The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-22

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jangle about the extension of the fire
limits.
IL the Chicago and Lake Huron rail-
road doesn't pay its taxes soon the State
will seize the road.
The Detroit Board of Trade has
formally voted to Withdraw from the
national association.
THE express trains on the Chicago
and Northeastern railroad, between Flint
and Lansing, have been taken off for the
winter.
Mr.. AND MRS. ]. II. CURTIS, of Berlin
Center, Ionia county, celebrated their
golden wedding lately; residents there
twenty-six years.
The other night the turnkey of the
Jackson County Jail discovered and
frustrated a plot for general Jail de-
livery at that institution.
The Big Rapids Manufacturing Com
pany's saw and single mill at Big Rap
ids was destroyed by fire few days
ago. Loss $4,000; insured.
IT is reported at Kalamazoo that IA
family named Rosencrantz, who went
West from that place some months ago,
have been killed by the Indians.
The Cheboygan Tribune says that
venison is drug on the hands of the
meat dealers, as it has been so plenty
there this fall that the people are get
ting tired of it.
PR. l.. PIERCE, Postmaster of Grand
Rapids, three times Mayor, several terms
County Clerk, once State Senator, and
a man honored throughout the State,
died few days ago, after long illness,
aged SO years.
New PosTMAsTERs appointed in
Michigan Mine, Houghton
county, Barrrage r. McKeys; Ottawa
Lake, Monroe county, Samuel u. Fos-
ter; South Fairfield, Lenawee county,
Stephen j. Stever.
WHILE Charles Dyer, his wife and
mother were riding after spirited team
at Flint, few days since, the horses be-
came manageable, running away and
throwing the old lady, about 70 years of
age, on the railroad track, cutting her
head open and inficting internal in
juries which will prove fatal.
In the celebrated suit of Peck & Brown
against II. G. Miller, of Greenville, for
$4,000 in payment for labor performed
on the Grand Rapids and Rockford rail
road the Supreme Court has just decided
that the claim against Miller is not good.
This disposes of multitude of similar
cases of that nature against old and de-
funct corporations in this State.
The State Land Commissioner sold
at public action, last week, 1857 BLOC
acres of swamp land, heretofore licensed
as homesteads, which land reverted to
the State, at an average price of $1.56!
per acre. There was, also, sold at pri-
waite sale, of the same class of lands,
1880 acres, ut an average price of $1.41
per acre. The bids received for forfeit
ed school lands amounted to $11 900.
The Michigan delegation in the pres
ent Congress has eight Republicans and
one Democrat. The delegation in the
new Congress will be unanimously Re-
publican, as follows: l, John S. New
berry; 2, Edwin Willis; 3, Jonas H.
MCGOWAN; 4, Julius G.. Burrows; 5,
John w. Stone; 6, Mark S. Brewer; 7,
Omar ID. Conger; 8, Roswell G.. Horr !;
8, Jay A. Hubbell.
THE suit by the Continental Improve
ment Company against Kalamazoo town
ship to recover 100000 in bonds and
accrued interest of $4,000 has been de-
cided in favor of kalamazoo by the Uni
ted States Circuit Court. The bonds
were voted to the Grand Rapids and In
diana railroad by Kalamazoo, but not
issued, owing to an injunction, which
suspended their issue till the Railroad
Bond law was decided unconstitutional
DETROIT Ne,Cs: cit is reported on
good authority that Mrs. Capt. Eber b.
Ward is no more, she having been mar
ried at her home in Conneut, Ohio.
The bridegroom is a prominent Cana
dian gentleman named Cameron, said
to be of Toronto, and owning large in
terests in Windsor. This may be NAL
colin Cameron, but the NeUs is not in
| formed which of the prominent Cana
dian Camerons has welded the widow
of the great Michigander.
WILLIAM GREEN, ex-Marshal of Kala-
rnazoo, was found dead in his Office the
other night, after having been missing
two days. When last seen he was in APP
parently good health His wife and
family supposed he had gone to Men
don, where he has business interests.
Maj. Judson, whose Office was next door
to that of Mr.. Green, thinking all was
not right, found the door locked, made
his way into the Office through the win
dow, and found him stretched upon the
couch, dead. 1t is supposed he had laid
himself down to sleep, and died with
some heart trouble.
SOLOMON ADLER, professed manu-
facturer of india-rubber goods, was ar
rested and arraigned before United
States Commissioner Dawson, at De-
troit, on the charge of using the United
States mails for illegal purposes. The
charge is that he sent advertisements of
illegal goods throughout the country.
At his house was found great quantity
of unlawful articles. The arrest is due
to the efforts of Postoffice Agent Cox
and Agent McAfee, of the Western So
ciety for the Prevention of Vice. They
located Adler by means of decoy letters