The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-06-19
-wvman W. stalsv. Major of tn.


and but few months since was elected
major. He was also Corporation Clerk
in the Department of State.
Mrs. Laura Allen, living near Oakley,
Saginaw County, through religious ex-
element at baptism, tainted. After re-
covering she was taken to her home,
where she tainted again, and upon re-
covering her jaws were set and physicians
have since been unable to open them.
An average of forty-six vessels a day
passed through the 500 Canal during the
month Of May. This beats the record of
all previous years by long odds.
The electioa in Alpena City to de-
eide the question of bonding the city for
$4,000 for erecting new High School
took place last week The total vote cast
was only 400, of which lS6 were in favor
of the bonds, and 2l4 were against. The
bonding scheme was therefore lost by
majority of %. There is strong feel
ing in Alpena against issuing bonds of
any description. Pay as you go is the
sentiment of the majority.
One of the most remarkable divorce
suits of the century has been instituted
at Detroit. Mrs. James Phyling recently
began action against her husband, charg-
ing desertion, and praying for decree,
with alimony. Now comes the husband,
who files an answer in which he sets forth
that he fell in love with the woman who
is now his wife because of her luxuriant
hair, and frequently told her so. After
the marriage, which occurred year old,
he found that every reference to her hair
caused her to become angry, and he no
ticed that she would never make her
toilet in his presence. This worried him,
and one day he climbed upon chair,
looked over the transom of his wife's
boudoir, and discovered that her ringlets
were hanging on the back of a chair. The
woman herself was bald as the palm of
her hand. Phyling shrieked and his wife
tainted. When she recovered she ex-
planned that she had lost her hair in a
fire, but no explanation would satisfy
him. and he left his wife in the possess
sion of their home, taking up quarters
himself in another part of the city. He
says he cannot live with her.
The East Saginaw Courier prints
basis of agreement among representative
business men of both sides of the river for
consolidation of the Ssginaws. Under
this proposition, when carried into effect,
city hall to cost $3.50, 600 is to DO located
about one mile south of Genesee avenue
on the East Saginaw side of the river and
nearly opposite the business center of
Saginaw River Provision is also made
for an iron bridge to cross the river to the
east side from the foot of Court street,
Saginaw City The consolidation is to
take effect March 81, 1891. and the new
city is to be composed of fifteen wards,
nine on the east and six on the west side
of the river.
There are about 100, 900 acres of non
resident and unoccupied lands in Isabella
county at present. says the Isabella Coun-
! ~ Enterprise. This comprises less than
one-third Of the county, and very much,
if not all, will make excellent farms.
Washington telegram: 1T will be
some months before Robert McKinstry's
term as Pension Agent at Detroit will ex-
pire, and the Senators have agreed with
! Corporal Tanner to leave that crippled
veteran in undisturbed possession of his
office.
Bay City is frightened at the pros
pective benefits which will accrue to the
metropolis of the Saginaw Valley by the
municipal union of the two Saginaws,
and a movement is on foot to secure
Cities.
There has been local paving ring in
Detroit, but its power has been broken.
Last week the Board of Public Works
opened bids for paving and repaving
eighteen streets, and in not a single in
stance when the specifications call for
cedar blocks was the highest bid above
Sl.07 per square yard. Six weeks ago,
before outside contractors appeared, the
Detroit contractors we're bidding from
| Ni'N' w %i-"v POl oIU1AC yhiu, uHu SOt ~,
too. The break was because contractors
from Chicago, Saginaw, Jackson, and
other outside cities entered into compe-
tition, Notwithstanding attempts to buy
them Off
Griffin, Warner, Hunt & Berry. for
the Moses W. Field estate, began suit in
the United States Court at Detroit last
week, against the berkshire Life Insdr-
ance Company of Pitts6eld. Mass, on
two policies taken out by Mr. Field. One
is for $4,000, dated December 10. 1879,
and the other for $4,000, dated February
2S, 1880. The estate demanded payment
of the company, which was refused on
the ground that tie polices had been as
signed 10 Mrs. Mary II. Plunkett of New
York, who has achieved fame by her pc
culiar notions of marriage and divorce
Another suit was begun against the Mas
sachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Springfield, Mass, on a $4,000
policy dated July 81 1888 on which paw