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

' haPius anu INDIANA Halroad, a lew
miles north of Clam Lake, through Sher-
man TO some point on Lake Michigan, is
talked Of.
a WOMAN IN Giatiot County recently killed a
large deer with club. The animal had at
tackled the corn-crib in the absence of the wo
mans husband, and she first knocked him
down with stick OF stove-wood. and then laid
on the blows until the antlered monarch OF the
forest gave up the ghost.
THE grndstone and scythestone factory a
Grindstone City reports an unusually BIG RIM
Of business this season. They have turned ont
$500 tons of grindstones, 1000 family grind
stones, nearly 700 gross of five different brands
of scythestones, 2G0 boxes of shoemakers sand
stones, and 200 currier blocks.
EDWARD REYNOLDS, while riding on a north
bound express to his home, half mile from
Grand Rapids, and in attempting TO jump from
the train in motion, fell near the track and was
struck in the head by the rear coach and his
skull fractured. Recovery is impossible. He
resided with his parents, and was a mason by
trade. lie is 25 years old.
THE coal interests about Standsh are quietly
going forward About three miles north Of that
place. after boring about 40 feet, a vein of
good hard coal was reached, and one-half feet
in thickness. Then, forty rods or so from that
point, another boring was mace, with like re-
sults-a bed of coal upward of five feet thick
about 140 feet below the surface.
JOHN J. KITCHEN, of Battle Creek, sales.
man, employed by Gray Toynton & Fox, the
Detroit confectioners, has suddenly absconded,
taking with him quite quantity of the COM
pany's moneys. lie had been employed by the
firm two years, and received salary of 81 600
per year, but he lived too fast. 1t is supposed
that he has gone to Canada. The amount en-
bezz.ed is as yet unknown.
Mr.. DURAND, member of Congress from this
State has introduced in the House bill for
the relief of Timothy Baker of st. Johns. 1t
directs the Postmaster General, in settling with
Bake,, late Postmaster at st. Johns to pay him
SGS5.62, being money paid by Baker on a
judgment in favor of the United States, and
which consisted of commissions which should
have been allowed said Baker upon said claim.
IT pays to be social The Young Ladies' Aid
S175 clear profit. The proceeds will be devo-
ted to paying for the new stained glass win
dows which are being put into the NJ. L.
Church at cost of $50. Prof Perrie is dec
Grating the walls of the basement of the
church with a $50 painting. 1t is thirty feet
long, and represents view in Palestine. The
Professor donates it to the church.
A LITTLE five ear-old son of II. r. Wickham,
of Houghton Lake, while alone in a room at
tempted to initiate his elders by playing
smoke = the flames from his mock cigar CON-
municating with the bed curtains, the bed and
wall paper were soon mass of flame. The
house was only saved from total destruction by
a little girl nine years old, who rolled up the
clothing and thereby subdued the fire until her
parents had time to come to the rescue with
water.
Mrs. WEBSTER died recently at Essex Chm
ton County. Her husband and herself were
pioneers of that county. Mr.. Webster went to
California in 1850 in search of gold. In
eighteen months he sent home 5000, and start
ed for Australia. After reaching the new FL
Dorado lie met with good success, and in Au-
home on New Years with small fortune. He
never came or any tidings OF himself or his
fortune, and his wife copjectured that he was
murdered for his gold.
CAPT j. NJ. HAzEN's small propeller Favorite,
which has been ice-bound in Saginaw Bay since
the latter part of November, and which was
abandoned by the crew December 3D. has been
4 Oh tl,n
weather having softened and the ice broken up.
She was last seen about five miles off Caseville,
drifting toward Aabaster. 1t is feared the
strong southwest wind of Friday, of last week,
blew her out in the lake, although the Captain
has hopes of her having been cast upon the
beach near Point all Barques. She was valued
at about $4,000.
BAY CITY probably does the largest tele-
graphic business of any city in the State, De-
troit alone excepted. 1t is stated that Grand
Rapids receives and sends GO, 600 dispatches
year, while during the eleven months ending
Nov. 30 the Western Union Office in Bay City
handled 80, $50. Estimating December at the
same figures az last year, the total for the year
would be SO, 439. The office of the American
Company has also handled goodly number of
dispatches during the year, and, estimating
these at the low figure of $4,000, we have
over 100 600 messages handled in Bay City dur
ing the year 1875.
YESTERDAY, says the Detroit Free Press,
life insurance agent on Griswold street, being
driven with work in making out his annual re-
port, did not have time to go home to dinner az
usual, and rushed to a restaurant for meal.
When he had dispatched a good dinner, he
seized his ticket and proceeded to pay for his
dinner at the counter. Somehow, after some
search he could not find the wherewithal, and
growing red in the face, commenced system
attic search. The lucre could not be found,
however, and in hushed tones he whispered to
the cashier to keep his beaver till he returned
with the money. He was seen rushing down
Grswold street barehesded, and returning with
the scrip in his hand. After many side glances
at those seated at the tables, he put on his bea-
yer and went to his Office to resume his labors.
1t was some hours, however, before he recov-
cred from his modification.
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