The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-02-13
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.



An Interesting Summary Of tho More I'm
Portsnt DoIngs Of Our Ncighbors-Wcd-
dings and Deaths = Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
j. V. Knapp, private banker of Mar
quette. has failed. The bank has been
running about year. 1t looks bad for
the depositors. c. ii. Call was appointed
ass gnee. There are two deposits of about
$4,000 each; and many smaller. The Ii
abilities are probably about $4,000 as
sets very small. Knapp is sick aoed, and
no official statement has been made. The
cause of the failure is slow collections.
Knapp bears an enviable reputation for
business integrity, and the failure was O
general surprise.
Five weeks ago the Marquette Repub-
tican gave its readers the first news of the
sale of the Dead River pine land, and
stated that several close mouthed gentle
men we're making mysterious soundings
Oft the docks at the Grace Furnace, with 0
view of turning it into lumber dock. II
was hard to get much out of the strangers
but the reporter learned enough to wal
rant the statement then made, that the
pine had been sold and would be cut soon
The statement was correct. Messrs X
h. Hawley a. Co., of Cleveland, are the
purchasers, and they will begin cutting in
the spring. 1t is estimated that there are
over lOO,O0O,OO0 feet of pine. and the
will employ large force of men FOL
eight or ten years.
One hundred thousand dollars worth
of trout and white fish were caught and
marketed by Mackinac County fishermen
during the past season. This is the esti-
mate of County Treasurer w. Newton,
who is heavily engaged in the business
Highman. who OF crates at Point au Chene
and Naubinway, heads the lis! of success
full fishermen, having sold over 500, 00C
worth to the Booths. Newton Bros. han
died SIS, 900 worth, and Chambers Bros.
about the same.
j. S. Patterson, of Bandola, a Dem
crat of the Old Hickory stripe and a vet
eran of the war, in which he was severely
wounded, made O record the other day
of which younger and sound man might
wellbe proud. Despite his age (Mr. p.
has seen II winters), he walked from his
home TO Cadillac twenty-five miles),
leading n COW and horse, in about eight
hours and a half Mr. Patterson expects
soon to return to his old home in Mercer
County, Pa.
Joe Raymond lost his house and barn,
situated north of Nipissing, by fire. The
house and barn were fifteen rods apart,
and "A granary and shed were between the
two. The singular thing about the burn
ing is that the house and barn both SEEM
ed to have caught and burned mt the same
time, while the granary and shed stand
untouched by the fire. The loss is about
$4,000, and is partly covered by insurance.
The attendant was absent from the prem
Uses at the time. Three head of stock
had been tied securely in the barn only q
short time before it burned. but when the
attendant came back they were in the
yard unframed.
The farm house OF A. H. Campbell,
two miles and half northwest of Bir-
mingham, was burned. The family had
put some wood in the oven to dry the
night before, and no other probable cause
of the fire can be ascertpined. But little
of tie household effects was saved the
family barely escaping with their lives.
The house and barn were insured in the
Monitor, of Oakland County, for Sl,SOO.
The barn and contents escaped.
The n. & A. Barnard Lumber Com
pany, of Saginaw City, ran night and day
a portion OF last season. The mill manu.
featured IL, 200, 900 feet of pine, 465, 900
feet of hardwood, and 4,235,0 feet of
hemlock lumber, total output of 10, $780,
600 feet. The firm carry over 300, 900
feet of pine and 5000, 900 feet of hem
lock. A year ago they carried over 2, 1884,
coo feet of hemlock. This conc ern has
engaged extensively in the car trade, and
has also largo local trade. The gre tier
portion of the stock manufactured will be
handled through their extensive yard.
Detroit car builders have rec iyed
orders from the Union Pacific II ilway
Company for 1000 box, $50 refrigerator,
800 stock and 40 coal cars.
The Tamarac Copper Mine increased
its product for 1888 1000, 900 pounds over
that of 1887, reaching 1l,4ll 1925 pounds
in the former year. The pro luct for 1889
is estimated at $1,000, 900 pounds.
w. Z. Teal, proprietor of Oa-at- ka
Beach, will complete hotel, n hall. and
a bath-house there this winter. The hotel
will be 5Ox56 feet in size, two stories in
height, with double veranda all around
it. The hall will be 24xS0 feet and a
two-story structure. The upper floor will
be used for dancing purposes, and the
first floor will contain n bowling alley,
shooting gallery. and refleshment stands