The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-08-28
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

Drago, of Bay City, met dreadful death
by poisoning. The little one, who was
just beginning to creep, managed to get
hold of some corrosive sublimate, which
had been used TO rid the house OF mice.
The babe partook of the poison, dying
within IN hour in terrible agony, in spite
of all that medical skill could do to re-
lieve it.
Frank Malsac, aged IL years, was
sentenced to the Reform School by JUS
tice Golden, of Bay City, at the request
of his mother. The commitment was
presented to Probate Judge Wright for
his approval, as is provided by law. The
Judge looked over the papers, found that
the commitment was made out for
truancy, and promptly refused to APP
prove it. A number of cases have come
to light in Bay County lately where
parents, DESTROYS of becoming rid of their
children, have asked the authorities to
send them to penal institutions.
Everybody in Traverse City went to
the business mems picnic last week, and
the 1913 stores of the city were closed all
day.
The steward of the steambarge Men
tor stole $3.50 and some valuable personal
effects from Capt. Hurstley, at Sault Ste.
Marie, and skipped to Canada.
Another claimant for the honor of
having captured jeff Davis has turned up
in Michigan, according to the Detroit
Tribune.
JEFF Davis was captured by Andrew Bee, pri-
Aate in Company l., Fourth Michigan Cavalry
IAN Allegan company, who turned the prisoner
over 60 the officer of the day who had charge OF
the detail that were in search OF Davis. Some
time ago Bee visited Davis at his residence IN
Beauvoir Miss where he was recognized as
Davis captor and Hospitality entertained by
the ex-President of the Confederacy even TO
paving his fare back on the cars TO Alle e
Private Bee is now following the occupation or
a tinsmith in the village of Martin Allegan
County, and history is beginning TO do justice
TO the Michigan hero, although he has as yet re
ceived but 500 IA n reward for the prominent
part he took in the capture of the notorious
rebel.
The annual meeting of the Michigan
Bankers Association, at Detroit last
week, was we'll attended. State Bank
Commissioner L. c. Sherwood read a
carefully prepared paper on Michi-
gan's new general banking law. He
first reviewed the currency Michigan has
had experience with, mentioning the
card money" of l7l7, Pontiac's birch
bark money of 1868, the New York cur
rency of 1776 and the wild. cat" money
of 1887. He then expounded the new
law. S. b. Elwood read paper on "The
Savings Bank Proper. Ira II. Wilder
made an address OH The Dual Savings
and Commercial Bank, and II. j. Hollis
ter, of Grand Rapids, read a paper on
The National Banks of Michigan" AT
the banquet, which was held at the Rus
sell House, S. NJ. Cutcheon presided as
POSTMASTER. In response TO the toast
THE Pioneer Bank" Mr.. Gilbert. of
Grand Rapids, gave an interesting his
torical sketch of the early banks of Mich
igan, their methods and vicissitudes. l..
c. Murray, President of tho United
States National Bank of New York City,
made an address, and G. j. Monroe, of
South Haven, discussed the question OF
banking laws III general. The Bank
President" was discussed by Mr.. Uhl, of
Grand Rapids, and G. NJ. Davidson told
some of the things he knew about bank
cashiers. The Borrower was the sub
ject assigned to Gen. Alger, possibly be-
cause the General has no occasion to
borrow. He made q characteristic speech,
viii h was heartily applauded. w. II.
Wilmington, of Jackson, spoke on Phi
lanthroplc Bank n.y." and William C.
Maybury esponded in a happy vein to
Michigan, my Michigan. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, II. G. Potter, East
Saginaw; First Vice President, III. j.
HOLSTER, Grand Rapids; Second Vice
President, w. II. Wilmington, Jackson;
Secretary, +. W. Hayes, De roit Treas
urer, j. A. S. Verdier, Grand Rapids.
-Detrot Journal: The bouncer at
Whitneys Theater and the property man
at the Detroit Opera House are each
possessed Of dIabolical instrument
called "squawker," which they operate
by their mouths when they go to the ba
games. Every phase in the 6 me, par
ticularly when the visiting club makes
errors, or the home club steals runs, is
greeted with nerve SCATTERING blasts on
the "squawk RS" A secret club of base
ball men has been organized to assassin
ate them.
"A letter from Ishpeming says of the
marble deposits in Marquette County:
1t has been known for many years that there
were extensive deposits OF marble in the Upper
Peninsula both IN the Menomineo range and
on the Marquette ran 20 a point few miles
north of Ishpening. Nothing done in IN
way of developing the deposits until last win
ter, when Julian M. Case took number OF
specimens from the Ishpemmg range TO De
troit aud plsc, them on exhibition there. An
immediate result OF their exhibition was the
lorna. ion of the Clara Marble Conn any. This
company has already shipped several carl loads
Of verde antique, all Of which has met with a
ready sale.
Editor Brown, of the Mount Pleas
ant Tribune, had Editor Coutant, of the
Mount Pleasant Enterprise, arrested FOL
libel.
The examination papers of those can