The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-06-27
MICHIGAN lTENS.

MlO1IUAN liz VSs
JACKSON is about to construct street
railway,
ROBERT POWELL, aged II, was drowned
in mill-pond, near Adrian.
The Worthwhile Opera House will be
opened with ball The Fourth of July.
GEORGE l.. CoLDwELL's planning mill,
at Huntsville. burned to the ground
lately.
A WAYNE COUNTY man lost his pocket
book containing about $400. He gave
the lad who found it cent.
A NEW township is to be formed, to be
called Lake township, embracing Hig-
gins lake, which lies near Roscom-
mon.
MENoMINEE Herald: The late forest
fires were quite severe all around us. On
the Oconto river considerable damage
was done.
Mrs. X. MAsTENBRoEK died at East
manville recently, aged 50 years. Mrs.
NJ. was the mother of twenty-seven
children.
THE people of Little Traverse have
set about the work of raising $4,000 to
extend the G. II. & /. Il. r. from Bay
View to their town.
The degree of ID. d. has been con-
ferred by Howard University, Washing
ton, ID. c., upon Rev. John r. Suther-
land, of the First Presbyterian Church,
Grand Haven.
THOMPSON SMITHS mill, at Duncan
City, was entirely destroyed by FIRE, the
other day, involving loss of about
100000, and throwing large force Of
men out of work.
HENRY SMITH, of Burlington, Calhoun
county, had rich uncle in Australia,
who is reported to have died and left
$4,000 for Henry. The latter is gen.
eral storekeeper at Burlington.
A NUMBER of improvements are to be
Deaf, Dumb and Blind during the sum-
mer, among which is the building of a
grand portico over the front entrance,
the erection of large grain barn, addi-
tons to the shops, etc.
The Calhoun County Pioneers held
their summer meeting and picnic at the
county far grounds, in the city of Mar
shall, last week. The attendance was
not as large as that of last year. Since
the last annual meeting the society has
lost twenty members by death. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, William r. Mccall; Secretary, s.
S. Lacey; Treasurer, A. o. Hyde.
JOHN M. BENNETT, aged so, from the
suburban town of Plymouth, near De.
troit, has been multced in $1,000 dam
ages for breach of promise to marry
Mary G. Bean, aged 20. A singular
feature of the case was that defendant
not only persistently denied the viola.
ton of the promise, but insisted that he
was still anxious to marry the girl.
A NEW Court House is in process Of
erection at Roscommon, costing, when
completed, 81, 500, which will be credit
to the town and county. A spot OF
ground, embracing sixteen lots, 1S0x13i
feet, has been donated by George o
Robinson, of Detroit, for the court
yard. The building is to be com
pleted, ready for occupation, Sept. 1.
The Rochester old-wel on the
Barnes mill property flows, when un
INSTRUCTED, about four barrels per min
ME, of nice, clear water. 1t impedes
further progress of the well, and ar
rangements will be made to use it fol-
washing the print pulp in the mill
There is much confidence in the oil
show entertained by parties, and further
prospecting on other territory may b,
done.
EARLY Sunday morning policemen
found man who proved to be FREQ
Rischert, German baker, lying on thu
sidewalk within block of police-sta
ton, mt Detroit. He was uncon
scious and bleeding from nu
merous cuts in the head, evi
IDENTIFY having been made by blum
instrument. 1t is not known how b,
was assaulted, but he had apparentl.
been left for dead by his assailants, ant
had, crawled toward the station-house t,
give information.
JACKSON Patriot: An apple orchar,
covering twenty-five acres of grouno
and comprising over 700 trees, owne,
by jeff Smith, of Sandstone, has beer
so badly injured by the canker worn
that it has been decided to cut it down
Mr.. Smith has another orchard of equa
, size, which was also attacked, but h
showered the trees with water impree
J mated with Paris green, and the effec
: was magical. The liquid killed tn
worms, and the foliage which had turne
| brown from their attacks has resume
/ its natural color. This mixture was i
| the proportion of one-half pound G
Paris green to forty.four gallons {
} water. The liquid was thrown over til
: trees by means of a portable fore
! pump, and Mr.. Smith pronounces it a
7 infallible remedy for the pest in que
? ION.