The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-07
. MICHIGAN NEWS.

A PLACE near Blackmar's on the Flint
and Pere Marquette railroad, is named
Pokahuddle.
The Marshall House, ut Ludington,
has burned down. Loss, $4,000 insur-
ance, $3, 500.
The man who laid the first rail for
railroad west of the Allegheny mountains
is still living in Adrian.
A NEW Presbyterian society of twenty
two members has been organized at
Greenbush, Altoona county.
The burnt district in Stanton il being
rapidly rebuilt with fine, substantial
brick stores and brick blocks.
A SAGINAW man thinks that when the
next census Is taken the Upper PENN
sula will have population OF IT'S, 900.
THE annual meeting of the Michigan
Press Association will be held in the
Capitol at Lansing, Jan. IL, ut 2 p. m.
The Michigan Salt Association is the
name of new salt company formed at
Bay City. 1t has a capital of $1,000
The MenOminee Range says that
number of brick-yards will be started in
and around Florence and Commonwealth
next season.
CONGRESSMAN HoRR was summoned
home from Washington by the sudden
and dangerous illness OF his daughter at
Saginaw.
AT East Saginaw the telephone does
public and fire-alarm duty, and the city
pays night clerk at the telephone
Office 500 year salary.
THE Michigan Central railroad has
paid all claims arising from the acct
dent at Jackson, last October, in full.
They amounted to $4,000.
THE lumber cut of Gladwin county
this season is estimated at 100000, 600
feet, and about 1000 transient men are
employed in the woods of that county.
The country about Ontonagon is full
of foxes. One farmer killed eight in
one week, and then did not make up his
losses of poultry.
DURING the month of November
there were sold at the Reed City Land
Office 1886 acres for cash 500 80
acres located under the Homestead act,
and 1926. So acres proved up.
Mr.. KING, of Cheboygan, set trap
to catch rabbits, and caught very
large and savage lynx, which had to be
killed before it could be taken from the
trap.
FARMING pays in the Upper PENN
sula first rate cash markets in the min
ing regions, and fairly good crops of
certain kinds game crops generally
first-rate and reliable.
THE testing process which has been
going on at the salt we'll in this village
for some time past, shows conclusively
that the brine obtained here Is equal In
| strength to any in the State.-&. Louis
Her0id
THE managers of the Port Huron and
Northwestern railway desire to extend
their line to Bay City, but want the
people of Bay City to give $780, to-
ward the project, beside yard room and
right of way through the city.
LAKE SUPERIOR slate wherever it has
been used below has made hit-a pal
pable Inland yet this branch of indus
try is allowed to lag to that degree that
there isn't quarry in Bar ga county at
work. -Portage Lake Mining Gazette.
A DINNER pail exploded near Negau-
nee, the other day, and the owner had
his arm badly scalded from the shoulder
to the elbow. The pail was of a new
kind, constructed OIL air. tight princi-
pies, and no steam could escape from it.
NOTHING personal intended. but real,
genuine two-legged dog, six days old, is
now taking his, or rather her, regular
rations ut the residence of NJ. G. Cox, in
this city. This singular freak of nature
is attracting much attention. The pup
is of female persuasion and of the black
and tan breed, very small. Her hind
legs are perfect, and she has no others.
Where is Barnum ?-Mdnistee Times
and Standard
We were shown last week n specimen
of what is called "cotton stone, taken
from bed near Pinconning. 1t was OF
whitish-brown color, of light weight.
Scraped lightly with n pocket-knife, q
white substance came off resembling
cotton fyings, which it was impossible
to burn with lighted match. We are
told that this substance is being pressed
into cloth in Canada, where it also ex-
lists, and made into firemen's clothing
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