The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-07-25
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

Two NEW brick blocks and over forty
dwellings are being built at Battle
Greek this season.
A MORENCI farmer lately horse
whipped his 15-year-old daughter in the
streets of the village.
AT last accounts Escanaba had shipped
10000 tons OF ore this season in excess
OF the Marquette shipments.
SHoPPANEGONCE, a well-known Indian
guide to the Northern tourists, is giving
Indian exhibitions in the Saginaws.
The wife of Rev. H. d. Kraeling, of
st. Paurs Lutheran Church, East Sagi-
nav, has died from the effects of a sun
stroke.
A 6-YEAR-oLD son of James Crummey
had his right foot amputated by a
mowing-machine in Warren, Macomb
county.
Two OR THREE HUNDRED more men
can find employment at fair wages on
the Menomlnee range, in Menominee
county.
The sect known as the Methodist
Professionals is to have a camp-meeting
at Higgins lake, Roscommon county,
Aug. II to 26.
The tenth annual reunion of the
Fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry AS
ISOLATION will be held at Pontiac, We'd
nesday, Aug. 27.
WILLIAM DAVIS, foreman in the saw
mill of Hillman, Hesser & Co., at Tru-
FAINT, fell upon the edging-saw and was
instantly killed.
A CAMP MEETING of Spiritualists and
Liberalists will be held at Lansing,
commencing July 26 and continuing
until August 4.
The county seat of Schoolcraft
county has been moved from Onota, on
the Lake Superior side, to Mozambique,
on the Lake Michigan side, at the mouth
of the Monastique river.
ANsEL WING, of Jackson, drove his
81 900 stallion into the Grand river at
Liberty mills for the purpose of water
ing him, but, unfortunately, could not
get him out again, and the animal
drowned
The premature discharge of fire.
works at Grass Lake. resulted, in serious
injuries to Miss Shearer and Mrs.
Lorenzo Fisk. Miss Shearer had
rocket strike her in the cheek, passing
through into her mouth.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Saginaw Valley and st.
Louis railroad. held at East Saginaw,
the formal transfer of the management
of the road to the Detroit, Lansing and
Northern was made.
WHILE John Mcconnell, sexton of
Tecumseh cemetery, was digging q
grave, on Friday, and in a STOPPING
position, he was struck by lightning
and nearly killed. Had he been stand
ing upright the stroke would probably
have been fatal.
The Birdsell Manufacturing Com
pany, which claims that its patents
cover the clover hullers in general use,
have begun suits in the United States
Court against twenty-eight p ersons IL
Western Michigan for alleged infringe
ment of its patents.
AT Big Rapids, teamster named
| William Dana, who was excavating at
Morrissey's block, jumped from his
wagon seemingly as well as ever, but,
upon striking the ground, fell dead.
Cause of death, apoplexy. He was
about 60 years old, and leaves wife
and several children.
JOHN HOWARD, a negro, whose age is
placed at SO, fell from load of hay, at
Adrian, last week, and died from the
effect. He was born in slavery in
South Carolina, and the history of his
life struggles and expressions has
been extensively published.
w. w. BoGUE and Charles Maynard,
who were burned ont at Portland, last
spring, have erected block of brick
stores, two in number, and two stories
high, on the ground burned over, and
expect to have them completed and
ready to occupy by Sept. l.
LAST year Alpena shipped 10000
cords of pail bolts, 1900 cedar railroad
ties, 1000 telegraph poles, 10000 cedar
posts for fences and grapevine trellises,
and 500 cords of match timber, and
large quantities of other articles, such
as birch timber for spools, pail handles,
etc.
PROF. WATSON and wife left Ann Ar
Dor last week for Madison, Wis, his
instruments, goods, ETC., having been
forwarded previously. At Madison he
will occupy the handsome residence of
Gov. Washburne, which the latter has
placed at his disposal, and, in addition
to the advantages there offered him in
the way of larger telescope and SUI
perior observatory equipments, he will
receive salary of $1,000 and his fur
nished house. As his resignation at
Ann Arbor was accepted to take place
October /, he will divide his time, until
that date, between Ann Arbor and Mad
ison Prof. Harrington, his successor,
will then take ossession of the obser-
vatory and ass lme the duties of Pro-
fessor of Astronomy, positions in the
University which have been held by
but two persons, Francis Brunnow and
James Craig Watson, both of whom
rank among the most distinguished as
tronomers Of the world. It is alto
gether improbable that Prof. Watson
will ever return to his old position.
position which he has held since 1859
in university from which he gradu.
ated.