The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-16
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.


and General News Noes.
AT the quarterly session Of the State
Board Of Health, held in Lansing a few
days ago, special attention was given to
typhoid and other fevers prevalent at this
season of the year.
The local boards OF health are required by
law To make such regulations as they may
deem necessary for the public health and
safety, and 10 publish such regulations in some
newspaper or by posting in five public places in
tho township. Whoever violates such regula-
tons Is liable to forfeit for each offense "a sum
not exceeding 800. Although the State Board
Of Health has declared typhoid fever "di sease
dangerous TO public health" under the law re-
quir1ng such diseases 10 be reported, in some
parts Of the State there is failure to secure re-
ports of and prompt action in case OF this
disease The following resolution was there
fore adopted urging the local boards Of health
throughout tbs state TO second the action of the
state Board of IL salth i'm tho matter.
Report is made by health officers throughout
the state that cases OF typhoid fever fire.
quently called typho -malaral fever in order TO
eyade the law requiring such cases to be re-
ported. Frequently more deaths are reported
from typho- malarial fever than from typhoid
fever After considerable discussion n resolu-
tion was adopted expressing the opinion that
all such cases should be reported to the local
health ficer, and the Same precautions taken
rs in cases OF typhoid fever. Also that all cases
Of fever continuing more than seven DAYS
should be reported TO the health officer and pre-
cautions taken rs in other diseases dangerous
Whether or not an extra session of
the Legislature will be called is matter
somewhat discussed in Lansing, says the
Detroit Free Press correspondent at the
State capital:
On account Of the defects in the new liquor
law IL is assumed that the Legislature will be
called upon 10 revise IL. Governor Luce has not
given the matter consideration. nor has there
haaO oaiy a1aff ha fvaC off nm ayr
sion OF individual or public opinion on the sub
ject. The law was bungled in the engross ment
and is different from what the Legislature in
tended. The trouble is in section 3, which re-
lates 10 druggists. The law as il stands re-
peals all acts on parts OF acts in conflict with it,
and therefore VIII govern the amount OF tax, the
druggists provision and the police arrange
ments in every case where IL differs from the
old law. II Is believed by Private Secre-
tary Campbell that the new law cannot be made
the subject OF technical review by the Supreme
Court, for the purpose of establishing exactly
the enactment intended by the Legislature. The
Supreme Court has held i'm the past that the
official and correct copy OF all acts of the Legis-
lature is the engrossed copy, duly signed by the
presiding officers of the two houses and APP
proved by the Governor. Whatever difference
there may be, IL there are any, between this en-
crossed copy Of the act and the bill upon which
the Legislature voted must be shown aflirma-
lively by the legislative journal. There We're
three or four conferences on the liquor tax
bill, and the reports of these conference COM
mittees are printed in the journal. In each
case these reports refer TO particular
words words change, changed in certain ,i named and mum,
reports always refer TO the printed copy OF the
bill. This printed copy has no standing in law
il is not recognized and cannot be judcially
ferred 10. The engrossed act has no numbered
lines, and therefore the Court cannot determine
which words in particular lines should stand or
should be changed, and on this account 1t cannot
review the change made by the conference COM
mittee or in fact take coguizance OF that part of
the case. Therefore it is not probable that the
act viii come before the court il cannot come
before IL unless by the action Of some lower tri-
bunal, and then nothing can be done TO deter
mine how IL should have read.
IL the people are dissatisfied with the new law
the only remedy il to impress their complaints
on Governor Luce and prevail upon him TO order
special session. As no one has yet thought IL
wise To have special session just 10 amend the
liquor law, it is not likely that Governor Luce
Will call a session for that purpose.
The COW poisoner is abroad in the
land in the Bay City region.
Bay City appears to be overun by
sneak thieves and burglars.
Lansing dudes are alleged to get stu
pidly drunk on chloroform.
The. statues to fill the five inches in
st. Peters Cathedral in Marquette have
arrived and are being put in place.
The Mennonites are holding meetings
up in Antrim County, and it is charged
that certain people of another faith in
the neighborhood attend the services and
throw guilds of tobacco and other evil
dences of disapproval at the speakers.
The authorities were asked to interfere,
and several arrests have been made.
Humphrey Shaw, of Saginaw, who
celebrated the eightieth anniversary Of
his birth, was born at Westport, Mass,
October 6, 1909, spent his boyhood at
New Bedford, came to Michigan forty
three years ago, and has been at Saginaw
forty years.
John Erickson, Swedish miner, 80
years old, was killed by fall of rock at
the Lake Superior iron mine.
Huntsville ReUiew Alpepa papers
can't help letting the cat out of the bag
once in a while. One of our contem-
poraries published in that city states, in
a recent issue, that the fact that lumber
manufacturing in Alpena has passed the
zenith and is gradually drawing to a
close is patent to everybody. 1t is
only the oft-repeated story over again
continual war on the pine forests can
have but one result, and when the pine is
gone there goes with it all the business
that there is worth mentioning. coun-
try or community that has any other re-
sources besides the product of its pine
forests can make ten-strike by giving
them little attention before the pine is
all gone. 1t will save years of stagna-
ton and business depression.
Probably two of the Oldest pictures
in the country, which have been in the
Catholic Church at Mackinac since it's
re-establishment after Father Marquette s
death, have been sent to Chicago to be
elegantly framed. Those paintings were
very old when brought to St Ignace in
17l2 from Quebec.
Edward Frances, the cowboy who ac-
cidentally shot Chief of Police Kelsey
during the State Fair, has been dis
charged from custody, and has gone
West.