The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
MICHIGAN NEWS.

A NEW three-story hotel is to be built
in Bay City.
BoYNE FALLS expects to be chosen as
the location of State fish hatchery.
THERE are nine men in Kalamazoo
county who are between 80 and 100 years
of age.
HENRY WITTE, of Castleton, Barry
county, has been relieved of tapeworm
seventy feet long.
The reports of the Patent Office show
that Michigan inventors have secured
patents at the rate of 1906 of the popu-
lation.
DURING a severe storm lightning struck
and killed four COWS belonging to Mrs.
Locke, of Bedford, few miles from
Battle Creek.
THE new village of SCOTS in the town
ship OF Climax, Kalamazoo county, has
twelve dwellings and two stores, and more
are in prospect.
The Ontonagon Miner intimates the
Silver Islet miners have struck it rich
again, and says $4,000 TO the ton is the
way some of the ores are expected to as
say.
SOME vandal broke piece off the
marble top of the Presidents desk il
the Senate chamber at the State Capitol
at Lansing, using the Presidents ebony
gavel to break it.
A YOUNG woman has deserted her hus-
band, in Bay City, and returned to her
parents, because she did not care to
be any ones servant, and he made her
black his boots and bring him iced
water.
The Bay City Tribune says that
George Beaudry, of that city, has girl
nearly year old, and eighteen inches
cricket" She commenced walking when
she was but seven months old.
Gov. CRoswELL has caused hand
some and durable headstone to be set up
to mark the grave of Capt. David Hicks,
at Sault Ste. Marie. Capt. Hicks was
one of the friends of the Governors
youth, and died of cholera at the Sault
in 1854.
A FoUR-FooT water-adder, caught
near Battle Greek and made an exhibit
ton of in town, was found next morning
with a small army of newborn adders,
numbering exactly fifty, each about
eight inches long. The old one lay dead
in the cage, and the lively young ones
were speedily buried with her.
The Battle Creek Machinery Com
pany exhibited a BOUTS carver and a
Marshs cylinder bed lathe at the late
exposition at Sydney, Australia, and re-
ceived the following ticket: BOUTS
carving and dove failing machine A
machine that is excellently designed,
and which will do greater variety of
work than any other machine exhibited.
THE following is statement of the
receipts and disbursements at the State
Treasurer's Office for the month ending
Aug. 81, 1880:
Balance hand July 31.......... s., SIC. O55 IA
Receipts for the month. ............... 6l,65l SO
Total. ...:.;..:.......;....... ISL, 81, 100 ~
Disbursements for the month. .......... 68,213 50
Balance on hand Aug 31............sl, 1903, i92 81
The lumber shipments from East Sag
NAV during the month of August were
35, 857 900 feet Shingles, ID, 235, 900.
The shipments of lumber for the month
from all river points were over 100, 000,-
600 feet, and from the opening of navi-
cation to Sept. / will aggregate over
800, 900, 600 feet, being over 100, 900, 600
feet In excess of shipments for the same
time in 1879. During the month of
August there was moved by water and
rail from Saginaw valley points 175, 600
barrels of salt.
Ex-Gov. ROBERT MCCLELLAND died
at Detroit, few days ago, OF an apo
plectic attack. He was 70 years old, a
native of Franklin county, Pa gradu-
ated from Dickinson College, ut Carlisle,
and began the practice of law in 1881 ut
Pittsburgh. He then came to Monroe.
He served several terms in the Legis-
lature, two terms III Congress, was
elected Governor of the State III 1851,
and again in 1853, when he accepted
position in President Pierce's Cabinet
as Secretary of the Interior. From the
time of his attack until his death he
was unconscious. -. fS.Ss '.-'-.--'
Mr.. McKENNY, a gentleman of con
siderable wealth residing in Brooklyn,
n. Y, has a son, William, aged 49, who
some time ago expressed wish to be-
cOIue al liTlDer. LII OTuef UllaU lie might
become thoroughly acquainted with the
details of the business, young McKanny
was placed with his uncle, Mr.. John
Hamilton, wealthy farmer of Jonia.
The young man was well satisfied for
time, but soon grew weary of farm life,
and went TO work ut mill in the neigh
borhood. Last week he called on his
uncle and demanded $1S wages due
him. Mr.. Hamilton wanted him to wait
till his son returned, but McKenny in
sisted on payment. Some angry words
passed, and McKenny drew revolver
and fired twice, killing his aged uncle.
DANIEL PARKHURsr, aged about 80
years, met with n horrible death at
.Johnson's lime-kiln at East Saginaw.
He was at work in the mouth of the kiln
with three others, punching down lime
stone that had packed in, forming a sort
of crust, when the stone sunk into the
kiln. All jumped out except Parkhurst,
who went down some four feet, and the
stone wedged in around him from the
hips down, some two or three tons in
weight, holding him as in a wise, while
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