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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
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Michigan News items
Friday January 14, 1876 Gen. C. B. FISK was a former resident of Coldwater. He delivered the address at the dedication of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. The institution was named in honor of the General.
Friday January 21, 1876 H. H. STAFFORD a druggist of Marquette, who recently became bankrupt was presented a few days ago with his store and stock of drugs by the business men of that place.
Friday January 28, 1876 The trial of Mary DUFFY, for the shooting of Charles VANWAY at Sand Beach, last November, ended in a disagreement of the jury at Port Austin. A change of venue has been secured and a second trial will be had in Bay County.
Friday January 28, 1876 Mrs. Clara JEWELL, mother of Mrs. P. M. NOWBERRY, of Quincy, has taken up her residence with the latter within the past week. She has reached the advanced age of 98 years, and is yet able to walk about with comparative ease. She has been a resident of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., since the age of 2 years, and a citizens of that place were desirous of having her remain with them until after the next Fourth of July, she being the oldest resident of that county. Her second husband died only a few weeks since at the advanced age of 99 years. Mrs. JEWELL bore the journey to Quincy with much less apparent fatigue than younger ladies who accompanied her, having been on the road one night and part of another.
Friday January 28, 1876 Negaunee claims the oldest person in Michigan, Mrs. Margaret BELHUMEUR, 105 years of age. She was born in the province of Quebec, Oct. 25, 1770. She is the mother of 11 children. The oldest, a daughter, is now in her 79th year. She has never used glasses, and threads her needle by lamplight without difficulty. About a week ago she walked to Ispheming, three miles, with her daughter, and returned the same day.
Friday January 28, 1876 Miss Frankie MOTT, of Salem, formerly of this village, is visiting friends here.
Michigan News items
Friday February 4, 1876 Charles J. BOOKS a deaf and dumb boy of Coldwater, has finished a number of Portraits executed with the crayon.
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Friday February 4, 1876 Wm. LOWN, of Riely Center, St Clair County, was married last week to Miss Helen BURGRESS, and now commenceth his trouble. Another young lady to whom he was promised by his mother when a small boy, has taken measures toward a breach of promise case.
Friday February 4, 1876 While Willie HARKMAN and Paul LANGE, of Muskegon were scuffling, a pistol in the hands of LANGE was accidentally discharged, wounding HARKMAN in the right side--it is feared fatally. They are lads of about 12 years of age.
Friday February 4, 1876 The Grand Traverse Herald asks "Where is there another family to match this? Mr. A. C. MUNSELL and wife, of Long Lake township, have been married 43 years: have 9 children, all married; have 23 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. There has been no deaths in the family, of even an infant child in 43 years.
Friday February 4, 1876 The grave of WHITE PIGEON, the Pottawatomie Indian Chief, is said to be in danger of being lost. It is about one mile west of the village of White Pigeon, and was formerly marked by a mound and a tree, but is now plowed and cultivated with the rest of the field. The chief died more than 100 years ago, and the Indians of his tribe made pilgrimages to his grave until they were removed to Kansas, in 1841.
Friday February 4, 1876 Mr. Smith RUDD, of Matteson, has in his possession an old-fashioned powder-horn which was captured by his great-grandfather at the battle of Bennington.
Friday February 4, 1876 Gustav CHRIST, the wealthy Grand Rapids citizen, lately convicted of manslaughter, has arrived at the State Prison for a stay of four years. His friends think he will never return, for he is well advanced in years and will hardly be able to endure the confinement and discipline of prison life. He has resided in Grand Rapids twenty-three years, and contributed much to the business interests of the city. He built the Bridge Street House, and with his brother carried on an extensive brewing business. In the fire of 1873 their property, valued at $50,000, was swept away, but they soon rallied, and had just reached a prosperous condition when the unfortunate tragedy occurred in Schretler’s saloon. The expenses of the trial have been immense, and CHRIST’S family are left in a destitute condition. Although he was highly esteemed he had the misfortune to possess at times an ungovernable temper, which occasioned him much trouble.
Friday February 11, 1876 Wednesday afternoon of last week, a Mrs. McINTOSH, hailing from Midland City, went to Ypsilanti in quest of her 4 year old child, which had been taken from her by her husband and sent to a farmer’s near Belleville to live. Engaging to the Constable to accompany her, she went out to the farmer’s house, took the child in her arms, and departed for Midland. She says her husband knew nothing of her journey, and will be surprised to see the child back in Midland City.
