The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-17
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

| LEO w. IALAhhs Oh NeIdy, WA klckeu Dy a
horse Tuesday, and died Wednesday morning
He was q wel-to-do farmer and leaves many
friends.
L. b. DENTON. q resident of Edna, recently
caught from the waters of Houghton lake, in
one hours work with the spear, over $50
pounds Of pickerel and musoalonge.
MAN named Giles King, living at st. Louie,
committed suicide one day last week by shoot
ing himself through the head with shotgun.
He was addicted to the use of liquor.
DIR. O. ID. FARLIN, we'll known AZ lecturerer
on spirtualism, repudiates his former belief
saying that he can see no good effect on the
morals or intellectual culture of the age by the
dissemination Of it's doctrines.
DETROIT Eoening Ne,os: A young man named
Camp. living few miles from Chesaning,
Saginaw county, but two weeks married, ha
already blown his brains out-what few he had
He did it because he got angry at his uncle. 1t
never occurred to him to shoot the uncle.
TIE Board OF Supervisors OF Roscommon
county, at their recent annual meeting enacted
that no person save a bona fde resident OF
Roscommon county should hereafter be al
lowed to fish in the waters of Houghton lake as
a regular pursuit, unles, such person pay a
$50 license.
THE Tawas City Gazette says that on Tues
day morning last the body OF Robert young
lad aged 8 years, son of Mitchell YAK, Jr., was
discovered by George Cook, in the mouth of
the river at that place. The body was imme-
distely taken to his home, where Coroners
inquest was held, returning verdict of acct
dental drowning.
A wELI-KNowN Justice of tn Peace in
Watertown, ruscola county, being hunted up
with some difficulty by a telegraphc messen-
ger with dispatch announcing his fathers
death, refused to pay the charge Of 81 for de-
livery. He said: u Amt agoip' to pay for
that news, for I've bin expectn' the old man
to die for some time"
Feun men, John Kinnovan, VIM. Burns,
VIM. Hoffmeyer and John Miner, confnei in
JAIL at Detroit made q rush tho other evening
for liberty. The turnkey cried for help, and
Mrs. Sexton, wife Of the Sheriff. hearing the
cutlery, caught up pair OF revolvers, and, thus
armed went to the assistance OF the turnkey,
pointing the weapons at the heads Of the
rutiiaIs, who turned white and caved in, and
all but one (Kinnovan) were returned to
their cells. Kinnovan is still at large.
THERE is lively telegraphic war going on at
Kalamazoo. A few days ago the Western Union
cut and placed in their Office the wires of the
American company, having purchased their
line The Atlantic and Pacific Company,
claiming six years lease of the American
line cut and replaced their wires Saturday
night. Sunday night the Western Union again
cut the wree, and Monday morning the At
lantic and Pacific served an injunction on the
former company and recovered their lines
again.
In recent speech at Negaunee Senator
Peter White says: "Negaunee signifies the
first, or go ahead and while the name
seemed very appropriate at the time it WAS
given as signifying pioneer, referring to the
first blast furnace in the county, to-day, with
furnaces all around US, it's peculiar significance
is gone, except for those who know its origin
and the early History Of the place. Not 80 with
'Ishpeming.' It's earlier and more abstract
meaning is heaven or on high the other
and everyday meaning is the name Of this
ridge Of high land the summit, or highest
ground between lake Superior and lake Michi-
gan the divide, where within few hundred
feet you have the waters running into Carp
river toward lake Superior and into the Es-
canada, which empties into lake Michigan"
HORRIBLE case Of brutality, ill-treatment,
starvation, and death was brought to light in
Bay City. A boy, aged T. named George Z.
Robinson, died suddenly Thursday. He re-
sided with his adopted mother, Margaret Rob-
inson, and John Mccarthy, who were living
together adulterously. On account of the
womsns refusal to allow any one to assist her in
preparing the body for burial, or 10 allow any
one to see the remains, foul play was suspect
ed. The Coroner was notified. and after
making partial examination Ne called jury,
who, after the testimony Of several witnesses,
rendered verde. that the deceased came to
his death from violence by means of whip
ping with a strap, general i'll treatment and
starvation at the hands OF Mccarthy and Mrs.
Robinson. The body was a mass of bruises
from head to foot, inflicted by whipping and
beating within the past two weeks. There was
hole in the top OF the head the skin wac of
the body in several places and there was a
large sore ON the back, the effects Of scalding.
A physician testified that the stomach and
bowels were empty, and that the child probably
had not eaten anything for two or three dsys.
The boy was compelled, while undergoing this
terrible treatment, to sleep on the floor with
few rags under and over him. 1t was also
learned that the woman had repeatedly strung
him up by the thumbs and heels. The affair
causes great excitement, and hundreds of
people viewed the remains to-day. Mrs. Rob-
inson and Mccarthy we're put in irons ard
locked up in the Central Station at Bay City to
prevent their being lynehed.
| Detroit Prices Current.
| Apples per brl...................S 80 a as
Beans per bu. .................... 60 OIL 90
| Beeswax, per lb. ................. 81 @ 80
| Butter. per Id. Observation-Disclosures. Is "a 20
| Buckwheat -four, per brl. ......... o 90 70 rs
| Cabbage, per 100. ................ 80 "a so