The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-03-20
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS


MICHIGAN AFFAIRN
HASTINGS IRox WORKS mako lss kinds Of
plow points
A LADY living near Charlotte exhibits .
gold locket received by her forty years ago ut
Detroit baby-show as tho handsomest baby.
The Hastings BARRY County, Engine and
Iron Works have started up with fun forco
OF workmen and viii run 10 their full capaei-
~ through the season.
A STEAM HATCHERY, at Muskegon, "a turn
ing out "sprlug chickens" 1T lively rate.
The use OF n setting hon is regarded among
the lost arts AZ Muskegon.
THE wedding which has attracted the most
attention at Ionia OF any for some time past
was that which united In matrimony Leo Fou.
the Chinese iaundryman, and Sylvia Owens,
young colored woman.
THE following Is the statement OF the bust
ness Of tho State Land Once for February:
Acres sold, il.sla.64, for $40, s9s.57; acres IL
censed, ESQ: acres reserved. 2i5.7s; total
acres, AZ, 29s.42, for $40. 1851.
HUNTERS and trappers In the vicinity OF
Negaunec are catching more fur this winter
than for several years before. Martin,
beaver. mink. and muskrat are said TO DO
much more plenty than usual.
A SMALL boy reconty committed to the
Lansing Reform School tells tho story that he
applied for admission and was refused Thcn
he went away and stole q dollar to get into
the institution, and succeeded.
STATE OIL INSPECTOR SMITH has gathered
the photographs OF his twcnty-one deputies
In a group with his own, obtained rcphoto-
graph of the crowd-largc size-and proposes
to furnish each deputy with copy.
HASTINGS farmers have been dupcd 81, 00c
worth by plausible cloth reddler. Though
a very old dodge, tho cloth peddling swindle
seems to be perennial resource for broken
down gamblers and confidence men.
THE Saginaw Courier says that Frank, alias
William Fogarty, convicted at Billings, Mon
lana Territory, short time since, OF banb
burglary, in which he made a haul OF S13,
600, aud was sentenced to the penitentiary
for eighteen years, Is an old East Saginaw
crook.
MARGARET A. SMITH, was arrested in Sa2i-
nav City. where she had lived the last year,
and turned over to the Sheriff Of Oakland
County, who took her to that county. She is
charged with having poisoned her husband,
Frank J. Smith, at Pontiac, Juno 10, 1870.
The woman is about 30 years old, and took
her arrest very coolly. Since the death OF her
hrst husband she had married and separated
from another one
THE winter meeting of the Michigan Horti-
cultural Society was held In Lapeer. T. T.
Lyons, of South Haven, Is President Of the
society, and Charles w. Garfield. OF Grand
Rapids, Secretary. Delegates were present
from all parts Of the State, aud an interest
ing meeting was held. w. X. Gibbsns was
elected Vice President of tho society, and il
was voted to hold the summer meeting Of the
society ut Bay City.
THE Ann Arbor University students for
this years calendar show a total attendance
In the several departments of l,372-6s less
than last year. There were 231 new students
admitted to the literary department. this year.
There were in all 2jl applicants This year
80 students were admitted to the Freshman
GLASS OF the literary department on diplomas
from various high schools and preparatory
schools in the State.
TIE report OF the State Salt Inspector shows
the following number of barrels to have been
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