Local Sayings and Doings.
The "Chicago Shoemaker," who has been loitering about Harrisville and Black River for the past few months has finally come to grief. A few days ago, George Durgie went into the former's shop at Black River to have a pair of new boots "stretched." This was in the afternoon, and Durgie was to call for the boots, (next line illegible), Wathers, the said shoemaker, sold the boots to D. J. McArthur for $9.00 cash, packed his "kit" and lit out, bringing up at Ossineke, where he was captured by Durgie and brought back to Black River. Yesterday he was arraigned before Justice Jas. Churchill upon the charge of obtaining money under false pretense, and after due examination was bound over to the circuit court for trial. In default of bail he was committed to the county jail, where he now is.