The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21

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THE editor of the Stanton Herald has been
elected township drain commissioner.
4. b. cLAPP, Of Rattle Creek, shipped So, 600
cigars to the Black Hills, few days ago.
BATTLE CREEK has lost an old citizen in the
death of Mr.. James Reason, at the age Of six
ty-nine.
AT Muir, last Saturday week. John Dalzell
and ]. l.. Burk accomplished the feat of saw
ing cord of hard wood in less than ten min
utes.
The Tawas river boom gave way on Saturday
last under pressure OF high water and the
strong current, letting loose a large quantity
of logs, which passed out into the lake. @.
II. Whittemore, of Tawas City, loses 100000
feet.
The Eastern gentlemen TO whom was awarded
the contract of building the Marquette and
Mackinaw railroad have decided not to accept
the same, and the work will have to be let
again.
ASSISTANT UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATToR-
NEY Roe, of Detroit, has been advised that his
presence Is wanted before the Congressional
Committee of Il quiry into the expenditures of
the Department of Justice.
Mrs. nj. ID. STIcKLEs the woman who was ar
rested at Bedford, seven miles north of Battle
Creek, about three weeks ago, charged with
having poisoned her husband in Winneshiek
county, Iowa, last January, has been released
from custody, as there was no evidence found
against her.
A SNORT time since the Commander-in- Chief
Of the State military forces received telegram
from Secretary Taft, directing him to hold two
regiments of troops ready to move 1T minutes
notice. The cause of this order is unknown,
but it is supposed to have grown out of the
Mexican disturbance.
ST. JOHNS church. at Saginaw City, which
has for some time been regarded as shaky
about the roof and upper timbers has received
thorough overhauling. New timbers have
been put in, and it has been otherwise braced
up 80 that it is now thought to be stronger
than when first erected, some twenty-five years
ago.
AT Jackson, on Thursday of last week, Chas.
Lane, yardman working in the Central yard,
caught his foot in a frog and was run over by
a train. Every bone in the upper part OF his
body was broken, his entrails forced from his
mouth and skull smashed to pieces. He was
about twenty-seven years old, has worked in
the yard some six months, and it is said was
to have married the daughter of a banker at
Reading in short time.
GE oGE w. MORRISON, an Au Sable boy eight
years Of age has created quite sensation by
his performances on the Scotch bag pipes. His
father who is the champion player in this sec
ton, recently presented him with small set
OF pipes on which he has learned to play in
the short space of six weeks, and while attend
ing school a part Of each day, in manner abb
solutely astonishing. His father will visit
Philadelphia shortly with the boy wonder
stopping at Detroit and other principal points
on the way.
The new hotel at Cedar Lake has been pur-
chased by Mr.. A. w. Ballou, lately connected
with the tub and pail factory at Alma, who
opened it to the public OH Monday of last
week. This gentleman has also made arrange.
ments for $4,000 small speckled trout to be !
placed in the numerous small streams contigu- |
GUS to Cedar Lake, as an experiment. Should !
they live, the sport which they will afford in a
few years will make Cedar Lake an attractive |
pleasure resort for all lovers of the shook and |
line"
LETTER from kalamazoo to the Detroit |
Pest says 1.-THE quiet of the Sabbath after |
noon was terribly broken into by the news, and |
tho excitement which followed, of the drown |
ing Of a woman in the Kalamazoo and the mar |
row escape of man who was with her. He, |
Mr.. Jacob Sanford, was rowing boat, with |
Mrs. Lima Martin and himself the only passen-
gers. The boat struck cable stretched across |
a portion of the river, which, owing to the |
high water, was near the surface, and the boat |
overturned. She was drowned in five minutes,
and he came near sharing her fate. She was
a widow thirty-five years Of age"
THE competitive examination of candidates
to fill vacant cadetship at West Point from the
Third Congressional district of Michigan was
held at Battle Creek on Wednesday of last
week. The examining committee we're Prof.
]. l.. Stone Of Battle Creek; the Hon. L. s.
Lacey of Jackson, and DIR. s. s. Cutter, Of Cold
water. There were sixteen competitors, and
all parts Of the district were represented.
Herbert o. Northrup, young man twenty-one
years of age, residing in Kalamo township,
Eaton county, passed the most satisfactory ex.
animation, both physically and mentally, and
was pronounced the successful competitor.
THE Manistee Advocate has the fol-
lowing sad history: ave are in
formed that a child of DR.. Haines, of Bear |
Lake, one day last week, was taksn suddenly |
very i'll, and Immediately died. The doctor |
.oo,, laft tba bo,,aa 70 apoooa d;v;na 4, |