The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-06-02


The Detroit Mechanics Society has failed.
It's debts are $117,O0O nominal assets,
s173, 900.
JAMES MoHsE, of Kalkaska, but formerly of
Ovid accidentally shot himself about four
weeks ago, and has since died.
Two LARGE warehouses at Bay City-Schew-
mans and Gustin & Merrills-were destroyed
by fire last week. Loss $4,000.
THE length OF the Grand Rapids and Indiana
railroad is 42s miles, and it is said that new
iron and ties are to be laid the entire length.
A GERMAN laborer named Lewis Brewer fell
under huge logging cart at Mee's camp, near
Manistee one day last week, and was crushed,
causing almost instant death.
Mrs. KATE BARR, OF Kalamazoo county, re-
covered S125 in suit against one Hodge,
saloon keeper OF Battle Creek, who had sold
liquor to the lady's husband.
CONSTABLE JOHN DUoLo, of Monroe, engaged
in pitched battle with man named Guyor,
aud was fined fifty cents as warning to him
not to commit breach of the peace while he
is peace officer. SO says the Commercial.
THE Hon. William H. Barnum, the newly
elected United States Senator from Connecti-
cut is well known about Marquette, in this
State, having been for a long time President
of the Iron Cliffs Company.
A MATCH game OF base ball, for the cham
ponship of Michigan for colored clubs, will
be played in Battle Greek, on the fourth Of
July between base ball club of that city,
composed of colored men, and colored base
ball club of Jackson.
The bill for amending the Homestead law in
the interest OF the settlers Of the Indian reserva-
ton in this State, drafted by the Hon. Ralph
Ely has passed the United States Senate, with
every prospect of becoming law. 1t was
drafted especially to prevent the lands from
coming into market to be bought up by specu-
lators.
The Jackson Citizen claims that Mrs. G. G.
Lathrop, of that city, is the author OF the
pretty little poem, credited to Elizabeth Bar
rett Browning, and beginning as follows:
Do you know You have asked for the costiest thing
Ever made by the hand above
A woman's heart and a womans life
And woman's wonderful love?
WRITER in the Saginaw Courier who has
been through the country from Saginaw bay to
Ludington, moralizes thus: First, the home
steaders don't stick" but, after holding their
farms WHILE mortgage them 80 heavily that
they are soon eaten up by interest secondly,
| drunkenness is on the increase, and the only
dealer who takes cash exclusively is the whisky
| dealer.
Two OCCURRENCES of interest to writer's
against tobacco took place in this State re-
I TAl, IL LA IL
DID, died quite suddenly this week from the
effects of nicotine being addicted to the weed.
| hunter in one of the northern counties rested
his gun ON the ground to take his tobacco box
from his pocket, and in doing 80 discharged his
gun, and was fatally wounded.
| THE st. Johns Republican says: GA Gin
ton county young man, DOW in the Black Hills
whose name we suppress at his own request
writes us as follows: This is a beautiful
country, as fine as 1 ever saw. 1t is a good
country for angels and Indians, but not for
me. II could get the loan of sufficient
wealth, should make this country scarce now,
tell YOU"
NEAR Marquette, the other day, two men,
while walking on the railroad track between
Republic and Humboldt mines, met train,
and, stepping to one side one Of them, a
Swede named Ole Anderson, caught his foot
in a string attached to a set gun and discharged
it, the contents entering his hip and abdomen,
producing very dangerous wound. The own
ers Of the gun have been arrested and are held
for trial.
The Committee of Historians of the State
Pioneer Society consisting of ]. G. Holiness
o. G. Comstock, NJ. II. Goodrich, Mrs. II. A.
Tenny, and Jonathan Shearer-have held a
meeting on business relating to the compila-
ton Of a volume of the Pioneer collections Of
this State. 1t will contain about 500 pages Of
articles relating to the society, and be pub
lished before the next meeting of the society,
in February, 1877. s. b. McCracken's collec-
ton of sketches of State history for the Gen.
tennial commission is now published
BURGLARS abound in Kalkaska. A recent
dispatch says Our town was visited by a
thoroughly organized gang of burglars yester-
day. They broke into the hardware store of
Curtis 4 Hotsware and stole three revolvers
and delivered the money drawer of SIS. They
next broke into the cloak rooms Of the Kali
kaska House and stole four overcosts. They
then tapped window of the sample rooms of
the Clayton house, relieved the money drawer
of some $5, took drop of the cratur' and a
few cigars, and ran to the woods. Some forty
rods from Main street they left two of the over
coats. No clue has been yet obtained OF
the thieves"
AN accident occurred at the Republic mine
in Marquette, one evening last week. whereby
the foreman, John l.. Cox, was killed. After
experimenting the firing of hole in TUNE
No. T. he went to examine the result OF the
discharge, when large piece OF ore fell ant
| knocked him into a winze, where he fell forty
, feet striking on his head and smashing hi
skull. He was a man highly esteemed by al
, who knew him. He leaves widow and tire,
, children, and was buried by the Odd Fellows
: Of which order he was a member.
The reported resignation of Mr.. Joy, az
, President of the Michigan Central railroad
has been confirmed by the publication of the
following
MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILWAY OFFICE, Ma,
23.-R. j. Ralston, Esq. Secretdry-DEAl
SIR; 1t is known to members of the two las
, Boards of Directors that it has long been m