
On Saturday last, says the Hancock Journal,
an Indian named Samuel Shauvanass, while
walking on the Quincy tramway, was run over
by two loaded cars and instantly killed. This
adds another to the list of fatal accd snts that
have occurred at the Quincy, either under
ground or on surface, during tho past five
months; seven human beings having, since
March last, been HURLED into eternity either by |
their own carelessness or by somebody else's |
HERE IA the criticism of an East Saginaw |
editor upon the performance Of the Georgia
minstrels: 1.-The banjo is made to talk and the
bones rattle music that enraptures the soul and
draws from the audience outbursts Of applause.
We have no words to do the subject justice,
and when a work of art has equaed the majesty
Of nature in the production OF Niagara, Wen
hen begin TO think there is some show Of this
highest grade Of minstresy, natures own dis
play, securing fair description
In the Bay Circuit Court last week Joseph
chapman was convicted on the charge Of re-
eiving stolen property. Chapman was the
ingleader OF a gang OF cattle thieves that in
ested Bay county about three years ago. He
vas arrested, admitted to bail and fled to
,ansda, where he remained until last spring.
lie started TO go to Europe, hut as soon as he
rived on American soil at Suspension bridge ,
'ss arrested by Bay City officers and brought
sck for trial His comrades have all been ar
ested and punished. !
CORRESPONDENT Of the Detroit Free Press Q
alls upon the authorities to prevent cruelty TO
nimsls, and punish offenders in that city.