The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-11-09
STATE SPECIALS.

Highwaymen held up James Hib-
bard at Bay City and robbed him OF
$50 and a watch.
The registration in Cleveland is 81 +,
81, a gain of 9,79S over four years
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asia Rounsifer, of Mar
tinsville, are "a and II years of age
respectively, and have lived happily to-
gether so years.
At the new Goodwin club, London
Wednesday evening, BILLY" Gordon OF
Boston beat Charlie Tillie Of London,
in the fifth round
Minnie Hagadorn of New Boston,
died at her home Sunday night of ty-
phoid fever. This disease is epidemic
in that vicinity.
Pinkeye is raging around st. Joseph
and horses are dying by scores. IL is
feared the plague will spread over that
section OF the state.
o. M. Baker, formerly a Michigan
Central conductor, and for over 81
years an employe OF the company, died
at Honor, BenZie county.
The Jackspn Cushion Spring com
pany, for the manufacture of springs
for vehicle seats, has been organized
with capital stock OF $4,000.
Farmers are talking Of establishing
a cooperative sugar factory at Salz-
burg, near Bay City. Foundations for
the factory may be laid this fall.
While John Gates and his son Bert,
aged 16, were hunting partridge near
Bellaire, the son shot his father acct
dentally, infiicting a mortal wound.
The body of Willis Young, drowned
in Boardman Lake on Oct. 16, was
washed up on the shore at Traverse
City in a badly decomposed condition.
w. l.. Yost has returned from the
Klondike to st. Louis. He reports good
positions easy to get but the work is
severe He has located several claims
and will return soon.
Marshal Carton Monday night filed
his charges with the common council
against Officer Wilson Shaw. Refusal
to obey the marshars orders and neg
lect OF duty are charged.
Gov. Pingree has appointed Joseph
G. Rogers of Chase agent of the state
board of corrections and charities in
Lake county in place of John w. Mich.
olson of Luther, resigned.
George Anderson, resident of Port
Huron, dropped dead Monday morning
from HedTI ulStdSc. ne udu just re-
turned from the meat market and was
talking to his daughter when death
overlook him.
Thomas Flynn, recently arrested
at Flint, for burglariZing Dr. j. G. Will
sons house, two years ago. and releas-
ed on 81 900 bail, broke into the house
of Mrs. Julia Parish Wednesday night
and was captured by the police.
The Huron Handle Co. OF Alpena,
are moving their plant to Onaway.
They will employ 100 men. The mill
is being pushed rapidly to completion
and the sidetrack to the works is be.
ing laid.
George Hodges, OF Marshall, who got
hilarious, fouTished a butcher knife
and wound up with 10 days in the bas-
tile, has brought suit against ]. w.
Bradshaw, druggist, who he claims
sold him the liquor.
In addition to its sugar beet faCto-
ries and other enterprises to boom
the county. Bay county now has a cat
farm, where fancy felines of the An
CORA breed are being raised. 1t is loca-
ted in Hampton township.
Douglass Sellers Cement Co. have
purchased about 500 acres of the mari
beds two miles north of Schoolcraft,
and will at once begin the erection of
a cement plant to cost 100000. 1t is
to be modern in every respect.