The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
MICHIGAN NEWS.

Did hAflDS has twenty zone saloons
out of the twenty-four in Mecosta county.
JUDGE Brown, of the Fourteenth cir
cult, is about TO resign ON account of the
small salary.
The Rev. Nj. b. Taylor has been APP
pointed Acting President of Adrian Col
lege, vice George b. McElroy, resigned.
The annual meeting of the State
Association of Mutual Fire Insurance
Companies will be held in Lansing Jan.
25.
Owing to the large amount of Canadi-
an money IN circulation in Alpena, the
banks have determined to deduct 3 per
cent.
The Trustees of Adrian College have
made an appeal for local and church
subscriptions to rebuild North Hall, re-
Gently burned.
LEWIS q. BUCKINGHAM, resident of
Flint for the past fcrty-seven years and
the first Sheriff of Genesee county, died
lately, aged 80.
THE Michigan Malt Biscuit Company
is one of the recent business organiza-
tons of Adrian. The biscuit is patent
medicine, composed of malt, iron, etc.
THE Michigan Central Company will
take their supply of ice this year from
| Thornapple lake, in Barry county, where
they have already begun operations.
THERE have been fourteen deaths by
diphtheria III Clio, Genesee county,
within two months, one entire family OF
four children dying Ill four days, and
two children dying in one night in an
other family.
Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad at
Paris were burned the other day, to-
gether with their contents. The Green
township records were also burned, the
agent being Town Clerk.
A FIRE at Red Jacket DESTROYED Pin
tons building, in which II. w. Jackson,
dry goods, and III. j. Vivian, merchant
tailor, did business. Jackson's goods
were entirely consumed and Vivian's
partly. Total loss. $25, 900. Jackson
was insured for only $12, 900.
A BABY of Mrs. NJ. HOLSTER, of Royal
Oak, was given green box to play with,
and shortly afterward it was taken very
i'll with alarming symptoms; it soon
vomited a quantity OF green colorng
from the box, and recovered Had it
taken less quantity it might have died
from the arsenic employed in most bright
green colors.-Birmin9ham Eccentric.
The Michigan Merino Sheep Breed
ers Association met, last week, in Pho
neers' room of the state Capitol, when
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year ::
Presilent-C. M. Fellows, Manchester.
Vice Presi ient-Lyman Cate, Highland.
Secretary-W. j. G.. Dean, Hanover.
Treasurer-A. ID. Taylor, Romeo.
Directors-S. Il. Hammond, kalamazoo
Arthur A. Wood, Saline X. ID. NJ. Edwards,
Napoleon Within Ball, Hamburger : f. Il.
WEIGH, Paw Paw.
Pedi gree Commttee-D. Z. Dewey, Grand
Blanc. Chairman f; T.. W. Hardy, OsceOla Will
lam bedford, Marshall.
The State Grange elected the follow
ing officers for next year Master, Cy-
rus q. Luce, Coldwater Overseer, A.
n. Woodruff, Watervliet Lecturer, G.
l.. Whitney, Muskegon; Steward, s. A.
Tooker, Lansing Assistant Steward, A.
f. Green, North Pennington Chaplain,
Salmon Steele, Bear Lake; Treasurer,
S. f. Brown, Schoolcraft Secretary, J.
L. Cobb, Schoolcraft Gate-keeper, A.
Bartlett, Lapeer; Ceres, Mrs. A. s.
Stannard, Ionia; Pomona, Mrs. II. ID.
Platt, Washtenaw Flora, Mrs. A. N.
Woodruff, Watervliet; Lady Assistant
Steward, Mrs. A. +. Green, North Farm
ington.
The report of the State Salt Inspector
for the year ending Nov. 30, 1880, shows
nine inspection districts in the State,
with the aggregate manufacturing ca
pacity of 3, $50, 900 barrels, or ID, $50, 900
bushels of salt This shows an increase
over last years production of 100000
barrels, or 2,500,000 bushels of salt
The total amount inspected i'll the State
was /: In Bay county, 1.0Sl, Sal Sag
inaw county, LAS, GA Huron county,
25G, S41 Iosco county, 147 800 Midland
county, Al 462 total, 9, 676, 5SS. This will
make IL, 49,, $40 bushels of salt, being
an increase of 3, 092, 742 bushels, or &c.
748 barrels over last years production.
The revenue due the State Salt Inspec-
tor the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1880,
is As follows: Duties on 2,676, 5SS bar.
rails Mt three mills per barrel, IS, 029. 76;
expenditures, salary of State Salt In
spector, 81, 800; printing and Office ex-
penses, $500; salary of Deputy Inspec-
tors, IS, 164 50; total, $7,954.5O; bal
ance, $50. 10. The average price during
the years was 70 cents per barrel, and
the total shipments 10y water and rail
were about $4,000 barrels.