The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-04

grass Will bthteulent eAuipieihb hahu'actuco
and tonnage, and amount expended on the har-
Dor of that place as compared with other har-
bors, and asking that the full amount recon-
IN snded By the Engineer Department be APP
rr ,prated by Congress for tho said harbor at
the said place.
SAMUEL. s. LACEY. OF Marshall, has in his pos
session Gin good state OF preservation a phi
vqts letter written by his grandfather, Anthony
courtney, giving detailed and graphic DC
GO mt of the battle at Harlem, fought on Sun
dsv, Sept. 10, 1776, when the American army
wa driven out of New York city by the British
ami OF the burning of large portion OF the
city the following week. The writer, with his
two brothers, was a member of a company from
Oxford, Mass.
Mr.. j. A. YoUMANs, OF Millington, Tuscola
County writes Il have dictionary printed
in ITO also, pair of spoon molds, but can
not give their date but according to tradition,
they were made in London, Eng, and were
brought to America in the Mayfower and
landed on Plymouth Rock. They have been
kept in the family ever since, and have always
been used up TO the present time, and We have
manufactured our table spoons with them.
They make very good looking and durable
spoon"
ONE day last week Maxwell Thompson, of
Fentonville, in going to his home up the rail-
road track in an intoxicated condition fell into
the cattle-gUard and WAS unable to get out.
Just at this moment the eastern abound passen-
ger train was seen coming, and not over eighty
rods distant. John Crechee, an old man about
80 years Of age, ran and jumped into the cattle
guard and tripped Thompson down and held
him there until the train passed. When Thomp-
son was standing up Lis head and shoulders
were just above the rails, and had it not been
for the presence of mind of Uncle Johnny ="
Thompson would probably have been ground
to powder.
AT Kalamazoo, not long since, an OLD gentle
man well-known in that village ana county, q
resident for many years, died at the County
Poor House under circumstances which arc dis
tressing and not very creditabe to his chill
dren. He was very old, and his two sons having
some dispute as to who should take care of him.
both nov live in New York-the consequence
was that the money necessary for his support
did not arrive, and the old man was taken to
the county house. He lived just one day after
he arrived there-died of broken heart-sor-
row at the neglect of his children. We under
stand that since that time the remains of the
old man were cared for aud taken to New York.
the sons awakening to the result of their want
of filial regard.
Mr.. AND MRS. d. ID. BRoCKwAY celebrated
their WOODEN wedding having been married
forty years, az their residence at the Atlas
mine, near Calumet, short time since. 1t was
numerously attended, the happy pair being the
recipients OF various presents, such as carpets
blankets, rugs, etc. Mr.. Brockway is one of
the oldest pioneers in the copper district, he
having arrived at Copper Harbor in 1913, and
his was the first white family that settled on
this side of the 500, his third daughter, Mrs
j. n. Scott. OF LAnse being the first white
child born in the Lake Superior country. Mr.
Brockway has continued To reside in the copper
districts ever since he first came with the ex-
ception of about three years, when he resided
in the lower part of the State, for the benefit
of his wfe's health.
ABOUT two years ago large hole mysterious
ly appeared in the ceiling Of the Presbyterian
Church at Bay City, and great was the wonder
ment Of the congregation as to how it came
there. 1t was some three or four feet in length,
and has the appearance of having been pro-
duced by some one stepping through The
matter has just been cleared up. On the night
of July /, 1874, Widmers store was entered by
burglars and a considerable quantity of clothing
taken. A few days since, however, Detective
Woods, of Bay City, received a letter from one
Charles Gordon, a States Prison convict who
claimed to know all about the affair, and Mr..
Woods accordingly went to Jackson and inter-
viewed him. He then informed the officer that
the burglary in question was committed by
himself and VIM. O'Hare, and that the key to
the Presbyterian Church was stolen from the
pocket of the sexton and the plumber stored
away in the garnet. Gordon also states that in
removing the stolen property afterward he had
slipped of the iost on which he was walking
and dropped his handkerchief, which he left
there The detective visited the church and
found the handkerchief, and as a result of his
investigation arrested O'Hare. Gordon is in
for eight years for a burglary committed in
Grand Rapids not long since.
THE failure Of Dale q Moore, the contractors
for building The harbor of refuge at Sand
Beach, is not only felt in that vicinity, but the
depressing influence is experienced both up
and down the shore from that place. The
merchants there and in the neighboring vii
lagos will suffer most lost. 1t il said that
Pack jerks & Co.. of Sand Beach are out about
90, 500, while w. II. Stafford, of Port Hope has
Endorsed for them for about $4,000, and they
owe him about the same amount for lumber
which they used on the harbor. Verd q Whit
ing, who have furnished stone, are lacking
quite sum to make them square. Sagacious
business men have given faith and credit to
the promises and paper of the now bankrupt
firm for the reason that they were working for
the United States and had already secured
contract for 100000 worth of work to be ex-
pended on the harbor the coming season.
Their joint liabilities are said to be s11O, 1000,
while their assets consisting of land, ma
chinery, fixtures, etc., foot up about 800, 900.