The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-08-10
From Far and Near.

directly through her heart. Another
penetrated the breast and third passed
through her neck. She was killed in
stantly.
MAYOR LINTON, Of Saginaw, wired
Mayor Jackson, of Bay City, extending
the stricken people OF the burned dis
trict the sympathy of Saginaw and Offer
ing help. Mayor Jackson replied that
when outside assistance was needed the
kind offer would be accepted.
AT Lansing, fire broke out in G.. l..
Wright's drug store, from supposed
spontaneous combustion, utterly de-
stroying stock of drugs valued at
$4,000, upon which there is an insurance
of $4,000. The building Was damaged
to the extent of about 1900. II was
the most destructive fire which has Oc-
CURED in Lansing for several years.
THE case of John A. Brooks VS.. Tho
Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railway
Company, which was recently instituted
in the Supreme Court to compel the
company to sell 1,000-mile tickets good
for any member OF the purchasers
family, as required by the statute of
1887, was discontinued by stipulation.
This is interpreted to mean that all
Michigan roads will hereafter sell such
tickets to all who apply for them.
AT Jackson, four tough Parma burg
lars and George Bench, highway
robber who was brought back from
Pennsylvania, made their escape from
the county Jail. They digged through
wall in the upper tier into ventilator
stack at the rear, dropped down, and
crawled through a small hole at the
bottom. They were discovered by
domestic and an alarm given, and, after
a chase Of q mile, two were captured.
Bench was overhauled half mile fur
Their on, but the other two, Sullivan and
Smith, arc still at large.
THERE'S one of the old Roman, or
Connecticut, mothers still living in the
vicinity OF Lambertsville. Her small
boy came in from the field and told his
mother that the hired man, who had run
afoul of yellow Jackets nest while
moving had "swored great big naughty
swear word. The matron took down
the carriage whip, went out among the
clover blossoms and told the malefactor
TO get down on his knees and ask Gods
pardon or stand up and take whipping.
He chose the whipping and she striped
him like zebra.
DISTRICT and independent fairs for
Michigan, with secretaries names, dates
and average attendance are announced
as follows: Brighton Market, B. T. o.
Clark, Brighton, Oct. At, 5000; Cedar
Springs, j. B. Callahan, Cedar SPRINGS,
Sept. 1916, 1000; Dowagiac Union, w.
III. Palmer, Dowagiac, Oct. Al; Hills
dale, j. +. Fitzsimmons, Hillsdale, Oct.
81; Morenci, Jas. H. Turner, Morenci,
Sept. 14-16, 1000; Plymouth, j. NJ. Col
n,,th n.
S. Evans, Romeo, Oct. Al, 5000; Stock.
bridge Union, w. G.. Nichols. Stock
bridge, Oct. 4-6, 5000; Sturgis, f. w.
Wait, Sturgis, Sept. 2O-24, 1000; Union
Agricultural Society, l.. b. Agard.
Litcbfleld, Oct. lila, 1000; West
Michigan, c. l.. Whitney (Muske-
gon), Grand Rapids, Sept. 1928, $4,000.
County fairs announce the following
dates: Allegan, G. II. Adams, Allegan,
Sept. 27-Oct. l. 10000 Branch, E. A.
Greenamayer, Coldwater, Sept. $3.50,
5000; Clare, A. II. Garfield, Harrison,
Oct. Al, LOCO; Eaton, Geo. A. Perry,
Charlotte, Oct. Al, 10000; Genesee,
+. H. Rankin, Jr., Flint, Sept. 1923,
5000; Hillsdale, J. f. Fitzsimmons,
Hillsdale, Oct. 81, 10000; Ingham, Col.
j. III. Ives, Mason, no fair; Kalamazoo,
J. n. Stearns, Kalamazoo, Sept. 27-3O.
10000; Kent Jas. Cox, no fair; Lenawee.
F.. L. Mills, Adrian, Sept. $3.50, 35, 600;
Mason, j. Edwin Smith, Ludington,
Sept. 1916; Midland, Byron Burch,
Midland, Sept. 14-16, $4,000; Oakland,
II. A. Wyckoff, Pontiac, Sept. 27-3O,
10000; Otsego, Henry Whiteley, Gay
lord, Sept. 21-23, $50; Washtenaw, f. E.
Mills, Ann Arbor, Sept. 2S-Oct l, 40, 900;
Central, Of Hubbardston (Dist) w. H.
Gill, Hubbardston, Oct. 60, 5000.
SANI1Ao COUNTY farmers are in the
midst of harvest, and the yield is far
above the average.
PROPOSITION will probably be SUBJ
mitted to Jackson people this fail to-
build new court house.
A MONSTER bear chased an Elmer
City, Sanilac County, resident out OF
the woods the other day.
MILFORD is to have the new eleva tor
so long wished for. 1t will be located
in South Milford, opposite the depot.
Work has been begun and it will be
pushed rapidly to completion.
MARLETTE wants and will furnish
good business for brickyard and a
stave-mill Good clay for the former
and large quantities of the timber for
the latter is TO be had near at hand.
JOHN ABERN. of Port Crescent, was
drowned at the docks of that village. II
is supposed he went alone to take
bath and was taken with cramps. He
was the son of Daniel Abern, prosper
Gus farmer of Hume, was about 25 years
of age and unmarried.
The Michigan Weather Service re-
ports that the weather the last week
has been favorable to growing crops in
the northern and southern counties,
while in the central portion of the State
the drought was beginning to have
damaging effect on potatoes and corn.
The dry spell, however, was broken be-
fore much damage was done, and the
last few days potatoes and corn are
looking better. Wheat harvesting is
progressing in the central counties and
is mostly at an end in the southern tier.
Oats are looking fine and will be about
ready to harvest the coming week. In
some localities more rain is needed to
insure a good corn and potato crop.
The Central Michigan Normal School
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