The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-09

working forty hands.
Prospects for q big stave-mill being
located in Coleman are excellent
Subscriptions to the amount Of $4,000
have been pledged toward the new Congre-
gasonal church to be built at Grand Blanc.
Saginaw City National Guards are tax
ing steps toward being Incorporated under
the name of the Saginaw Military Com
pany.
The best paid teacher in the Saginaw
schools receives $780, and the poorest $40
per month. There are eighty-one teachers
in all.
AT a special election July IL tho peo-.
pie of Schoolcraft County will vote on q
proposition TO expend $1,000 for new jail
and Sheriff's residence
The Midland County womenfolk beat
the grim messenger" last year by a major
ity Of 10s, and they didn't half try. either.
-Kaiamasoo Telegraph.
Michigan holds the championship of
the Union as a single manufacturing
State. From .649 establishments 1884,
717,0OO are made per annum.
-Ypsilanti High School teachers will re-
main the same next year with the exception
of Prof Valland, who goes to Grand
Rapids, and Miss Hattie McElcheron, who
has resigned
-Ex-President Durgin, of HiIlsdale, did
not return marriages solemnized by him
during his administration and was hauled
up before Justice and fined So and costs
for his neglect.
Adrian johnson and John Melin fell
from the wind'ass at the Ludington mine,
in Iron Mountain. Melin was killed and
johnson fatally injured. Melin was fall
ing, and johnson tried to save him, with
the above result.
Christopher r. Mabley, owner of On
extensive retail gentlemen's furnishing
goods store in Detroit, with branches in
several other towns and cities, died last
week, aged forty-nine He broke down
physically and mentally from overwork.
An unknown man entered dwelling
at Grindstone City, a young woman. Mag
gle Morgan, being the only occupant at the
time. After gagging her, he cut her about
the face, neck. and breast with a knife,
inhicting probably fatal wounds, and es-
capped.
-Philo Wheaton. of Otisville, an old
soldier aged about eighty years. died Tues
day, and was buried Thursday. He had
been unable for fifteen years to read with
out glasses, but a few hours before he died
he read a chapter from the Bible, seeing as
well as when boy.
The announcement that mine in
Houghton County, adjacent to the Calu-
met and Hecla, has struck the rich con-
glomemte mineral which has made the lat
ter the most productive copper mine in the
world, will be good news to those who are
interested in Lake Superior. Press.
If you see ministerial looking man,
dressed in Prince Albert coat and white
necktie' and don't know or want him,
Sheriff German, of Richmond, Ind, may.
He describes such man. as liable to be
abroad in Michigan and wants him on a
charge of stealing a span of horses and
buggy.-Kalamazoo Telegraph.
When the enterprising burglar is burgling.
Is a burgling.
He loves to be respectful and polite.
And polite;
| He murm like n nile nt hroOE Ourglfuu
Brook gurgling.
will you kindly show me through the house
tonight
House to-night?-
Free Press.
The old Pontiac tree, an historic land
mark of Detroit has succumbed to time 1t
was of wildwood, and sixteen feet in cir
conference. Pierced with bullets, it de-
rived its name from having shielded Ponti-
&c, the Indian chief. in his defense of Dali
zell's attack, which gave the name to Bloody
Run, the stream near which it stood, about
fifty feet from Jefferson avenue.-Detroit
Evening Journal.
Eddie Mines, Detroit tough, was
knocked down at Flint and severely pun
ished. 1t was in this wise: Eddie is one
of those smart youths who regard the world
as common plumber and 60 for it when
ever opportunity offers. He has been fol-
lowing up Forepaugh's show as ticket
broker, making short change with every
sucker he can inveigle. He struck an old
granger at Flint, played his game on him,
but had to disgorge, and went rapidly and
with great informally to grass in the bar
gain.-ErchanOe.
Sam Lawrence, connected with Coles
circus, which showed here last night IA
Houghton dispatch states), was shot and
instantly killed this morning by compan-
ion named Charles Barry, whom he had
seriously wounded by pistol shot through
the body. The inquest brought out the
fact that quarrel existed between the two
men. and that Lawrence entered the sleep
ing-car where Barry was in his bunk and
put ball through him under the shoulder
blada afier which Rarrv irnrn adsafalv fred