The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-07

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Mr.. SUMNER Howard of Flint has been sp-
pointed United States Attorney for the terri
tory Of Utah.
AN eight-year-old boy named James Coal was
run over by the cars at Averill, ON the Flint
and Pere Marquette railroad, and killed.
MRs JOHN sAaER, Of Bradley. Allegan coun-
ty, committed suicide ON Friday of last week by
cutting her throat with razor. Cause, do
nestle infelicity.
THE Michigan Independents win hold State
Convention at Jackson, May 9, for the purpose
Of electing delegates to the National Greenback
convention to be beld ct Indianapolis May IT
MIS-. CHAs. HOPE, of Oshtemo, choked to
death few days since, caused by a tumor.
She was fifty-eight years old, and had been q
resident 0f the county for more than thirty
years.
The boiler at Hail & Green's single mill, at
Greenwood Station, exploded one morning last
week, killing John Collins and another work
man, and severely injuring several others.
Loss to the owners of the mill will amount to
81, 500.
IHE tIihi VI IudI! Duiiy, VI DhLu DcdCu, ioi
murder, for whom a change Of venue was
granted to Bay county, has been set down for
the LIST OF next May by Judge Greene, that it
may be more con yenient for the numerous wit
nesses to take the boats to Bay City.
AT East Sagaw, none night last week, an in
cendiary fire broke out in the Gallagher block,
owned by II. G. Horr, and but for the energy
of the fire company and the Holly water works,
would have been disastrous conhagration.
Damage, $4,000 or over covered mostly by
insurance.
The State Board of Control has awarded the
construction of the Mackinaw & Marquette
railroad to eastern parties. The company is
composed of +. b. Loomis. of New London,
Conn. ]. e. Redfeld, Of Essex, Conn. H. b.
Crosby, w. w. Lamon, and others, of New
York. The State grant is 100000 acres for
the construction of $50 miles of road.
ARTICLES of association were filed with the
Secretary of State, about two years ago. of a
company called the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad, to extend from Lansing to Flint.
There is gossip among the railroad men at the
State capital that the officers of this association
say they will place gang Of hands ON the line
of the road next week.
J. b. HOOKER, of Lansing, was recently ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff A. M. Lang, of Green
vile. Hooker is charged with swindling per-
sons by buying lumber of them and paying
them in notes with property statements on the
back of them. He worked with q partner by
the name of Reynolds, who is now in Canada,
and it is claimed they succeeded in raising
$4,000 by this means, buying anything that
they could, aud disposing Of it Tor notes.
A FEW days ago some boys seeing fox play
ing in back lot on the farm Of II. Henry
Brooks couple Of miles northwest of Belle
vue, thought they would find her nest il pos
sible. They went into the lot and near where
they first saw her they discovered hole beside
an oak stump and, digging under the stump
some five feet from the surface of the ground,
they found the nest, containing seven little
ones.
The State Canal board have settled ON April
25 as the date for the opening of the Sault Ste.
Marie canal, fixing tolls for 1876 the same as at
the close Of navigation last year. They also
fixed the tolls for the Au Sable River Improve
ment Company at twenty-five cents per 1000
feet, board measure. Also Dock and Toll In
provement Company, fixing tolls at fifteen
cents; also the Manistee River Improvement
Company graduating the tolls according to
ranges, from seven to fifteen cents.
A PIrIABLB spectacle was witnessed at Detroit
a few days ago, man having been taken into
custody while biting telegraph poles and hitch
ing posts. The man was named Albert Kutruff,
baker, who stated that he had been bitten by
mad dog. He had lucid intervals between
spasms of hydrophobia, during which he con-
versed nationally enough, and when he felt
the spasms coming on he would give warning,
calling to the officers to take care or he would
bite them, while blood streamed from his lips
and tears from his eyes.
MICHIGAN editors who wish to 60 to the Gen.
tennial this year will have to pay as much fare
as anybody All the trunk lines between the
East and West have agreed on scale of rates
reduced twenty-five per cent From Detroit a
ticket for the round trip by any route will cost
s2O.25. Furthermore, unless some definite
time is fixed for large party to CO. 30 that the
sleeping-car companies can be informed which
roads the party will patronize 1t will be i'm
practicable to secure sleeping-cars at any re-
duction Of prices.
Mr.. FRANK Cook, of Brooklyn, Jackson
county, has an intelligent cat, Of which this
story, among others of like character, is
told: The boys, during the winter, have been
in the habit of warming the milk for him on
the stove hearth, and to ascertain when it was
warm enough they would put their finger in
the milk to test it. After short time they
observed the cat go up put his paw in the
milk, and, il warm enough for his taste, would
commence eating, but il not, would remain
quiet for time and try 1t again until 1t suited
his taste.
RESIDENT of the unorganized county of
Altoona writes to the Tawas City Gazette .
1.-Two or three years ago the idea Of making
a living by farming was not even thought of.
Now we have sixty-two brave men in this town.
ship who are carving out for themselves homes,
and have already subdued 760 acres of the
timber land, and have raised some of the best
crops of wheat and oats in the State. We also
have two steam saw-mills in the township. one
owned by James Beard x Co., of Port Huron,