The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-10-28

NAAtDAUhN WV De
GEORGE N. McNEIR, an attorney of
Washington, was married ut Kalamazoo
to the only daughter OF Hon. Julius G.
Burrows.
The country around Hudson is cele-
brated for its fine apple orchards. This
year the fruit is scarce, but quality hest
III years.
ROCKVILLE, over which Bay and Sagi-
nav counties waged the last civil war, is
again in trouble, its property being as
sessed in both counties.
The Minden Mutual Insurance Com
pany has been able to pay its fire losses,
which Is blessed boon to some OF the
;5anilac county fire sufferers.
The first Episcopal church erected in
the interior of Michigan was built at
Tecumseh forty-seven years ago, but is
still well preserved and occupied by the
Episcopal society.
Two HOTEL registers, which were i'm
portant witnesses for the people in the
Hall murder case at Pontiac, and were
left in one of the vaults of the Court
House, have been spirited away.
THE engine-house near the rolling
mill at Negaunee was. taken down IN
pieces to remove to another location,
when the pieces disappeared during the
night, and fourteen families have been
fined So each for stealing.
CHEBoYGAN Tribune: The indications
are that more cedar will be got out dur
ing the coming winter in this vicinity
than ever before In one season. We
learn of one party who intends getting
out 100, 600 railroad ties.
ONE Kalamazoo woman has claim
against the village for damages sus-
tanned by defective sidewalk, and an
other for damages by reason OF falling
over grocer's stock in trade, which he
was displaying on the sidewalk.
MOUNT CLEMENS Press. Baltimore is
still somewhat light-headed over the dis
covery of several gas wells. 1t has been
demonstrated, however, that the filing
up Of the tubing with water prevents the
escape Of the gas. there not being suifi-
Gent force to the gas veins to make its
way 10 the surface through the water.
Some OF the owners are trying to use it
for domestic purposes, but whether their
efforts will meet with success remains to
be seen.
BETWEEN Negaunee and Ishpeming, a
few days since, a COW ran on the track o
few rods ahead of the locomotive. The
engineer suddenly reversed the engine,
and in doing so disconnected the lever
of the throttle, which left him without
means of controlling it. AS the train
began to move back at rapid rate, the
brakes were set up tight and fortunately
held the runaway machine, though not
stopping the motion, the engine continu-
ing to work at lightning speed until
steam ran down, after which it was
found that the friction had melted the
surface of the steel rails like so much
lead.
TIE census bulletin recently issued,
giving the cereal production of the
United States for 1880, shows that Michi-
gan, in proportion to the acreage, Is the
leading wheat growing State in the
Union. Michigan was tenth in the
breadth of wheat sown, but was fourth
in the product, being only exceeded by
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. The aver
age yield per acre in Michigan was with
in fraction of twenty bushels to the
acre, against sixteen In Illinois and
eighteen in Indiana and Ohio. The
season was good throughout the coun-
try, and the general average was thir-
teen bushels to the acre, about two
thirds that of Michigan. Ii the Michi-
gan crop had been no better than the
average it would have been but "a, 00O,-
600; while, if every State had done rel
atively as we'll as Michigan, nearly 700,-
600. 600 bushels would have been har-
vested.
The battalion of State troops that
took part in the Yorktown celebration
number just about 800 men, rank and
file. The roster is as follows, the COM
panies being assigned places in line from
right to left, as mentioned:
! Colonel. G. smith.
Lieutenant Coiouel-J. II. Kidd.
| Major-B. 4. Wheeler.
| Adiutant-C. w. Calkins.
Quarteimaster-J G.. Herkner.
Surgeon-H. II. Mills.
| Assistant Surgeon - Woodward.
apiain Benjamin L. Hutchins.
Sergeant Maior--B Frank Littlefeld.
| Quartz rmaster Sergeant NJ. A. Rodnan.
Hospital Steward-A. Il. McCuum.
Brigade Drum Major--W. L. Nckcrson.
Grand Raplds-Capt. IL. w. Calkins, First
| Lieut.. Fred j. Morrison, Second Lieut. a. Il.
Richmond and forty-eght men.
Ionia-Capt. L. s. Hutchinson, First Lieut..
A. L. Tower, Second Lieut.. ii. G.. Sessions and
forty men.
Adrian-Capt. Martin O'Leary, First Lieut.
Robert Darnton and forty-two men.
Bay City-Capt g. II Hawley, First Lieut..
II. p. Warfield Second Lieut.. X. p. Doison and
forty-one men.
East Saginaw-Capt. A. l.. Button. First
Lieut.. L. II. Mccoy, Second Lieut.. w. A.
Richards and forty men.
Ann Arbor-Capt q. III. Manley, First Lieut.
j. +. Schuah, Second Lieut.. Charles L. His
cock and forty men.
Knights Templar Band, Bay City-Frank
DEMO, drum-major Charles II. Fuller, leader,
and twenty pieces.
TIE customs officers at Detroit have
begun a vigorous war on the smugglers.
A recent dispatch from that city says
The Canadian town of Windsor, across
the river opposite this city, has many
attractions for people who desire to buy
| goods and defraud the revenue of the