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

insurance.
The United States custom Office at Rem
ton Harbor closed till the opening of
spring navigation.
James Coggin, for more than forty years
resident of Genesee County, died at
Flint, aged Gil years.
The Sixth Michigan Cavalry held their
eighth annual reunion in Ionia. Abous
100, including tue ladies, were present.
Bay County's plan of indicting Super
visors who fail to assess property ut It's
real value may be followed in ot IT Mich
igan counties.
Daniel j. Trombley. of Bay City. cut
his wife's throat and set fire To the house,
suifocating his baby daughter. He is be-
lieved To be insane.
The Muskcgon water works gave ont
the other day, and it was feared for n
time that the milk dealers would be una
BILE TO supply their customers.
Marshall citizens complain that their
children are not taught penmanship in
business. ike way in the public schools,
and ask for II special teacher.
Eugene l.. and Roma u. Chandler were
arrested ut Frankfort, charged with en-
the Township Treasurer.
Grand Rapids municipal league pro-
poses to adopt the Minneapolis plan Of
combining all the saloons within a circle
half mile from the city hall.
DIR. Dixon is still missing from Eagle
River. lie disappeared Nov. s. saying he
was going hunting, and searching parties
have been unable to obtain clew 1t is
feared he was frozen to death.
Henry Robinson of Dafter, near the
500, has been married by this time to
lady in Cgdensburg. He made her ac-
quaintance through Il matrimonial bu-
reau, corresponded and finally closed the
contract.
The Wilmington & Cooley Manufacture
ing Company, of Jackson, will stop using
prison contract labor next June. The COM
pany now employs 200 convicts and has
an immense business in agricultural irl-
Elements.
Dr. Il. J.. Jones and James Dalton, of
Montague, while driving from Whitehall
TO Montague on dark night missed the
narrow bridge and drove into the river,
drowning the horses and barely escaping
themselves
two-story collars for the loss of money
for lottery tickets purchased from n dap
per agent and represented to be pretty
sure of drawing each suit of clothes.
The tickets are not drawers, and the
agent is missing.
Paul G.. Suekey, the Washtenaw Coun-
ty Treasurer in whose accounts short
age of $4,000 was found. has returned to
A A ~, I 20 &c
| bondsmen. He went to Europe to secure
the cash with which to make up the deficit
in his accounts.
Eugene keasey, of South Haven, who
was recently shot in terrible manner
| by Robert Webster, is doing well ut Kali
| amazoo. While sneezing recently three
shot fell ont of his nose, and another time
he found several leaden pellets in his bed,
| that had rolled out of his ear.
John Taylor, of Bedding, was assaulted
| by two footpads the other night and dan
| gerously hurt with n club welded by one
| of the latter. He is treasurer of Eureka
| Township, and the robbers probably
thought that he had on his person some of
the money he had collected for taxes.
An exploding lamp started n fire in
| James Ostrander's store building at
| Loomis on Thursday, and ii was destroy
| ed. together with it's contents, owned by
J. ID. Rumberger. The loss OH the build
ing is 5000 with no insurance, and on the
contents 81 100, with $3.50 insurance.
The first of the cases against the men
charged with wrccking n Chicago and
! Grand Trunk passenger train, that of
Ernest NJ. Jewctt, was concluded at Bat
tie Greek. On motion of the prosecuting
attorney he was dismissed. The charge
of conspiracy is still against him, but he
is not held under bonds.
Tuesday afternoon John III. Gotschal
about four miles south of Flint, lost his
] fine farm residence, tenement house. horse
barns and grain barns, together with n
| large amount of personal property, by fire.
! The total loss will reach $1,000, with m
surance of from $4,000 60 $4,000. The
fire was caused by defective chimney.
Frankfort is likely to lose the Ann Ar
Dor ferry boats. Mr. Starkey, OF Starkey
Vile. near by. has made n proposition TO
! improve the harbor of Starkcyvile, with
view to having the boats land there,
and Il new line from Starkeyville to Cope
mish is being surveyed, thus leaving
Frankfort out in the cold.
Andrew Arnott and wife, of Sault Ste.
Marie, awoke TO find his house full of
smoke and traced the cause to n bureau
drawer, where were found some burning
clothes, n quantity of half burned match
es and dead mouse. which. attempting
the role of incendary, had gnawed the
business end of the matches and persisted
by his own deed.
In compliance with statute passed by
the Legislature of 1891 reducing the num-
bcr of officers on the Governors staff, AL
jutant General Eaton issued honorable
discharges to rine officers. The old mill,
tary board ia also dispensed with the
qunrtermaster general, adjutant general,
and inspector general constituting the
board. The Governors staff is reduced 10
twelve members.
In spite Of the depressed business condi.
tons, Owosso has made good showing.
Among the enterprises which will proba-
bly, bring the greatest good to Owoss)
| and tho surrounding county Is tho II