The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-05-28

ton with the University to the Regents
OF that institution.
LAST Thursday morning Mayor X. @.
Barker, of Detroit, the sailing master of
his yacht Cora, Frank Webb, a friend
named Frederick Dudgeon, ana boy
named George Miller were drowned in
the river below Crosse Isle, by the up
setting of the boat by sudden gust.
Mr.. Barker was well known tobacconist
and was Commodore of the international
Yacht Association.
AT the late meeting at Jackson of the
Michigan Amateur Press Association, the
following officers were elected for tine en-
suing year President, William A. Fiske,
of Coldwater; Vice President, Dan Baker,
of Jonesville Secretary, p. b. LOOMS,
of Jackson Treasurer, John Gibbons,
of Grand Rapids. Delegates National
Amateur Congress Will Innis, of Grand
Rapids d. M. Baker, of Jonesville P.
b. LOOMS; S. Hunter, Amelia Mushner,
of Jackson. The next meeting will be
held ut Grand Rapids.
The walls of the second story of the
new Capitol building at Lansing are
nearly completed, and the stone for the
entire structure is nearly all cut. From
the progress so far, the prospects of
completing the entire walls this season
are favorable. This story embraces the
Representative and Senate chambers,
library and Governors apartments, and
has not so many brick partitions as the
floor below.
WHENEVER laborer ut Detroit under
takes to put in penstock or take up
frozen water-pipe, he is obliged to de-
post 81 to 80 as a guarantee to the
Board of Public Works that he will COM
plete his work. This money must re-
main with the Board for thirty days, no
matter how soon the work is done. Thus
laborers who do this kind of work claim
that when they have plenty of work to
do it requires a capital of several hun
dred dollars to earn ordinary wages.
They ask that they be paid back their de-
posts as soon as the work is done.
JOHN S. GRIFFIN, late of Detroit, but
now resident of Oakland, suburb
of San Francisco, writes to friend his
views of California. A few extracts will
be of general interest. He says
Il like the country and its climate, but it is
not 80 good as | expected for stranger TO set
tie in. unless he has hat full OF money and
plenty of influence. Mechanics are in demand
at from $3.50 to "A per diem, but at the pres
ent rate of immigration they will not be in de-
mand long. They are coming at the rate OF
500 to 400 day and most of them, am sorry to
say come penniless. They come 30 fast that
the people have had to establish aid associa-
tons, so for heavens sake don't advise any one
to come. They will be better off in Detroit.
We are housekeeping, and our living costs
next to nothing. Prime meat, 1919 cents;
splendid fish of all kinds, fresh from the bay,
at your own price Shrimps, 10 cents quart
teas and coffees cheaper than in Detroit, and
four loaves of the whitest bread ever saw in
For a man who has money there is no place
equal to lhis for comfort. The saloons here
are as thick as peas in a pod. They have to
pay 5000 license. Every business here has to
pay city license
PRIMARY SCHOOL MONEYS.
The Lansing Republican publishes
the annual apportionment of the primary
school interest fund, just completed by
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton. The whole sum is $217, 1913. 06,
and the ratio is 80 cents to each child of
school age g to 20 years inclusive).
Last year the ratio was the same, but
the number of scholars was 1926 less,
and the fund for distribution $3.50. so
less. In 1873 the ratio was 40 cents, and
in 1872 it was AZ cents to each child as
above. The following is a tabular state
ment of the children in each county, ac-
cording to the last school census, taken
in August, 1874; also, the sum which is
soon to be paid by the State Treasurer
to each county for primary school pur-
poses:
Counties. No. Of Children Amount.