The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-22
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

POTATOES are quoted higher at Detroit than
my other city In the West.
THE Twenty-sxth Michigan infantry held
rs reunion for 1883 ut Alma, Gratiot county,
On the 14th inst.
REAL estate at Roscommon is climbing up
m price rapidly, all on account OF the oil ex-
element.
To FIRE pistol in the limits of Flint is
punishable by ordinance, but unless dog is
shot no offender is ever arrested.
1T costs about $3.50 to run the Hudson
are companies year, SIS per capita being
paid the members TO encourage them in their
work.
The sorghum made this year In divers
parts Of Michigan is much poorer in quality
than heretofore, on account OF the early
frosts.
The total apple crop marketed at Blu
chanan this year for shipment will not ex-
coed 1,200 barrels-a great falling of from
other years
MICHIGAN sheep-breedSes should know that
dogs will not modest fock'of sheep that has
O pair of goats I'm its midst. The William
goat will butt the love of mutton from half a .
dozen dogs and will defend the flock to tho
bitter end.
THE Common Council of Adrian has
bounced Policeman Hensey for sleeping on
his beat. Hensey, who had the reputation OF
being an excellent officer, says he got tired
out at the election for Recorder and admits
that he did little indiscreet snoring the night
following.
Two wELL-DREssED men who had just
alighted from train, hired a rig and driver
at Adrian, and when short distance from
town. gave the driver some drugged tobacco,
which rendered him insensrble when tho
crooks dropped him by the wayside and drove
of with the team.
A FARMER near Alma has offered young
ladies of that place from $50 to 500 as an
inducement to become his wife. Although
he makes a good appearance, is in comforta-
bic circumstances, not over As years old, and
has only been married three times, no one
has yet ccepted.-IftOskey Record.
KELLOGG, SAWYER & Co., the largest con.
Germ in Kalamazoo operating in pine lum-
Der, suspended and will make an assignment.
The liabilities arc unknown, but will prob
ably reach from S150,0O0 TO $780, 900. The
| assets are thought TO be considerably larger
than the liabilities.
JOHN GREGwARE, an employe of c.. A.
Lewis saw-mill, in Bay City, was struck on
the right side of the face by an iron bolt
from the bolting-machine. The iron passed
through the check and lodged on the left
side, just grazing the jaw-bone. Though
seriously injured, Gregware is expected to
recover.
IT is stated that IA large proportion of the
mills on the east shore of Lake Michigan will
shut down within week. This action is
caused by the low price of lumber and the
fact that the saving season has already been
as long as usual. Closing the mills will prac-
tically close navigation, rs it will leave the
vessels little to do.
A WOMAN at Gaines sues for n divorce. She
says that she has fits and that i'm April, 1882.
on ''coming to" after fit lasting several
hours, she saw her husband caressing the
servant girl in a very loving manner, and
the girl had her arms around the mans neck.
The wife should bear with them little; per-
haps they thought that she was dead.
ELDER BARRY, of Clayton, Lenawee county,
has turned that little hamlet completely in
side out. Thinking that too much whisky
was being sold there he sent in a carefully
prepared list OF names to the saloon-keeper,
and forbade him to sell any intoxicating
liquors to any individual whose name APP
peared on the same, and where the trouble
comes in is in the fact that nearly all of the
persons named in the list are of the first
families.
A Mr.. MAPLEsoN, who is one of large
party of hunters encamped along the Detroit,
Mackinac and Marquette railway, near Mar
quet'" has well earned the title of cham
pion sportsman. When about three miles
from his camp he came upon two old bears
and cub. His first thought was to retreat,
but, recovering his nerve, he advanced few
PAGES and fired two shots, bringing down
mother and cub. Upon seeing this, the re-
naming bruin made hasty retreat, and was
lost in the jungle The same gentleman
went out the same night and shot two fine
buck deer.
SOCIETY item from the Hudson Post Two
young people on the East Side were talking
tDOl.G tTdut, WITCH inc yOuHB
asked the young lady what her business was.
She said she had none. He replied that he
thought She was in the powder business as
she appeared to carry full line. "Wel,"
replied she, las you seem to be shot in the
neck, perhaps we had better form a copart-
nership." The thought was a happy one the
arrangements were made on the spot, and the
probabilities are that Elder Shler will be
called on shortly to draw up the partnership
papers and send copy to the County Clerk,
after which, there being both powder and
shot in the family, the public may look out
for
A GERMAN paper explains the origin of the
name Kalamazoo by declaring that the first
settler in the place n German; that he
had son named Karl; that he kept saloon,
which he closed, lawfully, every night at o
o'clock, his injunction to his son being regu-
arly made ut that hour in these words:
Karl macht zul'' The Indians took note of
;hese words and didn't like them, as they
shut off the supply of whisky. Like Ali Bahia
| L., he triad IN oatf ha