The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-07-27


and may die.
w. S. WooDHEAD, we'll known in
Masonic circles in this State, died at
Battle Creek.
COLBY (Montcalm County postoffice
has been discontinued. Its mail will
go to Stanton.
In point of area Mar Iuette is the
largest county In Michigan, with
Chippewa second.
CHARLES COTEY, saloonist, and Jo-
seph Cotey, grocer, have been robbed
by burglars in Cadillac.
ADRIAN Christian Endeavorers won
Prize at Cleveland for the most sys-
tematic system of giving.
SHIPMENT of this years celery crop
at Newberry, Luce County, has begun.
The crop will be a large one
T.. S. SHIRKs, of Mancelona, was
killed by lightning in his bed. His
wife, beside him, was uniajured.
JOSEPH HARMoN's team ran away in
Elmira, throwing his son John into the
road and breaking his collarbone.
ANN ARBoR is trying TO break up
the practice of hackmen pulling and
hauling prospective passengers at the
depots.
WILLIAM +. PORTER. of St. Joseph,
died at his home, aged 63. Mr.. or
ter had been resident OF st. Joseph
since 1919.
THE last three of the five Cinnamon
arrested at the tunnel have proved that
they were Chicago merchants, and
have been released from the Port
Huron Jail
JOHN HUBERT was arrested by the
Bay City police. He i; wanted by the
authorities at Vassar en- charge of
stealing $40.
BY the breaking of the seat on his
binder, Manley Morley, farmer OF
Woodstock, had his skull ground to
pieces Saturday.
MUSHROOM COUNTY is pluming itself
over a gain of 1907 in population in
four years, the number OF inhabitants
being now 20, 49,.
MARY MCINTYRE of st. Clair, has
been allowed arrearages OF pension
amounting TO 81 ,662 and Ii pension
OF Sl2 per month.
FRANK JONUAKA, at Manistee, fell
into vat of boiling brine at Reitze s
salt block, and was fearfully scalded
poioio pclHS uoncu OuU
The Arbetaren, a Swedish paper
published at Cadillac BY G. f. Thorn
mark and A. G.. Berggren, will be re-
moved to Grand Rapids.
THE majority of Holland & Emerys
mill hands, at East Tawas. are still out,
and thirty-tive police are guarding the
few non-unionists at work.
The Twentieth Century Club, of
Battle Creek has been camping at ,Iull
Lake, Il alamazoo County. There were
about fifty at the session, and all had a
pleasant time.
ALPHONSE ROSSEL, who stabbed
Conrad Richert in Port Huron, has
been sentenced to three years in Jack
son. Mrs. Rossel is left penniless with
two small children.
FARMERS in the eastern Part OF the
Upper Peninsula are troublel greatly
this summer with grasshoppers, which
are on hand in millions, and eat the
tops of green vegetables.
IT is pr, bable that Sault Ste Marie
may secure a large permanent State
fish hatchery, if the city will donate a
site. The Council will act on the mat
ter Of the site very soon.
HENRY DEWITT BENNETT, formerly
postmaster at Ann Arbor, and for
thirteen years secretary and steward
at the University, died at Pasadena,
Cal. He leaves a widow and one son.
A WOMAN in London, Monroe Coun-
ty, only 80 years CT age, has daughter
aged AZ and son Al years old. The
if not sworn to, would appear incredi-
BILE.
ARTHUR MOORE, a colored man Of
Kalamazoo, has been torn from his
bride to be tried on tho charge of per-
juring himself in swearing that he and
the girl were OF the proper marrying
age.
THE soldiers and sailors of Central
Michigan will hold their annual en-
camDment at Alma this fall, and this
has aused the Alma ID living Park AS
sec alton not to hold meeting this
season.
AN Ovid man attempted to carry a
large coffin box into his store He
tripped, lost his balance and the box
came over on top Of him. He was so
frightened that he lay in spasms for
twelve hours.
ARRANGEMENTS have been COM
pleted for the annual reunion and pic
; mic OF the kalamazoo County Phone or
Association, which will b. held at
Lake view, two miles from Kalama-
700, August Is.
WHILE Mrs. j. G. Rasey, OF Holton,
was out driving she raised her umbrel-
la. 1t frightened the horse and ii ran
away, throwing the lady out of the
| buggy. She landed on her head and
died few minutes later. Mrs. Rasey
was % years old and leaves large
family.
IN spite OF the fact that Hastings
has spent 100000 in building and
equipping new factories to encourage
the growth of the town, the census
shows that it has barely held its own
in population, although less enterpris-
ing towns surrounding it have made
good gains.
I. ID. BORON, postmaster of st.
fls.f.. l.. IL