The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

Work has been stopped on the Jack
son gas we'll. The flow of money stopped.
which was the principal cause.
Andrew Milton, of Medina, In an all
day whittier and is getting rich at it. He
has just completed his Is. 4OOth az handle.
Some boys placed board on the rail-
road track near Waldron. 1t ditched
the hand-car, and injured one man. No
arrests.
George w. Brown, wealthy citizen of
Schoolcraft, was found dead the other
morning in his barn, his throat cut from
ear to ear, and q razor by his side.
-Blodgett & ByIne, Muskegon, have
about 200 men at work in the woods Il the
Houghton Lake region, and are putting in
logs over a logging railroad. The drive to
the river is fourteen miles.
Major w. w. Van Antwerp, postmas-
ter of Jackson, Commander of Edwar3l
Pomeroy Post, GAR, knight Templar,
and associate editor of the Jackson Patriot,
died recently of cancer of the liver.
A petition has been forwarded from
Alpena to the Governor asking lin to par
don James McCauley, who was sentenced
in 1886 to four and one half years at State
prison. The crime charged against him
was robbery.
The gavel used by Myron Baker Post,
G. A. r., Moreno, was made from block
of cedar cut by Myron Baker at Gen.
Bragg's Mission Ridge headquarters, and
its shaft from persimmon wood, cut at
Gen Grants headquarters.
Referring feelingly 10 the untimely
death of Maj. Van Antwerp, of Jacksd \.
Congressman Tarsney stated, the otKy\
day, that just before leaving Washington
he saw a letter from a citizen of Jackson
stating that Mr.. Van Antwerp was i'll and
about to die, and he desired to be consid-
cred an applicant for the Jackson postmas-
tership. Mr.. Tarsney denounced the letter
and the author as Infamous.
Justice Jaunasch, of Kalamazoo, has
parrot that he wouldn't sell fo- its weight
this intelligent bird saved the house from
being burRarized. The last time was on
recent night. The burglar got the door
unfastened, but when he opened it the
parrot asked in stern and harsh voice,
Hello, there. What's the natter" The
burglar didn't answer, but fell over him.
self in his desperate effort to get away.
The last monthly State crop report is
made up from returns received from 856
correspondents, representing G59 townships
Five hundred and eighty -four of these re-
turns are from All townships in the south
ern four tiers Of counties, and 139 reports
are from III townships in the central
counties. Wheat goes into the winter in
poor condition. Compared with average
years the condition is reported at sc per
cent. in the southern counties, SO in GEN.
trail, 93 In northern, the average for the
State being 81 per cent. One year ago the
figures for the southern counties were 95;
for the northern l02. and for the State 81.
Compared with November / there ia loss
in the central and in the northern coun-
ties. This loss in the condition of wheat
is due to continued dry, cool weather during
November. The condition of live stock ia
quite up 10 the average. IL southern counJ
ties horses are 81 per cent, cattle "a, sheep
96, and swine 50. Acres and yield of pota-
toes in 1856, from the first footings of the
Supervisors returns, subject to further re-
vision, show total area in the State of
49, 1868 acres, and a total yield of IL. l46,-
051 bushelG.
The annual convention Of the Michi-
gan Sunday-school workers in Kalamazoo
was largely attended. Rev. Kendall
Brooks welcomed the two hundred dele
gates to the Inequalities of the city, and
Rev. w. Gardner, of Albion, responded
on behalf Of the delegates. In the course
of his remarks he alluded to the magnitude
of the work of which this association is
factor. There are 100000 children
enrolled in the Sunday schools of the
world, 100000 of whom are in the United
States. In Michigan there are 5000
schools, "a 600 officers, and total men,
bership of 27S,2OO. There are 100000
young people in the State, however, leav-
ing upward of 400, 900 not reached by the
Sunday school. The influence of these
organizations for good was shown by the
report Of the warden of the Jackson pris-
on, which shows that only three per cent.
of its inmates had ever attended Sunday
school. Jackson leads in the number of
Sunday schools, having 124; Kalamazoo
next, with SO. Three counties were no.
represented, and most of the reports were
favorable, although the ratio of member
ship in proportion to population has de-
creased in four years four per cent. The
enrolled report showed PAT persons on the
books, of whom rs are ladies, 118 laymen,
and SO clergymen. The Treasurers re-
port showed balance on hand Of 1927. 65,
the first report ever given showing the as
ISOLATION out of debt. The following off,