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

Hiram Jones, one or the early settlers
of Newaygo County, Is dead. Mr.. Jones
had o large circle of acquaintances among
the lumbermen OF the Northwest.
Rev. Sam Bettes will pitch his tent in
Bomeo June rs. The Elder has large
tent. capable Of holding big crowd OF
people.
Mrs. Porter Greenfield, of Vienna,
east of Pine Run, is of statistical turn OF
mind, and has kept record of the pastry
cooking she has done from March /, 1887,
to March /, 1883. 1t foots up TO quite a
large aggregate, namely; 4l4 loaves of
bread, 1880 biscuits, 1926 cookies, 406
pies, 1,690 doughnuts, and 100 cakes of
different varieties.
Bowman Il Zeiter, of LOOMS. have
taken contract to put in 100000 feet
OF logs in Ogemaw County for G. III.
Plummer. OF this quantity 100000 feet
will be shipped by rail to the mill Of
Green, Ring & Co., at Saginaw City, to
be manufactured. Later on 100000
feet more will be rallied to Saginaw, and
the remainder will be manufactured at
Ogemaw.
The programme for the eighth annual
meeting of the Macomb County Pioneer
Society has been issued. The meeting
will be held at the NJ. Z. Church in the
Township of Macomb, on Wednesday,
June ID, commencing at 10 a. m. The Of
fcers of the society are President, S. H.
Ewell, of Romeo; Treasurer, A. M.
Keller, of Richmond; Secretary, James s.
Lawson, Disco. A basket picnic will be a
feature of the meeting.
Albert Dodge. young lawyer of Fow-
lerville, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee, has been designated by the Prohi-
bition State Central Committee to push
party interests in the field this campaign.
1t will be his duty to reach every county
convention possible, to boom things gener-
ally, and TO explain the finance plan. This
latter is to assess each county at the rate of
81 for each vote cast for Governor at the
last election. When Mr.. Dodge can't
reach a convention, he will call special
meetings OF the temperance workers. 1t
was resolved cat the late meeting of
the committee in Detroit to send
out circular calling upon the promi-
nent workers in 900 villages and towns in
the State to form young mems prohibition
clubs. The State Convention will be held
on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 26 and
u, in Lansing.
Edward Wellman, farmer Of FIRE.
mont Township. Saginaw County, despond-
ent and jealous because his wife left him,
fatally wounded her and then committed
suicide. The deed was committed with a
revolver at the home of Mrs. Wellman's
parents. The couple had been married
fifteen years. and the trouble between
them arose from differences in religious
belief.
The Salvation Army of Kalamazoo,
consisting of captain and five soldiers,
were jailed for disturbing the peace and
obstructing the streets.
Gen. o. NJ. Poe, United States En-
gineer, has completed a special report to
the Chief Engineer at Washington which
is of great interest to marine men and
shippers. 1t bears on the Improvement of
the st. Mary's Falls canal, the Hay Lake
channel, and the 500" route generally.
The report gives the following figures OF
lake business: Down freight carried, 81
| 745, 346 tens; up freight, 1,745,213 tons;
total, 5,445,6 tons; average distance each
ton was carried by water, 81 4-10 miles;
total freight charges, including terminal
charges, S10,075, 153; average freight
charges per ton per mile, 23-100 of a cent.
/ If this freight had been carried by mail, it
would have cost S44, 632, 1913.
1t will cost $50, 220 10 run the wheels
of Lansing's government this year.
The Rev. DR.. Foley, of Baltimore, has
been appointed Catholic Bishop of the
Detroit diocese.
The HilIsdale Common Council have
fixed the bonds Of saloonkeepers and
liquor dealers at $4,000.
AT Hermansville, Upper Michigan.
/ TIC w ibCOublu hdl4d ~ 1@umDoi SOLnpdu1
are converting the "old and original saw
mill" into band, or, more properly
speaking, rebuilding. The capacity of the
mill will be cut of $4,000 to $4,000 feet
per day. This will largely increase the
number of workmen required to operate
the mills, and for the accommodation of
workmen the company has under course of
construction thirty handsome cottages.
Edward Wellman, a farmer living in
Fremont, Saginaw County, quarreled with
his wife about a religious matter and they
separated, the wife going to her father,
Patrick Brady, living three miles distant,
and taking her two children with her.
Wellman drove to Brady's place to induce
his wife to return with him, but she re-
fused when he shot at her, the bullet
passing through her corset and lodging in
the breast. He then sent a bullet through
his own heart.
The wife of Captain John Allan, of