The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-14
MICHIGAN ITENS

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vile.
HE drug store of w. II. Wood nj
jackson, was burned out recently. and
is almost total loss.
A ROMEO man has received throuob
the mail from some brainless Modoc in
medical college a human ear, Gas a
joke"
JOHN BROWN, aged Is. was crusba5
by falling lumber pile at Brewers mill.
East Saginaw, the other day, sustaining
serious if not fatal injuries.
A LAD named Van Leuven. 16 years
old, of Evart, Osceola county. shot him
| self accidentally with a pistol. the ball
entering his right side and INJECTING
fatal injuries.
II. THOMAS, q saloonist of Muir. shot
and fatally wounded VIM. Novanger. At
last accounts the victim was living. but
cannot recover. Thanksgiving whisky
did it.
"AUNT LorrIE HARRINGTON. an in
mate of the Jackson county poor-house
for upward of thirty years, died few
days ago. She was supposed to be
nearly 100 years old.
AN employee in Lyons lumber camp.
on Tobacco river, eight miles above
Edenville, was instantly killed by
falling tree last week. The deceased
was rs years old, and unmarried.
ORRN f. CARTER, bookkeeper in
the employ of Benjamin Whipple, of
Bay City, died at the Frazer House re-
Gently from the effects of an overdose of
laudanum, taken to produce sleep. He
leaves wife and four children.
THE Michigan Beekeepers' Associa-
ton, of which Prof. A. j. Cook, of the
State Agricultural College, is President,
holds its annual session at Adrian on
Dec. - and 20. Prominent apiarists
from Chicago and elsewhere are an
nounced for addresses.
A MANIsrEE tug Captain undertook to
follow a propeller across Lake Michi-
gan, but lost sight of the propeller, and,
not having compass, was left to the
mercy of one of the worst storms of the
season. His name was Crawford, and
he will probably not try it again.
OK the 14th of September horse
worth 81 900 was stolen from A. n.
Byery, of Owosso, AID buggy was the
same night stolen from e. @. Wagner,
of Corunna. They were both recovered
in Canada, and last week restored to
their owners by Sheriff Fox, of Bay
City.
THE following is q statement of the
receipts and disbursements at the State
Treasurers Office for the month Of No
vember:
Balance Oct. 81, 1877. $500, 26te 90
Receipts for the month of November. 236, 2s7.56
Payments for month of November. :. 265 1902
Balance Nov. 80, 1877. .sl76 Oo1.7a
HEnumber of students entered in the
different professional schools of the State
university up to the present time is as
follows: Law Department, 80; Medi-
cal Department, 267; Dental Dapart-
ment, "A; Homeopathic Department, So.
The exact number of students in the
Literary Department can not yet be
given, as some of the students have not
paid their dues and their names there
fore are not upon the university books.
The number, however, as nearly as can
be estimated, is $50 at least. This makes
total in the university of 1,164; the to-
tai last year being LII.
The State Pathological Society was in
session last week at Grand Rapids, over
100 members being present Reports
were read by the Vice President from
various parts of the State, relative to the
condition and prospects of the coming
fruit crop. All reports indicated favor
able prospects. A discussion followed
on rotation of crops. Secretary Gar
field read his annual report, showing
disbursements for the year, $973.97.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, L. T.
Lyon; Secretary, @. w. Garfield; Treas
urer, S. l.. Fuller. Resolutions were
adopted, thanking the citizens of Grand
Rapids and members of the Horticult-
ural Society for their generous hospi-
tally, and the railroad companies for
favors extended, after which the meeting
adjourned to meet in Allegan in Febru-
airy next.
THE following statement, compiled
from the returns in the Office Of the Sec
rotary of the State Agricultural Society,
shows at glance the amount of prem
iums offered and paid for the different
breeds of cattle at the State Fair of
1877:
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