Friday February 11, 1876 Stewart DUNCAN, a colored man, ten years ago came to Washtenaw County, from Hayti, leaving his wife in that sunny clime. He wrote and wrote, as he says, but never heard nothing from her for years; so he, concluding she was dead, married another wife, the ceremony being performed by Justice BRINKERHOFF, of Ypsilanti. DUNCAN claims that there was a agreement on the part of his second wife that if his first wife should make her appearance she should take herself off. Now DUNCAN has heard from his first wife, who is coming some time this month. He went before Justice CRANE, a few days since, and, relating the above facts, asked for his assistance in driving his second wife off. The sympathy of the Squire was all he received. DUNCAN is some 67 years old, and has lived with his present wife over six years.
Neighboring News - Howell
Friday February 11, 1876 From the Democrat. H. T. BROWNING, formerly of this village, has located at Elkhart, Indiana, and purchased a drug store in that place.
Michigan News items
Friday February 18, 1876 Mary J. BURT, aged 40, the wife of a farmer in Tittawabasse Township, Saginaw County, eloped recently with her brother-in-law’s son, Edward BURT, a youth of 16. The last seen of the couple they took the cars at Freeland Station.
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Friday February 18, 1876 James FURGUSON has been appointed sexton of the Fowlerville cemetery and all order left with him receive prompt attention.
Correspondence
Friday February 18, 1876 Addressed to the bereaved children of the late Mrs. J. W. BOTSFORD, of Oceola Weep not for thy loved mother Who has passed from earth away, To join celestial spirits In heaven’s unclouded day. Though your hearts are grieved and stricken, Sadly crushed by this dread blow, Yet our kind, our Heavenly Father, Truest comfort will bestow. Tho’ you miss her when the shadows Of evening close around, And will sigh for that loved voice Breathing words of truth profound,-- Oh! How sadly you will miss her When you see her vacant chair, And feel that never more on earth You’ll see her seated there. Morning sunshine, evening shadows, Daily come and pass away, But thy mother cometh never, She hath left thy home for aye. Brothers, sisters, educated your hearts To soar above the gloom That envelopes her remains In the dark and silent tomb; For that is but the casket That contained a jewel bright, The jewel, thy fond mother’s soul, Dwelleth now in, realms of light. Picture to yourselves a meeting-- Joyful, true, in that bright land. Oh, how bless’d to meet in heaven An unbroken household band. In that land where pain and anguish, Death nor sickness enter never, But purest pleasures will be hers Forever and forever. She will long to meet her children And her husband who on earth remain And ever in her loving heart Fond hopes of them retain. Blight not thy mother’s dearest hopes, But pray to meet her in the skies; In that bless’d land where Jesus gives The life that never dies. Mrs. A. STEPHENSON
Michigan News items
Friday February 25, 1876 A recent dispatch from Wayland tells how schoolmaster conquered a rough scholar, as follows: "Charles HOOK, a large boy attending school at Leighton, a place a few miles from here, was badly used up to-day by the teacher, Orin OWEN. OWEN has had considerable trouble this winter with the older scholars, who have been trying to break up the school. To-day HOOK refused to obey, and tried to conquer the teacher, and OWEN took a table leg and beat HOOK in a terrible manner, fracturing his skull in two places. HOOK lies in a critical condition.
Friday February 25, 1876 Considerable excitement prevails at Holland on account of a servant girl named Emma J. LEE, aged 17, who has been missing since Friday evening if last week, when she started for the Methodist revival meeting. Her father lives in Kansas and her stepmother at Hamilton, ten miles southeast of Holland, where she formerly resided. All search thus far has been in vain. Foul play is probable.
Friday March 3, 1876 Wm. LAWRENCE, of Tuscola County, weighs 196 pounds, and stands 6 feet 7 1/2 inches high.
Friday March 3, 1876 Geo. C. BATES , now of Utah, but formerly widely known in this State, visited Detroit last week.
Friday March 3, 1876 Mr. Geo. BENNETT is selling out and preparing to go to California.
Neighboring News - South Lyon Feb. 27, 1876
Friday March 3, 1876 Mr. Jacob BURTON, an old man and one of the earliest settlers in this town, has sold his farm and goes to Ingham county to live with his son.
