The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-06-11

There are eleven churches in Luding-

ries in Kent County.
Silk culture is being introduced at
Alaska. Kent County.
Supreme Justice-elect A. G. Morse will
retire from his law practice July /.
George w. Simpson. the first white
settler at Mackinaw City. died last week.
-Michigan's contribution to the national
internal revenue this year will amount to
81, 500, 600.
"A velocipede car company of Three
Rivers is filling large orders from Australia
and New Zealand.
-Ithacas SIC, 900 school house, only one
year DID, if not repaired at once will be
wholly ruined, it is said.
-Plainfeld, Livingston County. claims
to have a citizen 119 years old, who works
daily at the carpenters trade.
"A young lady of Milan has cat that
snbsists nearly entirely on vegetables, and
is not particular as to the kind.
"A Sturgis citizen AYERS with great
solemnity that he has hen that Matched
sixteen chickens from fifteen eggs.
james Lowe, of Grand Rapids, has a
collection of $50 Bibles, which include edi-
tons in 100 languages and dialects.
William Clinton, of Constantinople, ST.
Joseph County, gets $2,176 back pension
for the death of an only son in the late war.
Farmers in the vicinity of Grand Rap
ids propose establishing all exchange in that
city, where they can sell produce through
an agency.
"A fine granite monument in memory of
Rev. j. Morgan Smith was unveiled at
Grand Rapids on Decoration Day. in pres
ence of large assemblage.
The Soldiers and Sailors Association
of Southeastern Michigan will hold their
annual encampment at Devils Lake, Lena
wee County, beginning Aug, 26.
The tug w. H. Allen has secured
contract for towing 10000, 900 feet of logs
to Depere from Menominee. They will
be made up in RATS of 100000 feet each.
Andrew McGarry, Kent County
farmer who was arrested over q year ago,
and has been in jaA since, charged with
robbing neighbor of $500, has been de-
clared innocent.
of four lambs born recently in South
ern Michigan every one had deformed ears
as result of the mothers having been
bitten by dog At least that is the story
an enterprising paper tells.
The Superintendent Of the Detroit Po-
lice is quite right in preventing theatrical
or any other representations of the kind to
be performed in this city on Sunday under
the name of sacred concert" This is
cynical evasion of the law, far worse than
direct and open violation of it.-Free
Press.
Traverse City is entitled to be called
the big village of Michigan 1t is claimed
for her that she has more children than
double her present school-rooms will ac--
commodate; the finest hotel in Northern
Michigan; business blocks valued at $780,
600; $50, 900 Jail; and citizenship that
takes as naturally to churches as duck to
water.
A Bay City lad named Zaphier Laporte
was leading a COW by rope, and, to tighten
his labor. tied the end of the rope about
his waist The COW became ugly and
started on a run, dragging the boy on the
ground for a long distance. and when tho
animal was stopped the boy was uncon-
scious and terribly bruised. though no
bones were broken. He may recover.
Scene, Sand Lake: Young woman
pa,med herself off on unsuspecting public
rs Mrs. -, wife OF travelling man
Soon long tongues of old ladies land some
not so old begin to wag, and later q child
is born. Attending physician gives out
child still born. Sand-Lakers not to be
caught with such chlff Baby unearthed
and its neck found to be, by two reputable
doctor and a Coroners jury, dislocated.
End not yet.-kalamG<oo Telegraph.
The Three Rivers Tribune has this to
say concerning n well-known character in
Western Michigan: John Can't. vet
emn jour printer. after IN extensive tramp
of over six months in the South, through
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, South Car
olna, North Carolina, Alabama. Virginia,
West Virginia. Maryland. Pennsylvania,
and Ohio. has returned to Michigan. where,
he says, the flowers. Notwithstanding the
severe winter, bloom BRIGHTEST and smell
sweetest. In answer to the question,
Are the Southern people happy? he said:
Where ignorance is bliss
It's folly to be wise"
We have told the story of Henry Nc
Cromb's death by drowning recently at
Milan. There are some other singular
facts connected with it. He went in swim
ming with three other boys, and was coaxed
into deep water by ole of them, who pre-
tended that the water was shallow. Henry
followed and sank, and. though he rose
several times, 10 effort WAS made to save
him. Finally he sank for the last time,
and the other lads frightened, left the spot
and agreed to keep still, fearing they would
go to jail. One of them. however, told his
fathor oil tho f,cfs late in fl,a dav nc hia