The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-01-06
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
An Ubiey Bankers Peculiar Dcath-Three
Ruled by n Boiler Explosion-Killed at n
From Far and Near.

IAlk "a tne Oranu trunk building 10
the Sault is revived
. SOMEBODY stole $500 from the safe OF
Eavid Wright, of Ilainield, while the
owner was at church.
SENATOR SroCKBRIDGE is laid up with
la grippe at Washington, and W. r.
Bates is just getting out again.
HARRY BAGLEY, stepson Of Matthew
Bardon, OF Saginaw, was killed by the
cars at Birmingham, Ala. He leaves
widow in Detroit
CONGRESSMAN O'DoNNELL, who has
had Ia grippe for the past ten days felt
so much better that he ventured out.
He suffered relapse in consequence.
COL ROBERT ID. BURNS, of Kalama-
ZOO, q well-known member OF the Loyal
Legion, and for years trustee of the
Michigan asylum, died Of heart disease.
Two JACKSON prison employees were
jealous of each others authority, got in
to fist fight at the institution, and had
lively cotillion before they were sep
aiated.
JOHN PRovOsT's sawmill boiler in HUI
ron, Huron County, exploded, killing his
wife and daughter instantly, and so
badly hurting Provost that he will prob
ably die.
THE M. c. r. r. has just paid Sc, 900
for the privilege Of killing one boy and
injuring two others at Mason last Sep
TENDER. The cause was an unprotected
crossing
ELMER CRANE, of Pentwater, the 90
year Old boy captain, who commanded
Zig grain carrier, and who Is charged
with embezzling, is believed to have gone
to South America
AT Pontiac, Eaniel Hartnett and f. A.
Baldwin were sentenced to five years in
jackson prison for larceny, George
Lacey to three years for larceny, and
Theron Graham TO three years for big
amy.
AGED Mrs Compton, who was assault
ed by her insane daughter, Mrs. George
ID. Seaman, three months ago. never re-
covered from her injuries and was buried
from the Home for Aged Women at Bay
ely.
A SHOOTING ma CHI was sad affa for
Tawas City. gun in the hands of Ed
ward Walker was accidentally dis
charged, and the bu let instantly killed
his friend, Fred Moorehead, who came
with him from Pennsylvania when the
two left the r old home to find fortune
in the West.
A BoYIsH Pontiac man slid down the
banisters when he got up in the night TO
go be ow and fix the furnace. Well,
persons hand gets out of practice when
he hasn't rehearsed thing for long
time, and local chronicler observes
that this mar needed fixing more than
the furnace when he came to sudden
stop on tie first floor
ALEXANDER X. PIX, a banker at Ub-
ley, and late a resident of Eetroit, died
under rather peculiar circum tances. A
report that he committed suicide Is de-
MED and a statement of what purports
to be the true circumstances OF his death
il to the effect that, having been taken
i'll, he arose and went down stairs to
take portion of epson salts. BY mis-
take he swallowed a quantity Of paris
green. Ills mistake was discovered
when the poison began to get in its
wo k, and a doctor pumped HIM out
He seemed TO be little the worse for his
experience i'm the morning, but on arriv-
ing at his bank to open up in the Morn
ing, he fell over dead. Investigation
showed that he died from the rupture of
blood vessel caused by his vomiting af-
ter taking the poison the night before.
AT Kaama 90 Stephen s. Cobb died
at h hole of typhoid pneumonia after
two weeks Illness, aged II years. Mr..
Cobb was pioneer of this State. coming
here from Vermont i'm 1912, and for
thirty years has been a leading capital
ist He held nj merous local Offices and
was Michigan'S first Railroad Commits
81 ner His reports were ranked next to
those OF Charles Francis Adams Jr. OF
OH, bxy hn Tnit nH tatn
officers, and they were read in European
countries lie spared no effort in maxi
ing the railr ad system of Michigan as
perfect as practicable. His quick per-
ception and keen foresight enabled him
to guard the great interest of the people
i'm connection with the roa Is and at the
same time to be just to the corporations
GRAVEYARD insurance has kicked up
a stencil again. this time in : tockbridge,
II. n. Forbes, aged SIS, died. when it was
discovered that c. X. Brownell, som
in-law with whom he had been on bad
terms, had an insurance policy for
80, 90 on his life. 1t also appears that
in Chelsea great mary people have in
dulged in this class of speculation, and
the dis osures have created an Old-time
sensation They recall tho fact that,
b fore the law rassed to prohibit the
existence of graveyard companies in the
State, in the little town of Buchanan,
four years ago. an old man was on the
verge of the grave, and pc icies on his
life were written amounting to $4,000,
and not one cent OF this was in the name
of any relative Of the old man or of any
one who had egen passing interest in
his health. The holders of the policies
stood by wat hing his decl ne; and when
physicians gave up hope business was
a most at a standstill for several days
Finally IL became known that he was
dying. An agent sor one OF the grave.
yard" insurance companies lived in the
town, and after midnight he was called
out OF bed TO write another policy, which
he did at ruinous premium rate.
H. l.. SMITH, Cleveland travelling
man who was taken i'll at Saginaw, died
there.
DURING 1891 sixt, six teachers insti-
tutes were held in Michigan, at cost of
S12,697.
F. ID. CoTTRELI- member OF the we'll
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