The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-11-25
Review Of the Week.

town with the reasSuring name OF Ten
perance, Monroe County.
MEN receiving 81. so day at +. w
Wheeler IL co $ shipyards at West Bay
City have been cut to SIPS, and other
salaries in proport' on.
AT Lansing, VIM. Detwiler secured
verdict OF $1,000 against the city for in.
juries sustained in breaking through
bridge. The city will appeal
SIX admirable specimens of the beaver
family, very rare animal now, not
only In Michigan but the country a.
large, were recently captured in
stream in Benton Township, Cheboyga1
County.
FITz HARDING, Of Bay City, who ha:
suffered for some weeks from lock w.
resulting from stepping on a nail, and
whom 1t was hoped to save, nOtwith.
standing the serious nature of the mala.
/ dy, Is dead.
JOE AvERY's little 10y played with
matches in the parlor of his home al
! Port Huron. His mamma will he
obliged TO buy new carpet and new
curtains for the room and carpenter
will te required to replace the burned
woodwork
FRANK SMITH, who is charged with
being one of the gang of kid despera.
does who are responsible for the loss of
Willie Cathro's eyes, and who had eluded
the officers for ten days, was captured at
his mothers residence at Alpena, snugly
packed away in trunk.
THE November crop report shows the
area seeded to wheat this fall is slightly
in excess of 1890. In condition the
growing wheat averages 81 per cent in
the State, as against 105 per cent last
year, the comparatively low condition
being due to Camage by insects and to
dry weather.
The so-called indeterminate sentence
act. under which convicted persons
might be sent to prison for an indefinite
length of time, depending upon whether
the prison board thought they behaved
themselves well during incarceration or
not, was declared unconstitutional by
the Michigan Supreme Court
WILLIAM j. MILLEr, who was arrested
at Alpena several years ago on charge
Of embezzlement and who jumped his
bonds, has been re aptured and is now
in Alpena Comfy jail awaiting the next
term of cir nit court. Miller an his
wife were at one time Alpena's leading
social Ii hts, now they are both in that
city "down at the heel. 4"
TIE Supreme Court has issued an al
tentative order in the matter Of Laura
+. Shippey and the Au Sable officials.
This means that the officials have no
other alternative but to get a move on
themselves and either spread on the tax
rolls the amount OF Miss Shippey's
FLO, 800 judgment against the town or
show cause why they don't
MORTIMER RoBISsov, of Armada, has
a dog that he wishes had been consumed
by the consumption cure. The canine
scared horse belonging TO j. Inglesby.
The buggy was wrecked, Jnglesby's arm
was broken, and he has secured $500
Judgment against the dogs owner. Nor
timer is not only sure that dogs are
property, but is convinced that they are
almighty expensive property.
A P&EDLER struck tough looking,
nud-bes pattcred fellow with rubber
boots and gun near Howell. The ped
er gladly disposed OF some tobacco to
him, but his hair stood up at his in
luisitive impertinenc. later The rub
Der boots climbed up on the wheel and
went through the wagon, oil; covering a
nice little stock OF smokers goods, and
then took possession Of the rig i'm Uncle
Sans formidable name. The hunter
was Revenue Collector Watson, and the
pcddler had not given any bonds as a
tobacco dealer Still, it was kind of
mean trick, after all.
THERE has been found in Alpena
county natural curl ,sty which would
make remarkable appearance in the
Michigan forestry exhibit at the Worlds
Fair Two hemlock trees, the trunks Of
which are fifteen inches in diameter
are growing six feet apart. At tho
height of ten feet from the ground the
trunks Of these two trees approach each
other, and forming an arch, unite in
single stem which grows up into the air
20 the height of eighty feet The union
Of the two trees is smoothly made, with
out bulging-is more perfect, indeed
than is formed by artificial grating.
A "HEAD-END" collision took p ace on
;he G.. X. & ]. Railroad at Gilbert, ten
miles north of Cadillac a freight going
north and the morning passenger from
Traverse City ran together. James
SIN tn, of Grand Rapids. engineer Of tie
passenger train: a fireman, whose name
is unknown, living at Mackinaw: Fire.
man Tom Pickle, of Cadillac; and Ere
mont Howard, brakeman, were killed
DcuuiS VI Vic
train, was seriously injured. All the
doctors I'm Ca lilac went on special
There were but few passengers on board
the train and all escaped serious in
jury, although they received severe
shaking up. The freight train consisted
Of twenty-three loaded and three empty
cars and the passenger train OF bag
gage car and three coaches. Both trains
were badly wrecked
TIE Commercial House at Mt. Pleasant
was damaged 81, SEQ worth by fire.
GRACE CHURCH's new S26, 900 house OF
worship at Port Huron was dedicated
WV DODGE, who killed the Shock
young man, near Chesaning, exhibits
signs OF insanity.
THE cod, frosty hand of winter is clos
ing its grasp on the upper end Of the
State, but Alpena shakes IL of and
keeps right on booming. Tho Baptists
uc there have new preacher, new
pipe organ, and they are now trying to
decide on plans for q handsome new