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Michigan News items
Friday March 10, 1876 Vienna, Monroe County, has genuine centenarian in the person of Lewis JACOB, born in Detroit in 1770. His parents were French, and he does not speak English at all, but thoroughly understands the Indian language and customs. He was twice married, is the father of seven children, six of whom are living, the oldest 80 and the youngest is 60 years of age. One of his daughters raised a family of twenty-five. He walks three-quarters of a mile to church every Sunday, does not wear glasses, or use tobacco in any form. He does not know the number of his descendants.
Friday March 24, 1876 Camilla HASLINGER, a young German residing in Detroit, has fallen heir by the death of her parents to $506,000.
Friday March 31, 1876 Edward C. PAINE, a convict who was sent from the Genesee Circuit in 1873 for a four years term in the State prison, for larceny, has been pardoned by Gov. BAGLEY, circumstances having transpired to prove his innocence.
Friday April 7, 1876 Mr. Walter FOWLER on Wednesday removed to Detroit where he will enter into the practice of law. Success to you Walt.
Michigan News items
Friday April 14, 1876 A case just tried by the Coldwater Circuit court, entitled Ann PATTERSON vs. Asa WILLIAMS and others for trespass, resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $275. The case grew out of a charivari at her (plaintiff’s) house, her son having been recently married to a girl under compulsion.
Friday April 14, 1876 The Mason County Record has the following: "Pee-shee-kees" the oldest Indian of the Ottawa tribe called at our office with an interpreter the other day. He is the son of Wa-ho-nee-ne, the celebrated Indian chief who was engaged in the bloody battles among the English and French more than a century ago. Pe-shee-kees claims to be 137 years old, but we have been unable to satisfy ourselves as to his exact age.
Neighboring News - South Lyon - April 4, 1876
Friday April 14, 1876 Mrs. Mary SMITH of this town has sold her farm to Mr. N. W. SMITH, and purchased the old home and estate of her father, the late, FREDRICK.
Michigan News items
Friday April 21, 1876 The Sheriff of Hastings (CRESSY) and his deputy (McKEVITT) recently returned from Madison, Wis., with Thomas GINDINGS and George CHAPIN on a requisition from Gov. BAGLEY. On the 13th of March they broke into the house of A. L. HUBBELL, at Middleville, and after nearly killing him with an ax, robbed him.
Neighboring News - Howell
Friday April 21, 1876 From the Democrat. W. W. CARPENTER, formerly of this village, has been appointed city attorney of Big Rapids.
Friday April 28, 1876 On Wednesday morning Mr. Geo. L. ADAMS, one of the publishers of this paper with his wife left for his home in Mt. Morris, Genesee county. As most are aware Mrs. ADAM’S health for the past three months has been quite poor and some of the time it has seemed as though here disease would baffle the skill of here attending physicians but she has now so far recovered as to make a change advisable.
Michigan News items
Friday May 5, 1876 Considerable anxiety has been manifested by the people of Bellevue, during the past week, for the safety of William MOON a well-known resident of that township, who left for Nashville, Barry county, nearly two weeks ago, to bargain for some property there and has not since been seen or heard from. It is said that he had quite a large sum of money in his possession. Various stories have been circulated in regard to his fate and whereabouts, but the general belief is that he has been murdered and robbed of his money.
Friday May, 12, 1876 Mrs. L. B. DENTON has been commissioned as Postmaster of Edina postoffice, formerly Prudenville, Roscommon county.
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Friday May, 12, 1876 Mrs. Don MOZART, of Ann Arbor, wife of the well-known crazed inventor, has received an appointment in the Treasury Department at Washington.
Friday May, 12, 1876 Monroe county has a centennial Frenchman who has voted for the whole string of Presidents and done all the usual deeds of these numerous veterans. Joseph GUYOR is his name. He owes his longevity to the fact that he has smoked all his life and drank half a pint of whisky per day for thirty-six years.
