The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

A NEaAUNEE lad named Smith stole
ride on locomotive. Hereafter he
must hobble along on one leg.
STATE officials are scrutinizing the
assessment returns of the telegraph
companies, now made for the first time.
The first convention OF the State
Methodist Sunday-school Association
was held in Albion last week. President,
Ii. M. Joy.
Gov. CRoswELL has recovered from
his recent illness so far as to be able to
go to the capital and attend to public
business again.
EELs have been found in nearly all
the inland lakes about the State where
they have been placed by the Fish
Commissioners.
A FULL-GRowN panther was seen in
Victory, Mason county, last week. The
man who saw him ran one way and the
panther the other.
The attorney of the Michigan Central
railroad has SO far found no obstacles
to the settlement with the victims of
the late disaster at Jackson without lit
igation.
JUST MS the Upper Peninsula ore trade
was booming splendidly rise in grain
freights drew off some of the best ves-
sells in the ore-carrying trade and made
trouble.
DIR. HELEN M. BIssELL, graduate of
the New York Medical College, has
been appointed to the charge of the fe-
male department of the insane asylum
at Kalamazoo.
Miss A. M. FLANAGAN has been APP
pointed School Superintendent of
Orleans, Ionia county. She is believed
to be the first female School Superin-
tendent in the State.
THE last new village laid out in the
iron region is called Fredericton. 1t
is located on the line of the Menominee
River railroad, about fifty miles south of
Lake Michigamme, Marquette county.
The Board of Supervisors of Huron
county has formed new township out
of the double town of Lake, calling the
new town Chandler, and changing the
name of the old one from Lake to Con-
ger.
A FIRE broke out in Lauster's block,
at Ionia, recently, and soon communi-
Gated to several small stores adjoining,
all of which were totally destroyed.
The aggregate loss is 100000; insured
for $4,000
AT Caro-, Tuscola county, diphtheria
has ragged with unusual violence. The
total number of cases is ninety-six; of
fatal cases, nineteen. In the Belknap
school district, Tuscola county, the
school-house has been closed to any
public gatherings, owing to the appear
ance of the scomge.
The aggregate valuation of the real
and personal property of the county OF
Huron, as equalized by the Board of
Supervisors, was $4,049, 06S. 46. Sebe.
waing township is the wealthiest town
ship, as assessed and equalized, the real
and personal property OF that town be
ing, as equalized, S4l9,S4S.
JACKSON Patriot: The Michigan
Coal Company, at their shaft four miles
west of the city, have struck coal at a
depth of seventy-three feet. They are
making three shifts of men day and
night, and expect soon TO take out
first-class coal and begin to make ship
ments. The vein discovered is four
| feet thick.
BURT HEXENBACH, employed IN the
South coal mines, hear Jackson was suffo-
Gated by fredamp while engaged in his
occupation of car-pusher. He had gone
into portion of the mine to bring out
car, and, remaining longer than was
thought necessary, Thomas and John
Patterson entered the mine 70 search
for him, and found him lying dead. The
Pattersons narrowly escaped sharing
the fate of the unfortunate man In their
efforts to recover the body. Deceased
was native of Pennsylvania, aged 20
years.
The Saginaw NelCS says that the
parlor stove of the Methodist parsonage
was stored during the summer in q
room in which there was box of pistol
cartridges. The children amused
themselves by dropping the cartridges
down the fue into the false bottom to
hear them rattle. Wednesday morning
a large fire was built in the stove
Result: Stove blown to atoms and room
generally Wreckeu. OTtunately the
family were in another part of the house
at the time.
The Board of Supervisors of Cal
houn county have fixed the county Of
fcers' salaries as follows: Judge Of
Probate, $1,000; County Treasurer
$1,000; County Clerk, 5000; Prosecute
ing Attorney, 5000. The total assess
ment of the county is $503,26S. d
this amount the city of Marshall il
charged with $8,S39.39 The county
poor fund assessment is $4,000, anc
for insane, $4,000. The board adopted
resolution favoring the constructor
of new county JAIL the same to h,
submitted to vote of the people at tn
spring election.
Horrible Accident at the House of Correction
A frightful accident occurred at tn,
House of Correction, at Ionia, one even
ing last week.
For some reason or other the gas die
not burn as brightly as desired, ant
Engineer Louis Essick, most capable
officer, accompanied by Charles Brooks