The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01


Pontiac has voted against the water.
works by majority Of fifty-six.
The capital stock of the Cheboygan
Broom Company has been all taken up.
Marshall Fisher, aged 30, pioneer
Jackson County, died at his home in
Hanover
Two farmers near ParlIyille recently
sold 1000 pounds of peppermint oil at $500
per pound.
Making maple sugar by steam is q new
enterprise which Ben Ransom, of Algansee,
Branch County, has started.
jackson County marketed sc, 252 BUSH
els of wheat il February, being the second
county in the State, Branch alone exceed
ing with 5G,317 bushels.
"A. j. Patterson, proprietor of the Ma
tional Hotel, Owosso, gave $500 toward the
$4,000 to be raised to obtain the soldiers
encampment at that city August 2S.
Miss Oracle whitcomb, of jackson,
niece of Postmaster General Villas, and
daughter of wealthy parents, accompanied
friends TO the depot in that city recently
and unaccountably disappeared.
Hans Peterson, miner, fell down No.
6 shaft at the Jackson mine, Negaunee, re-
Gently, sustaining fatal injuries. He is the
second man who has been fatally injured at
Jackson by falling down a shaft in the past
few months.
Mr.. A. n. Brown, of the Mt. Pleasant
Tribune, was not whipped, as recently re-
ported, and as to his "notoriety,' he claims
that it consists in having all the best citi-
zens of Mt. Pleasant and Isabella County
arrayed on his side.
"A Coroner's inquest on the body OF
Aaron Palmer, found in a swamp near
Tecumseh, shows that he persisted by his
own hand, firing shot through his head,
either in his drunken desperation or fear
ing the vengeance of the mob after his
murderous shooting of the Anderson
brothers.
The construction company Of the Gin
cinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad
held a meeting in Jackson recently, and it
was decided to abandon the enterprise.
The result of the meeting is undoubtedly
for the purpose of inducing the city of
Jackson to subscribe 100000 toward it's
construction.
&C. w. Wardell, of Sanford, was in
West Bay City, where he disposed of yoke
of oxen. Next morning he went to East
Saginaw to collect about 81 200 on log
ging contract. He intended to return to
West Bay City to collect the money for the
oxen the same day, but has not since been
seen or heard from.
In view of the number of fatal mining
accidents that have happened in Marquette
County in the past four months there is a
strong sentiment among the people in the
county in favor of the appointment of a
Mine Inspector, whose duties sh ii be the
same as those of the Mine Inspectors APP
pointed in Pennsylvania and other mining
States.-Free Press.
AT the Locating Committee for the
Michigan State Fair meeting in Jackson rep
resentatives from all principal cities in the
State were present. Kalamazoo offers to
sell the State Fair Society its grounds and
buildings for $4,000. Detroit offers to
donate the use of the Hamtramck grounds
for ten years. Lansing will give its grounds
if the society %ill assume $4,000 Gor.-
gage. Jackson offers to give outright fifty
acres and $4,000 in cash.
AT the trial of Father Kolasinski, the
contumacious Polish priest, at Detroit, the
jury gave a verdict in ejectment in favor Of
Bishop Borgess.. The trial had many ex-
citing incidents. The priest will appeal
from the finding of the jury, and, as the
case cannot be reached in the Circuit Court
for some weeks to come. the situation in
st. Albert's parish will remain unchanged.
The State dentists, recently in ses-
sion at Ann Arbor, elected the follow
ing officers: President, l.. l.. Davis, Eaton
Rapids; First Vice President, III. Cowle,
Detroit Second Vice President, II. g.
Cons, Detroit: Secretary, j. b. McGregor,
Port Huron Treasurer, III. X. Lathrop, Jr,
Detroit. j. A. Harris, of Pontiac, was re-
elected three-year member of the Board
of Censors, and a temporary appointment
made to fill a vacancy on the University Wis
iting and Consulting Committee. The next
meeting of the association will be held at
same place in the month of March, 1887.
The famous Mamie Garland litigation
has been settled by compromise. On July
%, 1880, the steam yacht Mamie, carrying
acolytes of Holy Trinity Catholic Church,
collided with the ferry steamer Garla d,
having an excursion party on board. Seven
persons were drowned, and suits for dam
ages were begun by relatives against the
two boats. During the past six years an
immense amount of litigation has been
carried on. the matter being fought through
the Canadian courts and the State and the
United States courts, one suit reaching the
Supreme Court. There were in all forty
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