The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-11-12
MICHIGAN NEWS.

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The Marquette branch of the Port
Huron and Northwestern railroad will
he finished by Dec. 1.
DIPHTHERIA is ravaging Clio. Gene
sec county. A family named Waite has
lost four children from it.
The overland road from Portage lake
to Ontonagon county is to be kept open
the coming winter.
PARTIES have recently been examin-
ing the slate quarries near L'Anse. with
a possibility of purchase.
The winter meeting Of the State Po-
biological Society will be held in Ann
Arbor, on Monday, Dec. 6.
GALEsBURG, Kalamazoo county. has
four good churches, and neither Of the
societies is in debt penny.
The lake shipments of ore from the
Lake Superior mines for the season
ending Oct. 20 amounted to 1,658, SO3
tons.
The people of Roscommon will give
500 to any man or woman who will
establish and operate brick-y yard
there. 80 ~ a0 tng
CONSIDERABLE square pine timber will
be prepared the coming winter in the
Portage lake region for shipment abroad
in the spring.
PONTIAC people have organized wag-
on manufacturing company and are cogi-
tating a scheme to get the Royce Reaper
Company from Perry, N. Y, to locate
there. s.,f
A MOVEMENT is ON foot looking to
holding the next animal regatta of the
Northwestern Rowing Association on
some land-locked lake in the interior of
this State. ~--
Two NEW saw-mills are to be erected
III Menominee. another season, and a
rumor is circulating TO the effect that
sites have been selected on the river
| front for two more.
In 1879 there were 1926 liquor, deal
ers in Michigan, and they paid 1893
$1,000 in taxes, while $41, 129.61 goes
unpaid. aKalkaska was the only county
in which no dealers were reported ~
VIZ understand that certain parties
have been In town dnring the past week,
negotiating for the erection Of another
wheat elevator on the Bay City railroad
not far from the depot. -Rochtstet Era.
THE revival of business in the Upper
Peninsula is seen in every direction.
4 New mines are being opened and old
ones being got ready for business This
is especially the case in the copper re-
! gions.ea s af Ella .saa
! THE Superintendent of the Census
has ordered new census for the
township of Vassar, Tuscola county.
e
are supposed to have been lost in trans
hitting.
The salt well at Manistee is down
400 feet, the water is as yet only lit
tie brackish, but the company intend
sinking the well 1000 feet, or until they
are fully satisfied whether they have
paying salt brine or not.
FoRTY-sEvEN Indiana hunters went
north not long ago with thirty-three
hounds. When they got through
with their sport only three of the en-
tire pack were left. The dog-button
and deadly bullet disposed of the re-
mainder.
THE diamond drill is now made use of
In exploring for ore in the Northern Pc
ninsula, and an idea of the cost of using
it may be gathered from the fact thai
the expense per foot for the first 1p
feet is So, and 81 a foot more for eeh
subsequent 100 feet.
ALPHoNZo HAM, who made an y1suc-
cessful attempt to commit suicid, some
weeks ago, at Little Traverse, rade an
other and successful attempt " cutting
his throat with razor from .ar TO ear,
and slashing one wrist to tt Done. lie
was dead when found.
THE Indians of MenoyAnee county say
that the reason they cn trout lake up
in that region Dcy,s lake is that
long, long time ago,ne, water III 1t rose !
as high as the toy OF the trees, drown
ing all the inhal eahts Oh an indian VII
lage upon its AXIS.
,s yp,s Stantoy Horald says il is prob
able thai IN yhole of the burnt district
will be. re,iilt with substantial brick
buildings dthin one year. -Four are al
reodv nyer contract to he completed
within kty or ninety days. The He7uJd
has sap IN an old carpenter shop and
prdeyAaa newspresses and material. y sea.
=. DECISION WIS rendered I'm the De- !
NO Circuit Court in the case of the |
Saten against the Michigan Southern |
Railroad Company, holding the COM
'panY liable for $50, 500 in back taxes
which it had failed to pay to the State
under its charter. The company has |
taken an appeal to the Supreme Court.
y The following is.a statement OF the
receipts and disbursements at the State
1reasurer's Office for the month ending |
Oct. 30. 1880: ,.,..'.5 ...'.-.. -
Balance on hand sept so, 1850. ...... l57s64sO
neceipts Tor the month";. 13S,5S2.5S
3i.is t9trsa Sc lit aiiF al't ------------
- .t.,.-. ...s IN ...,t "a $l,T7, 22l59
DsDursenents Tor the month. 171,345. 81
.HM ln IHunU. Ht. ---s-------
Balance on hand Oct so 1880 .Sl.5i5 sso.ss
+. A NAN is about to be tried at Sagi-
nav City on charge that he stole
wagon loaded with hay and drew it off
with span of horses that he had Dor
rowed, and left it behind barn some
four miles from the starting place be-
cause it was near daylight The case
will undoubtedly develop some amusing
facts. 90 q
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