Friday May, 12, 1876 Mrs. ROBERTS of Cincinnati is in the village visiting her mother Mrs. GORDON
Friday May, 12, 1876 A Centennial Religious Service of Mrs. LATHROP who is to conduct the come religious services in this place, commencing June 11th, the Peninsular Courier says: Mrs. LATHROP was born in Jackson, Michigan, thirty-six years ago, where she lived until she was twenty-three years of age. She was converted at the age of ten, and Join the Presbyterian Church at the age of seventeen. From her first conversion she felt that it was unfortunate that she was a woman, as she felt that she must preach, but being a Presbyterian she saw no way open, and she says she often prayed that the Lord would not let her live to be over twenty years of age unless he would open the way for her to speak in public. From the age of twenty-three to twenty-six she was a school- teacher in the city of Detroit, when she married her husband Dr. LATHROP, and they have lived in Jackson ever since. Her first regular sermon was preached in the Congregational Church at Michigan Centre three years ago last fall, and since that time she has preached during the winters. She is gaining in knowledge and improving as an orator every year, and now as a female pulpit orator she has no superior in the United States, and we shall not be surprised if when five years more shall have passed away, her equal cannot be found. Of this eminent christian worker and the results of her labors we shall again take occasion to speak. Friday May 19, 1876 The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. ADAMS will be glad to learn that they have returned and that Mrs. ADAMS’ health is improved.
Michigan News items
Friday May 26, 1876 The Caseville Advertiser says there is very little doubt but a nolle procequi will be entered in the case of Mrs. DUFFY, charged with the murder of Charles VANWAY. She has had two trials and in neither case could the jury agree.
Friday May 26, 1876 Daniel P. ELDRED of Battle Creek, a conductor on the Chicago and Lake Huron railroad, while assisting in extricating some horses from a bridge, on Tuesday night of last week, about two miles west of Charlotte, lost his balance and fell, striking his head against a bridge tie. He was removed to Charlotte, and remained unconscious nearly one hour. His injuries are quite serious and it is feared that they may prove fatal. ELDRED is a well-known light-weight prize-fighter, and has claimed to be champion of America.
Friday June 2, 1876 John GALLAGHER, of North Branch, Lapeer county, has been justice of the peace since 1858.
Friday June 2, 1876 Rumor hath it that Mr. E. E. POND, the veteran editor of the Ann Arbor Argus, is to take charge of a Democratic daily in Bay City.
Friday June 2, 1876 A man named Henry PALMER, in attempting to board a train at Standish recently, slipped from the step and one arm was thrown on the rail, and the wheel passed over it, mangling the arm and shoulder terribly. He cannot recover.
Friday June 2, 1876 A correspondent of the Lapeer Clarion gives a sketch of Mr. David STONE, of Almont, a venerable and venerated pioneer, who was eight years old when WASHINGTON died, and who still remembers the events of that time very well. The writer says: "About forty years ago Mr. STONE moved with his wife and family into the wilderness of Michigan, and settled as a pioneer near Ray Center, Macomb county; there he established a carding and fulling business, but lost his mill by fire. His wife, only son and two daughters died. The last six years of his life have been spent in Columbiaville: he now resides at Almont, with his daughter. Mrs. Dr. HAMILTON, the only surviving member of his family. He became a Christian early in life, joining the Congregational church, of which he has continued to be a very pious and devoted member. He aided in
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the organization of the church in Ray, of which he was deacon for many years. He is very patriotic, a keen politician, and has voted at every Presidential election since 1815--sixteen times in all. He is quite hale for his years, and goes to church and prayer meeting.
Friday June 16, 1876 John HUND has been arrested in the northern part of this State and brought to Flint, charged with bigamy, he having married Ruby FRANCIS.
Friday June 16, 1876 Hon. Charles S. MAY, of Kalamazoo, is to remove to Detroit, where he will engage in the practice of the law, devoting himself to it at the head of the firm of May, Frazer & Gates.
Friday June 16, 1876 Geo. F. FISHER, who has lately been residing in Mount Morris, formally of this place, has removed to Port Huron.
Michigan News items
Friday June 23, 1876 Mrs. William H. PARSONS the young wife of a storekeeper at Mound Lake, has eloped with, Joseph MARKS, a twenty-year-old blackman, who leaves an excellent wife and two children.
Friday June 30, 1876 Mrs. James B. LOWE, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Is in the village visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. MUNSON.
Friday June 30, 1876 Miss Sarah KELLOGG, who for the past four years has so acceptably filled the position of Preceptress of our Union school, has accepted a position for the coming year in a school near her home in Eaton Rapids. We hear many regrets expressed at her leaving. Her position will be filled by Miss TWILLEY.
Friday July 14, 1876 Considerable excitement exists at Bridgeton on account of the sudden and mysterious disappearance of a man named Peter QUICK. He had been working away from home for several weeks, and on Saturday night he set out to return. He reached a farm house three miles distant from home at 7 in the evening. He here remarked that he must hurry to reach home before dark and left, taking the road home leading through the pine woods. From that time nothing has been seen of him, that being over three weeks ago. Parties have searched the woods and adjacent country without avail. Strong suspicions of foul play exist.
