The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-15
MICIIIGAN NEWS.

IHE Iron CllH Mining SOmpduy ell
ploys nearly 1000 men.
The Ionia House of Correction has
John Wesley and Henry Clay.
THE man who keeps record of MUIR
ders in Michigan counts eighty-four
since Jan. l.
The brick factory at Manistee is
credited with making good article OF
white brick.
The lumber shipments of the Saginaw
valley thus far in the season of 1880 are
the largest in the history of the trade in
Michigan.
GRINDsToNE CRY recently sent a
grindstone weighing 6,172 pounds to
Maine. 1t is said to be the largest stone
ever made at the works.
ORDERS have been received at Han
cock within the past week for nearly
1,5OO, 900 pounds of copper-about l.
600, 900 pounds cake and the rest ingot.
The foundation for the new Catholic
church in this city, which is now being
constructed, is to be completed this fall,
and the church is to be erected next sea-
son.-Alpena Argus.
JUDGE DYCKMAN, of Kalamazoo coun-
ty, sold l, 900 bushels ofapples from four
acres of orchard. Even at 10 cents per
bushel-which is the average price of
good apples the crop paid about as we'll
as most wheat crops do.
A SALE has been made of 1000 acres
of pine land in Montcalm county for
$3.50, 900. 1t is estimated to cut 124,-
600, 900 feet of lumber, and the new
owners will construct n logging road for
the purpose of hauling the timber to Six
Lakes, at the head of Flat river.
Ex-Gov. JOHN j. BAGLEY has ordered
to be sent to the Michigan University
the portraits of all the Presidents of the
United States, from Washington down
to the present time, with the suggestion
that they should be placed in the mu-
scum or library, as thought best.
A PosT-MoRTEM examination held on
the body of Wesley Weldon, Michigan
farmer, found floating in the Saginaw
river, revealed the probability of murder.
The doctors found deep cash in the
back of the head, and state that the
wound was inflicted before the body was
thrown into the water.
THE salt production for Michigan, as
reported by the State Salt Inspector, for
the month of September, was 299, $40
barrels. The total amount for inspec-
ton for the year to Oct. l, was 2, $780,
537 barrels, against l, $40, 800 barrels for
corresponding period in 1879. The esti-
mated product for this year will reach
$500, 600 barrels, the largest in the his
tory of salt manufacture in the State.
A large number of new blocks are being
erected this season.
During the fiscal year ending Sept.
80, 1880 the bonded debt of the State
was reduced $4,000 by the payment of
Sault canal bonds for that amount,
which had fallen due July l, 1879. The
present condition of the debt is stated
below, but to offset it there are $500, 600
4I-per-cent. bonds in the sinking fund,
and still larger sum deposited in banks
and bearing interest. The entire debt
of 1905, 1897 could be paid at short
notice, if the owners of our State bonds
would consent to take the money; but
the best offers they will make are 10 to
20 per cent. premium, which is regarded
as too much.
INTERRsT-BEARING BONDS.
Two million loan bonds, 6s, due Jan. l,
War bounty loan bonds, rs due May /,
1890 Recommendation. 300, 600. 90
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $500, 000. 90
SON-ISTEREsT- BEARING DEBT.
Adjusted bonds, due Jan. l,
1863. .......... ............. $3,ooocO
Twenty-one thousand dollars part
paid IS, 100000 loan bonds, adj
Unstable at s57s.57 per $1,000. IL, 1897
- 15,149.97
Total bonded debt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1905, lag. 81