The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-08-17
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From Far and Near.
The total amount OF salt inspected
for the past six months Is 2, 22S, 9l4 bar
rels.
A CARPENTER named Murray fell
from a scaffold at Fort Brady, Sault
Ste. Marie, and was fatally injured.
FRANK BUsBREY, the 12-year- old son
Of Joseph Busbrey, of Meridian, while
playing in bin Of wheat at the railroad
elevator, near Haslet Park, was drawn
down into the bin by the opening of the
shute, and Immediately suffocated. He
made no cutlery, and his death was not
discovered for several minutes. When
the body was recovered nearly ton OF
wheat was above 1t.
HARVEY EDISON, who lives three
miles south of Lansing, was arrested ON
warrant charging him with the abduc-
ton of the 10-year-old son Of Thomas
McCarthy, his son-in-law. Mccarthy
was recently granted divorce from his
wife and given the custody Of his two
children. The wife went to Canada
with one OF the children, and her father
is now accused Of spiriting away the
other.
AN accident which will probably re-
suit in the death of Isaac Woolner oc-
Cured on his farm In Sheridan Town
ship, nine miles from Bad Axe. Mr.
Woolner was engaged In cutting hay,
when his horses took fright at q man
passing and ran away, tearing through
fence and throwing the unfortunate
man upon the machine. Before the
horses could be stopped Mr.. Woolner's
right leg was torn off at the knee and
he was otherwise seriously injured.
AN Alpena giant, with six feet and 200
pounds to his credit, has still large
balance on the other side Of his account
current. pioneer of 80 caught him
stealing hay and ordered him off, where
upon the giant hit the pioneer smash
on the jaw that broke it, and then
thumped his head for q few minutes.
Both are confined as the result Of the
scrap the old man to his bed and the
other fellow to the county jail. II the
old man dies the people are talking OF
holding two inquests and two funerals.
ONE of the most important decisions
relative to the liability Of insurance
companies ever rendered has been filed
in the Supreme Court in the case OF
Mitchell VS.. The st. Paul German In
surance Company. Mitchell was en-
| gagged in the manufacture and sale Of
lumber at Crooked Lake, Mecosta
| County, when fire destroyed his manu-
featured lumber valued at $4,000, up
| on which he carried an insurance Of
! S133, 900 under concurrent policies. The
market value OF the lumber was $10.64
per 1000, but the adjusters would allow
only the actual cost Of producing. mas
much as Mitchell was a manufacturer,
or So. SO per 200 less than the market
value, claiming that he was not entitled
to recover on the profits. Justice Long,
who wrote the opinion, maintained that
| the contract must be construed the
same as though the insured had no
stumpage or mill of their own and
would have to go into the open market
to replace the lumber destroyed.
PETER T. SHAW, farmer and settler,
lives four miles north OF Allis, in
Pressure Isle County. While at work in
the fields his wife brought her 6-months-
old baby out of the house and laid it
down on the grass under the tree as
she sewed Presently she was called
into the house and almost Immediately
an enormous eagle swooped down on
the infant and sunk it's talons into the
little ones flesh and clothing. The
mother heard her baby's cry, but came
too late to be OF service. The father quick
ly comprehended the situation, mounted
horse and armed with a rife rode
to the shore Of "a nearby lake where he
knew was an eagle eyrie in the cliffs.
1t was half an hours ride, and Shaw ar
rived just in time to witness terrible
sight-two eagles were lowering above
crag Of rock filling the air with their
cries, and battling for possession Of the
baby that lay high up on the cliff. Be-
fore the father reached the summit one
OF the eagles had fallen to the ground
while the other had again taken up the
child for another flight. The father
fired, and the bird and baby fell into the
water. The frantic father plunged into
the lake, caught up the body, but the
little one had been dead since the first
moment Of the flight He took homo
the body, along with those Of the two
eagles, one Of which had been killed in
the fight over the prey.
AN electrical company has been or
ganized at Menominee with capital Of
$4,000.
THE barge Orion was loaded with TO-
600 feet of lumber at Ontonagon, con-
signed to England.
MENoMINEE and Marinette expect to
turn out 400, 000, 900 feet Of manufac-
tured lumber in 1892.
GOVERNOR WINANs appointed George
w. Chandler, Of Detroit, as member
Of the Standard Policy Commission.
REV. j. GUNDERMAN has rendered his
resignation as pastor of the Baptist
church at Rives, after holding the pas
torate twelve years.
HUcKLEBERRIEs in Crawford County
are an immense crop. On Monday two
Ora ling merchants purchased 234
bushels from pickers.
HEMLoCK inspectors are prowling
around up in 0ntonagon County look
ing after opportunities to invest large
amounts of money probably.
The teachers examination for Jack
son County, just closed proved the
most successful held In that county for
years. OF eighty-four applicants for
certificates sixty-seven were success
full.
Two MEN we're arrested at Alpena
for peddling Bibles without license,
and the justice promptly fined them.
The publishers object to their Bibles
being classed in municipal law along