The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

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sufferers. At this meeting all the prominent
commercial manufacturing and banking
| houses OF the city were represented. They APP
| pointed a relief committee, consisting Of the
Hon. William G.. Thompson, Mayor Of the city;
| James MCMILLAN. President OF the Michigan
Car Company; Edward X. Norton, President OF
the Detroit Board of Trade; Martin Butzel, OF
the firm OF Heneman, Butzel Il Go. George
Mcmillan, OF the firm Of G. a r. Mcmillan; and
r. w. King, Of r. W. King Il Son. IL Is need
less to say that these gentlemen are among
the most honorable and enterprising citizens Of
| Detroit The committee Immediately organized
and appointed well-known, reliable business
men of the burnt district a. agents for the dis
tribution of relief. Tina citizens OF Detroit inn
mediately contributed to this committee large
sum of money, and the work OF raising contri-
buttons goes steadily ON. Detroit and Michi-
gan will give literally, but the wants Of suf-
ferers are beyond their capacity to relieve. We
therefore appeal to the generous throughout
| the United States to assist US in discharging
this duty of humanity to the destitute sufferers.
| They need food clothing, bedding, furniture,
shelter, cattle, seed for crops, agricultural i'm
plements, tableware, kitchen utensils, medi-
| cines and multitude Of other neoessaries. All
| individual societies. corporations, committees
| and organizations are earnestly invited to send
their contributions, whether money or supplies,
promptly directed to the Hon. William G.
| Thompson, Chairman of the committee, Detroit,
| Mich All contributions will be acknowledged
IN the Detroit daily papers. (signed by the
committee.)
The twenty-mile equestrian race at
| Chicago Jockey Club track between Miss Cook
| OF California, and Miss Jewett, OF Minnesota,
was won by the former in As minutes and 16
mile jumped the fence and threw her violently
| Her injuries were not serious.
The Governor Of Michigan has issued
the following:
| To the people of the United States:
Portions of four counties Of this State, lying prn-
| cpally between Saginaw bay and Lake Huron, have
been devastated by forest fires. drought almost
unprecedented in this section Of country had pre-
pared the way for the calamity, and houses barns,
| fences, crops, cattle, agricultural implements,
household furniture, clothing and human life have
been destroyed by its ravages. In some townships
| the destruction is compete, and only pict-
of ruin is left. 1t is known that than 300
| lives have been lost by burning and suffocation.
| Many individuals have become helpless through
| injuries and exposure, and some are blind. The
| number of men, women and children left without
shelter is estimated at $4,000. The benevoence Of
the citizens of the State responded promptly to the
first ne cessties of those afflicted people, but ample
time has elapsed, and sufficient details have been
received, 10 make il evident that wider appeal il
needed The restitution prevailing in the suffering
counties is appal ing. Entire neighborhoods in
vowed in the common calamity, and cannot help each
other The sufferers have provisions except such
are brought from distance, and utensils TO
cook with. The necessaries of life, both large and
| small, have been destroyed. They need shelter,
clothing, cooking-stoves, kitchen Utensils, beds and
bedding, wagons, harness, plows hoes, tools of all
kinds, seed for future crops and whatever helps
to make self-supporting. They have a good
soil, are near to markets, and before this dread
full disaster befen them thrifty, prosper
GUS people. Timely help will enable them to go
through the hardships of this coming winter and to
become again an independent community. At
present they penniless, needy, sick and suffer-
ing, and many of them in debt. appeal under cir
cumstances ike these to the people Of other States
and ask them to cooperate in their abundance with
citizens of Michigan in relieving this restitution
Nothing will be wanted here in duty to the afflicted
sufferers, but the demands too great for the peo
| pie of the State to meet alone.
An organization for the relief OF the sufferers by
these fires exists at Detroit the commercial metrop-
oils Of the State and systematic plans of relief have
| been established The committee having them In
| charge Is composed Of we'll known, competent and
responsible citizens. Money and supplies sent TO it's
| Chairman, the Hon. Vim. g. Thompson, Mayor Of
| Detroit, will be faithfully applied.
DAVID H. JEROME, Governor.
Prof. King was compelled to aban-
don his interrupted balloon voyage to the At
lantic coast. Unfavorable winds kept the air
ship anchored for days IN a cow-pasture six
miles from St Paul. THEN storm sprang up.
accompanied with cold rain, and thrashed the
gas bag about until the ropes and frame were
badly strained and nearly all the gas escaped.
Then Prof. King gave il up, ripped the balloon
and let out the rest of the gas.
A fire in the picture-frame factory of
Hunt, Holzinger 4 Co., at Cincinnati, caused
loss of $4,000 to that firm and like amount
to the coffin company. Six dwellings, were
crushed ard a fireman killed.
AT Newbury, Ohio, Benjamin Beatty
fatally shot DR.. j. F. Abrams for criminal in
timacy with his wife. The revolver was fired
as the doctor was driving past Beatty's house,
and the victim fell out of his buggy.
The people of Arizona have got mad,
and determined to take the Indian bull square
Iy by the horns and settle, once and for all, the
question as TO whether they have any rights
which the "noble red man" is bound to re-
spect. They arc organizing companies and
offering them with experienced Indian fight
ers. Word has been sent to Agent Tiffany, of
San Carlos Agency to keep his Indians on the
reservation that all found of will be treated
us hostiles and shot down without ceremony.
Snow fell in Western Iowa, Southern
Minnesota, portions of Kansas, Nebraska and
Minnesota on Sept 16.
The five nations of Indian Territory
have just held fair at Muscogee. Fine nee
die work by native women was shown and the
Spencer Military Indian Rand Furnished music