The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-02
Couldn't Wait Forty Days.

Couldn't Wait Forty Days.
ANOTHER pri Oner made his escape
from the State Prison at Jackson by
seal ng the wall William Smith,
negro, sentenced TO three years from
Oakland County for breaking into a
store, was he convict. He went out OF
the west wing of the prison, scaled tn.
wall by means OF twevo.foot pole with
a hook IN the end and took to his heels
No ira c of him can be iound. He had
but forty days longer TO remain in prison
before his time would have expired.
A Roy named Van IIOuton was fatally
injured during the running races at the
Saranac farmers picnic, falling under a
horse.
n SMALL tornado swept several town
ships in jackson County, number Of
houses and barns being damaged and
other injury inflicted
PETER TRoMBLEY was hauling load
Of logs at Black River when chain
broke and the binding pole hit him in
the back. He died in few minutes
FoUR boarders at the Mcdonald
House, Saginaw, were bitten by the
same dog whose bite caused hydropho-
ba in Mr.. McDonalds COW, and they're
scared.
Two OF the big ten wheel locomO-
tives which have heretofore been built
on contract, are being constructed by
the Michigan Central in their own shop
at Jackson.
JOHN LEM had q small saw mill on
Pine River, twenty-five miles from Bay
City. Thieves came along the other
night and carried the whole shooting
match away.
Ar frD
the platform of an electric car i'm Sag
inaw, when he was struck by a car pass
ing in the opposite direction, his skull
being fractured.
Ten miles of the Baraga and Waters
meet Railroad in the Upper Peninsula
will be completed this fall The road
will furnish an outlet to pine estimated
at billion feet.
THE rain and hal storm that passed
over Isabella County was the most Sc
we're ever known in that locality Corn
and oats were laid fat, potatoes up
rooted, rail fences scattered but no loss
of life recorded.
EDWARD HUM, a horse-trainer of
Parma, attempt d to lead vicious mus
tang from barn at Jackson. The ami
mai jumped on him, or shing HUM to
the ground. The physicians say the
skull is fractured and that there are in.
iures to the chest.
JOHN HOOKER, of New Baltimore, is
said to have the largest wool clip of any
farmer in the State. He owns 1,734
acres of land and has APO sheep, from
which he obtained 10, 1877 pounds of wool
this season, an average of over seven
pounds to the fleece.
SHERIFF PADDOCK, Of Ingham County,
has Just been out to Iowa after John
Jeffreys, who escaped from the Mason
Jail last March. Jeffreys is charged
with taking goods that didn't belong to
him from a freight car and, II convicted,
he'll be sorry the Sheriff found him.
CLARENCE PURsEL died in Schoolcraft
at the age Of 90. He was born in
Northumberland County, Pa, and joined
the Masonic fraternity when 81 years old,
paying with the first money he ever
earned the prescribed fees He was be.
lieyed 10 be the oldest Mason in Michi-
gan.
THE captains of two pleasure steam
ers plying on Clam Lake, at Cadillac,
wonder why business is not profitable,
yet when IL is suggested that they spend
sl2 or SIS in dredging out the channel
leading to the Big Clam, so that they
could take their passengers into that
handsome body of water, they say it
would cost too much But where a score
now enjoy traversing the little lake,
hundred would love TO float upon the
bosom Of its larger twin.
GoGEBIC range mines, which have been
idle so far this sea on, are starting up.
JOHNNIE MCCovETT, p years old. was
instantly killed by train a. IronwSod.
eminent work of different kinds at the
Sault.
SHIPPERS who serd stuff TO the Worlds
Fair will have to pay - car in addition
to the Chicago rate
CAMPS are already being started in the
Georgian Bay district, and it is esti-
mated that 1870, 900, 600 feet of lumber
will be cut there this winter and RATED
to Saginaw Valley mills.
HEAVY rains have flooded the streets
| in Saginaw valley cities, raised the water
In the river to the highest point reach q
this season, and wet hundreds OF acres
of oats in the shock in the surrounding
country.
A FEMININE passenger with baby WIS
about to take the cars at Bay City when
the gatekeeper discovered that the little
one was dead 1t had expired unknown
to the mother while she was waiting for
her train.
PARsoN ARNEY's star trotter, slack"
gave fine exhibition Of what minister
al training will accomplish, az the farm
ers' picnic In Saranac. He out diStanced
all OF the other flyers on the track, and
1t is alleged that his driver, badge, pur-
posely held him back to prevent him
from being barred out Of the 3-minute
class. r c. Peters, the Manistee lum-
herman, who has had his eye on the
horse for some line, succeeded in driv-
ing a bargain with the parson immed
ately after the ia @, and planked down
IS, 200 as the purchase price. Arney
still has four likely colts on hand.
A. NJ. HOBBS, of near Shepherd, some
seasons ago nlanted some West India