The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-10-31

the new Baptist edifice Is completed.
1t is probably not generally known
throughout the State that tho northern
portion produces not only the finest and
most health-giving summer resorts, but
also the best and largest potatoes in the
world. Lately $4,000 bushels of the I'm
est varieties of potatoes have been
shipped from Northport, Leelanaw
County, to the Chicago markets. The
two chief varieties were Burbank and
white elephants. II is to be wondered at
that the farmers can afford to plant, Guilt
vate, and market them at the price per
bushel-twenty cents-they are receiving;
but when the number of bushels raised on
an acre, from 200 to 800, is taken into con-
sideration, it will readily be seen that they
realize handsome profit. 1t is estimated
that in Leelansw Township alone the po-
tato crop this year will exceed 10000
bushels.
The Manchester High School has o
statistical genius who finds the tallest
scholars in that school to be feet ii, a
boy and girl each being that high. The
twenty three boys aggregate l27 feet l04
inches in height, and 1900 pounds in
weight, while the twenty seven girls ag-
gregate l43 feet inches in height, and
weigh 3,l42 pounds. The average age OF
the scholars is l6 years and months.
| The Prohibitionists have four boys and
foul girls, the Republicans nine boys and
seven girls, and the Democrats ten boys
and fifteen girls.
The Smead system of ventilation will
be put into the Clinton school house at a
| cost of 500.
Friend Van Every, P. J. Norris, and
d. B. Mckenzie were nearly asphyxiated
at Jackson, in Farmers restaurant, by es-
Gaping water gas used in cooking. When
| discovered they were nearly dead, but will
recover.
"A Medina girl can beat all the boys
climbing hickory trees and gathering nuts.
She recently made an ascension of fifty
feet in tree and gathered five bushels of
hickory nuts. This agile and plucky young
lady deserves to get up in the world, and
she undoubtedly will.
Over 200, 900 bushels of onions have
been raised in the Pittsfeld onion beds
this year. The market was overstocked.
Several of the leading doctors of
Alpena have organized a hospital, known
as the Red Cross Hospital and Medical
and Surgical Institute.
The East Saginaw Board of Educa-
ton has $50, 2ll.55 laid up for rainy
day.
Mitchell & Mcclure, of East Saginaw,
have not a foot of unsold lumber on their
dock. They will put in full stock of
| logs for next season, including quantity
| of logs they will carry over
Price 500" was the legend that
Mt Clemens lady wore on her cloak as she
| went through town the other day.
j. NJ Davis of Harbor Springs, has
pulled tomato off his vines. This in it
| self is nothing unusual, but said tomato
weighed 1t pounds.
Mrs. Eliza J. Bloodgood, widow of
the late Rev. A. L. Bloodgood, of Monroe,
and for thirty years prominent in Monroe
social circles, died after long illness.
| In the spring of 1886, Dan Sheehan,
| then member of the police force of
| Saginaw, was shot at while on duty in the
| night time. Three shots were fred at him.
| One sleeve of his overcoat was torn with
| the balls, and his undercoat was also torn
somewhat, but Sheehan was uninjured.
A search made for the person who fred
the shots was unavailing. Sometime
afterward Sheehan left the force, leaving
his overcoat, which was nearly new gar
ment, with the Marshal to be disposed Of
1t became the property of "Zeke" Bas-
kins, who has worn it ever since overcoats
became fashionable this fall. Baskins
discovered something peculiar about the
sleeve of his coat, and after an investiga-
ton found 22-caliber bullet, which had
| been fired at Sheehan and had remained
| in the coat over two years. The ball was
fattened somewhat at the point, caused
| by the cloth.
| "A MenOmlnee lumDerman SAYS. we
started our mill at Menominee the first of
the season, by running night and day, but
| it has really been difficult matter to
| keep going the whole season on account
of the difficulty experienced in getting
hold of logs. 1t is estimated that 200,-
| OO0,OO0 feet of logs are high and dry on
the banks of the Menominee River. Over
| 100 men and teams have been busy for
some time hauling to the river. We ex-
pect to cut 40, 900 during the entire
season. of which $4,000, 900 has already
been sold to go East, at SO, SIS, and $3s."
-Escanaba's new opera house, the
Opera Grand, will be opened Nov. rs.
Lew A. Gates will be the manager.
Arthur Daily and Thomas Tierney,
two Mason burglars, will spend the next
three years at Jackson.
1t is estimated that 200, 0O0, 900 feet
of logs are hung up on the Menominee
River
| d Camaron will cot ont on n0O O0a