The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-04-07


Marx PENNELL. an intelligent and
valued citizen of De Witt, Clinton coun-
ty, has become insane from spinal diff
Guilty. ttil - ~ IL
AN incendiary started blaze in the
harrow works at Albion, which was
only suppressed after damage to the
amount of $25, 900 had been done.
Mrs. HUNT, of Vassar, Tuscola coun-
ty, presented her husband with triplets,
all boys. One has since died. The
mother and the other two are doing
well.
VALENTINE KoHLER, who killed John
Johnson at Big Rapids, Mecos.a county,
on the LIST of March, has been tried and
found guilty of murder in the first
degree.
A WORKMAN in one of the mines at
Hancock, Houghton county, fell down
a shaft to debth of 1000 feet. OF
course the poor fellow was instantly
killed.
PRoFITINa by their past experience,
the people OF Bellevue will try to pro-
tect themselves against fire in the flu
ture. They have organized fire COM
pany and will soon nave fire engine.
MT. CLEMENS Monitor: A deep well
has been sunk in the Court House yard,
south of the building, from which water
will be obtained to supply the water
pipes of the Court House and jail.
DIR. F. d. MILLER, of Mancelona,
Antrim county, while assisting to put
collar upon pet bear, had one of his
hands badly lacerated by the animals
teeth. Several fingers are broken and
mangled, and it is thought that he may
have to lose his hand.
THIRTEEN prisoners escaped from the
Jail in Detroit by cutting three bars Of
iron and reaching the yard. Among
them was the notorious Minnie Marx,
the bank robber. Four of them have
since been recaptured. One of the
turkeys connived at the escape of the
prisoners, and he has been removed.
VERMoNTvILLE Howk: Daniel w.
Hickman and Levi q. Hickman are
brothers, and look just alike. Their
wives, Matte O. Gunn Hickman and
Elite l.. Gum Hickman are sisters, and
look just alike. Each with a babe few
months old jointly and severally abar-
doned their spouses on Monday.
ROMEO Observer: The mineral-well
project is moving forward in very sat
isfactory manner, and our citizens, those
who help carry it forward, and those who
make their fellow-citizens carry them
forward in the effort to make the wei q
success, may be assured that Romeo will
have mineral well with all its necessa-
ry equipment, etc., all in running order
in few months.
CHICAGO Tribune: The most aston
ishing lawsuit on record has been begun
in Charlotte, Mich, where Joseph Nor
gan has brought suit against his son-in-
law, Jeremiah Delhi, for $40, 900. Nor
gan claims that Deihl enticed Mrs. Nor
gan away from him and received her into
his house. The incredible idea that a
man should deliberately set about Sen
ticing" his mother-in-law to come and
live with her daughter could only have
originated in Michigan.
OcEANA county Journal: For num-
Der of years the great flow of emigration
people are beginning to learn that a
poor man has better chance to build
comfortable home for himself and family
in country where he is not only sure
of good crops for his summers labor,
but where work is plenty and commands
good wages i'll winter, and now the tide
of emigration has turned to the timbered
region, and Northern Michigan is swarm
ing with land-lookers. "The woods are
full of them.'