The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-01-28
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

LuDINGTos has built five churches within
three years.
SMALL HOPES, the horse of many colors and
names, il wintering at Kalamazoo.
No CHILD is allowed to attend school in De-
troit withou. being vsccinated.
A LODGE of the Sons Of Temperance has been
organized at Five Lakes, Lapeer County.
THREE Buffalo men are reported to be about
to start daily evening paper at East Saginaw.
Mr.. DANIEL C. CARR has found bed of ex-
cellent mineral paint on his farm near Alpena.
ONE of the salt blocks built in East Saginaw
the part year is said to bo the largest in the
world.
THE reported reduction OF salaries of en-
ployes of the Michigan Central Road and
branches is authoritatively denied.
RIFLE team is being organized at Manistee.
1t will number twenty-fo steeds and they
will soon build hall for their use.
A PROJECT is on foot to devise means to navi-
gate the Manistee River. mass meeting was
recently held at Sherman in behalf of the pro-
iect.
IN Battle Creek. during the year 1875, there
was destroyed by fire $17,l05 worth of prop
erty upon which there was but -, 900 insur-
ance.
A YOUNG man, named Byron Crandall, caught
white weasel in trap set for a muskrat one
night last week. 1t was on Portage Creek,
about eight miles southwest of kalamazoo.
A PERCUSSION, venerable in years and worn
out with much use, was recently ripped up in
Detroit and with the sawidst that formed
its original "stufiing" were found 26S
needles.
DOOR swinging out from a freight car just
west of the U. G. Railroad Depot, at Jackson
the other night, opened switch, and four cars
of the train ran off the track blocking it up
for couple of hours.
Company l. of the Jackson Light Guard,
have changed the name to Jackson Guards
They have ordered new cross-belts, with
breast shield bearing a VOLTS head and the
monogram ~ g."
THE Adventists of Battle Creek, who board
students attending their college, have formed
themselves into boarders' union" with the
object of watching over their boarders and
keeping them straight.
SHERIFF HAINEs, of Grand Rapids last week
brought to the State Prison Gustav Christ who
for murder goes for four years John Frests,
for larceny, for three years, and George Gates,
for larceny, for one year.
Miss LORRAINE WooD, a Grand Rapids Young
lady, now in Europe, recently obtained Bis
marck's autograph by strategical attack which
wholly put to rout the great Generals former
resolutions on the subject.
HEAVY expenses and high taxes are the UNI
versal complaint Even the Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons of this State, at its session
in Detroit reported that the expense of that
chapter had outrun the income for several
years.
The Saginaw Courier is informed by gentle
men who have been canvassing Bay City for
directory that there are 326 vacant houses in
that city, and the Courier adds that there is
more than twice that number of vacant houses
in East Saginaw.
THE Marshall Statesman says the pastors of
those churches in that city which have been
accustomed to act in concert in such matters
have determined to hold a series OF revival
meetings, and to secure the services of an evan
gelist to conduct them.
RECENT deaths: At Battle Greek, DR.. z. 4.
Slater, prominent physician and one of the
earliest settlers of that city, aged 81 years at
his residence in Charlotte Robt. NJ. Wheaton,
one OF the oldest pioneers of Eaton County,
and form erly prominent politician.
sToI company of Chicago men has been
org anized in Kalamazoo to manufacture the
Eagle Portland cement from the mari beds
northeast of the town. Adjoining land and
water power have been bought and a track laid
to the Michigan Southern Railroad: The ma
terial has been tested in Germany. and it il
pronounced unequaled.
Mr.. AND Mrs. THos. FOSTER stepped at the
Antrim House, Grand Rapids, for supper on
Thursday last. They got into a quarrel, which
madam ended by striking Foster several times
with glass dish, which she finally broke. A
physician was called who worked over Foster
all night, and toward morning lie began to
revive.
PAPERS have been served upon George Je-
rome, President of the Detroit Post Company
at Saginaw City, suing the Post for alleged
libel against Detective James Nevins of East
Saginaw, in September last. Damages are
claimed in the sum of 10000. The case will
come up at the next term of the Circuit Court
in Saginaw County.
JOHN ABRAM LEHMAN, who WAS wounded in
the battle OF Waterloo, is now living on public
charity in East Saginaw. He is over 80 years
of age, and had three SONS killed i'm the late re-
bellion-Robert, Company /, I'd Michigan In
fantry, killed at Fair Oaks William, Company
II, 10th Michigan, killed in the seven DAYS
fight and Louis, Goth Michigan, missing.
EAST SAGINAW, which had the reputation OF
being one Of the worst places in the West, is
reforming. When the present police system
went into operation there were on the register
200 abandoned women. One year ago the
number had been reduced to eghty-seven. AT
the present time there are only thirty-seven,
and the waiter girl saloons are all closed.
FAvETrE MCCLURE, of Big Rapids, was mobbed
last Thursday night few miles in the coun-
try and ridden on n rail sustaining a fractured