Friday July 21, 1876 Miss Mary GRAHAM, one of the graduates of the Flint High School, enters the Michigan University next fall. Nothing remarkable about this, except that Mary is a young colored woman, and will be the first of that kind to enter the University.
Friday July 21, 1876 Mr. R. FOWLER, and wife and daughter, Mrs. A. D. BENJAMIN, started on a trip up the lakes on Wednesday to be gone perhaps three or four weeks.
Friday July 28, 1876 The trial of Lorenzo LUTZ for shooting Martin CONNERS, at Hamtramck, near Detroit, some weeks ago, resulted in his acquittal, he proving that he acted in self-defense.
Friday July 28, 1876 Mr. A. W. MANN, formerly a teacher at the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, has been admitted as a candidate for deacon’s orders by the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Ohio.
Friday July 28, 1876 A boy 7 years of age, named Thomas CATON, had both legs cut off by the cars running over him, at the Union Depot, in Lansing one evening last week. The boy had been warned by railroad men to keep off and away from the cars.
Friday July 28, 1876 On Wednesday we had the pleasure of meeting a character that has her place among the few in this vicinity who had arrived at the ripe old age of one hundred years. The person we refer to is Mrs. Sarah KINNEY who informed us she was born in April of the year 1772, at Wilkburro Pen., and when she was five years old moved with her parents to Oswego Tioga Co., N. Y., at which time there was then in that now thriving city but two white settlers. Her maiden name was FRENCH. She has been married but once and her husband’s name was Abram KINNEY, who has now been dead forty years. She has eleven children (among the number two pair of twins) and raised five, one of whom is the mother of Mr. Derrick SLATER, with whom the old lady is now stopping. Her memory and hearing are good and she can see to read without spectacles. One day last week she went huckleburrying and picked as many burries as any other one of the party she was with.
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Friday August 4, 1876 Walter FOWLER, of Detroit, was in the village on Wednesday.
Friday August 4, 1876 Professor H. CONKLING and bride returned last Saturday evening.
Friday August 4, 1876 A private letter from the Rev. W. M. BASSETT, formerly of this place but now of Indiana says that his wife’s health is still failing.
Michigan News items
Friday August 18, 1876 Herman DISCO, a German, shot Charles D. ROSE, a dyer, in Grand Rapids, the other day, and wounded him so seriously that his physicians do not think ROSE can live. There seems to have been no reason for the shooting, though it may be said that DISCO asserts that ROSE had robbed him and deceived him in business. There had however, been no quarreling before that morning, and a long conversation between the two was entirely amicable, DISCO’S in jail, and many who have seen him and heard him talk, both before and after this tragedy, assert he is insane.
Friday August 18, 1876 Celia Logan KELLOGG has given up her treasury clerkship in Washington to take a place on Don PIATT’S newspaper; and Grace GREENWOOD tired of literature, asks Secetary BOUTWELL to give her the first vacancy in this department.
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Friday August 25, 1876 Ottawa county boasts of a lady who, if she has not wandered among the giddy mazes of the Virginia reel with George WASHINGTON as a partner, was a blushing young lady when the paternal ancestor of our country occupied the Presidential chair. Her name is Mrs. Caroline GIBBS. She was born 1779, in the State of Ohio when she was quite young. She now resides at Ottawa, a station on the Chicago and Michigan Lake Shore railroad, ten miles north of Holland City. Her memory is still clear and she relates many interesting incidents connected with the babyhood of the republic.
Friday August 25, 1876 Margaret HAMMOND, of Canada, who seventeen years ago, was left a widow by the death of her husband, John MAGEE, is desirous of finding her daughter Margaret, who about that time was adopted by a farmer named Ephraim THOMPSON. Mr. THOMPSON is supposed to be a resident of Michigan. Information should be addressed care of Wm. B. CLARK, Sarnia, Ontario.
Friday September 1, 1876 Fremont CRAMER, of Odessa, near Nashville, was chewed up by a mowing machine a few days ago. He lives, but is almost dismembered.
Friday September 8, 1876 Henry WOODIN, of Birmingham, who was arrested for alleged child poisoning, has been discharged, being fully exonerated, as the analysis of Dr. LYON, of Detroit, failed to discover any evidence in the child’s stomach of poison. Mr. WOODIN is a man over 80 years old.
