The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-07-11

for bigamy at the instance Of the Detroit
authorities, hes married DO less than
seventeen women in this State since 1885.
than ten days. Brown came from New
York State. where. at Rochester, he has
a legal wife and four children living. His
startling career in this State was begun
at Saginaw. where, early in 1885, he mar
ried young woman and his real wife
caused his arrest and he was convicted
for bigamy. He received very light
sentence, which he served. When in
prison he made an attempt at suicide by
cutting his throat. On Jan. IL, 1887, un-
der the name of James w. Brown, he
married Annie M. Hagel, domestic.
This is said to be his right name. He
brought Annie to Detroit and left
her, taking all her jewelry and wearing
apparel of value. On Aug. ~, 1887,
he married Mary Benjamin, q domestic
employed at 1913 Clifford street. He lived
with this wife one week, when he left
with her few valuables. He represented
himself as a widower, and would advertise
for housekeeper, and calling on the one
he selected to act as Mrs. Brown tempo
rarily, he would represent himself as
man of means, and that in q short time he
would want housekeeper, engaging the
girl then and there, and calling again and
again, he would finally propose matri-
mony, and the girls in oil cases eagerly
jumped at the chance of what they
thought good home, without finding out
anything more about him. 1t is a strange
fact that every one of them came to like
the man very much before he left them.
Skipping over several marriages, con-
corning which the police refuse to di-
vulge particulars at present, Brown last
December married Mrs. Sarah Robertson,
a widow Of small means. In week he
had her go to her parents, saying
he was going to Lansing on business. She
did not see him again. Next Brown mar
ried woman at Niagara Falls, but in
February last reappeared in Detroit and
married Annie Winters, q servant girl
employed in family on Woodward
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and left with all her salable effects. For
the last two marriages in Detroit licenses
were necessary, the law going into effect
last November. He gave his name as
Brown in each instance. but with different
initials. There is likely to be an inter-
esting and complicated situation when
Brown is arraigned. Already few of
his army of amazons have begun to haunt
the courts, and they declare they will get
even with the triAer unless more police
surround him than are usually given to q
bigamist
In Menominee County last year the
lumber operations ran ahead of any pre-
vious record. There were 70, 900, 900 more
feet of lumber and 100000 more shin
giles than in 1886. The amount of lumber
on hand at the end of the year exceeded
that at the end of 1886 by less than H.
900, 900, while the number Of shingles on
hand was 100000 less than the year be-
fore. This year will see as large an
amount of lumber and shingles manufact-
ured as last, although the saving season
was shortened by the high stage of water
in early spring.
Seven thousand two hundred and
ninety-six is the number of interments at
Forest Lawn and Brady Hill Cemeteries
at East Saginaw.
"A wood working establishment at East
Saginaw received an order the other day
for 200 doors from Liverpool, which
could not be filed, as the firm have orders
for six months ahead already booked.
The potato bug has picked out Leela-
nav county as the principal seat for occu-
patton this summer, and will lose no time
in getting in his work Paris green is in
demand and the price has riz.
The Knights of Labor of Cheboygan
have surrendered their charter and dis
banded. The lodge was the most powerful
labor organization in that part of the
/ State at one time. 1t numbered 600 men,
bers and had fourished for q number of
years.
Professor L. G.. Carpenter, of the
Michigan Agricultural College, after 60
ing to Colorado and looking over the
grounds, has decided to accept the offer
made him by the Board of Agriculture Of
that State. The position offered is the
professorship of physics and engineering
in the State Agricultural College, and
meteorologist and irrigation engineer on
the experimental station established un-
der the provisions of the Hatch bill. The
experimental work offers wide field in
which almost no scientific work has been
done, and in field that has very strong
popular support. The Board offers
salary of $4,000, an assistant. at salary
sufficient to secure college graduate,
and good and growing equipment.
Michigan will be sorry to lose Professor
Carpenter, but wishes him success in his
new home.
Near Kalamazoo. the other day, Allen
Melimer, aged 80, was by his own direc-
ton buried to the music of brass band
and the vocal rendering of choice opera
airs, and after the grave was filed the
dead mans son danced n lively ito SIM