The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-08-08
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.
The Grass Lake Farmers Club will
have picnic August ~.

great time Emancipation day. large
procession was formed and marched TO the
fair grounds about noon. In the after
noon speaking occupied the time until 4.
Hon. w. @. Atwood, of East Saginaw,
was President of the day. Mayor Loen-
necker welcomed the guests. His speech
was responded to by Mr.. Atwood. Hon.
ID. Augustus Straker of Detroit, delivered
an Grafton. Baseball and other sports
occupied the remainder of the afternoon.
In the evening grand dress ball was
given at Assembly Hall, which closed the
celebration.
j. G. butcher, living in Kalamazoo,
met with serious accident recently,
which will probably cost a total loss of
one of his eyes. While at work on his
brothers farm, gathering and cutting tim
othy hay, strong gale or wind arose and
blew spear of the cut hay into Mr..
butchers eye, causing painful and dan
gerous injury.
Mullins Brothers, of Ironwood evil
IDENTIFY wish to please everyone, for they
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sets and parlor suits, cradles and collins,
elegant pictures nd handsome clerk.
They judiciously neglect to mention the
sex of the clerk and therefore will at
tract young men as well as young ladies'
Elmer Sly, of Plymouth, Wayne
County, shot and killed a turkey buzzard
that measured six feet from tip to tip of
wings. These foul birds are not often
seen in that part of the country.
Mrs. Amasa Moshier was buried at
Plymouth, Wayne County. She was an
old resident of the place, was ~ years old,
was universally esteemed, and her funeral
was largely attended
The cornerstone of the Court House
at Bessemer has been laid
The murderers of the man Bedard at
Massey, Richardson and O'Connor, have
been arrested and taken TO Sault Ste.
Marie.
Capt. Clough, we'll known at Sault Ste.
Marie, committed suicide at the Pacific
Hotel. The autopsy showed him to have
been in a wretched state of health, and he
must have committed the deed to end his
troubles.
An injunction has been issued by the
Circuit Court at Bay City enjoining the
laying of track on Third street, between
Washington avenue and Water street, by
the Bay City Street Railway Company.
The bill of complaint is signed by holders
of $4,000 worth of property This case
will test the validity of the exclusive fran
chise held by the company. 1t is strong
| ly asserted that one of the objects of the
laying of the track on Third street is to
prevent the entrance of company from
tine west side of the river, which will nee
essarily have to go into that city by way
of that street.
Woodbury., of Saginaw, was the victim of
terrible accident. The boy was visiting
his grandfather, Mr.. Bailey, and was in a
| field with some workmen some distance
from the house. When team of horses
that had been at work were unhitched the
! boy was placed on the back of one of the
animals IL order TO give him ride to the
barn, but on entering the door the lads
head struck against n rafter and he was
thrown off the horse, his foot catching in
the harness, which had been left on. The
accident frightened the horse and he
wheeled and ran out OF the barn and then
circled wildly about the barnyard, drag
! ging the unfortunate boy on the ground
and kicking him repeatedly, and it was
not until the animal had kicked himself
entirely free of the harness that the boy
was rescued. He was unconscious for a
long time, and DR.. Newkirk, of Bay City,
was summoned The bone of the boys
right leg was badly shattered near the
hip and his head terribly cut and bruised
from striking on the ground and being
kicked by the horse, but the physician has
hopes of his recovery. The little fellow
could not be moved and his mother has
gone to care for him.
Train No. %, the east-bound freight
train, engine No. 1926, and the west
bound passenger train No. 9S, engine No.
! 1903 on the Wabash, collided at Belle
Vile, which is the regular meeting place
of the two trains, and the order is for No
q TO sidetrack and wait for No. 9S. In
stead of this No. q went sweeping
around the curve west of the station and
crashed into the passenger train, lifting
the locomotive off the front trucks and
forcing the passenger train back about
forty car lengths. No damage, save that
to tie two engines, resulted from the col
lision. No one was killed or injured
The engineer of q has been on the ioad
several years and feels the accident very
deeply. He says he forgot about side
tracking. Had not the engineer of No.
81 reversed his engine on seeing the dan
ger terrible accident. probably involv-
ing the loss of many lives, would have
been the result
A severe thunder and rain storm oc-
CURED in the vicinity of Calumet recent