The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-04-06
From Far and Near.

JAMES BUTLER, the burglar, who es-
capped from the prison at Jackson, has
been captured at Windsor, Ont, and he
is now in Jail awaiting extradition.
A FLOCK Of wild geese were cleaning
In the corn stubble at Pinckney, Liv-
ingston County, for over week, but a
goose never goes into camp without
throwing out pickets, and no one could
crawl within gun distance Of them.
AND now it is the superintendent Of
the Oceana County House who is ac-
cused by one of the female inmates, and
an investigation is to be made. The
investigation at the Calhoun and Mecosta
County houses showed that the charges
were trumped up.
PATRICK WARD and Edward Moore,
who reside at Marysville, were on their
way home In an intoxicated condition.
They got into a row with William
O'Tooie, proprietor OF a saloon, during
which Moore drew q pistol and shot
O'Toole. He will be tried for murder.
JUDGMENT was taken by default in
the Circuit Court at Lansing against the
Union Mutual Accident Insurance Com
pany of Chicago for 81, 800, in favor Of
Louise G.. Hessler, mother Of Edward
II. Hessler, who was killed by Detroit,
Lansing and Northern train at Grand
Ledge two years ago.
Gov. WINANs has issued an order
directing Attorney General Ellis to in@
vestigate the charges against Dennis
Hebron, Sheriff Of Schoolcraft County,
and he will proceed to Manistique for
that purpose. 1t is optional with him
under the statute whether he will con-
duet the investigation before the Circuit
Court Commissioner or Judge of Probate.
EDWARD BALDWIN, OF Harrisville,
was recently convicted Of killing deer
out Of season, and Justice Beech fined
him $50, in default to go to Jail for thir-
ty days. Baldwin's attorney considered
the fine unreasonably large, and ap-
pealed to the Justice to reduce it. The
Justice held that he had no power 60 do
so, and the Attorney General has now
confirmed his judgment.
VIM PRATT, living mile and half
west Of Bentley postOfice, was in Bent
ley on business, and while there bought
a bottle of whisky. Returning home he
met two men who helped him drink it.
He became drunk and did not awake
until his clothes began burning. Pass
ersby came TO his rescue. Pratt says
the men robbed him of $40 and then set
fire TO his clothes. 1t is feared. his in
juries will result fatally.
AT Pontiac, Miss Belle Stroud, 49,
year-old daughter Of the proprietor Of
the American House, was in Ed Stevens
meat market making purchases for thu
hotel, and made some remark about buy
a 130-poun6 porker that was hanging
from the hook. One word led to another,
and finally Stevens told her that she
could have the pig if she could carry *
home, whereupon she lifted it from the
book, swung it up to her shoulder and
in trice it was at the American House.
The rumor having prevailed that there
was an outbreak of diphtheria at the
Agricultural College, Secretary Reynolds
is out in an official statement TO the
effect that the only fact upon which it
could be based was that young man
who occupies the room in which there
were two cases OF diphtheria last term
is afflicted with sore throat, and although
the room had been vigorously fumigated
according to the most stringent rules OF
the State Board of Health, he has been
kept under quarantine. Although there
were no signs of diphtheria, it was
deemed safer to take the precaution un-
der the circum stances.
The residents of Pressure Isle County
despair of ever bringing the alleged
perpetrators of the famous Molitor muir
der at Rogers City to justice unless the
State interferes. Gov, Winans received
petition signed by all but one of the
ten members of the Board Of Supervis-
ors asking him TO instruct the Attorney
General to prosecute these cases. The
petitioners say that the cases have al
ready been twice continued at great ex-
pense, the Prosecuting Attorney is a
confirmed drunkard, and that the de-
PENDANTS and their attorneys rely upon
keeping him in office, boldly asserting
that as long as he continues to be pros
ecutor nothing will be done in the mat
ter. The Governor has not yet on
nounced his decision.
MONDAY morning, Abraham Cooley,
a well-to-do farmer, aged 81 years, Ev-
ing one mile north of Richmond, mur-
dered his wife in cold blood and then
finished his horrible work by committing
suicide. Mrs. Cooley was his second
wife, to whom he had been married
about year. She has two sons in Chi
cago, and one is supposed to be in Texas.
They are children by her first husband,
and she had a daughter, 10 years old, by
her second husband, from whom she had
been divorced, she having been married
three times in all. Mr.. Cooley
had five grown sons. The motive
which prompted this terrible deed
can be best judged from a paper in
Cooley's pocket, which appeared to have
just been written. 1t read as follows:
"The act which am about to commit 1
hope God will forgive me for. Lib has
robbed me of my happiness, and is now
agoing to rob the family, because the
law allows woman to do as they
please, and for other reasons not be-
coming of woman. / told Mr., Wicks
that he must look TO her for the money
he let her have, as l would not Ee
responsible for 1t. The papers Is in the
little box in the tool chest. Mr.. Acker,
please pay those checks to Frank and he
can settle with the rest of the boys.
Sell the farm to my son and he can pay.
the rest off. Goodbye to my family.
Don't bury Lib on my lot. Search her
boxes and take what belongs to me.
WILLIAM BUSH, of Chippewa Town
ship, went down TO Mt. Pleasant and
assaulted beefsteak. While endeav-
oring TO masticate a section of 1t he