The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-09-07

Deau, OF EumOro, was uiS"h0b IA -
tub OF water.
EDWARD CRAFT, well-to-do stone
ma son at Ann Arbor t-ok iaudanum
and died In an hour.
MRS. WILLIAM GRAY, OF Mayie|d,
was struck by lightning and badly
burr cd, but VII recover
THE Ophir gold mine, near the 500,
Is working only twelve men, but the
weekly product is about 500 W nth OF
ore.
ALL the engineers on the 500 Read
hereafter. will have to appoint their
own foremen and be responsible for
their work.
500 PEOPLE arc trying ID get James
j. Hill ID build big summer hotel
for the Northwest and other steam d at
pas sengers.
CAsEvILLE young ladies will organ
ize ba ball team, with blOOmer5 and
Iadded corsets, and offer to beat any
team in the State.
EDWARD GRAY, farmer living
three miles west of Tawas City, lost
his house and household goods by fire
Monday night.
IosCo COUNTY last year shipred sew
eral thousand bushels of potatoes.
This year, owing to the drought there
will bo no shipments.
A FLINT berry-picker let his horse
tied 10 tree. When he got back he
found the valuable animal had stran-
gled itself with the tie-strap.
TIE people of Posen, Presque Isle
county, especially the Germans and
Poles, arc very mad because the name
OF the town was changed to Vincent.
Il. ID. CHRIS rIAN. Sault Ste Marie
broker an cut-rate ticket man, is un-
der arrest, charged with jumping
board bills ana other alleged crooked
ness.
THE barn of Millen Van Camp. west
OF Cro5well, was destroyed by fire
Monday afte moon, together with its
contents. The loss is $1,000, with no
insuran Q.
I PLUNS in Lapeer County a @ a large
crop this sea son. One branch from a
Whiting rchaid ntaiped sixty-four
p.ums, and the branch[ Is only about
eighteen inches long.
The Rev. M. M. Goodwin is tired OF
his job as naval chaplain. He writes
that 1t is mon0tonous work, and he
would like back his old job Us rec tor ci
It. Luke's Churcn, Ypsilant.
WV. G )MsTocK, night Waterman at
a alamazoo express OIL ce, awobe in
great excitement, thinking burglars
were BLOWN up the safe lie found
keg of beer yeast had exploded.
A LARGE lara lee onging to George
Hough, prominent Goodla1d farmer,
was destroyed by fire Err d ny, including
so bushels of wheat stored in it. Tho
fire started from burning marsh.
A MILAN girl ran away with an Ann
Arbor railroad man, and was traced to
Cwosso by he brother. The girl, who
IS very pretty, broke down and cried,
finally deciding to return to her par
cnts
MUSHROOM County pioreers met at
Lake Michigan lark and listened to
reminiscent speeches by ex-Lieut-
Gov. II. II. Holt, Congressman John
w. Moon and Mayor Newcomb Nc
Graft.
A sIX-LEGGED frog is on exhibition
at Mt G emens, and some of the bet
ting fraternity are willing to put up
their money that he can jump arther
than any other frog in the Clinton
River.
LYMAN RANDALL, of Pentecost, says
he has a dog with a record. Although
HOU uuCH TReT llldu IL ltJ TdCCOOn,
this little four-footed hunter has killed
or assisted in killing, l,205 wood
chucks.
| ANTICIPATING that the State law in
relation to duck shooting is to be
VIC ated, the de uty game warden has
offered reward of s. for information
that will lead to the conviction OF
guilty pa ties.
WHILE Harry German, OF POI.
| Huron, was helping his father, who is
Q ect ng the Jefferson school-house, he
! SLIPPED from the roof and fell dis
/ lance Of thirty feet. Luckily, how
ever, he was not severely injured.
GEORGE +. AMBROSE, member Of
/ the Fay City Roarl of Public Works,
has been arrested, charged with vio-
lating the game avail because he
had eight wild ducks in his possession.
Other prominent people will be prose-
cuted.
A RED JACKET man was awakened
by loud pounding over his head.
Bang. whirs. The noise got wore
and worse. Scared almost TO death,
he inve stigated, and found huge tom
cat, with fruit can on his head, vain
ly trying to get FRYE.
A FARMER near Crcswell has
chicken about four months DID, which
wa, evidently intended for boarding
house, as it has one m re leg than Is
/ generally allotte ID the feathered
tribe. The extra pedal is of no special
benefit as it is never up to the scratch.
MISS CHARLOTTE RICE, of Kalama-
ECO, ce ebrated her 9lst birthday an
niyersary BY dining with Mrs. Caro-
line Penfield, who is 50 years old and
who at the same time ce ebrated the
seveuty-frst anniversary of her mar
riage. The tabl cloth used on the
occasion was half century cd and the
butter di III was an heirloom from tho
Washington family. The ladies are in
excellent health and spirits At the
evening festivities four generations Of
the Rice family were present.
AN Adrian farmer drives team of
elks. Now. the elks have a bit of mule
in their nature, ana when they made
up their minds they wouldn't go into
, the harvard thew wouldn't a Il that