The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-09-27
MICHIGAN AFFAII.S.

IhE OF ~ natians arc going IN lOI amateur
theatricals this winter.
THE buckwheat crop In Michigan has been
damaged by the frost
NEAL OHEARs, of Howell, has contracted
TO build a 900 hotel at Ludington
The cucumber crop In Oakland county Is
very poor this year. and so are the doctors
THOUGH there are upwards of eighty
villages entitled under the law Of last winter
to prohibit the sale OF liquor within their
bounds, none have formally decided to do
so.
Robert HEMINGWAY, known to the reading
public rs the Coldwater "ire-bug" was dis
charged from the States prison at Jackson.
He was sentenced Oct 20, 1882. to n term OF
nine years, but Gov Begole committed his
sentence to one year, and he also gained
something on his good time"
CADILLAC Neps: The best catch of the sea-
son must be awarded to Mrs. George Cam
eron, who has OF late become quite skillful
with the hook. A few days ago while troll
ing in the lake she captured pickerel that
weighed square twelve pounds, and meas
ured trife over three feet
THE residence of ex-Mayor Alexander
Lewis in Detroit, was entered by porch
climbers between and o'clock at night
who secured jewelry amounting to l,5C0
The property was taken from rooms ON the
second floor, which were ransacked The
intruders were not heard by members of
the family, who were down stairs at the
md tha oft
they had gene. A window over the side
porch was found open. The burglars over
looked two gold watches
MONSTER petitions are being circulated In
Branch county for the pardon of Hathaway
and Peck now serving sentences of one year
and three years and four months re-
spectively in State prison for completely in
the incendiary fires of two years ago, the
success of Hemingway's friends in having
his sentence OF nine years cut down to one
year, so that now he Is in the city free
man, has aroused this last effort, and public
opinion now seems to be in favor OF sweep
ing pardon.
j. W. FooTE was engaged in pulling stumps
on the farm of Slocum Bean, in the town
ship of Thetford On extracting pine
stump four feet in diameter, from mother
earth, he found the bottom portion of glass
bottle which laid exactly underneath the
spot where the tap root OF the stump had
penetrated the ground This of itself was
very singular, but Mr. Foote was greatly
surprised on examining the glass to find
painted on the bottom two miniature figures
TINT of n man and n woman
AT his home in Tecumseh occurred the
death of Peter r. Adams, one of the Oldest
and most pI eminent citizens of the county.
He was born in Tioga, Pa. Feb. IL. 1906, and
became resident of Tecumseh in 1880,
where he practiced law. In 1912 he was
compelled by falling health TO change his
avocation to that of a farmer. In 1856 ne
began the publication OF the Parson Valley
Record He leaves large property In 1850
he was elected a member of the Michigan
Constitutional Convention. He was the old
est member of the county bar, and his legal
associates met to pay Tribute to his mem
cry.
THERE was a rather singular real-estate
transaction in Adrian, according to the
Record. A had agreed to purchase prop
erty CT B., and third Iarty, as friend OF
the two, procured an abstract The de-
scription and transfers made a voluminons
document, which came to s13 The parties
met and drew writings. The deed was
made, and the third party then insisted on
pay for the abstract before he would de-
liver it The seller of the property de-
clared he would not pay for the abstract
and the buyer declared it was not his place
to pay for it. Finally the purchaser assured
the mutual third party that he would be
responsible for the payment for the abstract,
but declared TO the man he was purchasing
of that he would lie "even" with him yet.
The purchaser laid down 5000, and the
seller deliver ed the deed, when the purchas-
er coolly picked up both deed and money,
and placing the whole in his pocket, calmly
remarked To the other: "NoS, then, when
you pay for this abstract you can have your
money" There was a rather sensational
adjournment and matters were not settled
when the parties disappeared from the
view of the reporter.
CONDUCTOR j. MCMILLAN, of the Flint and
Pere Marquette road, came across young
man on his train near Wayne. Said young
man could not or would not talk, and un-
derstood nothing said to him. He, however,
pointed TO the word medical" in newspa
per, and Mcmillan and Detective Wood sup
posed that the man was mute and wanted
to go TO the institute at Flint He had
but 3 cents in ready cash about him, but
Detective Woods paid his fare and brought
him to Flint, and, in company with I. V.
Rogers, of Flushing, took measures to have
him taken to the institute The men in
charge of the aforesaid yonng man tele-
! phoned TO the institute in regard to the
case, and a carriage was sent, but before it
arrived every means possible was taken TO
find out what the chap wanted Tins were
stuck into him, but he could not be made
to understand single thing, and the con-
clusion was universal that he was an imbe-
Gle of the worst kind. Just before the car
riage to take him to the asylum arrived
the tramp, for such he was. spoke mp and
said he wanted to go 10 Saginaw. where his
brother was dead, He lad played his game
as far as it would work. The idea OF going
to the asylum did not impress him favora-