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

outbreak OF the refsllior, and IN November,
1861, was appointed Ccloncl OF the Second
Michigan Cavalry.
AT Pert Sanilac within re psat few weeks
typhoid fever has been raging TO quite an
alarming extent. Medicines seemed to be per-
iec'ly poweress for good, patients dying under
tho closest watch OF the physicians. At last an
examination was made OF the water used by tho
patients and 1t was discovered to be impreg-
mated with poison of some Kind. md still fur
Their examination disclosed the fact trait a drain
running within few feet of a well OF Mr. Es-
kine's, from which n number OF families rsed
water, and among which the malady WA, rag
ing, had for some csnse or other got STONED
up, and the deadly poison had oozed from IT IN
to- the water in she we'll, transforming It inso n
death dealing agent As soon ss the cause wa,
removed the patients grew rapidly better. Ser
eral deaths are reported 30 far.
A RiTHER singular discovery Of iron ore il,
reported to have been made by a gentleman
named Mahoney on his farm, situated one and
one-half miles from this city, says the Mar
quette JsuTdi. 1t seems that in clearing the
ground Of stones he had occasion to sink a pit
into which he intended rolling large bowlder,
thus burying it from sight. On reaching
depth of some three feet. he struck, in the
bottom of the pit, hard substance which
proved on examinations 70 be iron ore
hard, blue, hematte, carrying q high per-
centaSe of metal. The deposit is, in all prob
ability identical with that of the Eureka mine,
situated about one mile north Of Mr.. Mahoneys
discovery.
BATTLE CREEK has the largest coss,iest and
best conducted high school in Central Michigan,
in connection with which thegs liz one of the
most extensive m zseums, comprising a collec-
ton of about co different species Of snakes,
while nearly all the minerals known in SIichi-
gan and the surrounding States are we'll repre-
scented in a large collection of geological speci-
mems. The museum is already 30 crowded
with rare and antique curiosities, that o new
and much larger room, will soon be prepared
for the reception of tbs yeritable "old curios-
ity shop" 1t now has over $500 specimens.
The school board contemplate the erection of
a large and spacious building for tho school and
public library with the large and unexpected
legacy which they recently received from the
Denman estate.
LAST week the ice in Saginaw Bay, 6uwhieh
was located the city Of fishermen, became
broken up. portion OF it went out to sea.
AS the ice broke up, the men became alarmed,
and tracks were made for the main lsnd, and
all, it was thought, escaped. It appears, how
ever, that there were four men who had no
warning of their danger. They were in their
Their names were Benjamin Lalande Harry
Miller, a young man named Benson, and An
other whose first name is Henry. After'drift-
ing about for two days, the ice bending and
cracking at every step, tho three last named
were rescued nesr Caseville, but Lalande broke
through and the others were unable to ap-
proach him, owing to the rotten condition of
the ice. Realizing that his fate was inevitable,
he shouted to his companions to take care of
his wife and children. He mastered sufficient
strength to raise his hand to his head and take
of his hat and waving it once inthe air, with
a "goodby" on his lips, he sank forever be-
meath the waters of Saginaw Bay.
HORACE HINMAN, who thirty years ago Wac,
County Treasurer of Lapeer County, recently
lecture in the Court House at La
peer subject, THE Black Hills" little
more than twenty-five years ago Mr.. Human
crossed the plains to seek his fortune in til @
gold mines of California, where he remained az
a miner nearly twenty years, returning here to
his home and family five years ago. When the
stories we're told last. year about the
gold fields in the Black Hills, Mr.. Human de-
cided to explore them for himself, leaving
here in June and arriving at the hills via
Omaha and Cheyenne about the middle of
July, where be remained until the early part of
August, when the Government issued an order
requiring the miners to leave that country.
While there he made "a extended explorations.
ss he could with the time and means at his dis.
posal, and found gold in many places in paying
quantities. He did some digging and washing
himself with fair results. In one place he saw
six men wash out 5000 worth of gold in about
four hours, when their operations were stopped
by the military. Mr.. Human is man of, in
tegrity and practical miner. He is 70 years OF
age, but such is his faith in the Black Hills as
a mining district that he IL now making. active
for an early return there.
Michigan judicial districts.