The true northerner., 1889-11-13


doubts regarding the fate OF the new election
law.
-Washtenaw County has just lost by
death her oldest pioneer. A letter from
Ann Arbor says
John Geddes one OF the first settlers of this
township, was born at Londonderry Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania. in March. 1901. AT the
age OF - years he decided 10 move West. and
accordingly made "A trip 20 Michigan, coming 20
Detroit on the steamboat Superior and landing
at that Tort July -, 1921. He thence took the
westward trail and arrived Mt the spot where
the city OF Ann Arbor Is now located couple OF
days later. He bought piece of land in what
is now Pittsheld Township paid the Govern
ment for II and then returned 10 his native
State Inc Following spring ne returned 10
Michigan in company with lis brother Robert,
and both purchased IL n in tho township, John
having re led ON the piece he then purchased
until short time ago. He was n member oi
the State Legislature in 1910, was Supervisor OF
Ann Arbor Township for many years and held
the Office OF Justice OF the Peace for over
twenty yenrs. His memory OF the early events
i'm the State was remarkable. Until his last
illness he was remarkably strong and vigorous.
The following Michigan pensions
have been granted:
Original Invalid-James A. Hail. Lewis Flint,
Ludwig Brechtel Almon II Isham, John Il. Her.
riman, Charles w. Breeze, John ID. Sheahy,
Joseph Dean, Joseph l.. Pearson, Washington
Increase-Alphonse g Gauthier, Ezra Bair, Eber
j. Crsndle, Adelbert ID. Shears, Reuben Brad
shaw edwin Field.
Reissue-Joseph Brandle, Ralph r.. Towner,
Joseph Mckinney.
Reissue and Increase William l.. Ball Ben
lamin /. Eckley, John Nj. Mench David Shaft,
John Dill, John X. Patrick.
Ressue-John ii. Gardner David Harris.
Gordon Harvey, BENJAMIN +. Bollinger, alias
Benjamin Bell John III. Carey, Jacob Weather
wax, Chester c. Hildreth, Fred Bishop. Charles
T. Steward, Joseph o. Bellair, Charles l.. Paris,
Peter HAYS, Chauncey Bunyea, Charles Sihler.
ORIGINAL IZa bpf widow Of Charles
o. Peters Lucinda, widow of Borden w. Rich
mond; Clara silversides, widow of Abram
Hoyes Daniel father of William Sharp; Mary
NJ, widow OF Charles T.. Gould; Hannah j.,
widow OF George w. b. Oviatt; Eliza, mother OF
John II. Shepherd; Jane, widow of illiam II.
Taylor Emma A., widow OF Benjamin Tungate.
Pianos broke out in the engine room
of c. II. Hovey's novelty works at Reed
City, and in less than an hour the entire
plant was destroyed. 1t contained fine
brick building, dry kiln. and large
quantity of valuable machinery Loss,
$40, 900. No insurance.
Marquette Mining journal: THE i'm
provements at the Carp furnace are very
extensive, and when completed the estab-
lishment should certainly be one of the
best of its class. The works are he ng
considerably enlarged. Mr.. Burt evil
IDENTIFY intends to fit up the place in such
a manner that it shall not only become
potential industrial factor in Marquette
but in the entire country as we'll"
&c overnor Luce has granted pardon
TO the model convict of Jackson prison.
In Decembe', 1879, George A. Cavanaugh
was sent up from Lansing for twenty
years for burglary. Cavanaugh was only
Is years old, bu the h I'd enacted the star
role of masked burglar in a Lansing resi-
dence and drew his revolver on one OF
inmates, whom he acc identally awakened.
Cavanaugh has made an exceptional
prison record. SO great was the conf
dence reposed in him that he has been
employed outside the walls almost con-
tinually for the last two years, and with
in the past six months has been allowed
TO 60 several miles from the prison.
Warden Hatch guarantees to obt ain en-
ployment for him. The pardon was
unanimously recommended by the Ad-
Wis ory Pardon Board.
Port Au stin has female doctor. and
is Proud of her.
In 1887 the Oscoda Supervisors tao
itly agreed to exempt lumber, logs, and
salt from taxation. To bring up the
amount of taxation to the figures re-
! quired by the State, the valuation of
other taxable property was increased.
| of hal
sessed at : 800. was raised to S2, 500 by
| the Board of Review. She paid taxes on
this basis to the amount of STA, but un-
der protest, and appealed the matter to
the Supreme Couit. The court orders
that S43 shall be returned to her on the
showing that the remission of taxes on
lumber, logs, and salt was not accidental
but intentional. 1t is believed that many
other residents of Oscoda County can re-
cover on the same grounds.
During October there was inspected
in Michigan Al, 1924 barrels of salt. Up
to Nov. /, there has been inspected this
year 3,499, ,22l barrels, against 3,49l $40
barrels, the same per cent as last year.
Salt is moving very slowly just now, and
manufacturers have large stocks on hand.
Immense deposits of marble have re-
Gently been uncovered north of Ish-
peming and but a short distance from
the gold belt. Several companies are
now at work and cannot keep up with
their orders. Eastern quarrymen and
dealers are looking the district over, and
are investing in promising properties.
The verde antique produced by the Clara
Marble Company is pronounced by
experts to be the best in the world,
and by far the best yet found in this
country.
Department Commander Brown says
he will call the annual encampment OF
the G. A. L. of Michigan at Adrian, fol
April ], 2, and 3, 1890. The National
Commander will visit the State encamp-
ment and then begin his round of visits
to each State encampment in the United
States.
Ann Arbor squirms because the Su-
pervisors of Washtenaw County hove