The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-13

last winter abstained from food for seven
weeks, died at her home June 5, aged If
teen years. After her long fast she took
small quantities of food, but never recov-
cred her normal appetite, and had been
living skeleton for months past. Her
father is prosperous farmer.
The Petersburgers have unique and
effective way of forcing Improvements in
that town. They did not like the looks Of
the fence around the hotel, and one night
it was torn down, stacked in the street and
burned before the landlord was aware that
the local improvement company had be-
gun work
The Ludington business men are max
ing all necessary arrangements for grand
Fourth of July celebration in that city.
Last year all hands visited Manistee, and
this year Ludington is to get mp the cele-
bration.
Addison Carmichael died in Wright
Township, Hillsdale County, last Janu-
airy, declaring that his wife had poisoned
him. But little attention was paid to his
statement until circumstances recently
brought TO light melted the Prosecuting
Attorney to take an interest in the matter.
When Carmichael's body was disinterred,
and the stomach brought to Hillsdale for
chemical analysis, Mrs. Carmichael was
arrested, charged with numbering her hus-
band, poison having been found in the
stomach.
The State Supreme Court has received
a postal card from j. c.. Freeman, of the
Wisconsin State University, on which was
written the following: Your decision as
to the unconstitutionality of the local
option law will have the same effect on
the country as the bred Scott decision
did on abolition, and will make thousands
of voters for the third party. AS plain
man do not believe in legal twistings and
untwistings." The above was written on
a State University Library" card and
signed u. c. Freeman, Secretary" Clerk
Hopkins, of the Supreme Court, inclosed
the card in an envelope and respectfully
referred it to Gov. Rusk, of Wisconsin,
and he in turn referred it to the Board of
Regents of their State University. The
card is likely to cause Mr. Freeman some
trouble as it is taken as an authoritative
document from the University.
A party of venturesome, woods loving,
river-loving citizens of the 500 are arrang-
ing a coasting trip up the north shore to
NIichipicoten; thence up Michipicoten
River to its head, portage across the
watershed into Moose River and float
down to Moose Factory on James Bay
and then return. The round trip is one
of ,G20 miles in canoes, and there are IA
portages.
The 500 has adopted standard time.
Wallace Frakes has planted 1000
small fry of speckled trout in Spring
River, just west of Vicksburg.
The strawberry crop in Jackson
County will be about two weeks behind
time this year, but promises fair yield.
-Monroe's school building, which sus-
tanned loss of 800 by fire lately, will
be repaired during the summer vacation.
Alfred Holden is serving a thirty
days sentence at the West Branch Jail for
stealing a mule from ]. G. Wheeler, of
Horton.
Hon. E. o. Grosvenor, of Jonesville,
Vice President of the Michigan Historical
Society for Hillsdale County, prepared q
memorial report of the pioneers of the
county who have died within the past
year, and presented it at the annual
meeting of the society, which was held in
Lansing.
The Michigan Weather Service bull
letin states that the effect of the weather
on all crops but corn during the past week
has been favorable, and the growth has
been rapid and encouraging The heavy
rains of the 9th and 2sth of May had an
unfavorable effect on the newly planted
corn.
The Midland Sun says: The Boom
Company is settling with some of our
citizens for damage caused by choking the
river Win lOBS luIluB lLe luNe lItSutt. WI.
Pomrankin is in receipt of $50; Mr.. Streu-
her, $50; and MrS. Lowell, S25.
The schooner Maggie McCool, wheat
laden for Kingston, in tow of the steam
barge Bruno, sunk near the Sault Ste.
Marie by running into an ice field The
vessel was valued at $4,000; the cargo at
S2O, 900.
-Sibley & Bearinger are putting in
225, 600 feet of logs daily on their logging
railroad in Pressure Isle County. They
expect to complete the seasons operations
July /, and the total output will be So
0OO, 900 feet
Every mill in Cheboygan is humming
just now, and there are more mills running
than ever before, their capacity being at
least 90 00O 600 feet more than last year,
and as they are all supplied with logs the
cut this year should be 1870, 600, 600.
Warren & Kimball, of Merrill, have
just completed contract of putting down
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