The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-12-25
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

An Interesting Summary of the More I'm
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dines and Deaths - Crimes, Casualties
and General News Notes.
The attendance at the meeting of the
Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders Asso-
citation at Lansing was small. because Of
the inability of members to secure re-
duced railway fares. The following off,
GERS were elected:
President, John T. Rich. of Elba; Vice Presi-
dent. g. w. Stuart OF Grand Blame; Secretary,
r.. ~ Ball, OF Hamburg Treasurer, j. r. Smith.
OF Ypsilanti Directors, J.. w. Barnes, Byron;
A. W Maine Main 'T Mendon. W j e. Dean na asnoi
yer Member OF Committee Pedigree, ID. p.
Dewey, Grand Blanc.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved That we will heartily indorse any
honorable and amicable arrangement whereby
the interests OF the manufacturer and WOOL
grower shall alike be mutually benefited.
RESOLVED, That such legislation as shall be
necessary To check the fraudulent underyalua-
ton Of foreign woods and wooens shall he in
sisted upon from Congress In any future revis-
ion OF the tariff.
Resolved That the wooi-growers of Michigan
will not agree TO any reduction in the present
tariff on woods and woolens, and earnestly urge
and demand OF the proper officers who have the
Interpretation of the law under control TO so de-
| fine 1t that there shall be no opportunity allow
ed for foreign woods, in any form or under any
ted as articles OF commerce until admitted in
conformity with and in the spirit and letter OF
the law when 80 interpreted
The following Michigan pensions
have been granted.
Original Invalid - Benjamin L. Johnson.
Nirvana Nathan Rogers, Cadillac; Robert Bell,
Mason; Richard Bookey, Parnell; Oscar Van
Avery, Holly; John Higgins, s. Frankfort,
George ID. Moreau, Corunna; Samuel Nersaw,
Grand Rapids; Albert Horseman, Upton;
NnVR uni.
| II. Van Antwerpe, Twin Lakes; John Martin,
| blanchard Henry ID. Warner lansing; William
Post, Edgerton Levi A. Juckett, Marshall;
| port, Riggsville; Ransford Corning Bowers
Mills; John Brimley, springyille; Andrew
| Leonard Nerretor, East Saginaw.
Restoration-George c. Perrine, Sandstone;
Increase-Matthew j. Vankeuron. Danville;
| julius A. Stocking, Onondaga Daniel A. Helm
bauch Burr Oak George NJ. White, Coldwater;
| David Robertson, Bristol Orlando G. Andrews.
". Harmon, Gresham; Jeptha H. Button n. Ann
| Arbor Peter G.. Glow, Alma; Samuel Address.
S. H.. Grand Rapids; Abram Woodward, Man
| toni Thomas b. Munson, New Lothrop; George
| II. Keys, Detroit; Joseph Bushey, Bath; Ches-
| ter j. Case Bloomingdale John Kern, Shelby;
John l.. Dunbar kalamazoo; Louis A. Havi-
| land, Plainheld; John Cannon Tecumseh;
| William II. Horton, Holland; Levi Washburn,
| Smiths Postofiice; John H. Collier. Bay City;
James +. Robbins, Sand Hill; William w Reed,
Grand Rapids; Ephraim f. Brown, English
vile Chester A. Hilton. Grand Rapids; Daniel
| w. Woodruff, Caro- Thomas Parker. West
| Casco Ehrwin Barnhart, Dansville VIM. S.
Preston, Leslie Henry Bowersox, Nottawa;
Lott Tobey, Thayer; John Truesdell, Muir;
Harvey w. Durfee, Gaylord; VIM. X. Lewis.
Red Oak Thomas A Shirts, Wacousta; Simon
5. Pemberton, Clare; w. Frank Hughes, De-
Haskell, Soldiers Home, Grand Rapids; Beach
| n. Fisk, Tekonsha John Rod, Dundee; II snry
| Henry j. Wheeler, Hllsdale Jonathan A.
| Henderson, Chaplin; John Harris second,
Battle Greek William Watson, Coopersville;
| Spencer H. Blakely. Bad Axe Joseph M.
| Poeth, Mendon Thomas Stackpole, insane. Nor
| ris; Theodore Nance, Edwardsburgh; Albion
| 5. Vincent, Harrisville; George BonSn, Addison;
| John w. Ward, Portland; George X. Parry, ST.
| Johns; Anthony Klein, Detroit; William
| Cooper, White Oak; Horace stephens, Clare;
| Gilmore +. Lewis, Vandalia; Charles II. Ward,
Lapeer John NJ. Klett, Keelersville; Harrison
| 5. Averhill, Vassar; William Louden, Vicks-
burg; George w. Carter, Bath; William II.
| Hubbard, Mcdonald; William w. Taylor,
Reissue-Franklin +. Downey, Thayer VIM.
| II. Pulver, Dundee.
Reissue and Increase-Gabriel G. Palmer,
| Sylvester.
Original widows-Rsbecca widow of Samuel
| Sparks, Flint Margaret, widow OF Maurice H.
McLane, Detroit trestoration) Mary Brown
former widow of Samuel NJ. Atkins Perry; Ida
| Beck, former widow of Chas. Niemann, Cincin-
natl.
A shocking accident occurred in one
of the public schools at Detroit while
about sixteen girls were rehearsing q
Christmas cantanta. The costumes of
the girls were made of light gauze and
trimmed with cotton batting. One of the
performers had a wand with which she
accidentally struck candle, igniting the
wand. The flames were communicated to
the childrens clothing and all were burn
ed more or less. Five who were envelop-
cd in the flames ran into the street, where
some workmen rolled them in the mud
and extinguished the flames. One Of
them, Jennie Iankskeap, was burned to
death, however, and the other four seri-
ously but not fatally injured.
The postofice safe at Williamson,
Ingham County, was blown open and
robbed of its contents.
AT Frankfort, Benzie County, the
body of man, aged 25, with initials E.
+. in India ink en- his left arm, was
washed ashore. 1t is supposed 10 be the
man lost overheard from the propeller
Arcadia two or three months ago.
Octave Boucher, fireman at the Bay
County Electric Light Works in Bay
City, met with horrible death. The
works use crude petroleum for fuel. and
the oil is kept in cistern about 100 feet
from the works. The quantity of oil on
hand is told by a float Occasionally
the float becomes caught and it has been
the custom of the fireman to enter tho
cistern by means of ladder and loosen
it. Boucher went into the cistern for
that purpose. Not r-turning within a
reasonable time his fellow workmen went
to the tank and there found him clinging
to the bottom rung of the ladder, dead.
He had either fallen off the ladder or
had become overcome by the gas.
Two brothers named Berglund were
instantly killed in the Cleveland mine at
Ishpeming. They were endeayoring to
discover why a certain blast of dynamite
had not exploded, when the discharge
suddenly took place. Both men were
terribly mangled and died instantly.
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