The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-09-03

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ly killed by Thomas Goodrow
"A Gatiot County man has struck O
ten-foot vein of hard coal at depth of $50
feet while sinking dr.ye-well
Romeo young men are preparing to
defend their country in the hour of need
by organizing military company
--Abner Meeker. of Millbrook, the old
est citizen of Mecosta County, is dead,
aged 100 years months and 2 days.
An Ann Arbor printers devil. Willie
Jameson. aged eleven years, set eight
thousand ems of type in eight consecutive
hours, one day recently.
Big Rapids expects to have oil the
water she wants from well which, at 100
feet deep. from an inch pipe, flows at the
rate of 1000 gallons per day.
George L. Alexander has been elected
School Examiner for Roscommon County
for three years, w. johnson for two years,
and Frank Converse for one year.
Tourists were SO thick at Petoskey, one
night recently, that number of late
corners were compelled to remain in sleep
ing-cars over night on side-tnck.
Brighton Village has guaranteed $1O,-
600 to the new railroad, and now the farm
ers of the surrounding country are being
urged to make up tho remaining $4,000 re-
quired as bonus.
For the special accommodation of its
largely increased Chicago and Detroit
travel the Michigan Central will add to its
equipment two new and splendid Wagner
sleeping cars-the Marmion and the
Lochinvar
&C. L. Brown, OF Detroit, travelling
sgent for tobacco house. deliberately
rawled under train on the Flint and
Pere Marquette Road at East Saginaw, as
the cars were starting, and was, crushed
to- death by the wheels.
Louis Walter, a white barber, 30 years
old, committed suicide at Detroit by shoot
ing himself in the mouth with revolver.
He was a SOBER industrious man.. He
leaves widow. The cause of the suicide
was dependency on account of the death
of his 3-months- old child.
Mrs. Horace Whitney, of Toledo,
Ohio. who owns q valuable dairy farm near
the Michigan State line has valuable herd
of blooded cattle, among which fatal
splenic fever has broken out. and thus far
twelve have died, DR.. Newton, a local
veterinarian, regards the disease as,non-
contagious.
"A basin, with capacity of 3,000,0W
gallons of water, situated northwest of Ann
Arbor, is completed, and work will imme-
diatcly begin on ~ large reservoir located
on the heights aboat q mile from the city.
Nearly all the streets have been laid with
pipe and everything points to an early use
of the water works
The band and quite number of citi-
zens met the boys who were arrested for
disturbing the Salvation Army at Mason as
they were returning from Lansing, whore
they had been On trial for the assaults,
making the boys feel like heroes. The
jury in their case was only seven minutes
pelOie ueCiuilB, 1inAb inere WIS no CAUSE Lux
action.
AT Three Rivers, Fred Geser, q, oon-
Wet about to- be taken to Iona, broke away
from Sheriff Dexter and shot twice at the
officer without effect The Sheriff then shot
Geiser in the back, dangerously wounding
him. Geiser had had the revolver con-
cealed about his person for several weeks
and fired it with his hands manacled. He
is desperate character; has spent one
term in prison.; and is now under sentence
of three years for forgery. He had es-
capped from. iail before twice and was re-
captured.
A Telegram from Negaunee saysc j.
w. Shadt agent of the Manganese mine,
on the outskirts OF this city, told his men
yesterday morning that their services were
no longer required, and that they could go
home, as he was about to close down the
mine. The miners said that they would
go, but would first like to see the color of
his money, for they had not been paid for
two months. The agens replied that it dis
tIesseu MIN Rreatiy 10 Aiake kno"H the lact
that he had no money, and that they must
do without for the present" The miners
grumbaed and threatened, bat went home
without n riot. Tho mine was small one,
and only thirty men we're employed at the
time. 1t was the intention 10 take out from
10000 to $4,000 tons of ore this season,
but barely 5000 tons were got out
The Lansing Republican has the fol-
lowing item: The wind and electric storm
Of Friday morning was one Of the heaviest
that ever swept over the city, though the
rainfall was comparatively slight Houses
trembled on their foundations in the face of
the gale, and several trees were blown down
in the western part Of the city. A dwell
ing house on North street, occupied by L.
George Lawson and family. and owned by
]. M. Turner, was struck by lightning, the
electric fluid completely wrecking the CHM
ney and tearing away the shingles for a
distance of FIVE feet, leaving the roof
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