The true northerner., 1900-08-17
STATE SPECIALS.


.iation has decided to hold its next re-
union In Flint Oct. Is.
A son OF John Haner. aged about Is
years, has been arrested charged with
stealing a gold watch.
The seventeenth annual reunion of
The First Michigan Sharpshooters will
be held In Lansing Sept. 20.
A postofice has been established at
fonquish. Wayne county. and William
Elliott commissioned postmaster.
Il. w. Robbins has been appointed
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Harvey MoCracken, resigned.
A. J. Smith fell from the Berrien
Center elevator at Eau Claire and will
probably die as result of his injuries.
Dogs got into the sheep flock OF Mr..
Peter Meyer, near Buchanan, killing
seven and wounding three so badly that
they will die.
The Democrats Of the Tenth district
met at Bay City Thursday. and placed
lG. ID. Jackson in nomination for con-
gress unanimously.
Homer people voted Monday IA bond
the village for $4,000 for water works
purposes. The vote standing 23A for
and IS against the proposition.
Word has reached Oxford of the mar
riage of Ed Doty, formerly editor OF
the Cross Roads Weekly. to Miss Ber-
tina Milligan, OF Milton. Fla.
Mrs. Theodore Fowler, well known
society lady of Niles, died Friday
morning. aged GA years. She leaves
four sons, all OF them well known men.
Forest fires near East Tawas were
all extinguished by a heavy rain fall
Sunday. Detroit and Mackinac yacht
races were postponed owing to the
heavy rains.
A dwelling house on the farms of VIM.
Burling, near Brace Lake. occupied by
family named Enos, was struck by
lightning Saturday night and burned
TO the ground.
The body of VIM. Kenny, who was
drowned in St. Clair river last Friday,
was recovered near st. Clair Monday
afternoon. 1t will be shipped to De
troit for burial.
The letter carriers OF the Bay Cities
have been granted one days leave Of
absence for Labor Day and will attend
the national letter carriers convention
ut Detroit in body.
Ned Knevels. the only son OF ]. III.
Nevcels, of Chase, was drowned while
swimming in Crooked Lake Thursday
morning Young Knevels was u years
old and highly respected.
Mrs. Antonio Rosenburg, Of Bay City,
received word from Toledo Sunday af-
tTrnoon that her son. Peter Rosenburg.
had been murdered. No particulars
were given in the telegram.
At a special election held N Orion
Monday the question as 10 whether the
village should borrow S2.5OO for the
necessary site and erection OF public
building carried by 9S TO -.
The annual farmers picnic held at
Lyon Lake. near Marshall. Friday
was attended by upwerds Of 5,O0O peo-
pie Hon. Washington Gardner was
present and made an address.
Johnnie Jarvis, of Cheboygan. fell
into the river through a hole in Ba
ker's dock Thursday afternoon. He
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King jumped and saved the boy
East Tawas is literally enveloped
in smoke from forest fires Objects
car be seen only few rods and the
mercury has been 80 in the shade for
several days. No rain for weeks.
Fred Sager, employed as engineer on
the Sebewaign division of the Pere
Marquette. was adjudged to be insane
in the Saginaw Probate Court and or
dered committed to the asylum at Z Pon-
tiac.
The annual school census enunera-
tion of Port Huron has been concluded
and shows an increase i'm number OF
persons OF school age over last year
of 161. The total taken this year is
6,0S2.
The Ayres Gasoline Engine & Auto
mobile co. has been secured for Sagi-
nav and site has been purchased AT
the foot Of North Hamilton street The
work of erecting buildings will begin
at once.
Burglars broke into the Duluth,
South Shore 4 Atlantic depot at New
berry about o'clock Friday morn
ing and blew open the safe in the of
flee and secured about So. No one is
suspected.
Elmer Hulse and Elmer Parsley,
both Industrial school graduates. have
been jailed mt Lansing on a charge OF
stealing about SS worth OF copper.
which they offered for sale. The boys
have a bad record.
Rev. a. +. Bear. pastor of the Church
OF Christ, OF Bloomingdale, fell uncon-
scious while preaching Sunday night.
Nervous prostration with heart trouble
is thought to be the cause. His re-
covery is doubtful.
Chester Steele of Saginaw. fell from
a Pere Marquette train near Union
vile. Saturday afternoon. was badly
bruised and received a severe scalp
wound. He was taken to Saginaw and
received medical attendance.
There are a number of farmers fling
claims against the state for damages
to crops last Saturday morning by the
troops in the mock war expedition.
There is big talk of the Ohio state
troouS going To Island Lake tn camD