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6
Month
November
Year
1874
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The population of Jackson County is 37,988, and the State tax. $37,643, a fraction less tli uu $1 apiece. The post-office at White Pigoon was broken into on Friday night last and robbed of a small amount of mutilated ourrency. A young man named Guyson from Chicago, was robbed of a watch and $27 in raoney in a saloon in Detroit ou Sunday night last. In Bay City a girl named Elsie Moulder, aged sixteen years, walked off a railroad bridge into the water, was nearly dead when fescued. The trial of Linden in Newaggo for thü murder of his wife was concluded on the 2d. The jury, after being out fivo hours, returnod a verdict of guilty. In Detroit last weok, whilo a farmer was holding a political discussion in a saloon, a thief stole a jar of butter weighing thirty-six pounds, from his wagon. The steam saw mili of H. A. Ballontine of Saginaw, waB totally destroyed by fire on the night of the 3d. The loss is estimated at $30,500. Fully insured. Friday last the barn of J. H. Fuller, a farmer three miles north of Holland City, was detroyed by fire, with all its contents. A span of horaes broke loóse and saved themselves. The dwelling of J. K. Stanly, near Au Sable, was burned with all its contents on the night of the lst. One of hischildren, a little boy, was so badly burued that he died the next day. The Port Huron Times on election day requested all Republicans to assemble at Huner's hall to hear the election returns. The meeting was doubtless cheerful, but O how sad must have boen the parting. A meeting was held in Saginaw on the 30th to consider the question of constucting a lino of railroad from Chicago to Canada, via. Saginaw, to be known as the Chicago, Saginaw and Canada E. E. The receipt of convicts during the past month at the State Prison hare numbered 28, while thore have been 18 disohareed and two escaned. eriviner an crease) of 8 - a greater inflow thaa an outg A colored horse thief, who stole a liorso and buggy a short time since from a Mr. Munn of Oakland oounty, waa captured at Chatham, Ont., by Sheriff Wixom of Oakland, and the horse and buggy recovered. The State Pomological Society hold their next session at Ionia, oommenoing December 1, and will laat three days. The oitizens of Ionia are making arrangements for the reception of the society. The boiler of the City Flouring Mills, at Parma, Jackson county, exploded on Saturday afternoon, injuring Sanders, the engineer, C. E. Bartlett, and D. F. Gillit, one of the owners. Damage, $3,000, to the mili and machinery. The Detroit, Lansing and Lako Michigan and Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad Companies will join next season in building large brick passenger aud freight depots in Lansing. New side tracks and other improvements will also be made. A grand Odd Fellows auniversary was held in Marshall on Wednesday last. A large number of encampments and su bordinate lodges from throughout the State were present. Hon. Schuyler Colfax delivered the addross. A grand ball was given in the evening. Tuesday moming four prisoners escaped from the jail at Sagiuaw City by sawing through a thick ash plank with a oase knife which they had made into a Baw. John Chalwell, Geo. Lampher, Wm. Lee and Frank Demill are the naines they are known by. J. G. Buinler, a Germán cooper living in Monroe, attempted to commit suïcide Tuesday by throwing himsclf headlong into the mill-race, bnt was fished out before anything more serious than s iucking had been accomplished. No 3ause is known for the act. A young man named Peter Martin, while attempting to get on a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern traiu Saturflay, feil under the cars and had his right leg so badly crushed that amputation was found necessary. He is the third of his family who have been hurt by similar acts. On the 30th uit., the young daughter of C. E. Smith, of Wenona, upset a stand on which was a kerosene lamp. The lamp in falling was broken, and the burning oil spread over the child's face, burning it most severely. Mrs. Smith's hands were badly burned while extinguishing the flames. Big Rapids is 12 years oíd and has a population of 3,200. About 700 men are employed during the winter by men living in Big Kapids, cutting logs. It is said that the coming season is to be one of great activity ; one correspondent writes that doublé the number of logs will be out this season over any previous one. The men are paid $26 per month and boarded. A poor widow in Marshall, who has three children to support, managed by hard labor at odd hours to raise about five bushels of potatoes. After diging and oovering them with leaves over night, with the intention of storing them away the nest day, some mean thief carne during the night and stole the hard-earned food from the poor widow's mouth. The iron is now laid on the Flint & Pere Marquette Road to within about twenty miles of Lake Michigan. For the remaining distance, grading, ing and the iurnishiug of ties have been completed, and the progresa will be governed by the promptness in the arrival of the iron, the force' employed being adequate tothe laying of two miles daily. An Adrián correspondent of the Detroit Tribune says : J. W. Tolford, of the town of Dover, reports finding a stripped snake, a few days ago, in a pasture lot. The snake looked as though it had swallowed a frog, and, upon Mr. Tolford'a squeezing it, he foroed out sixty-tbree young suakes from the old one. The young snakes were from seven and three quarters to nine and a quartei inches long, all alive and well, as they would run off after being in the sun a short time. A Holland City correspondent of the Detroit Tribune says : Hunters have been enjoying two or three bear hunts near this place. Bruin appears to feel interested in our politics, or ' cornfields, this fall ; for it had been supposed that this relie of early days would not venture outside of dime nevels. Mr. Brooks killed one of the black gentlemen near the lake, and but three miles from town, a few days ago, and another was killed by a man named Crispell, near this place. Several others have been seen, and one or two killed by Indians. About nine years ago a man living in Tecuinseh, named Jackson, secured the indorsement of Mr. Patrick Curry to a note of $56 upon false pretenses. Jackson left the State and the note was paid at maturity by Curry. Nothing was seen of Jackson until a few days ago, when he returned, thinking as the note was outlawed, he could return in safety. Curry no sooner saw him than he had a warrant issued and the young man was arrested upon a criminal charge. Jackson was then glad to pay the amouut of the note and interest for nine years. The amount was nearly $100. The Detroit Free Press says that an arrangement has been entered into by the managers of Western railroads whereby the companies will not in future pay any indemnites to employés for injuries re ceived on the roads, and the Michigan Central road has notifled its employés that the company will not guarantee them against injury nor agree to pay their bilis or support them or their families in case of casualty, and that they must a8sume all risks atiendan t upon the business themselves. The reason assigned is that the net earnings of the railroads have now become so small that the companies cannot afford this burden, which has become a very onerouR one. Two large panthers left the aortbern wilds reoently to pay the sunny south, and especailly Ionia county, a visit. While out foraging on Friday last in the woods wost of Lyona, the pantben heard what they sapposed to be a wild turkey, and vory stealthily they approached the spot, intending no doubt, to make a meal of the turkey. The calling oame froin a thicket of bushi-s, and instead of being a turkey it w;is a Mr. üurnsey, imitating a turkoy with a turkey-oaller, and aruied with a doublé barrellod gun, shot and rifle. He heard the panthers approaching and suppostd they were turkeya coming in answer to hig cali, but what was his surprise when there carne in sight only a few rods from him, two large panthers. He immediatoly fired his shot barrel at one of them and wounded it so that he had time to fire his rifle, and one of the pauthers was killed upori the spot. The other immeditely ooncluded that it was too warm a climate for him, and left.

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