The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-21
The Low OIL Test.

ports on Illuminating oil for the months
OF July, August and September They
show that In July there were In the
State three accidents, in August three
and in September four, which have all
been officially affirmed by either board
OF health officers or oil inspectors as due
to Kerosene. Eight were lamp explo-
sions, one of which resulted in the death
of a child. The board also has reports
OF two accidents in August and four in
September, which are not officially con-
trmed. In one OF these Grand Rapids
boy lost his life, being burned to crisp,
and another was the sad accident in
which Editor Montgomery, OF the Re-
public Sun, lost his life.
Al Saginaw Frank Newman and
Robert Black, OF Caro- lton, were each
fined $50 or thirty days in jail for shoot
Ing quail out of season
DURING fight between Hubert and
VIM. Burke, two brothers, OF Bay City,
Hubert was so badly injured that he
died. William is in jail, charged with
his murder
WHILE repairing an oil tank, at De-
troit, ;. A. Burlingame, an oil dealer,
p.acod n red hot iron to its surface. The
tank exploded, blowing OF the top of
Burlingamcs head and killing him in
stantly. G.. 5. Duncan, helper, was
so horribly burned that he can not re-
cover.
TIE Cogswell Shingle Mill at Pincon-
ming was destroyed by an incendiary
fire. The next morning a small dwell
ing house in the village suffered the
same fate, and two days latter Cakins
lfot Al
same mysterious manner. Short work
will be made Of the incendary il he is
caught
Two LANSING children played with
lime and got some OF it in their eyes.
Their parents, who arc ignora 1t and in
poor circumstances, lowed the white
Caustc to burn in the chi.dren's eyeballs
for twenty-four hours, when the terrible
agony of the sufferers impelle neigh
bors TO send physician. One of the
children has an excellent prospect of
remaining blind during life.
Ir is estimated that the publishers of
the recent portrait and biographical
album of Clinton AMI ShiawaSsee scooped
about Sl2, 900 out of the two counties.
The purchasers paid all the way from
SIS to 500 for the book, according
And now that it is al over with and
growing colder there is good deal of
kicking, both on the Part of the seller
and the sold.
FRED BALDwIN's thresher engine fell
through bridge into a stream in Sat
River Township, Isabella County. There
was still a good deal OF pressure in
the boiler and the heated metal and es-
Al, q. n hn 20, I'm nnf
the water OF the creek before the engine
was got out as to kill about two bushels
of fish. The water was lukcwarm
mile below the bridge, and further up
some OF the fish taken out were discov.
cred TO be cooked 10 turn.
THERE was frightful runaway at
Popplc, Huron County, the other day.
A threshiDg crew had just finished work
al farm and were pre- airing to leave,
when the horses attached to the porta-
bic steam engine took fright at some
thing and ran away Wow! but that
was runaway which will come back TO
the threshers in nightmares. There
was full head of steam on In the en-
CINE, and Us the plugging horses tore
along at q terrific pace the safety valve
blew off, the roar OF the cloud OF escap-
ing steam increasing the animals terror.
A coupe of miles down the road the
engine was overturned and with wheels
in the air the dome tore great burrows
in the sand until the harness broke and
the team galloped away to their owners
home.
DIR. III. ID. BRONSON, who had resided
in Michigan since $780, drop ed dead at
Jackson.
GARDNER WAITE, 90 years ID, neigh
Dor of Jud Crouch, in JaksOn County,
hanged himself.
GEORGE LABADI, a three year-old, fell
dead when taken out
FRANK BAIR, who had his skull
crushed through being thrown from a
vehicle near Mason, is dead.
SCARLET fever is raging in Chcsaning,
and the public hools have been closed
on account of the dread disease
CHIEF OF POLICE PETIT Is authority
for the statement that eight Port Huron
young society ladies and young swell
visited an leo cream parlor and ordered
dish of ice cream and nine spoons.
THE Attorney General has got move
on him I'm the matter OF the Wild owl
Bay marshes, which Kidney Cure War
ner Gains. At Bad Axe a suit in eject
ment has been commenced against Kid
ney Cure.
In the birmingham cemetery the sew
ton mows only the lots on VIII oh the
dues have been paid. This is probably
all right but the owners, on the balloon
les Of heaven, smile as they think that
the scythe Of time will not make any
dstinc ion.
Nor many days ago gentleman
stopped on the street TO have a social
chat with Justice Stonehouse of Esca-
naba. In the course of their converse
ton tho gentleman said: "Sam, have
n good notion To get married one OF
these days; what will YOU charge me?"
"Oh," said the justice, thinking the man
was simply joking, seeing tbs you, I'll
charge you nothing" That ended the
conversation, and Sam thought he'd
hear no more about 1t, but the very next
evening he was surprised to see the man
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