The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-12-27

is In Old Mexico figuring in mines.
A NV breed of porkers, called Red Jerseys,
have been introduced at Kalamazoo.
A LARGE number OF the State papers are
calling for the establishment OF capital pun
ishment.
A FAST picker in an Adrian establishment
strips chicken of its feathers in twenty
seconds.
MICHIGAN has the smallest city and tho
largest village in the world-Dowagiac and
Kalamazoo.
THE new library building of Michigan uni
versity at Ann Arbor has capacity Of l0O,-
900 volumes.
THE Diamond Match company, at Ontona-
gon, have thirteen lumber camps and SOC
men at work.
THERE is Is, 200, 900 feet of lumber on the
docks ut Manistique, three times as much as
was left over last year.
WAGES in the lumber woods range from Sl2
TO S24 per month and board, and, at present,
work cannot be found for all the men.
WILLIAM RAMSEY, of Saginaw City, mis-
took his brother for burglar, and inflicted
an hour.
THE " checkered front" one of Bay City's
oldest landmarks, burned. The loss was
small. Some thirty years ago this was the
only store in Bay City.
JACK PHELPS was convicted ut Corunna
for the murder of Martin Brophy. Phelps
and another man enticcd Brophy to So
Guided spot and robbed and murdered him.
THERE were 2,ss2, lG5 barrels of salt in
spected this inspection year. which ended
Dec. l, which was 100000 less than last year,
! but greater than any other year except 1882
! ACCORDING TO the statute of Michigan,
medical, surgical and dental practitioners
who did not register with the County Clerk
| prior To or on Dec. 9th are prohibited from
practicing their profession under penalty
ALPREp DEMoND, living about four miles
from COldwater, went into the pantry to fin
his pipe, and dropped insensble on the floor
and soon expired. Heart disease IS supposed
10 have been the cause He was SO years OF
age.
Hon. JAMES LAIRD, who represents the
Second Nebraska district in Congress, is
son OF Michigan, and was n student Of
Adrian college in 1865 and 1866. He was
a member of the sixteenth Michigan iu'
fantry.
THERE is vacancy IN the Naval Academy
10 bc filled from the Tenth Congressional dis
trict, and Congressman Hatch announces
that he will receive applications from eligible
boys till March 20. the examination to take
place early in April.
GEN. THORP is smoking mammoth and
comfortable-ooking mcersham, which is a
relic of the war. 1t was captured by Charlie
Dunham and was formerly the property OF
old Jubal Early, with whom Sheridan had a
picnic few years ago.-Cddaldc Ners.
"HUMPH." said the checked-trousered,
plug-hatted, wide side-whiskered commercial
drummer. ''City of Straits. indeed! Very
appropriate. There's less mixed drinks taken
here, according TO my experience, than in
any town of the size that have wandered in.
Docs the full weight of this joke dawn on
you ?''-Freo Press.
As THE express went laundering through
Denton, the other morning, little boy
named frankie Paterson, about years OF
age, stepped on the track about three yards
ahead OF the engine, when Clyde Mcleod.
seeing the danger, rushed 20 his re>c,.e, and
succeeded, at the peril of his own life, in
snatchng the little fellow from a horrible
death.
ONLY "A few years ago there was a young
man employed by the Lake Shore and Mich.
gan Southern railway as freight agent at
Coldwater. He attended very closely TO bus
mess, increased the roads receipts mt that
station with unusual rapidly, and sent in re-
ports that were models of accuracy and neat.
ness. Now he is General superintendent OF
the great Lake Shore railway system.
one of the defunst industries of Detroit
is the manufacture of dog oil, which. it is
only fair to say, never reached colossal pro.
portions. II was made by man named
Blakely, under arrangements with the
guardians of the dog-pound, and was pur-
chased chiefly by veterinary surgeons, Who
used it in the compromising OF n lniment.
But So gallon is all that they would pay for
it, and at that price the business did not
prosper 1t might be supposed that the dogs
OF Detroit would breathe freer now that this
enterprise has collapsed, but in reality il
makes little difference to them, for they were
always drowned before their surrender To
Mr.. Blakely.
THE .imericdn Ficld regrets the great de-
Struction of deer in Michigan 1t says: ITO
think that the hordes of brutal game butchers
should Ice allowed TO, unmolested satiatc
their accused greed and eXtcrminatc the
deer is not only annoying but disgusting.
Yet what can be expected otherwise when
one portion of the people of State par
ticipatcs in il and another portion sanctions
it? As we mentioned some time since, the
Michigan specimens Association, tired OF
supporting by individual expense the Game
Constable, called him in. No doubt
thousand voices can be heard to denounce
this slaughter, but that is all they VIII do.
All are ready to give their moral support,
but that does not defray expenses, nor does
il prove any interest in the cause. mo man
for us is he who gives substantial support To
a cause. II Is 10 be regretted thd there are
not more of such IN Michigsn to assist the
Michigan Specimens Association i'm their
noble efforts to save the gPne; but in Mich
igan as i'm every other safe, the moral sup