The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-03-04
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS,
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

lumber king, has given 240 acres OF land
, beautifully situated, to Manistee for pari
purposes, and offers to give locations I,
all manufactures that will come.
AT Kalamazoo, George Belts, a dis
charged omploye of Il. NJ. Kieselc OF
merchant was arrested for turning tn,
faucets In all the oil tanks in the hous,
and flooding the place.
Six of eight children in the Prossel
/ family, at Walkerville, died within
: month of diphtheria.
Mrs. MARGARET ROBINSON died a.
! Saginaw from an overdose OF narcotI,
| poison in the shape OF DOver's powders
which had been prescribed for her In
regular doses, but which she took b,
I spoonfuls
! THE Manistee and Northeastern Rail-
I road is freak The road is 65 miles
/ long, and il was built and equipped en-
/ tirely by private capital, and to-day tier,
! is no mortgage III on it. not a cent ir
/ stock has ever been sold on it, and not &
/ bond has been issued. 1t is probably tn,
! only road in the United States which car
/ make similar showing.
THADEUs Rowe, of Kalamazoo, ha,
] just won $4,000 suit for Kansas City
/ property which has been in the court;
for five years.
A MOUNT PLEASANT justice sentenced
an Indian TO thirty days in the Detroi,
House OF Correction, but when the of
iicer arrived at the bastile he was re-
! fused admittance because the commit
ment was for less than sixty days. The
officer told the Indian he could go te
Canada IL he wanted 10, but the Indian
! said "No," and the officer had to take
him back as he was determined to get
40, which the Indian agent is abou,
20 allow eligible red men In Isabella
County.
MARINE CITY has contracted for
eighty-eight incandescent lights for
street purposes. They will cost l,4Oe
a year
THE Iron Ore says carload of old rub
Der has left lshpeming, addressed direct
TO famous gum factory.
JOHN G. KIEsEL, of Bay City, wa,
found dead in an old slaughter house. He
was large property owner, 81 years Old
and il is supposed he became stupid from
cold aud died in the house while seeking
a warm place.
LEELANAw COUNTY only has few
people, but those there are just the
proper kind for new section. Samue
Gagnon, of Northport, is the father OF
twcnty-three children, his brother
George has twenty-four, and Napoleon
Paulus, of Leland, is good third, with
seventeen.
THE seasons log cut on the Cheboygat
waters will aggregate so, 100000 feet
and the men will leave the woods il
about three weeks.
THE Rogers City mineral paint min,
pans out, and already orders have beer
received for 800 tons of it for spring ship
ment.
MICHIGAN stands third from the top In
the list Of States bl eeding trotting borses
1t will be first before many years.
EUGENE RIDLEY is insane at Armada
Cause, religious excitement.
THE trains from Gadwin are said t.
resemble war time hospital trains. TIL,
following victims were picked up during
one trip: A man who had been struck
across the face by stick of wood. in.
juring him terribly. This fellow haC
walked a number Of miles alone, without
even bandage over his eyes. When h,
reached the station he was scarcely able
TO stand up from the pain. At another
place man who was scarcely able t.
from an attack Of typhoid malaria.
little farther on, man who had struck
himself on the knee with an AK wa,
helped aboard. The blow had cut his
knee open almost the full length OF the
blade. All along the road there were
similar occurrences, and at every hote
in the neighboring towns there were
from one to three men suffering from
accidents or sickness contracted while
working in the woods.
SANDS CARPENTER is Port Huron
character, 90 years old. He supports
himself on $50 year, and one OF his &C.
centricties is to chew tea as he woulC
tobacco.
WIN SHEPHERD, who kept a halfway
house near Port Huron, had his place
full OF stolen goods, and for this he was
convicted.
THE shingle weavers of Manistee have
learned OF plan to clip their wages 90
per cent, and they are now organizing
against the mill owners.
THos. j. Posi-, OF Bay Bity, shot him
self at Fort Wayne. lie was once the
husband of Eva Mountford, the actress.
THERE is not a grist mill in Iosco
County, and so Tawas City is going to
hang out a bonus.
HERBERT YoEMAN. OF Flat Rock, was
found with his throat cut Suicide.
MEASLES are thick at Armada, and
school will c.ose on account of them.
S $. CARSON, of Saginaw, will have tc
prove that he didn't defraud an Indian
woman of her pension, or go TO prison.
equine PARADOX" BRIsToL tried to
smuggle $500 Canadian horse over al
$40 valuation, and will have to make
his excuses to Port Huron custom Of
tcers.
SIMON j. MCNALLY, of Harrisvlle,
secured a S2,636 verdict against George
l.. Colwoll, because he proved to jury
that Colwelfs mill fire spread to the Nc.
Nally lumber yard by reason of care.
lessness and lack OF precaution, and
destroyed his property. The case il
unique, and will go up.
ANTHONY GENIEwICHA was caught BY
tho flywheel belt of saw mill, at Sigel,
and whipped around the wheels unit.
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