Friday September 8, 1876 On Wednesday afternoon in Brookfield, about four miles from Eaton Rapids, as Simon MILLS was attempting to water a vicious mule he was kicked in the breast and dangerously hurt. Dr. WILKINS found that the young man had received internal injuries of a very serious character. He is the son of Ely P. MILLS, formerly of Kalamazoo.
Friday September 29, 1876 The Hon. William B. McCREERY has returned to Lansing from Sault, where he has been investigating the defalcation of the clerk, S. C. COVILL, who supposed drowned off Port Huron. COVILL, before starting, took what cash there was in the safe, $1,114. The superintendent has made up the loss. COVILL’S wife and four children are at the Sault, and have received a letter from him. He is supposed to be somewhere in Canada.
Friday September 29, 1876 Some weeks ago (says the Pontiac Gazette), Mrs. Martha SMITH, an honest hard-working woman, past the middle age, was induced to marry with one Adam GROVER. All went happily till Tuesday of last week. Mrs. GROVER went to the huckleberry swamp, leaving her new lord at home. On her return from the swamp, at about 6 p. M., she found the house lonesome--no GROVER there, and that is not the worst of it--the old scamp had robbed the house of L40. The hard earning of his wife when a widow, a silver watch that Mrs. S. brought from England years ago, the clothes of her late husband, Samuel SMITH, and sundry other things.
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Friday October 6, 1876 Charles H. MORSE, of Marine City, has gone to Brooklyn, N. Y., to live and enjoy the $35,000 his wife has fallen heir to. His income from rents and interests on money loaned amounts to $3,800.
Friday October 6, 1876 Detroit Evening News: "A few years ago a man named Joseph F. MERRILL, whose home was in Port Huron or Fort Gratiot, or both, went to Chicago and died there. At least it was reported, and there was corroborating evidence of the best kind to prove it. Joe was a sort of a lawyer, an artful dodger, and the reporters got even with him by kicking up a decided sensation about his wretched death. It is characteristic of him now to come forward and say he is not dead, and his wife believes him."
Friday October 20, 1876 A 14 year-old boy, named John SCHURER, accompanied by two companions went out hunting above Lakeport, St. Clair county, one day last week. His companions returned during the afternoon, and at dark gave alarm that SCHURER had shot himself. Search was quickly instituted and resulted in finding him lying a short distance from the highway, with his dog beside him. Upon examination it was found that one of his hands was entirely shattered, and that about fifty grains of shot had entered his face and head. He was at once removed to his home, where he now lies in a critical condition.
Friday October 20, 1876 Mrs. Mark PALMER, of Ypsilanti, daughter of Mr. Geo. RUEL, is visiting her parents in this village.
Michigan News items
Friday November 17, 1876 Geo. W. McKAY, of Imlay City, appears to be a man without a country, and previous to the Isle election, the Board of Registry refused to permit him to be registered as a voter, for the reason herein set forth: Mr. McKAY was born in 1832, early in the morning of June 4, and, as near as could be ascertained at the time, exactly on the line between the United States and Canada, he not knowing the nationally of the vassel in which he was born. His mother was born in New York State, his father being a Canadian. Mr. McKAY became of age while on Lake Erie, he being a sailor, and on the morning of his 21st birthday his vassel was caught in a squall, and it is not known whether she was in American or Canadian waters. In the war of 1812 his father was in the British army and participated in the battle of Queenstown Heights. Mr. McKAY’S grandfather was in the American army during the same war.
Friday November 17, 1876 Edward MARSH, of St Charles, Ill., formerly a resident of Fowlerville, is in town visiting friends.
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Friday December 1, 1876 The Bay City Tribune says: "The woman McCARTHY, incarcerated for horrible cruelty to her little boy, ending in his death, now sings nightly to the prisoners in the jail. She says they (meaning the public) will try to put everything on to her, but she shan’t worry about it at all.
Friday December 1, 1876 It has been discovered that Mr. Frank ATCHISON, who mysteriously disappeared in the winter of 1870 while a student in Kalamazoo College, and who has been long since given up as dead, is living on a farm in the far West. The explanation given for his strange conduct is that while preparing for the ministry he became a confirmed infidel and "knowing that such a course would grieve his parents worse than to mourn him as dead, he fled from all who knew him and sought refuge in the wilds of the West.
Friday December 22, 1876 Mr. TUCKER, of Three Rivers, brother of Giles TUCKER of this village, was in town on Saturday and gave us a call.
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