The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22

THE University of Michigan will send
ont twenty-seven homeopathic doctors
this spring.
A BARREL of copper has been sent
from the Bohemian mine, Ontonagon, to
the Paris Exhibition.
FIVE stores were destroyed by fire at
Eaton Rapids the other day. Loss,
10000; insurance, 80, 800.
JOHN SWEETS was killed at a rollway
at Lovells camp, ON the Tittabawassee
river, the other day. He hailed from
New York State.
GEORGE II. HIoKox, chaplain of the
State prison, was recently presented
with handsome gold watch and chain,
a gift of the men who wear the stripes.
PETER KILMER, an old farmer, living
nine miles south of jackson, celebrated
his 77th birthday by walking to Jackson
in an hour and forty minutes.
Hon. WILLIAM A. HOWARD, the we'll
known ex-Congressman of Michigan, has
been confirmed by the Senate as Gov
ernor of the Territory of Dakota.
A FIRE at the village of Hubbardston,
buildings, including the bank and
hardware store. Loss, $11, 900 insu-
rance, $4,000.
A 7-YEAR-oLD daughter of William
Wagner, residing at Manistee, was 30
severely burned while playing with other
children around bonfire that she died,
after suffering twelve hours.
THE registration of the voters of East
Saginaw shows total of 4,421, against
4,401 four years ago. If these figures
are correct, the growth of the city for the
last four years has been small indeed.
THE township of Pincorning has COM
menced suit against VIM. Henwood for
So, 900, which, it is alleged, he refused
to pay over to his successor when he va
Gated the Office of Township Treasurer.
THE Detroit Evening Nevs says:
"The girls of Kalamazoo Seminary have
recently secured skeleton to help them
in the study of physiology, and some of
them are already more than half in love
with "Old Bony."
THERE is not saloon in Kalkaska
county. At one time there were four
teen in the village of Kalkaska alone.
This change has been effected in legal
way, and because of the sentiment of the
people there.
BISHOP McCosKRY has resigned the
Bishopric he held for forty-two years,
advanced age being his reason for re-
tirement 1t is expected that Bishop
Gillespie, of the Western diocese of the
State, will attend temporarily to the du-
ties.
A 2-YEAR-oLD son of Alonzo Field, OF
Iosco, was scalded to death, recently, by
falling into kettle of hot water, which
the mother had taken off the stove and
set on the floor to mop with. The little
sufferer died of injuries received in about
eight hours.
GREAT was the consternation an6
wrath of a Wyandotte ice-dealer, aftel
having had force of men marking anC
blowing the ice preparatory to filling
Lis ice-house, to find the ice all gone
and the river as clear as it is in July o.
August.
MORTIMER LowRING was killed, few
days ago, by the bursting of an irol
pulley in Fred Taylor's saw-mil a
Wood lake, in Montcalm county. 4
piece of the pulley went through hi
head, tearing out quite portion of il
The deceased was 38 years old, an,
leaves wife and child.
THREE years ago soliciting commit
tee gave note in behalf of the citizen
, of Icnia for $698 for the purchase of
site for the State House of Correction
Judgment for the full amount has nov
, been rendered against the committee, an
, the citizens are debating whether the
can conscientiously stand by and see tn
committee pay it.
| AT Salt River, Isabella county, re
l Gently, the store anu warehouse Of W
: Strubal & Co., and the drug store of d.
Case, with all their contents, were de
, stroyed by fire. Masonic Hall was owe
= the store, and oil the furniture, RECALLS
books and jewels were also destroyed
loss, $40, 1000, no insurance.
BLIssFIELD had a s., 900 fire, destroyin
Rhodes g. Mann's meat market, and th
hotel building adjoining known as til
: Fsnger House, now used as tenement
5 The occupants had a narrow escape wit
life. One woman was badly hurt jump
. ing from rear window. Some sal
, petre and powder stored in the markt
exploded, damaging adjacent propert.
The town of Mancelona is all excit,
o ment over the examination of Godfre
:. Frankey for the murder of Egert. TIL
:. case was called, and the Sheriff found
n necessary to disarm the crowd befol
;. proceeding. The accused and the d,
!. ceased had many friends in the room
g and the least woro would have led
y bloodshed.
n THE Montcalm County Superintent
@ ents of the Poor have obtained judy
" ment against John Sheer, of Clinic
e county, for taking care of the latter
o mother. The court awarded the Supe
r intendents So week for care of Mr.
}, Sheer and costs of suit. The decisio
d of the court is based upon the law thu
Q son, if able, is bound to support h
g parents if they are unable to suppo
/. themselves.
V. w. BRUCE, editor of the HowaI
e Record, who is also Secretary of Il
n Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Associ
4 ton, says that the next annual reuniC
u will take place at Kalamazoo, probab
10 in June, although the date has not v