The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-02-08
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

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Clothes line thieves are reaping har-
vest at Jackson.
-Manistique wants town hall, Jail, IL
brary and few other trifes.
"A hen in Bay City strangled to death
in attempting to swallow a live mouse.
The inmates of the Soldiers Home
now number 400, and the house is crowded.
AT Bradleys camp, in Midland County,
four pine logs from one tree scaled $500
feet.
"A home made mail box on a prominent
jackson street is labeled in large red let
ters "male box"
The Linderman & Gray box factory
has finally decided to remain Whitehall,
at least for the present.
Chester Root, an old resident and
prominent farmer living near Plymouth,
died recently, aged 70 years.
David Putnam, n wealthy farmer Of
Williamson, was caught in hay press
recently and fatally injured.
than another it is a new depot. The pres
emit one is disgrace to the city.
Rev. M. j. Hall, who was found dead
in the woods in Alpena County, is thought
to have died from heart disease.
-Emmet County will vote on prohibi-
ton February %, and it is conceded will
give big majority for prohibition,
There will be no litigation over the will
Of the late James II. Fleet, of East Sagi-
nav. The estate amounts to $515,000
Portland dry goods stores close at 7:30
to give the clerks chance to 60 to church.
OF course they all go-somewhere else.
The State Treasurers report shows
cash on hand from the years receipts and
disbursements of 1887 to be 1914, O6O4G.
The chair of entom ology in the exper-
mental station at Columbus, Ohio, has
been placed at the disposal of G. M. Weed,
of Lansing.
John Short, said to be q woodsman,
recently attempted suicide at Bay City, by
shooting himself in the region of the heart.
He will live.
-Tawas Bay, at distance of about
four miles from the shore, is covered with
fish shanties. Some trout are caught
weighing thirty pounds.
George Hall has been appointed sta
quette Railroad at Plymouth to succeed
John Rauch, who recently resigned.
The Kalkaska Business Mems Asso-
citation elected the following officers for
ident, James Crawford; Secretary, G.. S.
Blom; Treasurer, H. E. Stover; Executive
Committee, b. G. Elms, w. p. Perkins, T.
d. Hobbs.
A base-burner in D. r. Hibbards office
in Jackson refused TO operate satisfactorily
and was removed to the sidewalk, where it
proceeded to do business as usual. Two
Norwegians, recently landed, passing by,
were attracted by the comfortable glow of
the fire, and, securing couple of boxes,
seated themselves by the stove and pro-
ceeded to soak up as much heat as posi-
bic, remarking upon the superiority of
America over any country on earth in the
way of taking care of the poor. They
fancied that the stove was placed there for
the teneft of the public, like a water
hydrant or lamp post.
Recently the farm house of VIM. r.
Parker, northeast of st. Johns, took fire
from the stove-pipe which passed through
the roof. Mr.. Parker with pail of water
assembled to the roof to extinguish the fire.
He used the water and threw the pail
down, asking his wife, whom he had just
left below, to again fill the pail. to which
request no response was made. Mr.. Par
ker came down 10 learn the cause, when he
found his wife dead upon the floor. She
was SO years of age and in feeble health,
and it is believed the excitement and shock
occasicned by the fire caused. her sudden
death.
The last Michigan monthly crop re-
port shows the cost Of producing and mar
keting one acre each of wheat, oats, corn,
and hay in the State for 1887, being based
upon 775 reports from crop correspondents,
representing an area of 14,lS6 acres of
wheat, 1878 acres Of oats, 1886 acres of
corn, and IA, 267 acres of hay. The aver
age net cost of producing and marketing
an acre of wheat is $10.76, or Go 5-1O cents
per bushel, 5 cents higher than in 1886, by
reason of the decrease in the
! yield. The net cost is lessened
in the northern counties by the
higher value of straw Thirty-si per cent
of the wheat fields are reported grown on