The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-05-06
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS,
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.

portant Doings of Our Neighbors-wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimos, Casualties,
and General News Notos.
SHERIFF HILTON, at Monroe, went into
a cell occupied by two colored tramps,
and they made "a desperate assault and
attempt to escape. He shot one dead
and fatally wounded the other The
dead one is a motor Gus Detroit crook,
"Kid South" and the other is Tom
Hart, barber.
FIRES are raging fiercely in the woods
of Gladwin and Clare Counties, and
much property is threatened. Skidded
logs owned by Jonathan Bpyce, and
valued at $4,000, were destroyed.
NOAH TINDELL and Blanche Watson,
OF Bay City, have made a business of alb
Quoting girls and taking them TO vile
resorts in the northern part Of the State.
Four victims are discovered, and the
miscreants who entrapped them are held
in 81, bonds.
The Hollis Tack and Nail Company,
of Pittsburg Pa, will move part of its
plant TO Port Huron, in consideration of
100000, either in bonus or stock sub
scribed, and ;. 5. Hotchkiss, of Column
bus, Ohio, will transplant carriage
factory there for the sum of $4,000.
The Wheeler Company launched an
other steel boat for the Atlantic coast
trade, from the West Bay City yard. 1t
Is called the Keweenaw, and was put in
TO the water in two sections. The two
parts will be towed 10 Montreal where q
dry-dock will be utilized for putting
them together again. and when the yes
sci leaves Montreal it will be complete,
and no one will be able to tell that it
took such a long voyage with all the
part forward Of the engines separated
from the other. The plan of launching
in halves will be watched with interest
by every shipbuilder on the lakes.
DETROIT was seriously disturbed for
several days by strike among the
street car employees, and several men
were badly hurt The men finally OBJ
tanned all they demanded, but settle
ment of this trouble was no sooner made
| than the employees Of the Michigan Car
Works, about 1000 men, struck, involv-
ing the Peninsuar works also. Many
men were assaulted Shorter time and
increased pay is demanded.
AUSTRIA and Italy fought at Calumet,
in the person of two miners Italy
plunged knife through Austria's back,
and then fled The injured man says
the assault was Malta arrangement.
AT Milford, Fred Shelton, a young
man Of about u years, was arrested for
passing counterfeit silver dollars. The
molds were found upon his person, and
he confessed to having made the spuri-
Gus coin.
A WARRANT for S420, s65 has been is
sued by Uncle Sam in favor Of Michigan,
this being the States share of tho
direct-tax fund. The sum of Sc, 500
was withheld from the amount applied
for on account of arms furnished TO the
State
ST. CLAIR COUNTY is a good place in
which TO live. 1t has come good ways
out of the woods and has not cent OF
Indebtedness
A MAD DOG was shot at Bay City. The
animal was found racing up and down
Third street, and during one trip he bit
a chunk from a mans leg.
THE Mt Pleasant Creamery Company
report shows that there are eighty-one
stockholders, and that 374 was paid
out for cream which when butterized
sold for SO, 1913, with net profit Of S296.
This is about % per cent profit on
actual stock paid in, and the conserva-
tive stockholders are jubilant.
THE Attorney General will get So, 500
year, the amendment to that effect
having been carried by about 500. ac-
cording to the figures received by tho
Secretary of State.
C. BIGELow, vice A. C. Banker, re-
moved. has been appointed Postmaster
at Clay Hill, Wexford County.
FRANK SAvARIo, a Malta fva-centa
man Of Saginaw, goes to Jackson seven
years for an assault
SAGINAW has accepted plans for o.
$40, 600 poorhouse.
LIEUT.. A. d. NIsKERN, of the Orchard
Lake soldier factory, has been assigned
to duty at Fort Assinaboine, Mont.
II r. MORSE, of Alpena, has an offer
of S332 900 for tract of pine on Van
couver Island. He says it is worth
more.
ST.. LOUIS has got Yerngton's COM
mercial college away from Alma all fast
and tight, and now it is bearing down
hard for furniture company and stock
is being taken rapidly. 1t also has %
fax mill ghost for SIDE show.
DIR. j. RANNEY, of Kalamazoo, went
to Carinville, H.. just to preach to a
congregation he used to lead so years
ago. This was the ostensibie object OF
the pilgrimage out not inc romantic.
The venerable doctor went TO Blooming
ton, Ill, and there was married to Mrs.
T. V Stewart The bride in her child
hood days was an inmate of Mr. Ran
ney's home i'm PENNSYLVANIA as an adopt
ed daughter.
THE Michigan Buggy Company, of
Kalamazoo, has decided to abandon its
$50, 900 suit against the American wheel
trust Both sides are said to have made
concessions and the buggy people con-
cluded the trust was all right and did
not break its contract to furnish wheels.
1t is expected other suits of the kind will
also be dropped.
THE eight-year-old son OF Samuel
Tyson, of Kalamazoo, was run over by
the cars and had both feet cut off.
THE old soldiers of Saginaw have or
ganized county battalion. These are
the officers: Colonel, T.. =. Pease: Lieu