The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-12-26

city limits of Bay City.
"A bath tub has been placed in the Mus
kegon County Jail by the Supervisors, for
the use Of the prisoners. The Muskegon
Ners, in commenting upon the fact, says
"The general idea of cleanliness on the
part of the Board is certainly commend
able, but the judgment displayed in put
ting into the Jail tub to be used by oil
prisoners in all stages of uncleanliness,
expecting in the long run clean and whole
some results, has been questioned. In
stead of the tub it was pointed out that
if cell or other place were fitted up with
appliances for shower baths-the stone
or iron floors arranged so that the water
would flow off to the sewer-it would be
hundredfold more Clearly and satisfac-
tory. What committeeman is there who
would admit certain prisoners to his bath
tub and afterward use it himself? Appli-
nnces for hot and cold water baths would
have been far preferable and no more ex-
pensive.
The Comstock Brothers have two
trains drawing logs from the Mud Lake
Railway region. One of the trains un-
loads logs at their landing at the Oxbow
and tho other unloads into their mill
boom. The trains consist of twenty-five
cars each, and about 49, 900 feet OF logs
are brought daily to Alpena.
Boom" was first used in political
| slang, then it passed into business usage
and soon became recognized as good
| English but the first time we ever heard
it used in connection with religious mat
ters, says the Bellaire Advertiser, was
when the Rev. Il. G.. Baxter in his prayer
petitioned for spiritual BOOM" No
other word could so we'll express just
what he desired, but we think that very
few of the cloth would have had courage
TO have used the word.
The NJ. Z. Church at Alpena has
been supplied with memorial windows by
various members of the congregation.
The Alpena Argus says that 1T is
probable that the pulp factory will have
to soon shut down for want of spruce
timber Nearly all the timber that was
piled at the factory last winter has been
used, besides large amount that was
brought by rail A small amount of
spruce is being brought TO the factory
now by wagons, but not much can be ex-
pected until sleighing comes" 1t seems
! a little singular to have lack of snow in
the Alpena region as late in the season as
the middle of December.
Mrs. Lewis Markle, living about a
mile southwest of Shepardsville, was
friehtfully burned, says the Ovid Register
Union. She was standing near n stove
and looking out of the window, and after
a time discovered that her skirts were on
fire. Her clothing was burned off Of her,
even to corset and the flesh badly
burned from the knees mp. The skin was
off in several places as large as the two
hands.
The bed of clay found at tho Morse
School House, near Leslie, has been
thoroughly tested, and found to be the
best quality of potters' clay.
-sheep-killing dogs are making much
trouble for Ingham County farmers.
Merrill, Saginaw County, will be in
corporated as village this winter.
The North Muskegon Single Com
pany has been organized with capital
stock of 500 600, SIS, 600 of which is paid
up. The property of the company is what
is known as the Hitchcock & Norman
shingle mill mt North Muskegon, with
some pine logs up the river.
Every mill on Muskegon Lake is now
shut down and the saving season closed.
Nearly zoe, 200, 900 feet of logs are on the
skids waiting for snow to be hauled to the
river. With the first supply of the beau
tiful" sufficient for sleghing, men and
teams will be rushed to the pineries to cut
haul and skid logs by the million.
The Ingham County Democrat says
that the Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany is going to build new stone depot at
Mason.
Charles Farmer, of Ovid, purchased
perhaps the largest load of wool ever taken
to that market. 1t contained nearly 5000
pounds, and was the product OF two years
growing from the fo,k of Theron Shaver,
of Southwest Ovid. The price paid was
80 cents.
-Bessemer has national bank.
The new Catholic Church Mt Traverse
City is all finished outside, but the inside
will not be finished before spring.
A new Roman Catholic church is soon
to be built at Pinconning.
-Ludington mills will carry over more
lumber this season than ever before. The
amount is estimated at $1,000, 900 feet.
"A big bee tree was discovered by some
of the boys working at the camps of VIM.
Mckinney, in Comins Township, Osceola
County, which yielded about 100 pounds
of honey This is something new in that
county. 1t is the first bee tree that was
ever found around those parts.