The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-01-18

Christian Association at Ionia.
THE debt of the Presbyterian Church
at Negaunee has been paid in full.
Rev. @. Fl. RHODES has accepted call
to preach to the Baptist society in TRAY
erse City.
THE dwelling of Alexander Hewitt, of
Greenville, burned the other day. Loss,
81 200; insurance, $500.
THE Hon. John @. Blanchard, of
Ionia, has just returned from Texas,
where he has bought rancho.
THEY are exhuming some well-pre-
served skeletons from the aboriginal
mounds of Montcalm county.
The Michigan State Pathological So
ciety will hold an institute in Allegan
on the 18th and 18th of February.
The Fox House, at Ithaca, Gratiot
county, was destroyed by fire few days
since. Loss, $1,000; insurance So, 800.
THE Detroit and Milwaukee railroad
has been obliged to rent several new en-
gines on account of the great pressure
of business.
A MEETING of the Executive Commit
tee of the State Agricultural Society was
held at Detroit last week, at which
routine business was transacted.
THE Grange Visitor says that Mrs.
Rev. S. Steele, of Bear Lake, has been
appointed one of the seven lecturers of
the Patrons of Husbandry for this State.
ALL the money required with which
to build free bridge connecting Sagi-
nav City and East Saginaw has been
raised. The next thing is to build the
bridge.
A FIRE at Sheridan one night last
week consumed the house of Mr..
Ormsby and destroyed the life of his son
about 10 years of age, burning off arms
and legs, and reducing the body to
crisp.
A. p. JOHNSON, reformed drunkard,
is laboring at Ionia in the interest of the
red-ribbon movement with great success.
Three-fourths of the prisoners in the
State House OF Correction have signed
the pledge.
SAYS the Kalamazoo Telegram i:
Not long since deed was executed in
this place and, William Shakespeare and
Robert Burns being present in the Office,
placed their names to the document as
witnesses.
JOSEPH BOOMER, of Tawas City, acct
dentally and fatally shot himself last
week while hunting. He was leaning
on the muzzle of his gun, and his dog
playing around struck the trigger, dis
charging the gun. Fourteen buckshot
passed through his body.
r,,,, TooI,ao,, Dot.:oy ,s;,,oa +Lo folJox-
ing State-prison statistics for the year
1877 Received, AL; discharged, 451,
of whom a large number were trans
ferred to the Ionia prison; pardoned %;
out for new trial, 5; escaped, 10; recap
tured, 8; died, 6.
AT the convention of County Superin-
tendents of the Poor, held at Grand
Rapids last week, it was resolved to or
ganize O permanent association to be
known as "The Michigan Superintend-
ents of the Poor and Union Associa-
tion," and a constitution and bylaws
were adopted.
A LARGE frame school building in
Saginaw township was totally destroyed
| by fire the other night There had been
no fire in the building for two days, and,
from the fact that there had been agita-
ton to divide the district, the inference
is that it was set on fire. Loss about
81, 300; insurance, $1,000.
THE store owned and occupied by @.
Dawson e. Son, with a large portion OF
its contents, and house owned by
Thomas Gullifer and occupied by l.. q.
Higgins, with all its contents, were de-
stroyed by fire at Huntsville, recently.
The fire originated in the store. 1t is
supposed to have been caused by defec-
tive chimney.
THE Lansing Republican publishes
the following list of all articles of asso-
citation and amendments filed and re-
corded in the office of the Secretary of
State from Oct. 10 to Dec. 81, 1877
Oct. 10-Strzelcow Koscinszki Polish Be-
nevolent Society," Detroit
Oct. 15.-Maple Rapids and Southern Rail-
road Company $40, 900 paid in 80, 500.
Oct. lent. Clemens Reform Club Tenn
perance Society.
Oct. 19.-Hopkins Manufacturing Company
| $4,000 Bear Lake.
Oct. 2O.-Ann Arbor Reform Club Temper
ance Society.
Oct. 24.-Big Rapids Reform Club Temper
ance Society.
Oct. Zb.-N OrhlISLlhus DeucNOiouI hs5oOia-
ton, Ludington.
Oct. 29-Houghton Lake and Eastern Rail-
road Company 100000; paid in 81, $50.
Nov. 6.-Natural History Society Of the State
Agricultural College Of Michigan, Lansing.
Nov. Iron Bank, OF Negaunee; capital,
$4,000.
Nov. s.-Ypsilanti Reform Club.
Now 9.-Detroit Reform Club.
Nov. 1O.-Union Match Splint Manufactur-
ing Company $500, 900; paid in 100000; De-
troit.
Nov. 15.--Articles Of association OF the Citi-
zens' Bank, of Marquette city, amended.
Nov. midland Reform Club.
Nov. 21.--Coldwater Light Guard Company.
Nov. 22.-Farmers Mutual Benefit Associa-
ton of Calhoun County, Marshall.
Nov. 23.-Toledo and Ann Arbor railroad;
declaration Of re-ipcorporation.
Dec 5.-Howeli Cornet Band.
Dec 6-Excelsior Boat Club, Detroit
Dec 6.-Michigan Military Academy, articles
amended.
Dec. 7.-Arbeiter Understandings Verein OF
Allegan.
Dec 1O.-Michigan Commercial Travellers
| Association, Detroit.
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