The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-06-01
NEWSOFOUROWNS STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MIcHr-
CANDERS.
Young Nan Who Is Writing Too Much
-Benzie County Wants No Mormonism
"A Monroe County Pioneer Gone
Something Like Piracy.


From Far and Near.
IT is reported that more good improved
farms have been sold to actual settlers
in Isabella County this year than ever
before, for prices ranging from $40 to S65
per acre.
Mrs. MARY TRowBRIDGE, an aged
and respected resident OF Kalamazoo
since 1866, died suddenly from la grippe.
She stood high in social circles and was
universally beloved.
The Oakland circuit jurors presented
Judge Moore with a gold-headed cane.
1t is a wonder that the Judge has es-
capped so long. Perhaps he hasn't.
He may have rack full at home.
LITTLE son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
| Stirer, of Schoolcraft, sustained fatal
injuries on Friday by falling into pail
OF hot water as he was playing about
the kitchen with his two little triplet
sisters.
AT Chesaning, Mrs. John Mason and
her son, lad of II years, went out row.
ing on the river, the little fellow doing
the pulling. One OF the oars slipped
out of his grasp, and in attempting to
recover it he fell overheard and was
drowned.
CHARLES PARRISH is under arrest at
Port Huron charged with having three
wives, all of whom he has led to the
altar within three years. His latest
victim is, or was, Miss Florence Howe,
of Lakeport, whom he welded Wednes-
day of last week.
FINAL arrangements have been made,
and new company organized at Pom
tiac, for the manufacture of wagons,
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has received considerable encourage
ment from the Western trade, and are
engaged in getting out sample lines of
goods.
SARAH BLACK, charged with passing
counterfeit bills, was convicted in the
United States Court at Bay City, the
jury recommending her to the mercy of
the court. Sentence was suspended
The case Of her husband has been con-
tinued until the October term, his bail
being fixed at $500.
Four men, armed with Winchester
rifles and revolvers, are cruising along
the lake in q sail boat between Sleeping
Bear and Cat Head Point landing at
small places and carrying off property
after the manner of the Island Mormons
of years past. The Sheriff and a posse
are now in pursuit.
ALEXIS ROBERT, one Of Monroe's
French pioneers, died at his residence
in Monroe Town, after brief illness OF
rheumatism. The deceased was born
in Monroe in 1914, and always resided
in Monroe County. He was highly re-
spected, and leaves family, consisting
OF widow and seven grown-up children.
A LATTER DAY SAINT recently in
vaded Benzie County and commenced
preaching Mormonism to the farmers
wives and daughters. The men stood it
for few days, and then a committee of
them waited upon the elder with a pro-
posal to give him feather undershirt
in precisely twentyfour hours from that
time if he should happen to be there
then. He wasn't.
THE regents of the University OF
Michigan have Apo nted Adolph Hall,
Jr., of Washington University, Profess
sor of Astronomy, vice Professor w. II.
Harrington, who resigned to become
Chief OF the United States Weather
Bureau, and Israel c.. Russell, OF the
United States Geological Survey, to fill
the chair long held by Professor Alex.
Winchell as Professor of Geology. Both
will accept.
EDWARD +. WoRTHINGToN, of School
craft, was arrested at Kalamazoo on a
charge of forgery. He is young man
and wanted to make showing to a lady
fri nd that he had property, to win her
hand. He bought a farm and forged a
note for 81 200. The Vicksburg Bank
took the farm to make the note good.
He then forged the names of some rela-
tives for 5000, and secured the money OF
a Kalamazoo money loaner. He paid it
back, but was arrested and gave bail for
his appearance June Z. He says that
the parties whose names he signed told
him TO do It..
AT Port Huron, Charles F. Parrish
pleaded guilty to indulging in the lux
ury of having two living wives, and was
sentenced to four years at hard labor in
State Prison The prisoner said he sup
posed that IL a man was married in
Canada he could come over here and
marry again without breaking any law.
A CORRESPONDENT from Hardwood
chronicles the arrival OF a 16-pound boy
baby.
ADRIAN T. HILL, resident of Atlas
for thirty-ive years, died at Goodrich
on Sunday.
are not afraid of mice. Last Saturday
they killed fourteen.
AT lumber camp near Rogers City,
on Monday, team ran over James
Welch, breaking his back and both legs.
He cannot live.
CHARLES GAY, q veteran of the war,
and a resident OF Whigville for twenty
years, died suddenly Sunday evening.
He leaves wife and family.
BENJAMIN MORSE, the Shelby mer-
chant who mysteriously disappeared
May 4, has returned home. He had
been visiting friends at Grand Haven.
JOSEPH MARTIN, farmer two miles
from Alabaster, found that his horses
were going too fast for safety, so he
jumped out and broke his arm. Then
the horses stopped.
AUGUST NELSON, aged AZ years, who
has been more or less mentally deranged
since suffering a sunstroke five years
ago, suicided at Saginaw. The deceased
was a Woodworking man, when able to