The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
MICHIGAN NEWS.

| "A BOY named u. ~. durd was drowned
in Saginaw river, at East Saginaw, while
bathing.
The Bay City CaU calls for the con-
struchon OF tree bridges between Bay
City and West Bay City.
john RoBISsoN was accidentally
drowned, at East Saginaw, while sorting
logs in An Sable rivei.
A Loss OF $500 was incurred at
Charlotte, Eaton county, 10y the burning
of the grist-mill owned by David Ct.
Clure.
The Gazette reports that the army
worm is making sad havoc with the oats
south, southwest and west of Kalama-
zoo.
A NEW schOol-house, to cost not less
than SIC, 900 nor more than $4,000, is
ordered by the village of Portland, Ionia
county.
Miss JENNIE BAIRD, of Ionia, com
mitted suicide by taking poison. The
cause, according to the Ionia Sentinel,
was "the old, old story"
A CRAZY woman is wandering around
Kalamazoo. She appears to be dan
gerous, is friehtfully ragged and dirty,
and has been wandering around several
weeks.
| A LARGE warehouse at Kalamazoo,
belonging to VIM. q. Dewing Il Sons,
| filled with sash, doors, blinds, paints and
oils, was burned, involving a loss OF
about $1,000.
| A FIRE at Vestaburg, Montcalm coun-
ty, burned 100000 shingles, $50, 200
feet of lumber and the station buildings
of the Chicago, Saginaw and Canada
railroad.
PORT HURON Times: j. S. Cowgirl.
of Lawton, bought a quantity of eggs of
an honest granger and set them in the
sun. A few hours after his eggs had
been transmogrified into basketful of
live chickens.
GEORGE WILKES, for twenty-six years
an employe of the Marquette, Houghton
and Ontonagon Railroad Company asso-
citation, foreman and road-master, was
run over and instantly killed by coal
train Mt Marquette.
SEVEN blooded horses and colts owned
by residents of East Saginaw were run
over by train on the Saginaw and Bay
City division of the Michigan Central
and injured so as to necessltate killing
them. The stock was valued at 50, 200.
The little town of Wallace, Menomi-
lee county, has been almost entirely
obliterated by fire. Over $50 people
were rendered homeless. The loss is
estimated at 800, 900, less than So, 900
of which was covered by insurance.
Mrs. FRED WINTERS, of Pottersville.
Eaton county, was cleaning house and
left IA tub of boiling water on the floor
while she went for an armful of wood.
Returning she found her 3-year-old boy
III the tub, scalded SO that he lived but
a few hours.
IsHPEM1Na Agitator: Three cases of
women giving birth to triplets in this
county were recorded last week. One
In this city, one at Negaunee and one at
Humboldt. At this rate the census
enumeration will he kept busy on his
next trip.
ABOUT twenty years ago little Jimmy
McGinnis lived with his brother law,
Henry Gordon, of the Board of Works,
Detroit, and ran away with James A.
Bailey. famous circus man, who
adopted him. He took Bailey's name,
and at his death succeeded to his bust
ness. Recently he sought out his rela-
tives in Detroit, appeared Mt the show
with them, and entertained them royalty
in the evening.
A YOUNG man drove into Utica, Ma
comb county, accompanied by young
miss about Is years old /; destination,
Barnum's. They were quickly followed
by the father of the girl, who took her
into his possession and invited the young
man to settle for kidnapping his daugh-
ter. The prompt payment of Sl5 settled
the matter, and the young man was
permitted to go on and see the circus
alone.
A FIRE at East Saginaw, originating
from cigar stub dropped by some pass
ing person. destroyed $160, 900 worth of
property before the flames could be
su5dued. The property burned in
cludes Wylie Brothers saw-mill the
saw-mill of Pearson & Son; salt block,
also owned by Pearson a. Son; $500, 900
feet of lumber, belonging to different
parties, and number of tenement
houses. The total loss is estimated at
$50, 900, upon which there was an in
surance of about S75, 1000.
The st. Louis (Gratiot county,
Leader, in an article ON the fast growth
and future prospects of that town, sums
up as follows Indeed we may say that
st. Louis growth and prosperity are al
most marvellous, and that, while we have
had occasion during the past few months
to travel quite extensively throughout
Michigan and New York, We have seen
or heard of no town with q population
anywhere from 100 to 5000 that is max
ing so rapid, substantial growth, or that
has so bright prospects for the future as
has st. Louis.
WHILE James Patterson, farmer OF
Oakland county, was reaping wheat, his
team ran into a yellowjackets' nest,
were stung, and becoming frantic ran
away, throwing Mr.. Patterson from off
his seat on the knives of the machine
and dragging him some twenty rods,
lacerating his right leg in fearful man.
ner. The thigh was literally cut to
pieces, and the ankle badly torn, so that