The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-16

I NOLs IIi1AN ALLhN, lOf many years ~
prominent business man of Kalamazoo,
has died.
The Michigan State prison earned
SGT 1928 81 during the past year, and ex-
pended s97, 591.65.
CORNELIUS FONDA and wife celebrated
the tiftieth anniversary of their mar
riage ut Battle Greek last week.
SEVERAL ice boats are to be built at
West Bay City this winter. One is
already built, and another is under way,
JOHN J. SwARrouT, City Recorder of
Saginaw City, and for many years a
resident and widely known, died lately,
aged 80 yease.
IT begins to leak out that very fine
local meteoric display was witnessed in
the northern part of this State on no
morning of the Oath ult.
A SMALL house in West Bay City,
containing 700 pounds of dynamite, TO
be used in blasting salt wells, was en-
tirely consumed by fire the other day;
the dynamite burned without explod-
ing.
THERE is no record in existence on
Lake Superior that shows so uniformly
cold and boisterous weather as charac-
terized the month of December just
ended.
LITTLE Willie Rice, the boy who was
crippled and made an orphan by the
Jackson railroad disaster last fall, is
IT'LL at Jackson, where he is well cared
for, and occasionally used as an attrac-
ton at local entertainments. laf
The salt.inspection year commences
Dec. I, and the inspection for Decem-
Der, being the first month of the new
year, was 171,7l7 barrels, against 81 1897
in December, 1878. During the month
40, 900 barrels bulk salt was shipped to
Chicago. on'
ONE of the wounded in the railroad
disaster of Oct. 10, at Jackson, who had
his arm broken both above and below
the elbow, jerked his lame arm sudden
ly backward while being attended by
his nurse, the other day, and broke it
in a fresh place.
JACOB LEHMAN, who deserted his
wife at Jackson, a year or So ago, was
drowned at San Francisco recently. He
was a member of the mutual-aid order
of Foresters, and his wife kept up his
dues, and now receives 81 900 from the
beneficiary fund.
PREPARATIONS are being made to ship
considerable quantities of pine logs
from Petoskey to England, via Quebec.
The slabs are removed from the sides
with the broad-ax, and they are RATED
five and six deep, securely fastened
with green withes so rs to withstand the
severest storms, and then towed to their
destination.
The following is a statement of the
receipts and disbursements at the State
Treasurer's office for the month ending
Dec. 81:
Balance on hand Nov. 90 1879. sST5 a.53
Receipts for the month. 1873 ri .63
Total. ................ S51i ,944.06
Disbursements for the month ........ 1906 21s. 80
Balance hand Dec. 81. 1879. ....... s4C5 7a5.67
THERE being general feeling
throughout the State that the stand
ard of qualifications required of teach
ers is far too low, the State Board of
Education has ordered that an average
OF rs per cent. shall be required for OBJ
tanning certificate of the third grade,
80 for the second grade, and 80 for the
first grade, and that the spring exami-
nation in 1880 shall be held on Satur-
day, the 9th day of March.
The State Teachers Association held
its annual session last week. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
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Presidents, j. M. French, L. p. Church;
Secretary, 2. G. Spencer; Treasurer,
Zslotes Truesdel; Executive Commit
tee for three years, Kendall Brooks, Aus
tin George, Miss Julia A. King; for two
years, William J. Beal. The Association
of City superintendent elected as
President, j. NJ. b. Sill; Vice President,
M. T. Gass; Secretary and Treasurer,
w. s. Perry. The last-named Associ-
alton adjourned to meet on the third
Tuesday in May.
Gov. CRoswELL has made the follow
ing appointments, in pursuance of the
laws relating to the various institutions:
Members Of the Board of Control for
the Michigan Reform School for Girls
Mrs. James +. Joy, of Detroit; Mrs.
Samuel l.. Fuller, of Grand Rapids;
Mrs. CORTLAND b. Stebbins, of Lansing;
Miss Emma A. Hall, of Flint; Charles
L. Gorham, of Marshall; William III.
VALIDITY, of Adrian. As Trustee for the
Michigan Asylum for the Insane: Col.
Robert Burns, of Kalamazoo. In ac-
cordance with the law passed by the
last Legislature the Governor has APP.
pointed the following gentlemen to
make inspection of the scholarship,
discipline, etc., of the Michigan Mill :
tary Academy ut Orchard Lake: Isaac
Marston, of Bay City; William o. Hug
hart, of Grand Rapids; Ira r.. Gros-
venor, of Monroe; William E. Quinby,
of Detroit; Prof. Moses Colt Tyler, of
Ann Arbor. As Michigan member of
the National Committee to arrange for
celebration of the centennial anniver-
sary of the surrender of Lord Corn
wallis ut Yorktown: Philo Parsons, Of
Detroit. -
The Chippewa County Neios pub
fishes summary of the report of the
business of the Sault canal, from which
| the following facts are taken: The