The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-07

The Battle Greek Archery Club has be-
gun practicing
"A Flint man had 10. 900 heads Of celery
destroyed by rats last winter.
Ann Arbor says she will get the new
Michigan Central depot this summer.
The Ludington Iron Works have just
shipped car load OF mil machinery to Ar
kansas.
Calhoun County has &c. rods 0f
growing hedge fence. more than any other
county in the State.
Chief Justice Sumner Howard. Of AM
zona. is selling blooded stock by the car
load at his Genesee County farm.
Several Lansing Touring mills have
been obliged TO shut down, owing to bad
roads, which have cut off the wheat supply.
The water dished up by the Flint
water-works is not reIished by drinkers of
that beverage. 1t contains too much sedi-
men'.
Alexander Wattles, deaf farmer near
Battle Crock, was killed while crossing
the Michigan Central Railroad track in his
wagon.
The champion mean man is now living
at Owosso. He bought 25 cents worth OF
tobacco from q blind man. and giving
large penny for half a dollar received 20
cents in exchange.
The Woodward Avenue Congregational
Chur h, Detroit with membership of 426,
has raised during the year 1000 for home
and foreign missions and $6,902 for benev
olent purposes.
The First National Bank of Owosso
has gone into voluntary liquidation. the
charter having expired. BY some mistake
the officers had taken it for granted that 1t
had six months longer lease of life. The
interim till the stockh olders can organize
again, will be tided over by a private bank
ing corporal on.
There are now TIA men in the State
Prison, 81 of whom are in for terms less
than five years; 107 are in for five years. ~
for six years, 81 for seven years, % for
eight years. 80 for ten years. As for fifteen
years. Is for twenty years, IL for twenty
five years, for thirty years, l for thirty
five years, and SO for life.
Some Aldermen want to sell Bell Isle
Park to anybody who will buy it and turn
it into sites for factories. Others think it
the proper place FOR prison. though just
what prison should be put there is not de-
termined Others propose that the State
shall buy it for soldiers home. 1t will be
n ten days talk, and at the next election
some sensible Aldermen will be chosen
who will help to make park of it.-Free
Press.
There is fair prospect that Michigan
will soon enjoy the protection of the Hi
nois habitua criminals act. 1t enumentes
several of the greater crimes. and requires
that when a criminal, who has once been
convicted of any of them. is convicted
again for any crime on the list, he shall be
given the maximum sentence named in the
statute. The Michigan bill has passed the
House, and is on its way through the Sen
ate.-Kdlamazoo Telegraph.
"A tanntula was the object of consider
able attention ut Henry Anderson's grocery
store on Monday. This ugly looking speci-
men of the spider tribe found its way to
Mr.. Anderson's store on banana stalk
which was covered with bananas, and it had
come all the way from the tropical climate
of Central America concealed in its web,
woven on the branch which held luscious
fruit, to startle Tecumseh groceryman
with its ugly shape. Mr. Anderson has
preserved it in alcohol -IecumseA Ners.
The Jackson Patriot says: Warden
Hatch has procured five new Marlin repeat
ing rifles and one Colt for the use of the
guards ON the walls. Each rifle ho'ds four
teen cartridges, which can be fired in as
many seconds. SO that man attempting to
escape would be quite likely to be intercept
ed 10y ball. He has another n new patent,
which is kept in the office, which is fred by
a siding piece on the barrel which moves
about three inches. This gun holds six
teen cartridges. and can be fired at the rate
of two per second.
--Harper's Weekly has been sharply
criticised about the size of load of logs
pictured in scene in Wisconsin logging
camp. In answer to this criticism Michi-
gan artist sends photograph of Michigan
load taken in a numbering camp. This load
consisted of twenty logs. each sixteen feet
long. and scaled IA ,595 board measure and.
says the artist, 1T was drawn four miles by
two horses. The best numbering camps
have their main roads as smooth as floor.
and when the shedding is good enormous
loads are drawn.-Inter Ocean.
The Jackson Citizen is authority for
this pleasing dog story: Cases are some
what rare where dogs possess shrewdness
to go to doctors Office for surgical treat
ment, but August Heller owns one big
; black shepherd dog, that got its foot cut
with glass few days ago. Mr.. Heller
took the dog to DR.. Wendt, who put on
some liniment and n bandace asf NIGHT