The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-01

conducting religious meetings at Jack
son.
BANKS is to build an $1,000 school.
house and Essexville $1,000 one the
coming season.
WAGES in the lumber camps on the
Manistee range from $16 to $22 month.
and there is said to be great abundance
of men
On Friday evening, the 25th, the In
ter-Collegiate Contest Association of
Michigan held their annual contest in
the First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo.
DURING 1877 the East Saginaw water.
works pumped 800. 900,71 gallons of
water, an increase of 87,4i6, 1872 gallons
over the amount pumped in 1876.
Mr.. JOHN REID, of Keene, was at
tackled by a ferocious bear, few DAYS
ago, and narrowly escaped with his life.
AS it was, he got off with severe cuts
and gashes about his head and neck.
ROBERT S. OSBORNE, partner of DIR.
Hutchinson, of Lyons, was knocked
down and robbed of $500 by three
tramps the other night. They stabbed
him three times, leaving him for dead.
A diary in his side pocket saved his life.
WHILE Henry Summey, foreman, was
running the circular saw in Decker &
Hascalls stave- mill, at Flint, piece of
bolt caught in the saw, throwing it off
the arbor and bringing it in contact
with Summey's neck, nearly severing
his head from his body. He lived but
five minutes.
THE other night Edward O'Brien
sawed off the hinge of his door in his
cell in the Jackson Jail and burrowed
through the privy wall. When the rest
were unlocked next morning Joseph
Locke discovered the hole in the wall
and followed suit. They have not yet
been recaptured.
AT Fremont Center, recently, Alexan-
der B. Howard, the teacher of the vii
lage school, was taken suddenly insane
and commenced an indiscriminate attack
on the pupils, throwing them out of the
windows, injuring several severely, de-
molishing furniture, etc. He was ar
rested and taken to Newaygo, where he
is now raving maniac. He is one
armed man.
PETER HULBURT was found the other
evening lying on the ice in culvert on
the plank road three miles south of
Bridgeport. He was taken to house,
where he had five fits and expired. 1t
is supposed he stopped to rest at the
bridge and fell in fit to the ice twelve
feet below, striking on his head. His
friends reside at Brantford, Ontario.
WHILE Mr.. Shannon Thompson, his
wife, and sister, a Mrs. Nichols, of
Odessa, Ionia county, and boy 10
years old, were fishing through the ice
on Upper lake, the ice broke, letting
Mr.. Thompson, wife and sister into the
water. The boy helped Mr.. Thompson
out, who Invested himself of outside
clothing, and succeeded in getting both
of the women out, but not until they
were 80 nearly gone that they ex-
pired before getting them to the near
est house.
LANSING Republican The follow
ing is statement of all accidents re-
ported to the Railroad Commissioners
Office, in this city, under act 81 of 1875,
from Sept. to Nov. 80, 1877:
Sept 10-Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore
had legs broken by switch-engne, and died
from his injuries
Sept. 12-Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern, near Batavia. Mrs. NJ. Bair, deaf wom-
an, was killed while walking on the track.
Sept. 14-Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern near Monroe. Julia Shabineau, aged 2X
years, while sitting on track was struck by a
hand-car and killed.
Sept. 17-Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern, near Coldwater. Employe injured while
getting on car while train was in motion.
Sept. 21-Detroit and Milwaukee, near Pom
tiac. William Kerr, brakeman, was killed
while uncouplng cars.
Sept. 24-Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
near Detroit. John Spellmsn, while crossing
track, was knocked from his wagon by passing
train and had his shoulder bruised.
| Sept. 27-Grand Trunk, near Detroit. George
Angel was killed and Alfred Mead injured
while crossing track in front of passing train.
Oct 2-Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
near Sturgs. Carl Green, not an employe,
had an arm broken while attempting to couple
| cars.
Oct s-Chicago and Northwestern, near Es-
canada. An employee had shoulder broken
while attempting to couple cars.
Oct 4-Detroit and Milwaukee, near Detroit.
A boy named Conrad Kettle was killed while
attempting to get on freight car while train was
| in motion.
Oct. 6-Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
at Clinton. Miss Maggie McDermott was killed
while crossing the track.
Oct. 9-Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
near Hillsdale Employe killed while coupling
| cars.
Oct. 11-Detroit and Bay City railroad.
Henry Jacobs fell between two cars and was
killed.
Oct. 13-Grand Trunk, near Milwaukee juno
ton. Boy injured while crossing track in
wagon.
Oct. 17-Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
near Blissfeld. Angelina Carter was killed
while attempting to cross the track in front Of
train.
Oct. 18-Michigan Central, near Wayne
junction. Engine and baggage-car thrown
from track.
Oct. 1S-Michigan Central, near Jackson.
Thomas Mckinney, tramp, was killed while
intoxicated on the track.
Oct. 1S.-Detroit and Milwaukee, near Ada.
John Wilkinson, brakeman, fell from top Of
freight car and was killed.
Oct. 2O-Detroit and Milwaukee, at Detroit.
Peter Burkheiser, aged IL years, while trying
to climb on special freight train, fell under
cars and had right arm taken off.
Oct. 27-Michigan Central, near Dowagiac.
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