The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-05-14
General Items.


Port Huron desires to organize permanently
an photographic society.
"Fi-f-6-ci-an" spells physician, according to
a Gratlot county photographer.
"The Buchanan Musical Union" is the name
OF new organization in that village.
Mr.. o p. Richardson. of Charlotte. is about !,
to open kindergarten school in that town.
some four or five saloons have closed up In
Marshall in consequence OF the new liquor law,
Twenty-Five graduates of Hilsdale College
will deliver twenty nine orations and essays on
the 18th of next month.
Miss Anna " Raper, graduate OF the law
department of the University of Michigan, ia
lecturing on temperance.
The Universalists Of Dowagiac have fair,
rattle, grabbing, Rotations and musical enter
tsinu.ent all in one evening.
On April 25th, Deacon VIM. Savage, of the
Congregational church at Hudson, died, aged
eighty-two years. He came to Michigan in 1886.
Lake Michigan Is about fifteen inches lower
this season than last, and, as consequence,
this affects the depth of water IN the harbors
along the shore.
The walls of the new capitol building begin
to loom up prodlgiously. The stone and brick
are laid almost to the top Of the windows in the
second story.-Lansing Republican.
When snow storm drives a farmer out OF
his potato patch May 1st it is about time to
offer the whole confounded country for twenty
o,,I .t,ot Tra
Rev. Miss Augusta j. Chaplin has resigned
her charge as pastor of the Upiversalist Church
in Lansing to accept call from the Universal
list Church OF Plttsburg, Pa, at $1,000 salary.
DR.. Miles, formerly OF tie Michigan Agri-
cultural College, left on May It'll for Campaign,
ILL.,, where hs is filling the position of Professor
Of Agriculture in the Industrial University OF
Illinois
At the State Prison at Jackson twenty three
convicts were received during the month Of
April, and twenty-four were discharged while
five were pardoned. The number confined on
May LIST was 739.
Prof. Alexander Winchell, formerly OF the
Michigan University, and lately of the SYRIA
cuse University. has been elected Professor OF
Natural History in the Vanderbilt U University,
Nashville, Tennessee.
About 20 laborers on the Pontiac asylum foun
dalton struck for 81 80 per day, instead of
81 25 last week Monday. Those who remained
at work received the increase those who strucl
were supplanted by others at 81 80.
The Coldwater Republican states that the
puh mat
and organized by electing Hon. @. E. Mickey
OF Adrian, president; Hon G. d. Randall, o.
Coldwater, secretary and treasurer, who give
bonds in the sum OF $4,000 The other membe
OF the board Is DR.. S. s. Cutter, of Coldwater
The first annual meeting OF the convention
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
Diocese OF western Michigan will be held il
st. Luke's Church, kalamazoo, on Wednesday
the Goth day of May, at 10 o'clock a. m. o.
r Tuesday evening meeting will be held In st
Johns Church for the discussion of method
n OF raising money for charitable objects.
: The Cass County Republican of May 9th cor
! tains the following 1.-The Board OF ContrC
q OF the state swamp lands met at Lansing Las
week. A report was made to the board by MI
u
g here few weeks since, strongly in favor OF tn
a claims OF tins region for help from the State t
d reclaim these lands, and an appropriation c
n 6,4OO acres OF State swamp lands was made fc
Il the purpose by the board"
The second semi-annual session OF the Mich
igan Bee-Keepers' Association convened at IA
!. amazoo on Thursday, May 9th, at ocloC
1t p. m, President Bdwell presiding. Delegate
r were present from South Haven. Dowagia
" Lawton, Decatur, Galesburg, Allegan, Marshal
Albion, etc. The principal topics Of dlscussio
D. were " WInterlng Bees and best method {
1T Building up Colonies in SPRING Member
e. reported heavy losses in wntering the pat
he season. The only effectual remedy at presen
" as far as ascertained, the use Of the " col
c. frame" thereby giving the bees an opportun
Id to fly in winter. At the evening session Il
ir subjects of the s. Best Bee-Hives, +" "Artinci
=. Swarmlng, surplus Honey" and other topl
were considered at length. The attendant
was good and the interest continued unabate
'k The convention adjourned to meet IL Kalam
70 zoo the first Wednesday In December next.
r. The liquor sellers are organizing to fight Il
he new liquor law III tue courts ana test lts CO
TO stitutionality. They held in Detroit what tn
be call mass meeting OF the salooh-keepers,
which about fifty attended. Speeches we
made, an organization perfected, and the naI
I'D Liberty Association" given to it,
DIS The following are the officers OF the ass
r- citation
ice President-E. w. Andrews, Bay City.
n Vice PreA't-ClrStlAQ Slrnder Detroit
Secretary-James Defoe, Detroit.
Cor. Sec'y-J. Webber, Detroit.
iat Treasurer-Edward Kanter, Detroit.
ms Executive Committee-Charles Webber a
ma Louis Brinkman, Detroit; Wesley Hawki
Bay City; Arthur Brown, Kalamazoo; Sc
er- Hocomb, Grand Rapids.
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