The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-10-05
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

, NEW postoffices in the State Will
ington, North Branch and Petoskey.
A LYING match is TO be one of the
features of the Hubbardston Fair, $40 tc
the winner.
THE smelling works at Wyandotte
shipped $14, 700 worth of silver to New
York last week.
The Clinton County Fair is considered
a success, the receipts exceeding those
of last year by considerable sum.
Two SMALL houses near Clifford a. Rud-
docks mill, at Manistee, were burned
lately. Fully insured. Cause of fire,
defective chimney.
FTTE RossMAN, a soldier of the war
of 1912, and a resident of the State since
1880, died at Lakeview, in Montcalm
county, few days ago.
The dwelling on the farm of Samuel
Sias, three miles from Midland, was en-
tirely consumed by fire the other day.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, light.
ANOTHER pensioner of 1872 has been
discovered in Clinton county in the per-
son of Mr.. Hiscock, of Greenbush, aged
80 years.
Mrs. p. J. JONES, of Beaver, Bay
county, thinks she is entitled to $3.50, 900
of the estate of Abraham Winfield, who
died several years ago leaving ST.
100000.
WHILE Philip Lyons was passing along
a freight train of the Canada Southern
road, on which he was the conductor,
at Cornell Station he fell under the
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Ex-Gov. JOHN J. BAGLEY has been
engaged to deliver the annual address
before the Agricultural and Horticult-
ural Society of Newaygo county, the
second day of the fair, Oct. 10.
The Twentieth Michigan Infantry
will hold its twelfth annual reunion at
Grass Lake, Wednesday, Oct. 10. Gen.
b. M. Cutcheon, of Manistee, will be
the orator of the occasion.
AT Forman Station, Lake county. ten
miles west of Reed City, Gage Gates,
lumberman, was instantly killed by
log rolling off a truck, crushing him ter
ribly. Deceased was but recently mar
ried.
The bill-posters of this State held O
convention at Jackson, few days since,
for the purpose of organizing State AS
ISOLATION in accordance with the recon-
mendation of the National Bill Posters
Association.
THE two-story frame hotel building at
East Saginsw, owned by p. j. O'Dris-
coll, was destroyed by fire last week. A
can OF oil, a box of matches, and skele-
ton key to a. rear door were found, indi-
eating the work of an incendiary. Loss,
81 500 insured for $1,000.
JACOB BoYcE's barn at Carson, Mont
calm county,, was burned recently with
600 bushels of wheat, a large quantity of
oats and hay and new thrashing ma
chine belonging to John Kipp, of North
Shade, Gratiot county. Loss, $4,000;
insurance 5000. Caused bya boy firing
gun inside the barn, supposing that he
was only swapping cap, the wadding
setting fire to the straw.
A FIRE broke out in a small building
adjoining Harris Touring mill at North
Lansing, the other day, destroying
Harris Touring mill, Parmalee & Co. s
wooden mills, Scofeld's saw mill, and
several other smaller buildings, and for
some time seriously threatening the
greater portion of the northern end of
the city. In about an hour the fire was
got under control. The loss is estimated
at 500, 900, partially insured.
GEORGE WATSON and farmer named
Frank Lewis, who lived four miles west
of Vaudeville, had bit of dispute the
other day, about the sum of $15, which
Lewis owed Watson for labor. Lewis
promised to pay Watson as soon as he
could draw away load of wheat and
sell it, and told Watson if that would not
suit to sue for his money. Watson
walked eight miles to Wayland, got a
shotgun, walked back, after telling two
parties he intended to shoot Lewis, made
noise outside of Lewis house, about 9
o'clock, to attract Lewis attention, and,
when Lewis went out doors, deliberately
shot him in the breast, forty-nine shot
taking effect, killing him instantly. He
then walked back to Wayland and went
to bed. He was arrested while yet asleep
late that night, or, rather, early. next
morning, and lodged in Jail at Hastings,
the county seat.
The decision of Judge Huntington in
thefamous Rose Douglass laboratory de-
falcation case has just been filed. 1t is
long document. After reviewing the
evidence at length, Judge Huntington
arrives at the following "result:" A
decree should be entered as of the last
day of the last term, referring the case
to Commissioner to state the account
with these directions /. That delin-
quent deposit money represented by
stubs with initial letters or names should
be charged to defendant Douglass. 2.
That the delinquent accounts represent
ed by red-lined stubs should be charged
to the defendant Rose. 3. That ledger
accounts not represented by stubs or
vouchers should be charged to the de-
PENDANT Rose. 4. Forfeited accounts
represented by initiated stubs should be
charged to Douglass, and subsequent
payments on forfeited accounts, being
practically stubless accounts, to Rose,
in accordance with the views heretofore
expressed.
THE Lansing Republican says OF the
: State Fair "This fair closed on Fri
day. Treasurer Dean estimates the
gross receipts for tickets during the en-.
tire week at about $4,000. This, OF