The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-01-28
Wesley Ellis early president of Char.

ger measuring four and a half feet
from tip to tip.
NJ. A. c. students attendance at Bible
study classes during the fall term was
more than 200.
Jerome Sober, 81, died at Worden,
in the house where he was born and
had lived all his life.
Williamson schools were closed
by the school board for a second week
on account of the epidemic of grip.
Paul Helmreich, living on Seven Mile
road, south of Salzburg, committed
suicide by hanging himself in a barn.
Ed. r. Penberthy, 70 years Of age,
city clerk of Houghton, is dead. He
was postmaster under President Cleve-
land.
Roy Ensley, Tekonsha, lost his hand
at the wrist when he caught it in a
corn husker at the farm Of Albert Ben.
brock
John Castle, 60, fired shots at him
self at close range and the best he
could do was Craze his skull. Drink is
\ blamed.
Eight were injured, some seriously,
when a Michigan United Interurban
car overturned into a ditch west Of
Urbandale.
BY terms of the will of VIM. Cupp,
a wealthy farmer of Eaton Rapids
township, the state industrial school
for girls will receive $1,000.
J. Borchers, Grand Rapids, fearing a
mental breakdown as the result of long
illness, committed suicide by opening
his jugular vein with a razor.
Mrs. M. Tiplady of Ann Arbor at the
state psychopathic ward since Deem
Der 81, committed suicide by the sim
pie process of holding her breath.
Fire which was believed of incendiary
Louis, Mich, Cooperative Creamery
company and $500 pounds of butter.
Since the rat bounty took effect
Aug. "a bounties amounting to $6.45
J have been paid on 129 dead rats
slaughtered by Iron Mountain persons.
Typhoid in Flint has been traced
by the health authorities to raw milk
distributed from large dairy outside
the city. Seventeen cases of typhoid
have developed.
Prosecutor Ford has issued war
rant for the arrest of " Palmer now
serving time in Fort Leavenporth,
charging emmbezzlement. Palmers
time is up this week.
A debate between President Samuel
Dickie, of Albion college, and c. A.
Windle is being arranged by Nicholas
Peterson, travelling secretary of the
intercollegiate Prohibition association.
Sylvester Thornburg, the defective
youth arrested for the murder of
his aunt, Mrs. Almira Thornburg, was
held responsible for the murder by the
jury at the coroner's inquest at Cas-
sapolis.
Hobart, near Cadillac, Is with
out postoffice or general store as the
result of fire which destroyed the
big structure owned by Louis Wins
low. Hobart residents must walk six
miles to Cadillac for supplies now.
Announcement at the Jackson office
was made by the Commonwealth
Power, Railway and Light company of
a plan whereby employees will be per-
mitted to share in the profits Of the
company through the purchase Of
stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Jones, Port
Huron pioneers, have observed the
siXty-second anniversary of their mar
rage. Mr. Jones Is a pioneer engi- !
neer Of the state and was in the en-
ploy of the Grand Trunk for 80 years
before retiring.
NJ. Raun, son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. |
l.. Haun of Morrice, has just received |
a first grade commercial certificate |
from the United States radio inspec- |
tion department. He is one of the |
youngest first grade wireless opera.
tors in the United States.
Colonel Levi b. Duff, aged 10, who |
gained distinction in several battles in |
the civil war, died Of apopleXy at the |
home of his son at Lansing. In 1882 he
was the unsuccessful candidate for |
lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania |
on the independent ticket.
John NJ. Dolkie, born in Calumet
Jan. q, 1892, his father being Olaf
Dolkie, a naturalized citizen of Fin
nish origin, was held aboard the Brit
ism ship, Stuart Prince at Manchester,
England, the English authorities claim
ing him as subject Of Great Britain.
Saginaw BOARD or supervisors recon-
mended that an expert accountant be
hired to probe the funds of the coun-
ty, city and township treasurers for
the last twenty years to determine
how much, if any, interest the vari-
Gus incumbents have collected and re.
tanned.
DR.. Carl D. Camp, clinical professor
of diseases of the nervous system, at
the University hospital in Ann Arbor,