Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-09-12
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

An Interesting Summary of the More Inn
portant Doings of Our Neighbors--Wed-
dings and Deaths - Crimes, Casualties,
and General Ncws Notes.
On Oct. an act of the recent Legis-
lature will go into effect which will make
radical changes in the title of real estate
by descent, as we'll as in the distribution
Of personal estate, which, in many con-
tingencies, is governed by the law of de-
scent of realty. To the Detroit Free Press
we are indebted for the following brief
digest of the cot, which is of special in
terest to lawyers and owners of real es-
tate:
The new law provides that II n man dies
without making will, or, as lawyers term It,,
fntestate, hts property descends;
i. To his children, or their issue, and II there
be no children then to all other lineal descend.
ants. This provifion remains unchanged, prao-
tically.
q II a person dies leaving no issue and leav-
ing husband or widow, then tho husband or
widow receives one-hah of the estate and the
remainder goes to the father and mother of
one OF the parents living, then TO the sur.
vivor alone and il the intestRte shall
leave no issue, husband or widow, his or her
estate shall descend to the father and mother In
equal shares, and If there be but one of the
parents living, then to the survivor alone. If
tho intestate shall leave no issue, father or
mother, his or her estate shall descend subject
TO the provisions made for the widow or hus-
band If widow or husband survive the de-
ceased, in equal shares Go his or her brothers
and sisters and the children of deceased broth
ers and sisters by right of representation. This
expressly provides that this is in lieu of all
rights of dover.
This is one of the most important changes in
the law and is of especial Importance to hus-
bands Under the old law IL husband died
before the wife the latter had half interest in
his real estate providing there was no issue,
whereas now the wife is TO receive one-half of
the estate absolutely. The old law provided
also that when the widow died the property
would oil 60 to the husbands heirs. This made
the wife an inferior in point Of inheritance,
and this unfairness extended TO the mother of
,'sS--', = i'o SYaig onIy '-ssif er No,
all. Under the new law this is corrected by
placing the wife and mother on precisely the
same footing as the husband and father.
Another very important alteration is made in
the provisions of the last subdivision of the act.
In this it is provided that il the intestate shall
leave husband or wife and no issue, nor other
linedl descendants, nor father. mother brother
nor sister, and there be no children of brothers
or sisters the estate of such intestate shall de-
scend TO the husband or wife of such intestaUe,
as the case may be. This differs from the old
law in that it was provided under the old law
that the widow should inherit the husband s
estate in case he left no kindred. The new law
does not use the word @kindred" but incor-
ants, nor father, mother, brother, sister or
children of brother or sister" This shuts out
many remote relatives from inheriting. An
other OF its important alterations from the old
law is in providing that the husband shall in
horit the wife's estate while the law has been
thai he could not. In this provision husbands
are Placed on the same footing as wives.
A deposit of good gypsum has been
found at st. Ignace.
"A Gladstone Alderman has been fined
$50 for keeping gambling house.
Bay City is agi ate by "which-is-
ia mysterious thing that prowls about
O. nights and scares fo'ks. 1t is not
known whether it is nan or woman.
The talk of an air line between st.
Ignace and the 500 is being revived, and
there is a disability of its being con-
structed at once.
-Ex- Mayor Johnson, of st. Ignace,
tells the ladies of the Episcopal Church
Society in that city to pick out lot on
which to build a church, and he will buy
it and give it to them.
The eighth annual convention of the
National Association of Stationary En-
gineers was in session at Detroit last
week. The National Association num-
bers 200 local associations, with a men,
bership of 1000. It's constitution ex-
pressly prohibits strikes or any interfer-
ence of the members with the question of
wages. rho momDers meet to educate
themselves in the specialties of steam
power and its use in stationary engines,
and for social advancement.
Two years ago Theodore f. Shepard
and Horace Tuppor, of Bay City, sued
the Northwestern Life Insurance Com
pany and William Clark to recover q
quarter section of land on the Saginaw
River, part of the Chippewa reservation.
The land changed hands several times,
and was eventually ceded to the Jackson,
Lansing and Saginaw Railway Company
as part Of land grant. Shepard and
Upper claimed that the land was decided
TO the Amboy, Lansing, and Traverse
Bay Railroad Company, and was sub'e-
quently conveyed to the insurance COM
pany. The clse has just been decided at
Detroit in favor of Shepard and Tupper.
Judge Brown, in rendering the decision,
said that it was one of the many cases
arising out of the loose methods adopted
by Congress and the State Legislatures,
in identifying and dealing with lands
granted in aid of the construction of rail-
roads.
From the port of Alpena last week
there cleared sixteen vessels, which ex-
ported 4, 325, 900 feet of lumber and IA, 500
cedar posts. The shipments of paper
pulp were fourteen tons 10y steamer and
So, 900 pounds by rail. Three cargoes
went to Buffa'o, one 10 Detroit, and four
each to Chicago, Toledo and Cleveland.
Detroit Journal; Michigan summer
resort hotels--some Of the large ones, al
least--have been badly left this season
Less climatic brag, better food, and lower
prices would have helped some of the
landlords out.
United States Attorney Black says
that the Bay City Government building
is delayed in erection because the title tC
the ground has not been fully cleared
and several mortgages have yet to be pnit
by the Government.
1t is expected that six carloads o.
products of the regions alcng the North
ern Pacific and Canadian Pacific rail
ways will be exhibited at the State fair IL