The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-18

AT Detroit. last week, Henry Camp
bell, United States Master In Chancery.
sold to Henry A. Gardner, of Chicago,
the Michigan portions of the st. Louis,
Sturgis and Battle Creek Railway and
the Battle Greek and Bay City Railway
for $500, 900 and $4,000 respectively
The sale was approved by Judge Brown.
Mr.. Gardner represents the Chicago syn
dicate that recently bought that portion
of the st. Louis, Sturgis and Battle
Creek outside the State of Michigan. 1t
is the intention of the purchasers to COM
plete the road in this State from Battle
Creek to Bay City, and thus make a
through line to ST. Louis, with Detroit
airline connection.
On the Fair Grounds at Lansing last
week Edward Francis, cowboy, while
preparing for an exhibition of trick
shooting fred cartridge loaded with
shot into the crowd, wounding three peo-
pie. He was arrested and taken before
the Chief of Police, Maj. n. j. Kelsey.
While Francis was explaining the acci-
dent his weapon was discharged again, a
full charge taking effect in Kelsey's left
leg. The bone was shattered and Maj.
Kelsey will be crippled for life.
H. Wilson, who is one of the men
who has reclaimed the great Aurelius
swamp in Ingham County, expects to
gather thorefrom this year 10000 cab
bages, 5000 bushels of carrots, and ,00C
bushels of onions, with other things by
the wagon load.
John Thompson and Andrew Ander-
son, miners at Champion, Marquette
County, fought with picks, and Anderson
was fatally wounded.
Gen. Alger, the new Grand Army
Commander, intends to visit each State
encampment, and devote his time to the
welfare of the G. A. r.
The Bark River Store Company, q
mercha ndise business at Bark River,
Delta County, has made an assignment.
"A cat which cost $3.50 was one of the
exhibits at the State fair.
When Judge Grant, the newly elected
member of the Supreme Court, goes to
Lansing, he will take his family with him
and live there.
james Cox, of Ionia. hired a horse
and carriage with which TO have his wife
drive out into the country TO see some
friends, and when she came back she
found that James and their only child had
fled.
The Council at Alpena cannot all be
mistaken for calves, yet they are too ten
hearted to enact that cows shall not
roam at large.
Following is a summary of the last
monthly crop report issued by the Secre-
tary of State, based on returns from CPL
correspondents, representing $40 town
ships:
Reports of wheat thrashed in the central
COUNTIES slow the average yield per acre to be
is and H-lOOth bushels In the northern coun-
ties 1854, and in the southern 1922. These
averages, however, mako no allowance for
shrunken or otherwise damaged grain, which il
is clear forms q large percentage OF the crop
The reports respecting quality are no better
than last month. Advices from every county in
the southern and central sections show that
wheat is badly shrunken and light in weight.
Oats average "a bushels in the southern sec
tions, 1910 bushels in the central, and 24S0 in
the northern. Drought and cool nights have been
disastrous TO corn. The former has also in
iured potatoes which are not expected TO Weld
more than three-fourths OF an average crop.
Winter apples are about the same. The num-
Der OF horses in the State May l. as reported by
the Supervisors, 3Si, 773 milch cows 402 375
cattle other than mich COWS, 500. no hogs 455,
5S1 sheep, 1888 1873; horses and mich cows
show an increase over last year others slight
decrease The number of sheep reported sheared
in 1883 is 2,03S 7GG pounds of wool IL, Az 413-
an average per head OF six and one-tenth
pounds. At the same average per head the wool
clip of the present year amounts TO II, 7S2 4l6
pounds.
The weekly crop bulletin of the
Michigan weather service says:
The weather conditions of the past seven days
were unfayorable 10 corn and potatoes on no
count OF the dryness, but the local and general
rains OF the latter part of the week have gone
far to improve these crops, while the pastures
have been greatly improved by the rain. Corn,
potatoes and pastures have probably been re-
duced in yield ON account OF the recent drought,
and some OF the corn in the southeast portion
of the State is being cut. The rains have put
the ground in condition for fall seeding, and the
blowing and seeding will now progress rapidly.
In lsS2 Alonzo Hersey died in Mon
roe, leaving a widow and foster child
whom he had never legally adopted. He
left considerable real estate, but as there
was no will the wife could not inherit il
under the laws of Michigan, nor could
the daughter, Lucy Barcume. Elan
Willard frequently limited that Hersey
left will, and by that will his property
went to his wife and should now belong
to Lucy Barcume. Early last spring Will
lard announced that he had found the
missing will and he offered it for pro-
bate. A lawyer from Massachusetts
offered to pay Miss Barcume $1,000 for a
quit-claim deed As the young woman
was a minor, the Probate Judge refused
to sanction this move. but insisted that
the will should be probated. Willard be-
came frightened, and announced that the
will was forgery, and that both the
body and signatures had been written by
himself in his own Office. Willard said
he knew Alonzo Hersey intended Lucy
should have his property, and that he
manufactured the will in order that JUS
tice should be done to the poor girl.