The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-06-24
MICHIGAN NEWS.

AN AK factory is among the projected
improvements at Big Rapids.
The frame of the passenger depot Mt
Cheboygan was blown down, injuring
three laborers.
The Salt Association of Michigan has
announced an advance Of Is cents per
barrel on fine salt.
A 2-YEAR-oLD child of Capt. Purdy, of
Lexington, Sanilac county, fell into
well and was drowned.
DARwooD RUoFP was instantly killed
by falling tree at A. j. Archer's camp,
near Fenwick. Montcalm county.
Oracle MAGINLEY, of Forestville,
aged 30 months, can read, write, play
five different airs on the organ, and name
all the countries, lakes, mountains and
rivers of note on both continents.
Mrs. DANIEL GAGE, of Stanton, Mont
calm county, aged Ga years, was attacked
by COW that had young calf, and was
thrown several feet into the air by the
cows horns. She was severely gored,
but will probably recover.
BAY CRY has entered the lists as the
possessor of the champion mean man of
the State. He lost $l36, and it was
found 10y an honest man, who returned
it to the man, but did not receive even q
simple "thank you for his trouble
FRED LEE, II years old, in attempting
to get on a tiat-car at East Saginaw, fell
under the wheels, which crushed his
legs and one arm, and cut hole IN his
side. He died from his injuries. He
was the son of mill owner and promi-
nent citizen, who is absent in Europe.
A STOCK company has been formed by
business men of Ann Arbor and Toledo,
for the manufacture of the electric light
invented by Prof. Langley, of the Uni
versity. The company has $4,000
capital. The ght has been tested in
several cities, and is said to be great
success.
A MoRENCI gentleman, says the o.
sCrUer, decided that whenever he felt
disposed to spend money rather un-
necessarily, he would instead drop it
into box. He did this for some little
time, and the other day, opening his
box, found he had money enough to buy
a suit of clothes. He should have imi-
tators.
WHILE Lorenzo Tifield was elevating
bolts in shingle mill ut Nirvana, Lake
county, one of the bolts tell back, and,
in attempting to catch it, he lost his bal
ance and fell backward upon the boiler,
a coarse-cut saw making 800 revolutions
minute. He was terribly lacerated,
! but, strange to say, will recover. He
had remarkable escape.
SMITH BROS. planning mill and sash
| factory, including boarding house and
several small buildings and 1900, 900
feet of lumber, was destroyed by fire at
! Cheboygan. The fire is supposed to
have originated from sparks from some
tug. The loss is estimated at $50, 900 !;
no insurance. About 100 men are thrown
out of employment.
The Detroit Post and Tribune has
appeared in eight-page form, printed
upon new type with new press. 1t
celebrates its change by the publication
of hlrtytwo-page paper, a part OF
which is n FAC smile of the first paper
ever printed in Michigan, and asks Its
readers to compare the old with the new,
and note the progress made in seventy
| two years.
The Legislature passed bill, which
takes immediate effect, making it I'M
I lawful for any person, farmer or other
wise, to allow any cattle, sheep or other
animals to- run at large in the public
streets. This law not only applies in
villages, but in the country among
farmers, and was especially designed to
restrain animals from running Mt large
in the country.
TIE new county of Montmorency does
not possess public building, store,
postoffice or newspaper. The land Is
mainly first-class farming land, and con-
tains many settlers, and before many
years it will compare favorably with
many other counties of Michigan. While
it was attached to Alpena, the taxes
raised on its property were nearly all
spent outside its limits, still it will re-
ceive considerable benefit from the
roads which connect it with the city of
Alpena.
4 MEETING Of about 100 persons claim
/ ing to be heirs of the Anneke JAMS Web
Der estate in Holland was held in Detroit
few days ago A great deal of elo-
quence was expended. and j. III. Fonda,
of Detroit, was selected to visit New
York in July as representative of the
claimants. A temporary gloom was cast
over the meeting 10y the statement of one
of the gentlemen present that he had
written to the Hon. James G.. Birney,
| United States Minister at The Hague,
soliciting information, and that Mr.. Bir-
ney had responded promptly that the
whole litigation was wlld-goose chase.
A CIRCULAR issued from the office of
Secretary of State Jenney gives an alb
stract of the crop and stock reports re-
ceived Mt that Office from 909 townships,
and shows that there were 1,S60, 024
sheep sheared in 1880, yielding 10, 1884,
5S1 pounds Of wool. This is an average
of 8. AS pounds per head. The reports
also sh that the number of sheep in
the same townships in 1881 was 1872
293, which is Gal per cent. more thln
the number sheared in 1880. If there
has been corresponding increase in the
remaining 167 townships, there will be
2,013, COS sheep cared in the State the
present year, aud the total clip at the
above AVERAGE par head will he 10 g74 lf3