The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21


library at Ann Arbor.
H @. Barnes, Of Lodi, has little mu-
scum Of his own 1t consists Of Some rare
coins and two-legged pig
Rogers City is perhaps the only place
ON the shore of Lake Huron which has
Windmill for grinding -four
ALI unmarked soldiers graves at Burr
Oak will have United States headstones
placed for them by Decoration Day.
To the credit of Ann Arbor be IL said
there is not a copy of either the Police
Meas or the Police Gazette taken there.
The hardware store of Hubbard 4
Wagner, of Flint. was reduced to a chaotic
state by the collapse of the roof and floors.
WHATS in a name? Melinda Legges is
the cognomen of an Ishpeming girl who
was late at school more times than any one
else during the last term.
There are now 100 inmates of the Adri-
an Industrial School, and forty -four out ON
ticket Of leave. The average number of
girls received is about sixty year-fve o
month.
found on the farm of G. N. Cook, near
Corunna, the other day. The under jaw
measured three feet and six inches in length
and three feet across.
One of the police officers has made
count of the saloons that are expected to
be in operation at Sault Ste. Marie at the
opening of navigation. He says the
number will be thirty-six, which repre-
sents almost &c. in license money to
the village.
Extensive improvements are being
made to the cottage and grounds at Huronia
Beach. The demand for cotiagesis greatly
in excess of the number for renting, and
this year will be the best season for that
popular summer resort since its establish
ment. The season will open about June 1.
Cyrus Riggs, of Riggsville. wants the
Michigan Central to pay him round sum
of damages for injuries received by his
wife in being tipped out Of cutter at
crossing near Cheboygan. where the SER
wants of the company had piled snow from
q cut in the highway. He has not yet
brought suit in the courts.
The vermontville Echo tells of young
lady in Assyria. Barry County, who was
subject to fits. BY the advice of friend
puppy was placed in bed with the unfortu-
nate lady, who shortly began to show signs
of Improvement, and finally fully recovered.
But the puppy contracted the ailment and
is now thoroughbred epileptic.
Sailors are proverbially superstitious,
and as instance of this fact might be men,
toned that several bargemen, who were de-
sirous of commencing to load yesterday,
put o few boards into their vessels Thurs
day, so as to avoid the dire consequences
attendant upon commencing the job Fri
day.-Saginaw Erening News.
Talk ing about industry, here's one that
takes the cake. A young barber in Clayton
was just ready to take the afternoon train
for Adrian last Saturday when couple Of
customers came in, and he went to work
md shaved them and then walked to the
city. The suppostion is that he was COM
ing here to see his best girl, and was bound
10 be here Sunday any way.-Adrian Rec
ord.
The faithfulness of a dog was illus
trated yesterday on Canal street. A hand
some canine was left in charge Of basket
about noon, and until daylight this morn
ing he did not leave his post All kinds Of
food were offered him, but he refused to
eat. A crowd of several hundred men wit
messed and admired the dogs fidelity. And
get the dog is called brute.-Grand Rap
ids Leader.
The women Of Michigan who are in
the habit of looking under the bed for
burglars can reasonably take courage: Mrs.
Acker, of Marquette. after years of faithful
effort in this direction, one night recently
was rewarded with find. 1t was q man
bold, bad, and sinister looking-and she
scream ed and he boted for and out into the
starless night not waiting to be inter-
viewed as to his intentions. -Kalamasoo
Telegraph.
The supreme Court has decided that
liquors dealers must comply with the re-
luirements of law with respect to their
business, otherwise they cannot collect for
liquor "sold on tick" Liquor sold at un-
,easonable hours or on Sundays or holidays
had better be sold on short notice"-very
short. Debts for liquors sold in accord
lnce with the requirements Of law are on
;he same footing with other lawful debts
kalamazoo Telegraph
The man who can invent a perfectly
safe place for his own or other peoples
money will be as great benefactor to man
kind as the man who invented money itself.
In recent number contributor told tho
Free Press of his chasing some burglars
several miles of a winters day and night
only to find that the $500 he thought they