The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-04-06


A HAMLIN man cut his initials on
turtles back ten years ago. That tur-
tie has been found three times since
then.
IT is believed that the House will
appropriate $4,000 for Hay Lake
channel ard 100000 for st. Mary's
River.
DIPTHERIA of the worst form is rag
ing in the township of Blel, Sanilac
County, but so far only enc death is re-
ported.
BELLEvILLE physicians report a
great deal of sickness in the surround
ing country, measles being the most
prevalent.
THERE are 52S fraternity men In the
State University. They live in houses
by themselves and go through lot Of
flummery.
TIE Adventists and Episcopalians
are very thick at Bedford. An advent
ist preached at the Episcopal Church
tie other day.
The Congregational Society OF Lake
Odes a, with Rev. j. w. Arney as pas
tor, has just ended big revival. About
160 were converted.
COREY LAMBERT, an Edwardsburg
farmer, was fined $50 for cruelty to
animals. He left his horses for several
days without food or water.
MRS. URSULA BURPEE. of Owossc, is
accused of pouring boiling water into
her adopted sons boots, then putting
him out in the cold 10 starve.
GEORGE GETTY and George Smith,
of Shelby, were fooling with self
cooking revolver. Getty was shot in
the abdomen and may not recover.
THE creamery at Yale, st. Clair
County, which was built year ago at
cost of 5000, has been sold II David
Ncwstead, of Greenwood II wnship,
for $3.50.
FINE strings CT black bass are being
taken from Thornapple Lake. TIE
other day two young men in few
hours caught string weighing over
100 pounds.
ALL of the teachers in the Inlay
City schools, with one exception, have
been re-en gagged; the salary of the SUI
permit end mt, Geo. r. Brandt, has been
increased.
JOSEPH CUMMINGS threw himself in
front OF the Erie Express at SCOTS.
His body was frightfully mangled. 1t
is a clear case of suicide, bat NJ cause
is known.
PEACH buds were reported killed at
Milford. To prove it wasn't so an old
lady took twig, placed it in wate-,
and has been rewarded with an abund-
ance of blossoms.
A NEW town is elbowing itself into
existence. 1t is situated en- Elbow
/ AXE, near Gladwin, and is to be known
as Elbowtown. 1t is on an elbow of the
Michigan Central.
GILT-EDGE society at Tecumseh is
Mortified by one of the leading ladies
having confessed to shoplifting and
'coughed up" $500 to compr omise with
the dry-goods merchants.
THE hotel, hardware store, barber
shop, Maccabee hall and several other
stores were burned in Bur,in yton, Cal
houn County. The town was without
fire protection. The loss is about sl0,-
600.
a CLIO youth who wanted to see the
world clandestinely Put on false face
when he left for Chicago. The officers
pulled him at Durand, thinking he was
a burglar bold, and now he's home
again.
THERE is war in the Unite Brethren
Church at Waldrcn. A radical brother
tried TO prevent +. b. Smith, liberal.
ist, from entering the sanctuary. A
fight with fists ensued, and Smith was
badly used.
JAMES KELLEY, who was wanted at
Gaylord for enlightenment and escaped
from his captors at Bay City, went to
Sarnia, Ont He was fooled into cross
ing the river and Port Huron officers
nabbed him again.
Mrs. HATTIE HEINEY, of Kalama-
ECO, attempted to commit suicide with
laudanum. She had separated from
her husband and was in such dire pov-
ertv that she sold her clothes to buy
food, being too proud to ask for char
ity.
FRANK FAIR, an old bachelor of Ma
pie Ridge, Arenac County, had 500 in
an old stocking and hid in the celia.
He hasn't got it now, though. as some
one unknown broke iuto his house
while he was absent and appropriated
the 1913, stocking AMI all.
GEORGE w. JONES, of Otsego Lake,
| postmaster. was taken to Bay City to
answer to the charge of alleged EN- bez-
element OF 81 900 of Government mon.
ey. Jones waived Cxamlr alton and
was held in l,JC0 to appear before the
Grand Jury. Frank Buell., of Gaylo. d /,
and Chas. S. Brink, Of Otsego Lake,
were Jones bond men as postma ter,
AMI they have settled with the Gov
eminent. The latter became Jones'
bondsman for his appearance before
the Grand Jury. jon premises to
make good the amount his b; ndsmen
have paid. The discrepancy was dis
covered by the postoffice ms. ector on
March Z.
If Athlone, Monroe County, doesn't
hustle IL will be without a postoffice
soon. Tee pace now occupied by
the post office has been sold and the
p stmaster has moved to lpsilanti.
And no one seems anxious for the Job
BUD" JACKSON, tho l7-ye ar-old Kali.
amazoo negro b 10th ack, is under quar-
antine in East Ransom street, near
Walbridge, with smallpox. Special
officers guard the house and also that
of neighbor who visited his home
before the disease was discovered. He
came from Chicago recently. Great
precautions are being taken 30 prevent
It's spread.