The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-19
MICHIGAN NEWS.


and prosperity 10 each and all of its inhabitants.
MICHIGAN NEWS.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
AN iron foundry and machine shop il to be
established at Kalkaska.
PERSONAL.
The Rev. o. Il. Hale, of Napoleon, is about
publishing a work entitled the Church Key:
giving the origin, discipline and history of all
the churches in the world.
CASUALTIES.
WHILE engaged in making repairs in well at
Grand Rapids, last week. John Kehoe was
buried forty feet under the ground by the
caving in of the walls
CHARLES O'RAULEY, laborer in Taylor's I
plaster mill at Grand Rapids, was run over by a
freight train few days ago. The body was
dragged nearly three-qusrters of mile, then
left on the track, and again dragged by sec
ond train about twenty rods and of course
was horribly mangled. 1t is supposed that he
was drunk and fell into the train AZ it was
passing him.
DEATHS.
JOHN GALLEY while out hunting near Ball
Rapids, few days ago, accidentally shot himself
in the shoulder, from which he died in few
hours.
FRED PAGE, a conductor on the Grand River
Valley railroad was knocked off his train, few
days ago, by striking bridge, and almost in
stanty killed.
LEGAL.
A JUDGMENT was rendered at Grand Rapids,
few days since in the case of Akin vs.. John
son. for $1S, Gel. Judgments, amounting in
the aggregate to $4,000, have been rendered
against Johnson during the past three years.
CRIME.
JOHN and Francis Huggart, Of Scion, Leelc-
nav county, were arrested and taken to Grand
Rapids few days ago, to answer the charge of
attempting to murder the wife of John Hug
CART, by administering poison to her, by satur
atng candy with strychnine. An analysis of
the candy showed large quantity of the poi
son, and small piece, fed to cat, produced
DEATH
MISCELLANEOUS.
The members of the House from the Upper
Peninsula have extended an invitation to thei
fellow-menbers of the Legislature to take part
in All excursion to the Upper Peninsula, leav-
ing Chicago on Aug Is, and being accom-
panied by S. S. Cobb, Railroad Commissioner,
Gov. Bagley, other officers Senators and Con-
gressmen, and invited guests. Passes will be
issued to all, and arrangements will be made so
that the party can visit the mines of copper,
;r,,, nd oil tba Gtata abi
grounds.
The following is the bill, as it passed Con-
gross, providing for National Park in the
Island of Mackinac
BE IL enacted etc., That much of the Island of
Mackinac, lying i'll the Straits of Mackinac, within
the County Of MacAinac, in the State of Michigan,
is now held by the United States under military
reservation or otherwise excepting Fort Mackinac
and 80 much of the present reservation thereof as
bounds it on the south to the village of Maclinac,
and the west, north, and east respectively, by
lines drawn north and SOUTH east and west, at II
distance from the present fort Flagstaff of 400
YARDS, hereby is reserved and withdrawn from set
Element, occupancy, sale, under the laws of the
United States, and dedicated and set apart as a ma
tiona public park, grounds, for health, comfort,
and pleasure. for the benefit and enjoyment Of the
people and all persons who shall locate or settle
upon, occupy the same, any part thereof. x
cept herein provided, shall be considered tres
passers and removed therefrom.
SEC. 2 That said public park shall be under the
exclusive control OF the secretary OF war, whose
duty il shall be- as soon as practicable to make and
publish such rules and regulations he may deem
necessary or proper for the care and management
OF the same. Such regulations shall provide for the
preservation from injury spoliaon OF all timber,
mineral deposits, natural curiosities, wonders
within said park, and their retention in their nat
ural condition. The Secretary may, in his dscre-
ton, grant leases, for building purposes OF small
parcels of ground, at such places in said park
shall require the of buildings Cor the
commodaton of visitors, for terms not exceeding
ten years all of the proceeds of said leases and all
other revenues derived from any source connected
with said park, to be expended, under his direc-
ton, in the management of the and in the
construction Of roads aud bridle-psths therein.
He shall provide against the wanton destruction of
game or hah found within said park. and against
their capture or destruction for any purposes of
or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespass-
ing upon the after the passage of this act to
be removed therefrom, and generally shall be au-
thorzed to take all such measures shall be neces
sary or proper TO fully carry out the objects and
purposes of this act.
SEC. 3. That any part of the park hereby created
shall at all times be available for military purposes
either parade or drill ground, in time of peace
or for complete occupation in time of war, when
ever war IL expected and may also be used for the
erection of any public building works: PrOrided
That no person shall ever claim receive from the
United States any damage on account of any future
amendment repeal of this act, or the taking of
said park any part thereof, for public purposes
/ use.
The bill gives the public n better right than
they now have under military officers. The
military officers can now forbid the people
going over these beautiful grounds and ex-
amining the natural curosities which are there
The island cannot now be held solely a. a mill
tary reservation, under the control Of whatever
officer, Captain or Sergeant, may be in charge
of the fort at Macliinac.
RECENT Michigan postal changes Estdb-
tished -Fornan, Lake county, VIM. Fornan,
Postmaster Posen, Pressure Isle county,
Frank Roberts, Postmaster. Postndsters Ap-
pointed-Almont, Lapeer county, Charles A.
Train Clarksburgh, Marquette county, James
Tobin New Haven, Macomb county Louis A.
Allor; Ogenaw Springs, Ogenaw county, w.
+. Cummings.
WE are indebted to the Lansing Republican
for the following interesting statistics of the
jails of Michigan, which it has compiled from
the Secretary of States abstract of the reports
of Sheriff's for the year ending Sept. 80 1874
by this report it appears that the whole number
remaining in the jails Sept. So 1873 was 259
whole number received in the jails during the
/ Vear 1874 q 0cG Total nunbar cbarcoJ ,y,i,