The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-11-06
Writing about the Michigan fruit belt,
the Muskegon correspondent of the De-
troit Free Press saws:


the Muskegon correspondent of the De-
troit Free Press says:
There Is n strip OF country on the east shore
OF Lake Michigan extending from Berrien
County 90 Traverse Bay some twenty TO forty
miles I'm width, known as the fruit belt, which
has peculiar features not found in the other por-
tions OF Michigan. The season OF vegetation 10
twenty days longer, the winters warmer and the
summers cooler. Prom oceana County north
10 Traverse the soil r. clay loan, and from
Oceana City south TO Berfien IL is largely a
sandy soil. filled with minute particles OF gyp-
sum, caused by the wash OF tho waves OF Lake
Michigan over gypsum bed rocks, mixing 10 with
the sand aud throwing IL up on the east
shore Of Lake Michigan. In the summer the
fogs and dews are heavy, which keep the air
cool and damp and promote vegetation Per-
haps this explains why beech and maple trees
are found growing on sana ia ms Deit, 70 the
The southern portion OF this fruit belt, from
Oceana County south 20 Berrien. has been found
very prolific in the raising OF berries, melons,
grapes eaulifOwers pears, cabbages, and pota-
toes. The part from Oceana County north,
having sitter soil, IL found 10 be more valua-
bic for apples, pluins, cherries, pears, peaches,
and general farm crops OF all kinds. Oceana
County has for years taken the prizes at fairs
out into Lake Michigan than the other counties
and IL is very hilly. Uponthese high hills most
OF these orchards are being planted the peach
and plum orchards especially; when set out on
these hilltops, being found 70 be freer from
frosts.
The young son of ex- Representative
Joseph Holman of Rochester, Oakland
County, recently broke pane of glass in
a window of his schoolroom and was sus-
pended by his teacher until he should
pay for the damage. The Board of Edu-
cation Endorsed the teachers action. Hol-
man carried the case to the Supreme
Court, and the case has just been decided
in his favor. The Board of Education
was directed to reinstate the boy, and as
sessed the costs of the case 10 the board
on the grounds that it did not possess the.
arbitrary power asserted.
Two Lansing stores were burglarized
one night last week, and five small boys
none over a dozen years of age--were ar
rested for the offense. All made full
confession, and stated that they were
banded together to commit burglary.
They also admitted that they went
through the hall of the Liederkranz So
ciety few nights before, and got help
lessly drunk on wine found there.
-Manville jerks, of Ishpeming, has
been appointed Deputy Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the division embrac--
ing the Upper Peninsula.
w. b. Bierce, Newland Hayes and
y. A. Bierce, old-established and WELL
known insurance agents of Detroit, have
been arrested on a charge of using the
mails for unlawful purposes. The ac-
cused recently organized the Historical
Publishing Company, and the purpose
was to run n lottery. The scheme was to
offer $4,000 in prizes, the first prize
being $4,000, TO the nearest guessers as
to the population of the United States at
the next census. The company has sent
out 200 600 circulars, chiefly to school
children, who are asked to make "a guess
and forward 81, just to pay the expense
of packing Already their receipts have
been large, and they were in the way of
making n handsome fortune when the
law stopped it.
Rev. Father Kolasnski the excom-
municated Catholic priest, who defies the
Papal bull of communication and all
the powers of the air and sky, was ar
rested at Detroit the other day. charged
with assault and battery upon Joseph
Shuperski, editor of the Guidsdd De-
troicka. Father Kolasinski is still head
of an important clan of the Polish peo-
pie, and Editor Shuperski represents that
faction which has returned to the arms Of
the church. His reverence was driving
through the streets of Detroit when Shu-
perski met him, and, making n bow,
called out: How are You, prince?" The.
priest couldn't stand this insult and,
jumping from his carriage, he slugged
the editor in the right eye, which rapidly
took on a mouse color. The reverend
athlete followed with n sharp rap on the
editors cheek, and knocked his man into
the gutter with final crack full on the
nose. The whole affair took place so
quickly that only half dozen people wit
messed it. Father Kolasinski raised his.
hat politely TO them, re-entered his ca
riage, and was driven rapidly away.
"A recent dispatch from Sault Ste.
Marie says: Opium smuggling has been
carried on at this point for the last six
months on an extensive scale, the snug
glers bringing the drug from Vancouver
and working it across the river in small
boats. w. l.. Baby, a special United
States customs detective, has arrived here
to assist local officers in arresting parties
implicated, of whom there are quite a
number. Some of the gang are now at
Port Huron waiting chance to smuggle
across from Sarnia 81, 900 worth, which
they have lately imported and are going
to sell TO Chicago dealers. There has.
been an immense traffic in the drug"
Lansing dispatch: Albert f. Silk,
manager of the milling supply depart
ment of the Lansing Iron Works, has
confessed to taking various sums of the
company's money for his own use. His
brother Fred, another employe, made a
similar confess sion. Both used the money
TO pay poker debts. A. L. Silk was prom
inent in both Lansing and Detroit, and
implicit faith was placed in him. Both