The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-09
Record of the Week.

Straits is ended.
THE Kalamazoo branch OF the wheel
trust Is TO start running in a few days
with 200 hands.
WV. HAZEN, killed in Pressure Isle
County by a Polander, was the father OF
eighteen children.
+. t. EMEP, of Pay City, who lost an
arm in planning mill, sues the mill
proprietors for S25, 900.
III. III. PIERCE and Allen Lee, who
run drug store at Climax. arc charged
with selling whisky by the drink.
Mr.. and Mrs. SAMUEL BEANDT's 3
year-o d child had its eye burned out at
saginaw with red hot poker with which
1t was playing.
SAGINAW BAY fisherman are 10 err,
through theice VIII CHI arr ed away their
net, ore man having s; % worth of fish.
ing IL, aratu ruined
BURNED saw mills are now rarely re-
! laced in the Lower Peninsula, but the
&c troyed Hotchkiss mill at Bay City
VIII be rebuilt with improved machinery.
The gum chewing habit hai struck
Government emp Dyes at Port Huron
and the citizen have postponed the an
ne alton OF Canada until the deplorable
practice is weeded out
j. l.. HAYES, former circuit Judge, be-
fore whom the ,omewEat famou YUM
case OF Newcomer vs.. Van Deu en- was
tried, became violently insane at Kala-
maZoo, and was removed ID the State
YUM at that place.
LEWISTON is q new ham'et in Mont.
morency County. There is big saw
mill there, and lumber enough in the
vicinity 10 keep it running ten years,
200 men are employed, town lots are
selling for $500 apiece, and it is expect
ed to have population of 500 families
by spring.
ONE of the peculiar things one often
sees in every day life at Alpena occur-
red when Polander drove in from the
country with a bundle of blankets
bounding around in the bottom of the
wagon. He halted in front Of an under
takers establishment and, taking the
bundle inside, unro ed it and exposed
the corpse of 6-monthS old child. He
had the remains inclosed in a coffin,
which he PUT back in the wagon, and
proceeded to the cemetery.
THREE boys, VIII Peters, Ben Smith,
and VIII Cushbu who have been dis
posing of goods ~ a secondhand store
in West Bay City for some time past,
excited suspicion by the miscellaneous
character of the articles they offered for
sale Investigation showed that they
had been pursuing n systematic course
of thieving, and they are now in iail,
A Elobert rifle, clothes wringer, rubber
coat, crowbar, handsaw a quantity Of
chain, and shovel were among the
things they sold
w. r. ADAMS has Qualified as receiv-
er of the Kalamazoo City and County
Street Railway. This is the second time
the road has been in the hands of re-
ceiver. This action is taken because 80
per cent of the stockholders are unwill-
ing to bear their share of the expenses.
Mr.. Adams has been authorized to issue
$4,000 of receivers certificates, amply
securing creditors indebtedness, said to
be about $3.50. Mr.. Adams promises to
improve the service. He does not think
the road will pass into other hands.
JAMES d, KNIGHT, Inspector of Mines,
in his fourth annual report to the Board
of Supervisors of Menominee County,
stated that there had been in operation
during the year fOrty-two shafts, four
OF which were more than a quarter of a
mile deep, besides many exploring
shafts. The number OF men employed
was 4,208, of whom twenty-seven met
their death while mining He suggested
that it would be good departure IL
corOners' juries in mining accidents
were composed Of only practical miners,
as the juries would then be sure TO visit
the spot in the mines where the acct
dent occurred
AT Gladstone the $500" Line transfer
elevator caught fire from sparks, and,
together with its contents 100000
bushels of wheat, was destroyed The
fire extended to the flour sheds and con-
sumed 10000 barrels of -four From
here it was communicated 10 the coal
docks upon which were 40, 900 tons OF
coal belonging to the Lehigh Coal and
Iron Company and tho Pioneer Fuel
Company of Minneapolis. A laige
amount of this was de ,troyed before the
fire was brought under control. The
elevator and docks were the property OF
the $500" Line, and the original plant
cost 81, 600, 900. The damage will be at
least $3.50, 900, partly covered by insur.
ance. The Pioneer Fuel Company Is the
same firm which lost so much coal at the
Duluth docks early last month.
JOHN IDALsKI, who pour ded VIM. Ha-
BcH WIFI u CIuU lidRcuSNHle,
Presque Isle County, and Cas.mir Keal-
easzewski, who helped throw stones at
him, were captured by Sheriff Max Kuhl-
man at a wedding party in Posen.
Neither had heard OF Hagen's death.
Idalski is hard case who has been in
prison In Ohio, and who was jailed at
Rogers City once for beating his own
father and mother He was burned out
recently and at that time the man whom
he afterward murdered gave him 1000
shingles to help him rebuild. Fred Ha-
gen, son of William, also contribut ID
So Idalski has a wife and five chill
dren Kea easzewki was married but
short time ago. He has had good repu-
taton in the past
WILLIAM RICHTEr, of Bay City, had o
private museum containing many rare
and interesting relies, and when il burn
ed he claimed the fire was due TO the
carelessness Harper, Ieisner & Co, who
occupied the ad accent bui ding lie sued
tbar, for la m n Uaa n nd oht od a vardict