The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-08
MICHIGAN ITEMS.

THEY have "mum- socials at Hough-
ton.
THE United States Land Office at Ionis
has been removed to Reed City.
THE Michigan lawyers are going to
form State Bar Association.
A FARMERS Club has been organized
in Saginaw City, with twenty-five men,
bers.
PLANS have been completed for new
church at South Jackson, to take the
place of the one burned by incendiaries
week ago.
AT East Saginaw, Adam Christopher
Schmidt, native of Prussia, 60 years
old, hung himself with clothes-line.
He had been drinking freely.
A LITTLE son of John Elliott, far
mer OF Saginaw county, was choked to
death recently IN an attempt to swallow
piece OF cabbage.
ROMANCE in real life. Last summer
Geo. II. Leonard, of Bedding, saved
Miss Libbie Rossman from drowning in
Baldwin lake. Last week they were
married.
IT is proposed to establish a brick
yard for the accommodation of tramps in
Bay and Saginaw counties, the establish
ment to be run in connection with the
proposed union poor-house.
THE wife and child of John Barry, of
Jackson, were suffocated by coal gas from
stove the other night. When first dis
covered Mrs. Barry was dead, and the
child died about noon the next day.
The annual Convention of the State
Millers' Association was held at Grand
Rapids last week. Nearly fifty of the
most prominent millers in the State, in
GLIDING President j. d. Hayes, of De-
troit, were present.
GEORGE w. STACKED of Stacked & Frey,
proprietors of the Central House at Jack
son Junction, died the other day from
injuries received while walking up the
track, going to a meeting of the Ger
man Workingmen's Relief Association.
THE first pioneer meeting of Huron
county, held recently at Port Austin,
was a very interesting one. A perma-
nent organization was effected, with
Aaron G.. Peer, President; Hon. Jere-
miah Ludington, Vice President; John
W. Kimball, Secretary.
SURVEYS have recently been made by
Louis Sands and Richard G.. Peters
with view of constructing two railroads
on the Manistee river for logging pur-
poses. Mr.. Peters has concluded to
build one, and has made contracts for
the early construction Of the same.
WHILE the Michigan Grand Lodge /.
| O. o. +. was in session at Grand Rapids,
last week, r. II. Morrison, of Sturgis,
who has held the position of Grand
Treasurer for the past six years, came up
missing, and the worst feature is that he
had Sc, 49, of the funds of the frater-
nifty.
DURING 1877 the sales of Flint and
Pere Marquette railway lands amounted
to 8,508 40-100 acres, for $95, 98491 an
average of SLIPS per acre. The total
net sales of lands since the land grant
was Issued aggregate 275, 722 69-100
acres, amounting to $2,277, 1867, or
1926 per acre. The original grant was
521, 900 acres.
A NUMBERING firm up on the Chippewa
had their men and teams in the woods,
and roads cut. The manager had writ
ten for instructions, as there was no
snow to commence hauling. He was
told to sprinkle the roads and let them
freeze. He did sprinkle the roads, and
then wrote back, saying, "All right,
send along your freezer"
A SUIT has been brought, in Detroit,
against the estate of the late Edmund
A. Brush, which foots up into millions,
fer the recovery of one-sixth of the en-
tire estate, the plaintiff being Harriet s.
Boggs, and daughter of his brother
Charles. Papers have been filed, the
defense claiming that deceased pur-
chased the brothers interest and paid
for it years ago.
Mr.. G. B. HEADLEY, of the Saginaw
Courier, hos compiled, with as great ac-
curacy as can be insured In the compila-
ton of this class of statistics, the lum-
Der cut of the State of Michigan dur
ing the season of 1878, as compared with
the two previous years. The result is
given in thes ubjoined table:
Locality 1877. 1876. 1878.