Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2026 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== USGenNet Data Repository Notice: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= The Detroit Free Press Wednesday, 27 November, 1878 Special Dispatch to The Detroit Free Press Manistee, Nov. 26. - Telegraphic intellegence received here this afternoon that PERRY RUSSELL, of this city, while examining improvements made on the head waters of the Manistee River, was drowned Monday evening by the capsizing of a canoe, and that search would be made in the morning for the body. MR. RUSSELL was a member of the firm of RUSSELL Bros., prominent lumbermen and mer- chants of this place. He was very much respected by the entire community, and leaves a wife and four small children. ===============================================================================