The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-07
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

JACKSON hasn't yet walked up to the shi
canal question.
FIFTEEN thousand barrels of salt are left owe
in the Saginaw Valley.
THERE are now GOO patients in the asylum
for the insane at Kalamazoo.
GRAND RAPIDS will arrest and punish all chill.
dren found sliding on the sidewalk.
THREE RIVERS has its long-talked-of street
lamps and inebriate supporters at last.
BERRY COUNTY has an organized gang OF
thieves, with headquarters in Hastings.
The dog teams have commenced carrying the
mail to and from Mackinac for the winter.
IN Jackson the authorities have published a
card prohibiting the sale of liquor to minors.
DAILY line of boats will be run between
Frankfort and Milwaukee next summer by Mr..
Goodrich.
JOHN w. DoNEY, of Port Austin, has gone
away. He was a contractor, and contracted
some very big debts.
Az eagle measuring twelve feet from wing
to wing was lately shot between Ontonagon and
Houghton by A. p. Thomas.
II is proposed to enlist company of knights,
from the Peninsular Commandery of Kalama-
zoo, to attend the Centennial.
FRANK ANDREWS, of Bay City, was all hum
bic telegraph operator few days ago. He is
now capitalist, worth $40 900. Rich aunt
died.
The Grand Traverse (NIich.) Grange has
instituted free course of lectures for the
purpose OF advancing the interests of the
farmers.
IT is estimated that within the past two
months there have been 10 deaths by scarlet
fever within a radius of ten miles OF Lud-
ington.
THE State Quartermaster has received 200
overcoats for the use of the brave boys who
fight the State battles in the State armories and
ball rooms.
THE Michigan Central Railroad has raid into
the State Treasury the special taxes of the main
line, with all its branches, amounting in all to
about 100000.
THOSE variegated vagabonds, the potato bugs,
have taken advantage of the late soft weather
to come out and air themselves in various parts
of the State.
An Escanaba lumberman recently set trap
for deer, but had the luck to catch Norwe-
gian, but rs the pclt was not prime quality,
lie let the poor cuss 90.
THE Mohawk is the name Of a new silver
mining company recently organized at Ne
gaunee, with capital of $500 900, divided into
90 coo shares $50, 900 paid in.
Miss DELL HENDERsHoTT of Jackson, ad
vertises in the New York Clipper for ten actors
to assist her in playing the drama lately writ
ten by herself of Charley Ross.
II. Il. CoLTRIN of Jackson, will at once begin
the manufacture Of cottonade pants, overalls
ployment to 80 women and girls.
THE friends of Joseph Fournier, who was re-
Gently murdered while coming on shore from
beat belonging to the Saginaw River lne are
going to sue the steamboat company for
damages.
THERE are quite q number of persons en-
gagged in the business of peddling cigars
throughout the State. who lave not paid the
required tax and officers have been sent out
10 look them up.
THERE have been S53 buildings constructed
in Detroit the past year at a cost of about
$3.50, 0O0 In Grand Rapids over 800 new
buildings have been erected at a cost of up
ward of 53OOOOO.
A,r Eolouazoo tbo otbar dav sivteen parsons
were arrested for reckless driving on Rose
street the popular avenue of the village.
Many of them are prominent citizens and the
excitement was intense.
MAJOR. c. p. DAKE, Collector of Internal
Revenue in the Fifth District of this State, has
received official notification that the order con-
solidating his district with the First or Detroit
District, has been countermanded.
A VACANCY has been made in the faculty of
Albion College by the resignation of Prof. Ber-
nard Moses, who has accepted the chair of
Bellies Letters and History in the University of
California at salary Of 80, 600 in gold.
The records of last year show that since the
LIST of January, 1875, 1,779 suits have been in
sttuted in the Wayne Circuit of which 1,51S
were cases of law and 261 chancery, and of the
latter III were complaints for divorce.
fnE proprietors OF the large dry goods es-
tablishment of f. w. Judd Il Co., one of the
oldest houses in Flint, have just made all
assignment. Liabilities 40, 900 assets, $780,
900. Hon. George W. Fish has been appointed
assignee.
ACCORDING to the Statesman, the farmers
who bring wood to Marshall invariably bring
cord and an eighth at load. The purchaser
gets the eighth, good measure, but is never
quite sure of the cord.
MIR. G. L. HUNTER OF Otisvle passed
through Flint day or two ago with seven full
blooded ANIMALS. They are Of unbroken pedi-
gree, from Duchess, Princess or 'Gwynne"
families, and were purchased at the late sale of
blooded cattle in Toronto.
CRoSIS Bros. of Marshall, will commence
the erection, in the spring, of a fine brick
block to cost some $4,000, OH the lot recently
purchased Of the Erginsger estate. The block
will contain two large stores, the corner one to
be occupied by Cronin Bros.
THE Battle Creek hoe factory is doing an inn
menso business. Orders in larger number than
ever before have come in this season, and they
have thus far cut M over seven tons OF steel.