The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-22
MICHIGAN ITEMS.


to III births for 1876.
SEVERAL bands of gypsies are roaming
through the State.
CLOTHING for theIonia prison is being
shipped to Ionia.
Ex-SEoRETARY CHANDLER has gone to
California on pleasure excursion.
TWENTY THOUSAND young cells have
been deposited in the mill-pond ut Jack
son.
HENRY BIssELL, a young married Ger
man butcher, killed himself recently at
East Saginaw.
THE late copious rains have put out
the fires in Northern Michigan, for which
everybody is thankful.
THE hail-storm of Monday of last
week in Shiawassee county did much
damage about Laingsburg and Owosso.
AN eight-foot vein of iron ore has been
found in mine near Marquette, and the
further it is prospected the thicker it
appears.
JAMES WEIGH, of Gladwin county,
fell dead in Corunna while on his way to
the train in carriage with his wife, to
whom he was married five days previ-
ously.
Ex-ALDERMAN JOHN Horn, of De-
troit, saved little boy named Anthony
Grogan from drowning one day last
week, and lost $3.50 watch and chain in
his efforts.
FIVE THOUSAND young cells have been
deposited in the Shiawassee river.
About $4,000 have been distributed in
the lakes around Laingsburg and in the
Looking-glass river.
THE steamer r. N. Rice of the Detroit
and Cleveland line, was damaged by fire
while lying at the dock in Detroit to the
amount of about $4,000. There was an
insurance of $25,
AN S-year-old son of Capt. Fallins, of
the barge Emerald, was drowned at Bay
City few days since. He was seated
on the rail, lost his balance, and fell
overheard.
In addition to Francis Murphy, the
blue-ribbon orator, Sylvester Larned, of
Detroit; J. w. Fitzmaurice, OF East Sag
inaw, and Isaac III. Parrish, of Grand
Rapids, will deliver addresses at the
red-ribbon celebration in Lansing,
July A.
The State Sabbath-School Convention
met mt Ypsilanti last week. The follow
ing officers were elected President,
Rev. G. L. Allen Vice President, Rev.
w. f. Day; Corresponding Secretary,
Rev. u. Grenell Recording Secretary,
w. d. King.
AT the annual meeting of the Van Blu
rem County Woolgrowers' and Stock
Breeders Association at Paw Paw the
dinner and speeches were highly en-
| joyed, and the sheep-shearing festival
was made particularly interesting by
twenty-eight different entries.
THE total amount of liquor taxes foi
this year in Detroit is $50, SO, being q
decrease of nearly $4,000 from last
years figures. The number of dealers
of all grades is 6S5, against 719 last
year.
The wool clip of this State is fast pass
ng into the hands of dealers and manu-
facturers at prices ranging from 20 to 81
cents for fine, according to condition
mostly at about 30 cents. The estimated
number of sheepin the State is l, 800, 600
Should the clip average five pounds
this would give 100000 pounds as the
product of the State, and, at 30 cents q
pound, would give 81, 100000 to the
sheep raisers of Michigan.
The following is weekly list OF
United States patents issued to the in
ventors OF Michigan for the week ending
June 70: Apparatus for carbureting air,
III. Mann, Ionia; Irvine holder, A. Bennso-
leil, Alpena corner stake, S. d. Bon
ner, Newaygo head block for aw-mills,
II. Cleghorn, Muskegon; extracting
mud from engines, T. Draney, Bay City;
window blinds, j. w. Fawcett, Cedar
Springs; eyeglasses, G. Johnston, De-
troit gas stove, w. Mckenzie, Detroit
head blocks for saw-mills, A. Rodgers,
Muskegon lubricator, A. S. Skinner,
Hastings.
THE Insurance Commissioner reports
the number of companies doing business
i'll this State to be 164, divided as fol-
lows: Michigan mutual, 40; Michigan
stock, 2; other States, 108; Canadian, 3;
other foreign, IL. Companies withdrawn:
Alliance, Boston; Armenia, Pittsburgh;
Bangor, Bangor, Me. Citizens, Newark;
Farmers and Drovers, Louisville; Frank
lin, indianapolis; Globe, Cincinnati;
Home, Columbus, o.; Hudson, Jersey
City; Oswego and Onondaga Phoenix,
New York; Paterson, Paterson, n. j.
Peoples, Memphis; Star Fire, New York;
Sun, Cleveland. The forty mutual COM
panies in the State have risks in force to
the amount of 1913, 6S7, 036, and men,
bership OF 81, $40, against 80, 051 in 1870;
amount of fire risks written by the Mich
igan stock companies of the States and
foreign Governments, 1913, 1897, DOB; pre-
miums received, 81 $3.50, 5S3; losses paid,
$9S6,0S7; aggregate risks for 1876,
$145, 421, 718; premiums received, 49,
104, 1896; losses paid, 1909, 10. The
risks in 1875 were $163, 074, 51S; pre-
miums received, 81, 522 ,605; losses paid,
81, $50, 14S.
THE following is the full text of the
act passed by the Legislature entitled
"An act for the protection of guests in
hotels from danger by fire." 1t was APP.
proved by the Governor May %, and
will go into effect three months from
that date, or August %, 1877:
SECTION 1. The people OF the State Of Michi-
gan enact that it shall be the duty of all own
ers or keepers of hotels or public houses more