The true northerner., 1884-02-28

Ex.sKsAron FERnY Is expected homo not
later than June.
The telephone wire is up between East
Saginaw and Bay City.
BREAKwArER will be constructed at
Peto skey 10 protect the new dock.
at East Saginaw, has failed for $4,000, with
$4,000 assets.
THE inhabitants of Piety Hill, Hudson,
have grown tired of the name and have re-
ehristened 1t ''Holy Knob"
A BIG RAPIDS lady ripped apart m old pin.
cushion which she had used twonty years,
and found eighty-three perfect needles in the
stuffing.
Miss NELLIE BATES, OF Flint, has carried
of the prize for violin playing against forty
competitors at the Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music.
AT ball given in East Saginaw quite
sensation was caused by an old gentleman
striding into the room and taking his son by
the ear and waltzing him out OF the hall.
A Big RAPIDS woman found a man In the
woodshed, locked the door on him, and
rushed out the front way just in time to
take him for n passer and invite him In to
throw himself out.
EDWIN B. MELCHoR, a jeweler, at Adrian,
found that his safe had been robbed of
watches and other goods valued at $500.
Melchor's clerk was arrested and confessed
that he and companion stole the goods.
SHORT time ago German named Deter,
living In Assyria, Barry County, killed two
hogs, and two of his boys cut or some of the
raw pork, and, partly roasting the same, ate
it, They are now said to be alive with tri-
chime.
Mr.. FOSTER, of Sugar Island twelve miles
below the sault, came over from Scotland
forty years ago and settled ut his present
home. He is now seventy years of age, and
has as yet never rode on a steamboat nor
seen train Of cars.
THE Grand Encampment OF Odd Fellows
for the Jurisdiction of Michigan, in session at
Detroit elected the following officers: Most
Worthy Grand Patriarch, s. S. French, of
Battle Creek Most Eminent Grand High
Priest, l. z. Munger, of st. Johns; Grand
Secretary. e. f. Whitney, of Lansing Grand
Treasurer, Harrison, Soule, of Ann Arbor;
Grand Senior Warden, George Greenfield, of
Marshall; Grand Junior Warden, John Bal
lard, of Camden; Representatives to the SUI
preme Grand Lodge, Albert Harrison, of De-
troit, and Alfred Mines, of Coldwater. The
great contest was over the election of Grand
Patriarch. French was elected over z. 6.
Holden, OF Grand Rapids, and is opposed to
the patriarchal circles.
RETURNS have been received from $50 cor
respondents representing 832 townships, In
this State. OF these returns 500 are from 40
townships in the southern four tiers OF coun-
ties. Reports have been received of the
quantity OF wheat marketed by farmers dur
ing the month of January at 251 elevators
and mills. OF these 207 are I'm the southern
four tiers of counties, which is AZ per cent.
of the whole number OF elevators and mills
I'm these counties. The total number of bush.
els reported marketed is 401, 1888, of which
B9,e4s bushels were marketed In the first or
southern tier of counties, 137,s2s bushels in
the second tier, 51,676 bushels In the third
tier, 1856 bushels in the fourth tier, and
"a, $50 bushels in the counties north Of the
southern four tiers. AT thirty-two elevators
and mills, or 13 per cent of the whole num-
Der from which reports have been received,
there was no wheat marketed during the
month. The total number OF bushels re-
ported marketed in the six months from Au
gust to January is 6,5l6,522. Compared with
stock in good healthy, and thrifty condition,
horses are reported at 90 per cent; cattle, 9s
per cent; sheep, "a per cent, and swine 81
per cent. One year ago horses wore reported
at 100; cattle, 1Ol; sheep, 10l; and swine, 100.