The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-04-02
MICHIGAN NE WIS.

THOMAS OORNELL anu VIE, OF 1Onla,
celebrated their golden wedding March
IL.
PEQUAQUAMING is an important lumber
center near L'Anse, and 100000 feet
of lumber were cut there the last year.
The State Fish Commission have
made a plant of 100000 whitefsh in
Lake ST. Clair and ut the head OF Belle
Isle.
BENJAMIN MILLER, of Calhoun conn
ty, who was accidentally shot few
days ago, was using gun that hung
fire." He looked into the barrel to see
what was the matter.
AT a meeting held at East Saginaw
81 900 was pledged to secure the hold
ing of the next regatta of the North
western Amateur Rowing Association
on the Saginaw river.
MARION, MORGAN & Co.. of Cleve-
land, are going to establish paraffine
works in West Bay City. They will
also manufacture salt. The plans for
the buildings have been drawn.
THE Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany is having laid from their works at
the Grand Trunk Junction in Detroit,
an eight-inch iron pipe to the Detroit
river to obtain water supply for their
car works and round house.
THREE men were injured by the fall
ing walls of an unfinished building at
Detroit, last week. One of the parties
will die. The escape of the other work
ingmen, of whom there were about
twenty, was little less than miraculous.
THE Board of Regents of the Michi-
gan University have granted 17S law
students the privilege OF lacking on
LII. ID. to their names, and thirty-fonr
dental students were made supremacy
happy by diplomas proclaiming that
they were full-hedged ID. ID. Sees.
A Sioux FALLS paper has the follow
ing regarding well.known singer of
this State: "Inez Sexton, famous
songstress of the Opera House, is seri-
ously i'll at Deadwood, caused by abuse
and ill-treatment of some of her asso-
ciates, for the reason that some of her
admirers showered silver and gold on
the stage while she was singing,
which caused feeling of envy among
her lady companions, who jumped
upon her and beat her and kicked her
numerically, from which injuries she
will probably die. She is being kindly
cared for by some of the Christian
women of Deadwood."
RESIDENTS Of the State of Michigan
contemplating trip to the Pacific
coast should bear in mind the fact that
the Chicago and Northwestern railway.
and that line alone. runs the celebrated
Pullman hotel dining cars between
Chicago and Council Bluffs. They
leave Chicago and Council Bluffs daily.
This road is the oldest, shortest, quick
est and best line between Chicago and
the Missouri river, and has the best
equipment OF any road in the West. All
ticket agents will sell you California or
other Western tickets by this line.
EsoANABA IRON Port: 4 beautiful
mirage was visible on Little Bay de No
quette not long since. The thermome-
ter was below zero and the mir loaded
with vapor of water, making dense at
mosphere, the refracting power of which
lifted the shore line at the head OF the
bay, thirteen miles distant, into plain
view, while nearer the true shore line
was visible with two images, one above
and one below it, and nearer still the
true shore, somewhat lifted with one
very distinct image below it. Many
persons, not familiar with the phenom-
enon, took the image for open water.
and supposed the bay was being cleared
of ice and navigation opening.
The total of all lands held by the
State for settlement is 1885, 72S ga
acres. The scale of prices adopted for
these lands range as follows: For col
lege lands, where they are mainly valu-
able for timber, So per acre; for farm
ing purposes, So per acre; for asset
lands the price is established by APP
praisal on each lot separately; for pri-
mary-school lands, 81 per acre; for
swamp lands, $l.25 and 81 per acre, the
main body being held at 50 per acre.
Only few townships in the northern
part of the State are held at more than
1925 per acre. The projection of two
new railroads through the northern
part of the State is already having it's
effect in increased inquiry for public
lands on the line of their proposed
route, while the movement in State
lands is said by the authorities of the
department to be much earlier the
present year than has heretofore been
! the case