The true northerner., 1880-02-13

State fish hatchery at Detroit, .,..
S Oven "a ,000, 900 feet of lumber was
made at Cadillac during the year 1879
The Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany has begun to cut ice at Otsego
lake, 255 miles north of Jackson by
rail.
DURING the present season Mr.
Thompson, of Alcona county, has killed
sixty-four deer, and Jack McColum, of
the same county, has killed seventy
three.
A CHECK swindler has been operating
In several counties In this State recent
ly by paying part cash on purchase for
cattle, balance in checks where he had
no deposit.
A TRAVERSE CITY man has taken a
contract with Milwaukee parties to fur
nish 1000 feet of cigar-box lumber cut
to thickness and size. This is new
business for Michigan.
THE Saginaw Herald gays that Mr..
Harris there has become almost wreck,
physically and mentally, because of the
death of four of his children in six
weeks of diphtheria.
FRANCIS RUFF, of Inkster, Wayne
county, has died, aged 85. He had
lived in that vicinity sixty years, and was
known far and wide. He was q soldier
in the War of 1912.
The dc eath of Fl. j. Perrin, of Mar
shall, having caused the discontinuance
of salt at law in which he was inter-
ested, lawyer in the case appeals to
the court OF, heaven ~,
The city of Jackson spent $4,000 to
extend the public water service as far as
the State prison, and never got cent
oft back III revenue. 1t is now pro-
posed to shut eff the water.
GEN. DWIGHT MAY leaves property
worth some $4,000. His father, Rock
well May, came to Michigan with his
wife and five children some forty years
ago, and this is the first death in the
family.
Two LIVING boa constructors brought
from South America have been placed
in the High School Museum, at Battle
Greek. Kittie Rhodes, aged 10 years,
the ianitor's daughter, has obtained con-
troll over them and they obey her.
THE Michigan Grand Lodge of Amer
lean Order Of United Workmen, in
session at Detroit last week, elected III.
e. Sessions, Master; George w. Ste
vens, Foreman; j. w. Ward, Overseer
Warner w. Wilson, Recorder; Samuel
G. Randall, Receiver.
JACKSON Patriot: There are at pres
ent Sl4 convicts in the prison. The
receipts for admissions during January
were $l21. Fer the month OF February
prisoners will work nine hours anu fifty
minutes per day, asa increase of fifty
minutes over January.
WILLIE JOHNSON, of 'Fairgrove town.
ship, Tuscola county, put seven inches
of powder, shot, and wadding into Q
gun, intending to blow certain dog of
this planet, but not finding the dog the
load was not drawn. A few days later
his brother went hunting with it, and
the explosion which ensued killed him
A MARQUETTE debating club argued
pro aud con the proposition that
"whisky is more destructive than war,
and the presiding officer rendered this
decision: Il decide that war won!
hurt 'em SO much as whisky will, be-
cause he'll run from war and he won't
from whisky, and, if he didn't run from
either, Marquette whisky would xii
quicker nor the war."-Iron Port.
THE following is statement of the
receipts and disbursements at the State
Treasurer's Office for the month ending
Jan. 81:
Balance on hond Dec 81, 1879. s4Q5 1856
Receipts for January. ry................... 4912s6 .
Total. ....................... S9O3 0l2 =
Disbursements for January........,... l5OV'o.s
Balance on hand Jan. 81 1852 1865
The Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany paid It's taxes to the State Treas
urer in single draft of $4,000.
SERGT. BARwIcK, United States Sig
nal Corps, in his report of the weathe
for 1879, says the average Temperature
at Alpena for the past year was Az.
deg. highest, 80, in August; lowest, 2.
below, in February. Number of mile
travelled by wind, 1921; rainfall o
melted snow, 1887 inches; number o
clear days, 100; fair days, 141; cloud.
days, 124; rainy days, l01; days o:
which snow fell, S5; prevailing wind
northwest. The past year was littl
above the average temperature, beinl
third out Of seven recorded at the Sig
nal Office, and 1879 ranks second of tn
seven regarding the amount of rainfall
The school census for the year 1877
for the State is just completed. A
compared with 1873 there is shown t
be an aggregate increase of 1904
children between the ages of and 9
years. The older counties show de
crease in school children, in such cour
ties as Barry, Berrien, Branch, Ca.
houn, Cass, Eaton, Hillsdale, Kalams
ZOO, Lenawee. Livingston, Macoml
Oakland, ST.. Joseph and Van BureI
The total increase has taken place j
the new counties, and those countde
containing the large cities. From thes
returns it is shown that boys and girl
are getting scarcer in the most wealth
and fertile regions of the State.l,
Wages in This Country.
The working people of this countr
} often grumble at the smsllness of the