The true northerner., 1882-04-14

New Roman Catholic and Methodist
churches are to be built at Mount Glenn
ems.
DEPRESSION in business caused the
discharge of nearly 800 men by the
Michigan and the Peninsular Car Com
panies, of Detroit.
THE proposition of the Swift Electric
Light Company to furnish seventy
lights for S6, 600 per year has been ac-
cepted by the Council of Bay City.
Two YEARS ago Barney Seelye, of
Kalamazoo, had one of his eyes taken
out because of cancerous disease. Now
it is decided that the other eye must
come out.
EDWARD FAIRBANK, a lad about II
years old, living five miles east of Itha-
ca, was fatally injured by'a falling tree.
1t appears that an elder brother of Ed
wards was clearing and cutting timber
in the woods, and, in telling a tree, did
not notice his brother who was in dan
ger. The tree fell striking the boy
down.
HoUGHToN Mining Gazette: Those
who are in the habit of regarding the
Luke Superior region as being hyperbo
rean and all that that implies In winter
will be interested In knowing that the
residents of Eagle River and Eagle Har-
Dor have been unable to secure ice for
use the coming summer, simply because
none has formed in the lake over there.
EsoANABA Iron Port. There are thir-
ty-two iron mines in Marquette and
Menominee counties which have as yet
shipped no ORE but which will during
the season contribute something to the
aggregate output. Those of the Felch
Mountain and iron River districts will
not ship until late III the season, Sep
tember or October, but many OF the 9TH
ers will commence at once.
A HORRIBLE murder and suicide oc-
Cured at station short distance from
Marquette on the Mackinac railroad. A
man tired OF living with woman called
Tennessee placed revolver to her
head and fired, blowing nearly the whole
top of her head off. He then took his
own life in the same way. When found
the woman was in the bed and he on the
floor with the revolver under him.
Col. WILLIAM d. WILKINS, n we'll
Detroit, died recently from sudden
shock of apoplexy. He was the son of
the late Ross Wilkins, for many years
Judge of the United States District
Court of that city. The Colonel held
the office of Clerk of the Court for many
years, and was highly popular. He was
in the Mexican war and also in the War
of the Rebellion, and was a man of high
! literary attainments.
TEKoNsHA Ne,os Residents of the
village do not favor the idea of ap-
propriating several hundred dollars of
the township funds each year for
the purpose of effecting the ex-
tinction of that foe to farmers-wood-
chucks. Ne ther is it to be wondered
at, for it. would make little or no differ.
ence to the villagers if there were ten
times as many "chucks as at present.
and there is no reason why the village
should help bear the farmers burdens.
1t will probably be voted down. and
then let each farmer offer bounty for
scalps.
JACOB SMITH, q merchant, residing at
Harrison, county.seat of Clare county,
was killed by Joseph Bucher, at the
latter's house, six miles north of the viii
lage Of Clare Bucher's wife had lately
obtained divorce from him, and de-
sired to obtain possession of her child
rem. Accompanied by Smith. who acted
merely IN the capacity of a friend to her,
she visited the residence of her hus-
baud, where the children were living,
for that purpose. Bucher met his wife
and Smith at the door, and refused them
admittance. A quarrel resulted fol-
lowed by conflict between the men, in
which Bucher struck Smith ON the head
with stick of wood. telling him to the
ground Smith died from his injuries q
few hours after they were inflicted