The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-20
Secretary State Board
LANSING, Mich, Jan. IL. 1892.

Secretary Sta te Board or Health.
LANSING, Mich, Jan. IL, 1892.
SEVEN THOUSAND sheep are being fat
tened for market, near Galesburg, this
winter.
A HORSE died at East Tawas the
other day, and his stomach was found to
contain scoopful OF sand.
ONE township in Calhoun county has
paid out 1920 bounty on 1900 wood
chuck scalps, at 10 cents per head, last
year.
A STATEMENT of the cigar making bust
ness ut Coldwater shows that last year
1,345, Ats cigars were made there.
There are 319 men employed in the bust
ness, and their payroll amounted to
$l04, 1921.
The st. Ignace Republican says that
the telephone is daily used in business
conversations between Marquette and
St. Ignace, and claims that this is the
longest telephone line in the world IN
constant use for through business.
THOMAS YOUNG, brakeman on the
Detroit, Lansing and Northern railway,
residing in Ionia, while passing along
the top of the cars of freight train
when near Greenfield, slipped and fell
between the cars, several of them pass
ing over him. He lived but few
moments.
PORTAGE LAKE Mining Gazette: There
is no doubt but what Lake Superior
offers the most profitable and extensive
| field for securing fresh fish III the United
States. The ground has never been
properly worked, but more attention is
being paid to this business, and the
chances are that in few years it will
be one of the most important branches
of industry in this region.
/ EMMA BRowNETT, young lady II
wears of age, living near Bay City, took
strychnine with suicidal intent. A ply
stefan found her beyond the reach of
medical skill. She died in q few min
utes. She obtained the fatal potion
from her fathers tool-ehest, where it
had been for twenty years. She was
a handsome, attractive young lady, aud
her rash act is attributed to disappoint-
ment in some love affair.
A GOOD deal Of cussedness in the Drake
examination, at Coldwater. 1t appeared
that Hemingway, who is the chief wit
ness of the prosecution, and other MEM
bers of the fire department, had talked
of firing the town rs freely and with as
little concern as though it was the most
innocent act they were about to commit.
1t was brought out indirectly how various
members of the department had planned
to kindle fires in different places at some
distance apart on the same night, but
that one or the other of the firemen failed
10 do his part.
THE mysterious disay pearance of
Henry Slater, n prominent lawyer OF
Muskegon, caused considerable excite
ment throughout that section, where he
was well known. He was finally given
up for lost, and his friends were about
giving up the search when the body OF
the missing man was found in marsh,
lying on its back under the ice. Whether
it was case of suicide or accident will
probably never be known. The deceased
was Young man of brilliant intellect,
and has held prominent offices in the
community. 1t is generally believed
that he wandered off in temporary
period of alteration. and met bis death
Dy ACCIDENT, Dut the I0L tnaJ Ills DOObS
and hat were found half mile from the
body has given rise to the suspicion OF
foul play.
DIR. ADAMS, one of the attending
physicians at the Insane Asylum at
Kalamazoo was fatally stabbed in the
abdomen by patient with jackknife,
while the doctor was making his morn
ing rounds. The unfortunate man lived
but few hours. A letter from there
gives the following particulars of the
tragic occurrence On entering the
hall DIR. Adams passed along the CORR
dor. where there are generally more or
less patients walking about, standing or
sitting, and after casual inspection OF
the north end returned to the passage
way leading to the main hall. He was
accompanied by Supervising Attendant
L. j. Goodenough. just befo reach
ing the passage way the doctor was
accosted by patient whom he
often spoke to, who was disturbed
about letters he had written and