The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-05

to preach temperance once month.
TIM Macomb County Fair will begin
ut Mt. Clemens Oct. /, and continue
four days.
A SECOND Baptist society has been
formed at Manistee, with the Rev. II. j.
Her as pastor.
AT Ovid, last week, al. George A.
Winans died very suddenly from paraly-
sis of the heart, aged 81 years.
EIGHTY. NINE law. students were AL
mitted to practice in the Circuit Court
at Ann Arbor on Monday. on diplomas.
AN East Saginaw barber has been ar
rested for shaving customers on Sunday,
tried and acquitted, the court declaring
the ordinance unconstitutional.
THE dry-goods house of Clark Broth
ers, of Greenville, has made an assign
ment for the benefit of its creditors. Liza
bilities, $13, 900; assets, $1,000
BoRNGs are to be made under the
supervision of competent persons at
Ovid, in hopes of finding coal of good
quality in paying quantities.
DAVID STAUFFER, farmer near Nash
vile, was instantly killed by falling
tree few days ago. He leaves large
family in reduced circumstances.
A LITTLE 3-year-old son Of George
Pratt, OF Pierson, was accidentally
strangled to death, lately, by getting his
neck caught between two boards in
hen-house.
AUGUST ARENTs has been arrested at
Detroit for fatally assailing Jacob
Keourtz a few nights ago, and
confesses the deed, assigning self-de-
Tense in extenuation.
THE new frame dwelling-house of
Latham Davis, of Grand Blanc, burned
the other night. 1t caught from Chin
ney burning out. The loss is about
81 400. Contents mostly saved.
The Port Austin NeaUs says work at
Wallace's grindstone quarry has COM
menced, and gives employment to thirty
men. This is three weeks earlier than
work usually begins there.
THE Saginaw County Treasurer Is oc-
casionally called on by an old lady, who
presents check which she says "calls
for 81, 500, is written in letters of gold,
and signed by the Deity"
Mr.. A. E. WooD, of Pewamo, has in
vented steam pillow, or rather steam
carriage for drawing plows, which is
thought to be great improvement upon
anything of the kind ever before in
vented.
THE Ontonagon Miner says there are
several fine looking masses of copper ly-
ing on the docks there ready for ship
ment. One of them, from the Flint
Steel, weighs 1855 pounds, and one
from the Ridge weighs 100 pounds.
THE State Cider Makers Convention,
in session last week at Jackson, elected
for the ensuing year w. G. Weeks, of
Napoleon, President; G. G. Hampton,
Of Detroit, Secretary; H. l.. Keith, of
Galesburg, Treasurer.
CONRAD HEINsMAN, brakeman on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroad, was killed at Jackson, the other
day, by his foot catching in frog, the
engine running over him and crushing
his head. He was killed instantly; was
% years old, and unmarried.
DIR. JOSEPH EASTMAN, of Flint, died
recently of typhoid fever, after long
illness, aged 60. The deceased was one
of the County Commissioners of the
poor, prominent member of the med
ical fraternity, and one of the pioneer
settlers of that section
Gov. CRoswELL has appointed DIR.
Joel G. Parker, of Grand Rapids, to be
Fish Commissioner until Jan. 26, 1881,
in place of George Clark, of Ecorse, de-
ceased The other Commissioners are
Eli r. Miller, of Richland, and Andrew
j. Kellogg, of Allegan and the Super
intendent, George HI. Jerome, will be
continued in Office.
The Pacific express west was thrown
from the track near Kalamazoo, a few
days since, by an open switch, demol-
ishing the mail and baggage car, and
doing some considerable damage to the
engine. No one was hurt. The switch
bolt had been filed off, it is supposed,
by train-wreckers, and the switch partly
opened. The object was probably plum
der. Damages perhaps $780,
ROBERT AuDLEY was drowned off Great
Point all Sable the other day. He, with
Eugene George, was in small sail
boat, which the gale capsized. George
was rescued by Capt. Morgan, from the
life saving station on the point, and both
might have been saved, but for the de-
lay in getting a crew for the life-boat
from Hamlin, mile from the station.
The crew of the station are discharged
through the winter months.
OF all the phases of the University
muddle, that of last week was probably
the climax. The Regents met in the
regular March meeting, Regent Clutch
con alone being absent. What is known
as the Rose party thus had majority in
the meeting, and Regent Maltz at once
introduced resolution to reinstate Rose
at salary of 81 800 from April /, and
to remit him from payment of the judg
ment against HIM. Regent Grant asked
that the motion be made special order
for the afternoon. This was rejected.
Regents E. @. Walker, s. 8. Walker,
and Grant then withdrew, leaving four
unanimous, but not quorum. An ad-
journment was then made for ten min
utes, and 80 on during the whole day.
The three absentees are resolved not to
appear again. The degrees for the law
students had been voted, but the degrees
of the medical and dental students had
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