The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-09-01
MICHIGAN ITEMS.


busheis Of 6rst-class wheat OH twenty-four
acres, an average Of nearly twenty-eight
bushels per acre.
REUBEN TINKHAM of Ovid, last week killed
black snake that measured nine feet and eleven
inches in length and some six or saven inches
in circumference. 1t had yellow ring around
its neck.
THE body of Simon Mandelbaum, of Detroit,
who fell overheard from the steamer Northwest,
while on his passage from Detroit to Cleve.
land, about three months ago. was washed
ashore at vermilon o., the other night.
The son Of p. Schweitzer, years OF age,
while playing on the bank OF the river at Sebe-
swaing, the other day, fell in and was drowned.
After search Of nearly three hours the body
was found, and all that could possibly be done
to restore life was tried, but all in vain.
AUGUST EwALT, of East Saginsw, the man
who slashed lis wife up with razor, few
weeks since, has been held for trial at the next
term OF the Circuit Court, and committed to
Jail without bail. The charge is assault with
intent to kill.
AT Bridgeton, Newaygo county, early one
morning last week, Squiers & DavenportIs saw
mill was discovered to be in flames too late to
save the mill. The loss is about sc, 900 no
insurance. BY desperate and determined work
the men saved the lumber in the yard.
AT Detroit, few nights since, Frederick
Seisel threw stick at Samuel Prtchard and
Pritchard died less than an hour afterward.
fThav aynploxa1 ~ Ha ,,.;II
Pritchard had been an engineer for dozen
years. seigel, who was the offending party,
has fled.
A STRANGER entered the residence Of dress.
maker at Portland and stole wedding dress.
When the loss was discovered pursuit was
made, the thief overhauled and the missing
raiment restored to the blushing bride in time
to prevent any postponement Of the marriage
ceremonies.
Mr.. j. B. FENToN, of Flint, has furnished his
new house with plate-glass of such exceeding
transparency that, to the Impractical eye OF
the birds that disport themselves in the neigh
borhood it is quite invisible, and Mr. Fenton
has picked up no less than fourteen feathered
songsters which have killed themselves by fiy-
ing against the windows. Among them was a
beautiful canary.
THE Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the Cen
trial Michigan Agricultural Society will be held
on their grounds in Lansing Oct. 3, 4, 5 and
6. Several thousand dollars have been ex-
pended this season in the erection OF new
buildings, and the accommodations offered TO
exhibitors will be as good as afforded by the
State Society.
LANSING has a fine and commodIous high
school building which was completed last year.
and is seated with the latest styles OF furniture
and equipped with heating and ventlating
apparatus etc. Connected with the school is
a library open and free to ALL literary society
for discussion and exercises in composition, and
an alumni association.
FIRE at Banks, Bay county. early one morn
ing last week, destroyed two dweIling-houses
and most of their contents. One house was
the property OF a man named Lambert and
was worth s400 and the furniture 800 insur-
ance, 1900. The other house was known as the |
Sand Hill building, and was valued at 81, 200. |
1t had been notorious dive for years, and that
locality is well rid of its presence.
AT Battle Creek, last Sunday, Philetus Swarts
found tightly-corked bottle in the race at the |
iood-gates near Wallaces wooden mills, which
small piece of paper upon which
the following note was Written:
Committed suicide at the head gates in
Battle Creek, Aug. 6, 1876. with stone tied to
my neck. The finder will please give this TO
Marse Chief of Police. A man from Kalama-
zoo. "a rr
The officers concluded that it was a hoax.
and no search has been instituted.
The Michigan State law which suspends the
traffic in liquors on Sundays has, according to
report made to the Council of Detroit
worked well in that city. 1t orders all saloons
70 shut up at IL o'clock every night, and to re-
main closed during Sunday. From 1871 to
1874 the number of cases Of drunkenness and
breach OF the peace brought before the police
courts of Detroit increased from 1909 to 3.141.
In 1879 they fell to 2,215 and in tae first six
months of 1876 to $50. The diminution OF the
Monday morning cases has reached 20 per
cent.
ONE OeO. Il Auams was arrested at Buffalo
\. Y, one night last week, on suspicion. Since
lis ARE st he has confessed that he threw the
lake Shore trains off at Lake View and North
last, Pa, causing the death Of one man nj the
after point also, that he was the pretended
zero at Fairport, near Rochester, who saved n
Sew York Central train by arousing a farmer
rear and telling him the yarn, Which was pub-
ished at the time OF seeing several men tear
ng up the rails he had misplaced himself. He
laims that his object was to make sympathy
With the railroads, and then get employment.
hat he intended to flag the trains on the Lake
horo road, but was too late in both cases ]
adams was formerly brakesman on the Lake
hore and Michigan railroad.
STRANGER name unknown, man Of ma
ium size, sandy complexion, about 80 years {
Id and German, came to the house OF JOIN,
brighton, in Porter township, Midland county. !
net Wednesday, and asked for lodging. He
'as accommodated, and when Mr.. Brighton !
tempted to wake him up at suitable hour
thursday morning, he found to his surprise '
nd horror that the man was stupeied. Physi-
ans were called, but nothing could be done.
nd the unknown visitor died about II a. m.