The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-10-05

REV. WILLIAM G. CLARKE, a young
Chicago divine who Is trying to rival
Dr. Parkhurst in reforming towns, is
native of Adrian.
ONToNAGON has proved that she is
water dry for $50 feet, so now will take
to the peach bough and drive well sys-
tenn and get water or bust.
RATS got so numerous and voracious
in Bay City that the citizens imported
professional rat-catcher from Phila-
delphia to clean them out.
CoRUNNA people are developing a
literary taste This year they will
have lecture course and have already
secured several lecturers of national
reputation.
HENRY MORGAN, of Saginaw Coun-
ty, went to West Bay City and fell in
with two strangers, who told him what
fine fellow he was, and then picked
his pocket Of So.
AMOS GARDNER, the man who was
shot at Linwood, Fay County, Is
threatened with blood poisoning. The
attending physician has little hofe
for his recovery.
OTTO PROUL, OF Port Huron, viii,
never chase rat again. The ANNA,
ran up his trousers leg, and it took
twenty men to kill the rodent and calm
the excited man.
THE Union Township Fair, which
has l. cen held at Mason Park, Chesan-
ing, has closed after successful exhi-
bition. There were over 300 entries
in the various department.
Mrs. ORANGE WILLIAMS, OF New
Haven Township, Shiawassee County,
dropped dead as she stood in her door
way. Heart disease was the cause.
She leaves husband and one child.
CHEBoYGAN ladies advertised an en-
tertainment on the street cars, for
ladies only" A farmer thought this
referred TO riding on the cars, and
walked two miles rather than seem in
trusive.
The hand of Bert Cooper, of Maple
Grove, was blown off by bursting gun
at charivari. Cooper stood in the
midst OF a crowd, but no one else was
injured, although twelve feet of sid
ing was torn off the house.
A BEAR LAKE COW got lost and was
gone thirteen days and nights. When
found she was fast in the top of fallen
tree, where she could get nothing to
eat or drink, but she was still alive.
How she got into the tree is mystery.
S. J. ROUSE, an Owosso delivery
man, almost forgot he owned lot of
land in kentucky. Anyhow, he re-
garded 1t as almost worthless. The
tax collector now writes him that he
owns $4,000 acres, valued at 81 an acre,
but the land is likely TO be worth 500
an acre before long, as it is heavily
timbered.
ABOUT a month ago a saw wa missed
from the machine shop at Ionia prison.
Wolf an inmate, was suspected and
last week the saw was found with him
and pal named Flatten. They have
been plotting to gain liberty a long
time, but are now in solitary on bread
and water. The saw will cut steel
bar off like as much lead.
JESSIE GORDON. of the 500. had the
prettiest and costliest opal she ever
saw, but she hadn worn the stone
two days before bad luck overlook her.
Her pet poode's tail was chewed of
by big rat, she lost her black cat,
and old friends became enemies. Then,
for the first time, Jessie heard of the
opal superstition. She closed her right
eye, approached the river cautiously,
and threw the gem over her left shout
der into the water. The very next day
she drew $50 in cash as prize offered
by .eweler.
''PINGREE's potato patch" was the
object of much Gerision at Detroit
when the mayor of that city first
preached his plan OF planting the
vacant lots TO potatoes, for the benefit
Of the poor. But it turns out to have
been an almighty good thing. Over
$1,000 bushels have been raised worth
1000, and the cost was about 50, 800
Indeed, so successful has been the
plan that there is now serious talk of
making ii permanent and putting the
work in charge of regular city de-
partment TO be created especially for
that purpose. 1t is proposed that the
city purchase about 200 acres of good
land in the suburbs and keep it for the
express purpose of dividing 1t by
allotment among the poor every
spring. Then, instead of paying out
to each pauper family 81 month, as
the poor department is now doing, the
city would start the family with a
| capital of ~ worth OF seed potatoes
and induce them TO raise their own
supply for the winter.
THE Coroner's jury, on the death of
Charles ]. Pease, who was found in
the st. Joseph River. at st. Joseph,
rendered verdict that he came to his
death by drowning, cause unknown.
Foul play is suspected and an investi-
cation will be made by the authori-
ties.
AT Ann Arbor James Benson was
arrested for being drunk on the streets.
Shortly afterward dispatch arrived
from Grass Lake. describing him and
asking that he be held for forgery Of
q check for SIC. He bought a hand
some filed case ladies' watch at lo-
cal jewelers..