The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-13

lIxo. vhich was entirely consumed, to-
gether, with the entire machinery and
other contents A portion Of the track
or tramway was also burned.
AN aged woman of Greenleaf, Sanilac
county, named Mrs. Lazenby, left her
home a week or two since. Nothing
further was known of her until Saturday
last, when her body was found in Sheri-
dan township, much decomposed. She
was insane.
THE following is a statement of the
receipts and disbursements of the State
Treasurer's office for the month ending
June 30:
Balance on hand May 81, 1877. .......s sIb,5233 80
Receipts tor the month. ............... l50,S99so
Total ,o3l, y2S 80
Balance ON hand June 80. 1877 ....s $50, 1914
MIR. VAN Week, of Augusta, informs
The jackson Patriot that he recently
found small, stout bug that kills the
potato bug. There are thousands Of
them in his potato field, and they attack
the potato bug with long, spear-like
bill, projecting from their head, piercing
IllIl tnAOuSn Will ~ stnO hliilnH lillA Oi
the spot They are so stout that they
can easily handle a potato bug three
times their own size. They are such a
terror to the bugs that they keel over or
hide themselves in the ground at their
approach.
On the 30th ult, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Crawford, of Otisville, Genesee county,
celebrated the fftieth anniversary of
their marriage. The occasion was made
eventful by family reunion, there being
present ten of their own children, thirty
five grandchildren, and nephews and
nieces without number. Mr.. and Mrs.
Crawford were married in the county OF
Antrim, Ireland, in 1927, being then aged
respectively 81 and II. They emigrated
to this country in 1881. They came to
this State in 1884. Among the guests
present at the anniversary was Mr.. Rob-
ert Henderson, who attended the original
wedding in 1927.
THE amount of logs put in last winter
which went to the Saginaw river is
shown by reliable figures to be 525, 900,
900 feet. The following amounts are
hopelessly hung up: On Augres river,
1000, 900 feet Rifle river, 1000, 900 ;
Kawkawlin, 10000, 900; Tittabawasse
and tributaries, 100000; Chippewa,
1900, 900. There is about $4,000, 600
more not yet down, but will come into the
booms, making the available stock 264,
600, 900, or deficit of nearly 100, 900,
900 over the stock of last year. The
prospects are good for lumbermen. A
year ago lumber was begging for pur-
chasers. and to-day good dry stock is
hard to pick up.
SECRETARY j. p. THOMPSON, of the
State Agricultural Society, has printed
the premium list for the State Fair which
is to occur ut jackson on Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
Sept. II to 81, 1t is very complete
list, as it gives the excursion rates of
fare to jackson on every line of railroad,
from nearly every station in the State,
the officers of the State Agricultural so
ciety, the organic law for the incorpora-
ton of the society, the constitution
of the society, as now in force,
rules and regulations for the
government of the Executive Commit
tee, the general rules of the society, and
the usual list of premiums offered. The
premiums this year are very liberal.
This list can be obtained from Secretary
Thompson, of Detroit.