The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-06

Thayer, Edwin Austin, Boston; John
v. Barron, Concord, N. II.
FIRE broke out in the Paris Hotel a
few days since, destroying the building
and contents, the occupants barely es-
Gaping with their lives. The building
was owned and occupied by Elliot
Cheney. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
81, 200.
A MEETING of the Veteran Association
of the Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry
was held last week, at the City Attor-
ney's Office at Detroit, President Owen
in the chair. The association will have
picnic by boat to Crosse isle on the
9Th of August.
THE following patents were issued to
Michigan inventors last week Stump
elevator, Dunnebacke Il Linden, Ian
sing inhaler, j. b. DuGuise, Detroit !;
shields for tunnels, Il. Jeynes, Detroit /;
door and drawer plates, T. H. Seymour,
Detroit; cultivator, G.. Storm, Port
land.
A GENTLEMAN of Hartford tried the
experiment of planting flax seed in each
hill of potatoes, on two rows in the CEN
ter of a field of potatoes. Not bug is
to be found where the fax is planted,
but on each side of the rows the potatoes
were covered with them.
A LARGE black bear was lately seen
leisurely surveying the Methodist camp
meeting ground at Petoskey, as though
he would select site on which to pitch
his tent. He was unceremoniously hur-
ried off, however, before he had time to
stick his stakes.
CAPT. BoGARDUs, the famous wing
shot, was at Jackson, las. week, and
SHOT 40 out of 80 glass balls on wager
to shoot 40 out of 80. In the match of
100 to be shot in ten minutes, 101 out of
104 were shot in 6:51i. His quickest
time before was 100 in 7:05, in Gilmore
Garden, New York, last March.
THE Lumbernaan' Gazette contains
letters from various parts OF the State
regarding the damage by forest fires.
One lumberman concludes that one sea-
sons supply of pine has been destroyed.
On Thunder bay 100000 feet were
burned. In Clare and Huron counties
the damage is light, but it is very heavy
in Manistee.
The Bay City Tribune says: "The
lumber shipments from the river for the
season to date were Ill, 1854, 067 feet, or
90, $50, 675 feet less than for the ccrre-
spending period of last year. OF the
shipments this year Bay City is credited
with II, 1888, 3l9 feet The Michigan Salt
Association reports the salt shipments
4 l,o, Co., II
barrels.
OTTo LEUsCHNER, the defaulting
bank teller, was sentenced, in the Cir
cult Court Mt East Saginaw, a short time
ago, to four months in the Detroit House
of Correction, and to pay fine OF $500,
or, i'll lieu thereof, eighteen months
longer in the House of Correction. No
less than five indictments-fou for EN-
bezzlement and one for forgery-hung
over his head.
A SMALL child belonging to a German
living near Cato, in Sanilac county, was
drowned in we'll, few days since. The
parents had gone away, and left the chill
dren, several in number, alone. When
the child fell into the well the other chill
dren were too frightened to give the
alarm to man working close by, but
shut themselves up in the house, where
they remained until the return of their
parents.
WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE BACKUS, a
prominent citizen of Detroit and grand
son of the late Ex-Governor Woodbridge,
died few days ago, after being an inva-
lid over nine years His benevolence
was unbounded. Archaeological research
was one of his most congenial pursuits,
and ut the time of his death he was the
owner of very valuable and unique
museum. He was able to trace his
descent in direct line back through
thirty-one generations to William OF
Normandy.
PATENTS were granted to Michigan in
ventors for the week ending June 81 as
follows: A. Rodgers, Muskegon, head
blocks for saw-mills; same, friction
wheels for saw-mills L. Draney, Bay
City, devices for extracting mud from
steam engines: w. H. Merritt and T..
A. Eckenfels, Manistee, towel-rack J..
+. w. Fawcett, Cedar Springs, window
blinds S. ID. Bonner, Newaygo, corner
stake l.. Mann, Ionia, apparatus for
carbureting air ; A. Beausoleil, Alpena,
twine-holder; w. Mckenzie, Detroit,
gas-stove; A. S. Skinner, Hastings, lu-
bricator; G. Johnston, Detroit, eye
glasses.
The work on the new Capitol is now
progressing rapidly. The rooms in
each of the wings, the Governors room,
and the library are plastered. the ceiling
and cornices in the Supreme Court room
are finished and the Senate AMI Repre-
sentative chambers are well under way.
The west and north porticos are nearly
complete, and ground was broken on
Wednesday last for the east portico. The
latter is equivalent to breaking ground
for $4,000 house. The dome will be
finished by Sept. Is, and the contractors
fully expect to have the entire building
ready for occupancy by July 4, 1878.
There are 80 men now employed ON the
premises.