The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-23
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

There are 625 students pursuing the
study OF German in the State University.
German seems to be growing in popular
ity as an elective study.
Samuel w. Dorf died at his residence
in Manchester, Washtenaw County,
few days ago. He came to Michigan in
1882 from New Hampshire, was a success
full fruit grower, and Vice Pres ident of the
Washtenaw County Pathological Society.
His age was 66 years.
Senator Stockbridge has a cane that
once belonged to Baron Baranof, the old
Russian Governor of Alaska, who lived
at Sitka. He bought it of a grandson of
the old Governor, and paid him S25 for it.
--Addie Peterson, lO-year- old midget,
has been adroitly and Systematically rob-
bing the merchants of Lansing for some
time. She was detected and arrested the
other day, and in her mothers house were
found many yards of dress goods, lace and
'braids and a quantity of smaller articles
that the baby crook had captured. Her
clever work had mystiied the business
firms and police alike.
1t is freely admitted that 100 of the
richest women in Bay City have to go to
a corn doctor occasionally to have their
feet shaved down to standard sizes.
There is pretty howdydo in the new
city of Gladstone, and Gov. Luce has
been invited to take hand in the affair.
Richard Mason writes the Govern or spe-
officially charging Aid. G. w. Lightfoot
with keeping q gaming house and Aid.
Zierath with gambling and appropriating
city funds illegally Gov. Luce has di-
rected the Prosecuting Attorney of Delta
County to investigate.
Another law enacted by the last Gen
eral Assemblyis to be tested in the courts,
according to a recent dispatch from Reed
City:
The last session of the Legislature passed n
special act making the President of the Village
of Reed City member of the Board of Super
visors Of Osceola County. At the annual meet
ing of the board nj Jersey, on Wednesday, IN
calling the roll ut the opening OF the session the
County Clerk refused to call the name of Village
President Holden, and the board afterward took
a vote on lllt question, winch resulted III reiuS-
ing TO allow Mr. Holden TO sit as n member of
the board Application will be made to the SUI
preme Court for writ compelling the board TO
comply with the provisions of the law
"A peculiar suit has been brought
against the Supervisors of Saginaw
County, which, if successful, will COM
pei the county to remove the Court
House. A letter from East Saginaw
thus refers to the matter:
At Thursdays session of the County Board of
Supervisors n letter read from the executor
of the estate OF Samuel w Dexter, of Chicago
in which he sets forth the claim that in 1880
Samuel w. Dexter made plat Of what is now
part OF the city of Saginaw, 10y which, among
other things, he granted to the county the
use of certain lands for specific purposes, part
OF which was designated for public buildings
and part as common, the latter being
given 10 the county with tho express under
standing that it should not be built upon. Mr.
Dexter says this latter provision has been vio-
lated, the present court house building erect
ed in 1886 NJ cost of Sl2O,0O0. extends more
than forty feet beyond the original limit for
building purposes, aud of course encroaches to
that extent on the common. The county is now
requested TO move the courthouse building
from of the common, a distance of more than
forty feet, and in default thereof proceedings
will be instituted 10 enforce the specific eNecu-
ton OF the terms of the grant unless the matter
is otherwise adjusted. This matter has been
under consideration by the county before. Pre-
vious TO the building Of the court house the
question of title TO the site at present occupied
was fully considered, and the Board secured
the opinion of one of the ablest lawyers in the
city That opinion was TO the effect that the
county had ample title TO the property. The
county will undoubtedly defend its claims 90 the
property, and the probability is the county has II
lawsuit ON its hands that may last during the
memory of the present generation.
The Board of Regents of the State
University, at meeting in Ann Arbor
oh Iax IaoiJaI 90 u
graduate course in the law department,
and adopted the following resolution:
RESOLVED That the board will confer the degree
of master of laws on any graduate of the de
partment OF law who pursues the study OF law
in this university for one year after graduation,
and who completes to the satisfaction of the law
faculty such a course of study as NAV be re-
quired. And that the privilege thus extended TO
graduates OF the law department OF this uni
versy is also extended to graduates Of other law
schools, who can satisfy the faculty of the de-
partment OF law that the course Of study for
which they obtained their degrees were equiva-
lent TO the courses OF study required for the
corresponding degrees at the law department Of
this university
The following Michigan pensions
have been granted:
Original Invalid-Ira Wade William c. Ienox.
John BOrupf, Isaac w Gray, John Gassoon,
George w. Bauman, Charles Broth John NJ
Stetler, Charles q. Meyer, Edward H. Lewis,
Let's.
Increase Franklin Truax. Sylvester Due.
Clarkson j. Decker, Nelson y. Woodruff John
1. Adams John h. Fisher, Abram Miller, Will
lam Kent, Charles Haws, Timothy Pender John
Tack, Harvey c. Button, Seth King, James
Baldwin, Darius Emmons, Alexander NJ. Clark
David Miller, William Lousby Darius c. Dia-
mond, Henry Irons, Samuel A. Brooks, Stephen
Sherman.
Original widow-susan, widow of George r
Grove.
Reissue-Thaddeus NJ southworth, Andrew
j. Lee.
Mrs. Judson w. Hopkins, an old resi-
dent of Lansing was burned to death at
her home in that city few nights since.
She was alone in the house when hel
dress caught fire from the stove.
Grand Rapids capitalists are busy
prospecting the Verde Antique marble
quarry, which they have discovered near
Ishpeming, ind thorough tests show that
an inexhsustible ledge of the finest ser
pentine" yet known on the continent, bet.
ter even than the old Greek quarry now
worked out, has been found The work
of developing the quarry will be pushed
as early as possible next spring.
The managers of the Washtenav