The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-21
MlCHiGAN ITEMS.


the Board of Supervisors of Isabella Coun-
~ nave voted go, 500 for a new Court House.
The First National Bank Of Schoolcraft hav-
IN; retired from the national banking system
'ias recognized private bank under the
na'ne of l.. b. Dyckman & Co.
The Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Road has
100000 acres of land yet unsold, on which the
tax for 1875 was $4,000. They paid nine
tenths OF tine Tax in Crawford County.
Tine boys Of Michigan are " figgeiins on
how long 1t will be before those California
salmon, lasely planted in the streams and lakes
of the State, will begin to hanger afier angle
worms
ALFRED RUSSELL, the proprietor of large
stock farm five miles north Of Jackson, has just
completed flowing srtesian well on his farm.
He bored pa feet, most Of the way through
hard e,k.
An old State law fcrbids the using CT pro-
fame language under heavy penalties but there
are 1,500 men in Grand Rapids who never
hesrd Of il or if they did they don't care SO
says the Democrat of that city.
nav are entirely suspended, and the men have
been discharged Unless snow comes soon not
half a crop OF logs will be put in. The
weather is like April, and the streams are clear
of ice.
The fat men of Marshall ere arranging for
dance to be held at the Witt House, to which
none are to be admitted WHO weigh less than
900 pounds. That city boasts of more than 10
men who weigh over 200 pounds, some turning
the scale at eco.
AT recent meeting in Grand Rapids of the
creditors of the extensive lumber firm Of Won
derly x Co. the committee appointed TO examine
the assets and liabilities OF tie firm reported that
the assets will not pay more than50 per cent. of
the indebtedness. The creditors determined
to file bill in bankruptcy with aview To effect
ing compromise under the lave.
TIE firm Of Estabrook Il Mason, cors,nission
lumber dealers of East Saginaw, has been dis
solved. The Courier says the firm has been in
the business there for seventeen years,
handling 80, 900, 900 feet Of lumber Annually,
and that no man who has transacted Rusiness
with it ever lost a cent either from failure, fire
or otherwise. The business will hereafter be
conducted by Mr.. l.. p. Mason.
The Circuit Court room at Marquette WAS
crowded for four days last weell'to witness the
trial for murder of VIM. A. Strip, the ssilor
who killed Thos. Hanlon on the 1st of August
last in an alteration OH board tho schooner
Fsyotte Brown. The jury WAS out four hours
and rendered verdict of acquittal General
satisfaction is expressed at the verdict. The
acquittal was due to the mastery efforts az the
prisoners counsel.
WSI. STEWART wholesale liquor dealer ut An
Sable, was murdered and robbed of 81, 900 on
the night Of Oct. &C. Henry harrington,
jeweler, who has served a term in the State
Prison for counterfeiting, and who was-ar7ested
on charge Of the murder, waived an exaaaina-
ton, and was committed for trial. lie has
just turned States evidence, and SAYS the
murder was committed in his store ~ Daniel
Sullivan and Charles Riker.
LEWIS WILSON, twenty-one years, o? age,
killed himself at his home in Battle Creek one
day last week b y shooting himself through the
head with pistol. The cause of the deed il
unknown, but it is supposed to have teen des-
pondency, rs he was unable to procure work
in the city and had become discouraged lie
has met with several misfortunes, anu about
two years ago had three fingers accidentally
shot off from his right hand while out hunting.
The Battle Creek Journal says "A few
days since two farmers came to this oi5y, one Of
them having pig for sale, all ready hor roast
ing. After bantering for some time with the
proprietor Of one of our eating houses, a bar
gain was consummated. The proprietor was
to treat the two farmers to d. drink, give
them their dinners, and pay 81 for tho pig.
When dinner came, the men were on hand,
and the pig, nicely roasted, made them just a
square meal"
THAT was rather mean trick which the
Memphis doctors played on Or. McGraw, Of
Detroit. Mr.. James Rigg, of that place, has
been suffering from tumor on his righs arm,
and the Detroit doctor successfully performed
the unusual operation Of disarticulati1g the
arm at the shoulder joint. Ho wrapped up the
member in sheet, intending to preserve it as
a specimen but upon arriving home he found
that the arm had been stolen and beef bone
substituted.
The answer of J. T.. Scripps, publisher of the
Detroit EUening Ne,cs, and sued for libel OIL
Judge Reilly has been filed. 1t asserts that
all the statements in the alleged libe,ous pub
LEGATION were contained in an affidavit filed with
the officers of the Superior Court, and, there
fore, privileged communication, or else in
statement publicly made by the maker of the
affidavit. 1t is fact OF Importance ia the case
that the maker Of Dha affidavit is man of
marked mental incorapetency.
IN the magnificent maple lands of Otsego
County birds-eye and curly maple are found in
great abundance. This valuable timber is
valued at els per m there, sn9 brisk and
profitable shipment OF it, in the log, via New
York city to Liverpool, has already sprnng up.
In England it is manufactured into veneering
snd material for fine work. A Lansing corre-
spcndent has seen some superb specimens Of
this maple from that county, which were secured
to scnd to Holland as samples OF and to aiver-
tire Michigan maple.
THk dead body of An unknown man was foun
about forty miles north of Bay City, in An Ores
swamp on Friday last about quarter OF a
mile from the Au Sable State road. The body
had the appearance Of being there two years.