The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-03-11


bound over for trial Hank Schs1er, who IL
charged with having put paris green In the
pump of Bob Berry.
Edwin II. Clarke. of Coldwater. will
build and donate to the city SIS, 900 build
ing constructed of brick and stone. for the
use Of the free public library.
Richard Young, Of Carrolltown Town
ship, fell dead in front of the National
Bank at Hastings, Of heart disease. The
deceased was pioneer of Barry County.
A malignant form of epizootic has been
raging among horses at Maple Rapids. In
some cases it very closely resembles CLAN
ders. Steps are being taken to prevent its
spread
The jury III the case of Fred Foote,
charged with the murder Of Andrew j.
Brink, saloon-keeper at Fenton, on the
evening Of December 29th last, brought in
a verdict Of murder in the first degree.
The doors of Louis Van Ness Il Co.,
who run general store at Mendon, have
been closed by the Sheriff. The firm is
an old one, and thought to be sound here
tofore. Liabilities are about $35, 200; as
sets unknown.
The Governor has appointed r. H.
Fosdick, Of Milo, Agent Of the Board of
Corrections and Charities for Oscoda
County; also, Hon. Watson Beach, of Lex
ington, Sanilac County, Judge Of the
Twenty fourth Judicial Circuit, in place of
Levi X. Wilson, resigned. Watson Beach
is a lawyer. and also editor Of the Sanilac
JeDersonian, published at Lexington.
When w. J. Carveth, convicted Of
mingling poison with his wife's medicine,
in order to kill her, was brought before the
court at Hastings for sentence he made
pitiful play for mercy, asserting that he was
wholly innocent of the crime. He declared
| that his love for his wife was still the up
permost thought of his heart. The Judge
sentenced him to eighteen years in the
States prison at Jackson.
-Wm. Mason and wife, farmers living
five miles north of Adrian, were struck by
the west bound express on the Michigan
Central at the Whitmore Lake Road cross
ing. The wagon was demolished. Mason
had some ribs broken and received other
bruises, and his wife had deep cash cut
over her left eye. The horses were nnln-
jured. The couple were taken to the Uni
versity Hospital, where their injuries were
pronounced severe, but not fatal.
The State Executive, w. j. Dawson, OF
the Irish League has appointed the follow
ing Board of Council for Michigan: Isaac
Marston. Michael Brennan, Thomas p.
Tulle, Patrick Dee, and John Hyde, of De-
troit; Edward Duffy, of Ann Arbor; t. A:
weadock, of Bay City; John E. Tyrell, Of
Jackson; Capt. James Walsh, of Grand
Rapids E. Ryan, of Hancock; O'Brien j.
Atkinson, of Port Baron: and Timothy
hester, of Marquette.
The statement is made in the Peninsu-
lar Record, the official organ of the Knights
of Labor at Ishpenring, that an assembly Of
the order has been working at Calumet
for nearly a month. The officers of the
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company gave
notice last October that any of their en-
ployes joining the Knights Of Labor would
be discharged, but it was thought then that
an effort would be made to organize not
withstanding the action of the company s
officers.
The wives of George p. Glazier and
InlN - not. - IL d.
would have been heavy bank burglary the
other night. They were going home from
the sick bed of friend at midnight, and.
IN passing the Chelsea Savings Bank, saw
burglars at work There were four men.
One Of the quartet was on the lookout and
threatened to shoot the women, who ran
away terribly frightened. They determined
to prtNent the robbery if possible, and
aroused several of the citizens, who started
for the bank, when the burglars fed.
The school-teachers of lower Michigan
assembled at Ann Arbor, last week, to or
ganize mutual benefit association. Sew
enteen instructors and high school teach
ers were at the meeting. Several teachers
from the northern peninsula sent letters
of acquiescence. The Michigan School
Teachers Association was organized under
the law, with l.. G. Hull, of Detroit, as
President; A. G.. Hugner, of Lapeer, Vice
President; and V. Spaulding, Secretary.
There are to be three meetings annually
held at Ann Arbor.
The Grand Council, Royal Templars of
Temperance. of Michigan, elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: Grand
Councillor, Mrs. p. b. Whitfield, of Grand
Rapids: Grand Vice Councillor, L. r. Run
nell, of Bay City; Grand Chaplain, Mrs. A.
nj. Cooper, of Battle Creek; Grand Secre-
tary, G.. NJ. Hasty, of Lansing; Grand
Treasurer, A. S. Partridge, of Flushing;
Grand Herald, o. w. Brundage, of Kala-
mazoo; Grand Deputy Herald, A.. Harshaw,
of Alpena; Grand Guard, r. j. b. New
combe, of Manistee; Grand Sentinel, T. E.
Sharp, Of Whitehall; Grand Director, for
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