The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-11
Minor State Notes.

The charity ball at Marshall netted $500
for distribution among the needy.
Mrs. j. Pierce, n Stephenson widow
with six children, drowned herself while
temporarily insane.
Health officers of Detroit have discov-
cred n case Of smallpox being treated by
Christian scientists.
The 19-year-old bachelor who lived on
So n month at st. Helen, has recently
been starved out and now lives on char
ity.
Mrs. Margaret Byl, an old resident Of
Chicago, who was visiting her son, j. j.
Byl. of Benton Iarbor, died suddenly,
aged rs.
Lewis Bushnell. of Osceola, recently
had five tumors removed from his body.
He is living, but only the choicest "cuts"
of him are left
The hearts of the lumbermen i'm Kali
kaska County were gladdened by about
six inches of the beautiful 1t will revive
business all through the county.
There's n young man up in Kalkaska
that is in hard luck. He has had mar
rage license for some days and q girl to
go with ii, but there's nary minister in
the vicinity that will marry them.
In the United States District Court at
Cleveland, Ohio. n motion for the sale of
the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michi-
gan Railroad Company was made before
Judge Kinks. This was agreed TO by all
the parties interested. The motion for
the sale was on tho ground of default
in the payment of about S4JO,00 interest
on the first mortgage bonds. Bondholders
representing about 90 per cent. of the
bonded indebtedness of $7,000,000 have
agreed upon plan Of reorganization and
the move made was in conformity with
the plan Of the bondholders' committee.
II the road is ordered sold it will be bid
in. The reorganization plan also contem-
plates the issuance of S:,2J0, 900 of COM
mon stock, 81 100000 of preferred stock,
non-cumulative > per cent preferred
stock, and S7,000,000 of 4 per cent first
mortgage bonds. These securities will
be issued to take up all the outstanding
securities and to improve the rolling stock
and the road generally where it may be
found necessary.
The teacher of an Oakland County
district school had lots of trouble with
half n dozen big bearded scholars VIII,
undertook to run the school. They
brought their hunting outfit to school.
Guns and ammunition were stacked IN
n corner, while couple of yeiping. hop-
cared hounds howled and held pitched
battles as they struggled to break loose
from the stove legs they were tied TO.
About recess the piratcal looking stu
dents dccampcd with their outfit and
hunted rabbits till the middle of the after
noon. Upon their return the teacher
mildly Informed them that they were ont
Of order and few seconds afterwards
the schoolmarm was out Of doors and out
of job. She resigned. A sturdy young
auctioncer living in the vicinity was hired
to teach. The smart Alexis undertook
to thrash the auctioneer. but he knocked
them down like secondhand truck at IN
auction. He turpentined the hounds,
fired the ammunition out of doors AMI
several Of the big scholars had to employ
n dentist to probe for their Shoots and
pull those battered nasal organs back on
their faces again. Now this is one of the
most orderly schools in the State.
Out of the $4,000 to be collected by
Adrian's collector, So, 900 came in Dee.
81. The taxes are more nearly paid i'm
that city at this time than they have been
for years.
Despondcnt through unrequited love,
Il. j. Twiss, son of Aid. John Twiss. of
Port Huron. committed suicide ut Ann
Arbor by taking six grains of morphine.
He was "a years old, and member of
last years senior law class. In his room
was found n letter addressed to his moth
er, In which he said that he was tired ~
living, and wanted to join his dead broth.
or Will.