The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-28

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! this year.
DENNIS KIssIEr, of Ovid, died recently in
HE Slst year. He settled in Michigan in 1887.
The census taker reports 1,03s scholars in
the Ionia school district between the ages OF 8
and 20.
HuaH BURGESS, Of Detroit, fell into dis
tillery vat. and was so badly scalded that he
cannot possibly recover
THE Jackson Patriot says William West, for
merly of Saginaw, has become heir to $4,000
left him by relatives.
GEN. CUSTER was possessed OF considerable
land in the Grand Traverse region, aportion OF
which he sold some years ago.
THE Free Press says Michigan will soon
be ON the shady side. Twelve hundred thou
sand trees have been planted this year"
| THEAmerican Swedenborg Publishing Society
has given the works OF Swedenborg in nine
teen octave volumes to the Agricultural College
library.
| THERE is great activity among the iron
miners at Marquette, and every ton Of ore that
can be mined this season will find ready
market.
The Lansing Journal says: 1.-THE liquor tax,
as assessed in Ingham county, amounts to
"a, POS, there being thirty-seven liquor dealers
and brewers"
The Marshal statesman says: Robert Skier
rift, who is almost centennarian, being in his
10th year, worked in the harvest field all of last
| week without sbushing,'"
GouGAo LAKE ISLAND is becoming famous as
| a dueling ground. Two young Battle Checkers
bad battle there the other day. Neither ass
was killed, unfortunately.
G. E. JOHNSON, of Flint, has been arrested
in order that the authorities may find out if he
knows anything about the cause Of the death
Of his wife. She died from poison, last week.
Col. w. s. GRIDLEY, of Jackson, is preparing
history for the Centennial of all the persons
born in the United States during or before the
year 1776, who lived to reach the age Of 100
years.
The business failures in Michigan during
the first six months of 1876 were ITO, amount
ing to 81, 3649 O3. During the corresponding
time in 1875 they were 252 amounting to a.
457 S44.
JOHN LAWRENCE farmer of West Bloom
field in Oakland county, was caught the other
day, in a small boat ON Green Lake by sud
den storm and drowned, with granddaughter,
aged II.
A. @. JOHNSON of Tustin, Osceola county,
was buried in a well one night last week. He
was dead When taken out by aparty who worked
all night. He leaves a wife and seven children
in destitute circumstances.
G. H. GRAVES, of the Kalamazoo division Of
the Michigan Southern railroad, has finished q
sort of railway velocipede upon plan entirely
new and calculated to convey one person on
the track at the rate of ten miles an hour.
NORA GLEASON, girl Is years DID, was
drowned in the Chocolay river, four miles from
Marquette. A party were out after berries, and
she was crossing the river on log when she
fell in. Her body was recovered.
| Mrs. j. L. FIsKE. Of Saranac, during re-
| cent visit to the residence of d. G. Chase, of
Perry, N. Y, made ten consecutive shots with
a rifle at the distance of 400 yards, with a
strong wind, and hit the bull'seye every
time.
JOHN G. Fosters vinegar factory at Salz-
burg, opposite Bay City, was totally destroyed
by fire the other day. LOSS including stock of
vinegar on hand, $4,000. Insurance, %, 500.
Two srsall dwellings, adjoining were also con-
sumed.
LAST Saturday afternoon, Chester Kelly, a
farmer in Wacousta, Clinton county, was terri
bly, mangled by a reaping- He had
stopped the machine to remove a stick in front,
when the horses started, cutting off one arm
and nearly one leg. Kelly may recover.
The saw-mill known as the Gardner Mill,
seven miles below East Saginaw, took fire one
day last week, and was destroyed, together
with 800, 900 feet Of lumber belonging to J.
Buchtel, OF Akron, Ohio, and over 100, 900 feet
by r. G.. How, of East Saginaw. Loss about
$685. 1000; partially insured.
THE Lansing Republican says One year age
last Tuesday evening Lansing gentleman and
lady tipped over in Pine Lake, and floated
AROUND in the water by moonlight, clinging to
their boat until rescued by friends. Last Tues
day they celebrated the anniversary by visiting
the scene of their immersion and took another
boat ride.
J. ID. BURRs, of Kalamazoo, has some famous
autographs in his album-or, rather, the auto
graphs of some famous people. He has the
signs manual Of Robert Burns, Aaron Burr,
Washington, Hamilton, Lincoln, etc., compris
ing nearly all the Commodores, the famous
men in the Revolution, and those in New Yorl
history, besides other distinguished men OF
modern times.
HOWARD CITY Record: "Mr. Jedediah Bull
wragglo, of Detroit has piece OF bark from
tree that grew on the farm of an uncle who's,
grandfathers brother-in-Iaw started with Gen
Jackson to the battle Of New Orleans, but wa
detained by an attack of the cholera morbus
and he would send that to the Centennial Elk
position if he had any adequate assurance tina
he would ever get it back again."
FROM the Office Of the Michigan Salt Asso
J citation, says the Saginaw Courier, we lear
that during the month of June there was in
, spected 1914 barrels of salt. The amour
previously inspected was 400 GIG barrels max