The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-08-24

His of Information Gathere" ~
Mail and Tei~grsph from MANY
Localities.


Ouereau g. Scott of Rose, n. Y, will
locate a fruit evaporator at Bad Axe.
Henry Otesky, 20 years old. was
killed by train at Saginaw. lie az
temDted 10 cross ahead of the train.
William Taylor, woodsman, was
killed at Sidnaw the other day by
Chicago. Milwaukee q st. Paul engine.
Bears are numerous in various parts
of Arenac county, many children ana
older people seeing them on berrying
expeditions.
More building is being done a.
Belleyille this season than for ten
wears past. The villages new bank IL
to open September l.
Gov. Pingree has issued requisition
on the governor of Colorado for Ar
thur Close, wanted in Hillsdale county
on charge of perjury.
The Tri-State Band association, at
its business meeting at the Jackson re-
union Wednesday, chose Detroit as the
place of meeting in 1899.
\ Young man named Fred Reynolds
fell into the river while crossing the
railroad bridge at Martin, Allegau
county. and was drowned.
The Twenty. third Michigan infan'
trywill hold itssnnual reunion in fllnt
September IA. Gen. O. L. Spauldine
will be one of the speakers.
The new G. A. X. park at Fremon'
will be dedicated during a reunion o.
old soldiers. which will be held there
! September IL 10 II, inclusive.
The w. c. T. U. people of Otsego arr
after meat markets now, and have
served notice that they will prosecute
the butchers if they sell meat on Sun
day.
An Ionia county farmer who expert
mented on raising alfalfa. the new
fodder plant, has cut three crops from
the same piece of ground already thi
year.
A petition signed by 1000 person
has been sent from Kalamazoo I
President Mckinley, protestin
against the canteen system at arm
camps.
Owosso is o have big cement plant
A large body of mari has been disco'
cred in the eastern part of the cit!
and a stock company will be organize
TO work it.
Seaman George Patterson, late
the Yosemite, is at his home in Sas
inaw. He claims the men are al be
ter off for their term of service, bu
will all be glad 20 get home.
The Wayne county auditors have o
fered reward of 81 900 for informi
ton leading to the arrest and convi
ton of the murderer of Mary Mahil
a Dearborn orchard last week.
. George Becker, GO years old, farr
{ er living near st. Johns, was stru'
, and killed by an excursion train. I
, was walking on the track, and, own
10 deafness, did not hear the train.
{ The bean crop in Shiawassee coun
a this year will he considerably small
D than was anticipated. A phenomen
: WELD was expected. but hot, dan
V weather had bad effect on the plan
e The survivors of the Twenty-t hi
t Michigan infantry will hold their a
+ nual reunion at Flint on September
r Gen. o. L. Spaulding, of Washlngto
e will be one Of the speakers for I
d occasion.
:. Gov. Fingree has received dispat
Y from Col. Gardener, announcing I
= death of Marvin Grey, of Ann ARB
d musician in the Thirty-tirst re
t ment. The cause of death is given
dysentery.
All Michigan Central freight ira
entering Bay City are searched o
:, side the city limits and tramps on tn
are warned TO keep away. This is
account of the great number OF tran
who are infesting the city.
" Scott Haywood. of Ann Arbor, wr'
Nv recently from the Klondike that
id would start home August Is with ;
ne 600. Part of this was made by play
Of the cornet in a theater orchestra,
n which he was paid an ounce of gol
nd day.
le. Samuel Crawford Sons, of Pige
EN- Pa. who owns more than 10000 &C
nd of timber in Menominee and DE
be counties, will build a logging r.
Sc from the mouth of Cedar river to c
yn meet with the c. & y. X. railway, n
no Powers.
IN The cost of maintaining the poo
ad Kalamazoo county during the y
at. ending June 80, was S17,163.s2,
i'm 50. s07 .O4 less than the previous "
i'd The total number Of persons hel
was 1874. of whom about 1900 W
from the city.
IN A strange Variety of Fruit.