The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-06-19

Coal has been discovered near Mill
brook.
Burr Oak farmers hsve been caught on
the wrong side Of wheat deal to the tune
Of $4,000.
Mrs. VIM. Colvin. one of the pioneer
women OF Lenawee County, died Of heart
disease at her residence in Palmyra.
"A KaIkaska man named Hard, who
went over to Cheboygan TO settle, invested
5000 in three card monte the FIRST crack he
had at his new location.
Mrs. PhiIo Wilson, selict Of the late
Judge Wilson, died at Adrain after an ill
ness of long duration, aged 50 years. She
and her husband were among the very ear
hest pioneer settlers in Lenawee County.
-Betsey Dickson. aged So, widow OF
1872, comes to Adrain regularly and exc
cutes' her pension vouchers. She is able to.
do her own work and gets around. very east
ly. She has decided to break up housekeep-
ing and visit around among her children.
The shipments from the port Of Bay
City for the month of May were as follows:
Lumber, feet. 100, 670 240
shlnRie, pieces. ~, ils W0
LAIN, pieces: ..... ....--............... 4,NzoW
Timber, cubic feet. .................... 9-,50o
slaves. .-.......s. ..--.-...........-. $500
oai'' parreis.' .........--............... 4'Soo
A lone and curiously marked hawk, Of
an unknown variety, has been visiting Pc
toskey recently and making nuisance of
himself by killing all the canary birds he
could find hanging out of doors. He is but
little larger than a robin, and is beautifully
marked with orange and red.
"A Mr.. Knickerbocker, Of Chelsea, has
for years acted in very eccentric manner
and of late his peculiarities have taken .
more pronounced form than ever. Since
Jan. he has not been out of his room, and
for days at time he viii not partake Of
food.
The building on the northeast corner OF
Tenth and Jackson streets, Bay City, occu-
pied by d. Spear & Co. 30 a grocery, and
Fred Wager as residence, was partially de-
stroyed by fire. Spears. loss is $4,000;
insurance, $500. Wager 8. loss is $500 /; no
insurance.
The propeller California, from Chicago
to Montreal, with cargo of corn and
twelve passengers struck q reef off Sand
Beach Harbor and had bersbottom stove in.
The crew and passengers were saved. Tho
scows Curlew and GreenbaGk were wrecked
off the mouth of Saginaw River.
john Vaughn, farmer, living near
Dexter, went to the house, Of neighbor
named Mike Hobin the other night. A
quarrel followed, during which Hobin shot
Vaughn in the left lung with revolver and
also shot at another man. Hobin has been
arrested. He shot at q woman recently for
small sffense.
An affrar occurred at Whtmore Lake,
short. distance from Brighton, which
would have proven fatal for Milton Todd,
Of Green Oak, had assistance not reached
him in time. 1t seems that Todd and one
Pete View, formerly a notorious saloon
keeper at the lake, were both keeping COM
pany with a Miss Graham, and happened to
meet ut her home at the same time on the
night in question. Tod1 was shown the
preference during the evening and View
disappeared. At late hour, while returning
home in the dence darkness, the favorite OF
the evening was suddsnly waylaid and
beaten. View was arrested for the crime
by the hther of the injured young man
and was lodged in the Wastenaw' County
Jail to await examinations on the charge OF
assault with intent to kill.