The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-02
From Far and Near.

from an injury while out hunting isn't
kicking a. his t.ugh luck. He had q
s25-a-week accident policy.
GEORGE d. JOHNSON, of the firm of
johnson Sons, organ builders, West
| field, Mass, died Of paralysis at Saginaw,
where he was putting in an instrument
at one OF the churches.
HERE, right In front of Thanksgiving,
| the Wulff-Boone, Bay City, Caro-, Sebe-
| WANG, Sanilac Centre talked-of railroad
Is all up again. 1t may be '92 road,
| but IL will take more push than I'm the
| past to make 1t so.
SEVEN tugs and whole feet of sail
boats are employed In the fishing indus
try at Charlevoix the daily catch being
| estimated at 80, 900 pounds. Fishers re-
| ceive 2S4 cents a pound for trout and 5
| cents for whitefish.
DIR. w. M. EDWARDS has been for
| NAL y invested by the Trustees of the
| Asylum at Kalamazoo with the authority
| OF Medical superintendent, position he
has filled, under temporary arrange
ment. with brilliant administrative re-
| suits since June.
THERE has been so much man venison
made in Wexford County lately by
| brother hunters that it is proposed to
call standing coroner's jury and keep
them on the move from place to place as
the exgencies may require, duties to run
out when the season closes.
| WHILE hunting, Charles Knapp, of
jackson. was shot in the leg by the acct
| dental discharge Of his brothers gun and
will lose the member. While returning
from hunting trip, Charles McLauch-
lin, of Bay City, slipped on the sidewalk
and had one heel Blown off by the charge
in his gun.
AT Saginaw, horse was impaled in
the mill yard of A. w. Wright 1t
stepped on sharp piece of pine timber,
which flew up and pierced the belly of
the animal and stuck nearly through the
] body. The horse STR ggled In an agoniz-
| ing manner and gave evidence of terri
BILE pain. The poor brute's sufferings
for short time were most frightful to
behold. 1t was finally shot
AFTER the q. II. & /. embankment &C
| cident near Kalamazoo, some weeks ago,
| the company ordered the in iured sent to
Borgess. Hospital. The Sisters in charge
| OF the institution returned bill for
| S342. President Hughart refuses to pay
| it, saying the amount should be only
1924, and is highly indignant because
bills were sent to the individual patients
| The Sisters have issued an open letter
much bitter feeling has been aroused.
THE tug Temple Emory, towing two
scows owned by Mann Bros, of Two
Rivers, across the lake, while twenty
miles south Of the Manitous, was forced
| to let go of the scows and run to the
| island. The wind was gale from the
| southwest, and the last seen of the
| scows they were in bad shape. Each
| boat had crew Of nine men on it which
| the tug was unable 10 get off, and 1t is
| feared that ali are lost. The tug started
| down the lake to look for them, but
! nothing was seen.
THE breaking up of gang OF Indiana
| horse-thieves was attended by the dis
| covery Of a regu ar robbers cave in the
! sand lis along Lake Michigan, near
| the boundary Of this State. There is
| long, steep hill there whose top is COW
cred by dense growth of fir trees On
ascending the height arcarefully con-
| cea' ed passageway, large enough to
| admit horse and rider, was found.
| This ran down into the hill for dis
| lance Of some rods, terminating In the
cave Rough stalls had been construct
| ed in the cavity, which was large enough
| to accommodate twenty or twenty five
horses There were also several small
apartments, with primitive furnishing,
| occupied by the thieves. 1t was impos-
sible to track q horse through the sand,
which covers all the country in the vi
| cinity, and the gang was enabled to
| operate undetected for many years.
STATE BANK EXAMINER SHERWOOD
| closed the Milford State Bank Sept. 16
| and reported that the bank had failed.
"Failed" is a mild word to use in refer
ence to this institution. The bank was
established sixteen years ago as nation
! al bank. The principal promoters we
| the Wilhelm brothers and relatives, with
| fine line OF directors The Wilhelms
| wero young men who were known as
"hustlers, and they went into all sorts
| of speculations. They and their rela-
tives owned the controlling stock. The
bank had depo its as high as $4,000
| The morning after the bank examiner
had taken charge there was only s34 in
| the bank. The assets showed Sl42,7Oo
| and the liabilities S132, 6S5, but IL is hard
| TO see how the assets can be made to
| yield over $4,000. Worthless loans,
crazy Kansas boom real estate, patent
| rights, speculations, and poor personal
| paper represent the Ia ance.
THERE were made in Michigan during
the last year l12, 900, 600 cigars
JOHN HoPr, a Lansing cooper, was cut
W plcCeS Ny miChiBun NcItIhi tIdiH dt
| that p ace lie was 35 years old and
leaves wife and three children.
WV ARMS, of Cadillac, an old soldier
and for years one Of the best "sea-fariny
mel tound for the port OF Joppa died,
| aged about 80 He was q member of
| Clam Lake Lodge, +. * A. NJ and was
buried with Masonic honors.
PETER NARROWER, OF Boot Jack
Point, in the upper peninsula, tried to
bead off a party who started In hunt
ing on his farm and sh t their dog.
Afterward, the hunters surrounded him
| and one OF the number fired twice at
narrower, the first shot disabling his
arm and the second striking him In the
neck and face AMI putting out his
right eye Warrants are issued for the
arrest Of the party.
| DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF RAILROADS