The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-03

1T IL proposed to bore I 900 feet at the
Adrian water works and secure gas for fuel
10 run the pumps with.
Will Slocum, OF South Lyon, attempted
to kill his wife in fit of jealousy, and then
shot himself. probably fatally.
From April "a. the opening of navigs-
ton. 10 june IL. inclusive, there were 391
ore carriers in the port of Escanaba.
--Saugatuck Township. Allegan County.
has permission of the Board OF Supervisors
to build 5000 bridge across Kalamazoo
River.
"A man by the name of Jacob Fogle cut
his throat at Casevilre recently. No cause
is assigned. He was 80 years old. and in
good circumstances.
Benjamin Ball, a wealthy deaf mute.
who resided at Lapeer, WAS struck and
killed by train of cars In Flint. He was
nearly 80 years of age and @ bachelor.
The Hamilton & McGregor mill, for
merly known as the Weber mill, at Bay
City, caught fire in the roof and was entire
" consumed The mill was leased to M.
l.. Frimmel, who has been saving logs for
the Litchfeld estate, Moore & Whipple. Of
Detroit, and others. The loss on the mill
reaches $4,000, with an insurance to cover
it, Five thousand barrels of salt were de-
stroyed, and nearly ], 900, 900 feet Of lum-
Der, mostly insured, and valued at SIS per
1000 feet was consumed. The mill, which
was somewhat run down, had been repaired
at considerable expense by Gimmel.
Sixteen years ago Jas. LApp. Of Sogi-
nav City, mysteriously disappeared, and
Cole Lincoln and James Collins were ar
rested, charged with having murdered him,
but were acquitted. Lapp arrived in Sagi-
nav City recently and was interviewed.
From his story it is learned that he was in
the employ of A. b. Paine, driving team;
that it was Saturday night, just at the edge
Of evening; that n snow storm was prevail
ing, and that he was going to his home,
which was near Throop street. with his hat
we'll drawn over his face, when three men
attacked him. They first struck him on the
back Of the head. He fell and when he at
tempted to rise they struck him across the
front part Of the head, the scar from which
blow he still carries. They then carried
him to the river and laid him on the ice.
They thnoght he was dead. He saw them
look at him as they walked away and he
feigned to be dead. He was afraid they would
l.. 90 h@lA HA
scarcely tell how he got off the river. He
fell in with two brothers named Doughtery,
who had known him in Canada. He says
that one of them took him to Sarnia in a
sleigh. He could not remember much
about what happened. He could not tell
whether any doctor dressed his wounds. 1t
was some time before he knew where he
was. He finally found his family in Detroit
He never heard Of any one being tried for
his murder. He had never been back there
since that time. He said he was now GA
years old Mr.. and Mrs. Brown, where he
is at present stopping, both fully identify
him as the missing Lapp. There are evil
IDENTITY parts of his story too improbable to
be true. though there is perhaps no doubt
that he firmly believes them true. The
writer has not the data at hand to give an
exact history of the case, but as it is COM
monty repeated, it is that when LApp dis
appeared James Collins and the late Cole
Lincoln. who was shot last August, were the
last men seen with him. His hat was found
on Lincoln's Sleigh with two gashes in it.
Lincoln and Collins were tried for the muir
der and the defence produced a witness who
had seen Lapp in Canada after his disap-
peamnce, and Lincoln and Collins were
acquitted.