The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-30

commencement address at the Ohio 90
University June 20.
DIR. Baker. of the State Board
Health, has just issued valuable PEI
upon the @Causation of Pnsumonia,"
which he demonstrates the control OF r
disease by the prevailing temperature -
humidity, it increasing with cold and a!
atmosphere, aud decreasing when var
and moist conditions prevail. DR.. Bako(
asserts that the prevalence Of the diseas(
may be greatly lessened by proper attsntiou
to the moisture in the air in public and
private buildings. At times Of greatest
danger from pneumonia much Of the time
is spent indoors, and IL proper care Is "a
ken the danger from this continued ex-
posure to naturally bad conditions may be.
very materially lessened.
j. j. Kelly & Son of Saginaw CityI
have purchased the Keystone Mill proper
ty at West Bay City. The mill has BEEN
put in commission. 1t has capacity oil
100, 900 feet daily. The consideration was
private. The mill has been idle most Of
the past two years.
years, ate twelve capsules Of medicine that
had been prescribed by the doctor for her
father. who was sufferer from heart
trouble. She was taken i'll in few hours
and grew rapidly worse, dying soon after
ward, despite the best medical skill.
-Homesteaders are pouring into the
Michigan woods included in the recent ia
vorable legislation in Washington.
The withdrawal of damage suit for
SOS, 900 at Detroit disclosed the fact that
one of the attorneys was interested only for
what the ruin of one of the litigants would
net him.
Gen. Wilmington, with characteristic
generosity. has sent the Jackson firemen
$3.50 as token Of his appreciation Of the
gallant efforts to save his handsome resi-
.dence from destruction by fire.
The st. Johns Manufacturing Com
pany have closed contract for 100000
feet of ash, to be used in the manufac-
ture Of their patent extension tables. The
cost was about $51, 900. The company
are now employing 160 men and turning
out about $50 tables per day. Thsir new
4O0-horse power engine works hkes a
charm.
Three weeks ago Fred Skillman. Rich
ard Burk, and Peter Dacus, of Romeo, went
to Seattle. Washington Territory. News
has been received from Seattle that Skill
man had died suddenly Of heart disease at
his new home. The body was returned to
Romeo.
Edward Wilman, OF st. Charles, re-
fused to allow his wife to unite with the
Adventist church, and she left him and re-
turned to her fathers house. Wilman
drove up to the house, and, finding Mrs.
Wilman alone, pulled out revolver and
shot her through the breast. An instant
later he shot himself through the heart.
Mrs. Wilman will die.
H. 7. Reed, of White Cloud, died sud-
denly of heart disease. Mr.. Reed was
prominent physician and q leader Of the
Republican party.
The survey has been made and q rail-
road will be at once built between Dallas
Bay and Woodside.
Since the opening of the tramps' lodg-
ing-room under the Court House at Jack
son, November A last, 6s2 tramps have been
given lodging. Avery few cases have oc-
cured where the ledger returned for o
second nights lodging, but they were very
rare. The youngestapplicant for lodgings
was 10 years of age and the oldest IS.
Fully so per cent. were between 20 and 35
years of age. The rooms will be closed
June 1.
An escaped patient from the Kalama-
zoo Asylum made his way into the house
of farmer named Clark, in the Township
of Prairie Ronde, Kalamazoo County.
Clark heard the movements of the man,
and, suspecting him to be a burglar, hurled
a Hat iron at him. The insane man was
struck on the side Of the face and some
what disfgured. His injury was not seri-
Gus, and the patient was returned to tho
asylum.
Seth Green, wrote to the American
Fisheries Society, late in session at De-
troit: "No observer disputes the fact that
there is q continual decrease in the guam
tity Of marketable fish captured in the
great lakes annually, and there is no better
field for the society to exert its influence in
than here. In the purity and extent of the
waters nature has provided food in abun-
dance for vast multitude Of fish. That
the lakes must be kept supplied through
artificial means there is no question. The
means Of doing this have been discovered
and are familiar to you. The subject
which your society should now grapple
with is, how best to educate the fishermen,
the time for fishing, and also the sizes Of
the meshes. The fishermen should be
made to feel that the fish culturists are
their best friends. Steps should be taken
to impress upon them the great importance
and value OF their individual efforts to pre-
serve the understood fish. The meshes of
nets should all be large enough to let all