The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-05-21
General Items.

About 100 persons are employed in cigar
making ct Coldwater.
Lansing is talking of swimming match on
the 4th Of July-two mile heats,
Battle Creek has 30 saloons, but 1t IL said the
new liquor law will reduce the number to eight
There are now in this country fifteen uni
versites in which colored students are receiving
instruction.
Quite sum Of money has been raised for
the families OF the st. Joseph fishermen who
were drowned.
Henry Gillett, OF Lapeer. tried California
year, and came back, the other day, satisfied
with Michigan.
The Lowell Journal says there Is q young
man IN Lansing with hair so red be won't have
1t cut for fear Of bleeding to death.
A woman in Banks, Bay county, is making
quilt Of 10000 pieces, to take to the centennial
Her time could be more proftably spent
1t is claimed that the grange organization has
saved over cal 100000 to the members since
its organization, and that they have invested
at the present time about 100000.
Nine girls and women arrived at Grand
Haven from Milwaukee May 10, on their way
to Muskegon to pack shingles. Some of them
had been made homeless by the Oshkosh fire.
Marshall has not the honor of having the
only kindergarten in the State, outside OF De-
troit, Port Huron, Grand Rapids and Kalama-
zoo each pop up with one, and several towns
to hear from.-Detrot News.
1t is proposed that everybody, man, woman
and child, plant an elm, oak, maple, or some
other good tree, on the ground where he lives
this year, as a centennial offering to those who
may come after hum and sit in the shade OF the
same.
The Flint Democrat says: ''Our legislature
has Just appropriated $4,000 to defray the ex
penses Of celebrating the centennial. Widows
and unmarried women are taxed to raise the
chisement continues"
Steady young men are blessing to the COM
munity, but not the kind 80 steady that they
only move once or twice day. One Of the
latter class we noticed seated on dry-goods
box at 9 o'clock A. M, and at 8 O'Clock P. M. he
was IN the same posihon.-Lansing Republican.
Gen. Spinner says: ~ have but three chill
dren to provide for. Having always believed
that $10 900 left to child is as well il not bet
ter than much larger sum- have, therefore,
never desired to be rich, or to leave to my heirs
more lthan that amount OF money. Unless
again overtaken by misfortune through the
miscoduct OF others, am now able to do that.
This, with an honest reputation, will be legacy
that should satisfy my children
BY the prompt conviction and sentence of
the McNamees it is to be hoped that body
snatching" received its death blow in this State.
The thorough investigation which this matter
received no doubt prompted the Legislature
to pass the law whereby the University is to re-
ceive the bodies OF those State Prison convicts
who die without friends. The first case OF the
kind occurred during the present week. William
Bennett who was sent from Bay county, for
life, In 1885, died on Tuesday last and his body
was turned over to the University to be used
for anatomical purposes. - Ann Arbor Courier.
Il
umns that Miss Anna Eislier, Of this city, had
started for Germany, but little was 1t dreamed
then that the next news would be the record OF
her death. But such is the sad fact. few
days later Miss Eisner sailed from New ork
on the fine steamer Schiller for Hamburg. The
news OF the disaster to that steamer shocked
the civilized world, on Saturday last. Miss
Elsner was one OF the passengers drowned, and
her body has since been found and Identified
and was buried on one OF the islands.
Miss Eisner, who, had she lived would have
been nineteen years old on the 4th OF July
next, had started for Frankfort, Germany, to
visit relatives, and to complete her education.
But there was no such happy future for her, in
this world, as she had doubtless pictured IN her
imagination. Her father, Mr.. VIM. Eisner has
gwen orders, by cable telegram, TO have her
body embalmed and sent here for burial The
sincere sympathy OF this community goes out,
in full measure, to the bereaved father aid
mother In their deep afhiction.-Niles Repub-
hcan, May -.
JACKSON, May 1A.-The City school Superin-
tendents finished their meeting to-day. The
Committee on Course of Study made report
giving different courses. Consideration Of the
report caused discussion taking wide range.
course Was finally agreed on as follows -
First year, primer and first reader; next year,
second reader next two, third reader next /,
fourth; seventh and eighth, fifth. Tho course
OF study for the grammar department was
agreed to, one Of moderate difficulty being Sc
lected. Profs. Lawton. OF Jackson, Payne, Of
Adrian, and Tarbell, OF East Saginaw, were APP
pointed to wait on the University Faculty and
endeavor TO agree upon u course winch, while
suited to ordinary pupils, would also serve as
preparatory to the scientific course In the NJ
versity Subjects such as keeping scholars
after school to learn lessons, over-working
pupils, were discussed, but no formal or definite
action was taken. The ASSOCIATION meets at
the same place as the Michigan State Teachers
Association and day earlier.
HARPERs MAGAZINE FOB JUNE.-With the
June Number Harper's Magazine commences
its Fifty-frst Volume. A more beautiful Num-
Der, or one distinguished by greater variety Of
interesting matter, has never been issued. 1t
contains eighty superb engravings, eight out Of
the eighteen articles being illustrated.
The Number opens with an exceedingly IN