The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-03-22

Condensed Accounts Of Interesting
Occurrences I'm Various
Parts of the state.

Coal has been discovered OH farm
near Alger.
The old iron works at Reed City will
be started up by Saginaw capitalists.
Good roads meetings are the order
of the day among many Michigan viii
lagos.
a chicory factory is to be started at
Ann Arbor with 800 acres of land TO
stock il.
Brazil Marvin, one of the most re-
spected citizens Of Ovid, committed
suicide while respondent. His age was
~.
The Duluth, South Shore * Atlantic
has broken the ice blockade and
trains are now running through 10
Marquette.
DIR. ID. e.. Thomas, eX-president OF
Adrian college, insists that jurors
should be made to pass civil service
examination.
\ dozen prominent Port Huron cit
liens were each fined two dollars for
I failure TO clear their sidewalks of snow
within "a hours.
Kalkaska county farmers who saved
their potatoes from the frost during
the recent cold spell are jubilant over
the manner in which the price for the
tubers is soaring.
Brazil Martin, of Ovid, aged ~, one
of the oldest residents of the village,
committed suicide Wednesday after
noon in fit Of insanity.
Ralph Schall and seven other Cass-
opolis Klondikers are said to have
struck il rich near Dawson City and are
taking out about $500 per day.
Mayor Maybury has practically de-
cided to appoint Police Commissioner
George w. Fowle city assessor of De-
troit to succeed Robert Oakman.
Rock salt has been struck on the
premises of the North American Chem
ical company in Bay City at depth OF
1900 feet in inexhaustible supply.
The Stock Lubricating company, OF
Holyoke, Mass, has been purchased by
DR.. Northrup, of Port Huron, and the
plant will be removed to that city.
For stealing harness Arthur Frost, of
Saginaw, was sentenced to five years
in the state prison, the full penalty for
grand larceny. He had already served
terms in Jackson and Ionia.
Mrs. Jay Forbes. of Kalamazoo, aged
20, committed suicide Wednesday
morning by hanging herself TO the top
of the door with small cord. She was
in poor health and respondent.
A three-story brick block at Hol-
land, occupied by a business college,
shoe store and printing office, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is $4,000,
partially covered by insurance.
Grand Haven capitalists are making
still hunt TO get money enough to-
gether 10 organize beet sugar COM
pany. Reports say that $22500O has
been subscribed and summer will see
work on the building commenced.
Mrs. G. Bick. an old woman living a
mile east of New Buffalo, was found
dead in bed recently and was sup
posed TO have been dead over a week.
The old lady believed in witches and
had nailed up the door of her house to
keep them out.
Sarah King, an eccentric character
who died at Flint lately aged s5, was
an ardent republican and out of adj
miration for stalwart republicanism
left requests of $50 apiece to former
Congressman ID. ID. Aiken and Con-
gresham Samuel Smith.
The secretary of state reports that
the franchise fees for the month of
February were S9,169.7s, as against
$2,7S6.5O for the same month last year.
The fees received in January aggre-
gated $43, S62.72, as against 81, 5O6.79 for
the corresponding month two years ago.
A feature of the spring campaign
this year is the large number of NOM
nations of women for the office of
county school commissioner. Two
years ago the office in several counties
was filled by the gentler sex, and the
experiment seems TO have proven a
thorough success.
The township board of Saline has
granted franchise to Capt f. Z. Allen,
of Ypsilanti, for extending the pro-
posed Ypsilanti & Saline electric road
through the township and on to Te-
cumseh. The village franchise was
given a week ago. Cars are expected
TO be running by July 4.
Saginaw sportsmen will stock the
forests in the vicinity of that city with
Monaghan pheasants. Next month
they will set loose 80 pairs of the
birds, and in three years these are ex-
pected to increase to at least 10000 or
10000. The birds will be of much bene-
fit to farmers, as they are very indus
trious in destroying bugs and insects
that eat grain and fruit.