The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-03-13
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.


~ portant Doings of Our Neighbors-wed-
J dings and Deaths - Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
Large quantities of fish are caught in
Long Lake. A citizen counted one day
ll5 persons engaged in fishing at the lake.
He estimated that each fisherman had on
average of fifty fish. This will show what
destructive work is going on in that inland
lake. The mode of fishing consists In
cutting hole in the ice and fishing with a
hook and line. While it is lawful, yet it
is discouraging to those enterprising citi-
zens who have been to large expense TO
keep the lake stocked with fish.
Henry Bolton planted the last of the
newly Matched trout in Long Lake on the
lst. The plant contained about 10000
trout. The trout are about an inch long
aud very lively. 1t makes considerably
over 100, 900 trout placed in that inland
lake this winter.
A few hundred cords of tan-bark
have been got out at Alpena for shipment.
Wilson Stroud died at his home in
Waterford, Oakland County, on the 4th
of March, of pneumonia. He was about
Go years old and had lived in Oakland
County for several years.
"A camp team and teamster got stnck
in about twenty feet deep of q snow drift
near August Elowskis place, in Pressure
Isle County. 1t took six men and four
boys eight hours to dig them out. The
man and team, under the care of Mrs.
Hardies, recovered from the terrible chill
ing which they received.
Next season Escanaba should have q
boating club, military company, a base
ball club and the Salvation Army, ex-
claims the Mirror We must progress
and be city. No man can be Mayor who
= floes not favor the above improvements.
The French Manufacturing Company
now have $500, 600 feet of logs on their
banking grounds in Ogemaw County. 1t
is their intention to have dam capable of
holding seven feet of water
The railroad handling the largest
quantity of logs per year is none other
than the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena, al
though it is generally understood that the
Mackinaw Division of the Michigan Cen
trail is entitled to that honor. The De-
troit, Bay City & Alpena, in the year 1887,
hauled over its main line and branches a
total of 2ls, $40, 46l feet Last year it
hauled nearly the same quantity 2ll ,292,-
SIS feet
The barge Light Guard, which was
rebuilt at Alpena this winter, has new
deck and deck beams, two streaks of
planks, double bulwarks and new timbers
were needed.
-Alpena log camp notes: E. X. Pot
ter IL Sons, in three camps, have logs
banked as follows: Busby's camp,
Crooked Lake, 100000 feet; divers
camp, Main River, 2, 500, 600 feet; railroad
camp, ), ZOO, 900 feet. McCallum, at Grand
Lake, has 4, 000, 900 feet banked. Byron,
on Brush Greek, has broken camp and
banked 5000, 600 feet, and built two driv-
ing dams. AIoffatt, on Gilchrist Creek,
has b, 900 pieces banked. A. j. Widner,
on Swan River, has /, 500, 600 feet banked.
Twenty-Five small log camps have 4, lSj, =
600 feet of logs banked.
w. L. & H. d. Churchill, of Alpena,
are interested in the Morley failure to the
amount of Sl2, coo; Fletcher, Pack & Co.,
SS, 900; and j. Millen, of Black River, Al
co County, 81, 500.
Representatives of the English syn
dictate were in Detroit for several weeks,
but made little progress toward buying up
the Detroit breweries The deal with
SIichael Martz for the Detroit Brewing
Company's plant is off because an agree
ment on terms could not be reached.
There is also doubt of bargain with the
Strohs, as one of the firm is not anxious
to sell out T. w. Voigt says that he
will sell if he gets his price, and it looks
as if he would.
"A passenger coach filled with BOYS
aud girls from the New York Juvenile
Asylum passed through this State bound
for Illinois, where they will be distributed
among the farmers of that State.
An effort is being made at Bay City
to reunite the Union Labor party for the
spring election. For this purpose meet
ings are being held.
"A man working for the bridge con-
tractor at Bay City was struck by block
from the pile driver, knocked insensible,
and seriously injured. Blood flowed from
his ears and eyes.
"A short time ago Conrad Renhardt
Of Frenchtown, found a queer freak OF
nature among q litter of young pigs. One
of them had two tongues. two rows of
teeth on each jaw, and five legs. The
monstrosity has since died.
AT last Pontiac is to have hook and
ladder outfit. 1t has been needed badly
for the past ten years. and will greatly in
crease the efficiency of the fire depart
ment. The outfit will be furnished by MIR.
Sesgrave of Detroit In part payment
MIR. S. takes one of the old steamers OIL
allows the city sixty days in which to sell
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