The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-17
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

suicide by shooting himself through the
head. Mr.. Wheeler was 81 years old. and
in comfortable circumstances. On June
j he voluntarily resigned the Office of
Overseer of the County p oorhouse, which
Office he had satisfactorily filed for
twelve consecutive years. No one can
assign any motive for the terrible act.
During the day he had been in an excep-
tionhlly happy mood.
st. Ignace Watchmd1: Men have
commenced work on the cave and it has
been demonstrated that st. Ignace has a
veritable curio sity. Several new sub
terranean passa ges have been discovered
by the workmen, and it is only q ques-
ton of time and money to develop an at
traction that will induce thousa nds to
visit this favored spot during the ensuing
/ summer. The interior of the cave view
ed from the first landing has weird and
uncanny appearance, and it requires a
little stamina to descend to the second
landing, where the innumerable stalac-
titles CLINT and glisten under the sub
dued glare of bull's-eye lantern.
The monthly crop report, issued
from the State Department at Lansing,
last week. is somewhat encouraging.
The report is compiled from reports received
from Oh Correspondents. Upon these the first
estimate for this years wheat crop is made.
The acreage in crop is based upon returns of
supervisors from III townships, and is given
at ,43l 53l acrer The estimated Weld per acre
tier III fYal .
northern, 1868 and for the State, Is. % bushels
indicating total yield in the State this year OF
81 ,6G3,OOO bushels The area OF wheat
reported actually harvested in 1888 was TO-
600 acres less than that reported on the
ground in May OF that year, and the total yield
for 1883 was slightly in excess of % 900 900 bush
els. Damage 10 wheat from winter killing in
sects, and otherwise is about 10 per cent. That
from grain "aphis" can not be estimated until
the grain is thrashed, but the prospects are in
favor OF its being much less than anticipated
The amount OF wheat reported marketed for
ne was 1892 rs and for eleven months, from
..-gust TO June, Ia, 7S9, O36 bushels. The con-
dition of corn is IS oats, 30 potatoes, 0j GLOVER
meadows and pastures, 81; timothy, ~ clover
sown this year, 80 per cent. The prospect for
average crops of apples is 10 and OF peaches IL
per cent.
-Oscoda Saturday Night: Among the
visitors to town on the Knights of ST.
John excursion from Alpena was Moses
Charboneau the Apena ice man. Moses
weighs considerably over 200 pounds, and
looks very far from being a dead man,
yet, while visiting the battlefield of Get
tysburg at the late reunion, he had the
somewhat unusual pleasure of looking
at his own grave and reading the in
scription Oh the tombstone, which re-
corded that Moses Charboneau lay buried
there. The inscription also gave his
company, regiment, etc. Mr.. Charboneau
was wounded at Gettysburg and was sup
posed to have been killed, which accounts
for the stone erected TO his memory.
After decorating the grave with flowers,
he turned it over to the care of q veteran
who lives in Gettysburg, and who also
has grave of his own in the soldiers
cemetery which he tends with grea care.
-Rudoll h Halter, employed in q shin
gle mill met with horrible accident in
Bay City. He was clearing refuse away
from the boiling saw when the sleeve
of his jacket was caught by the set screw
on the shaft and he was drawn through q
small space between the shaft and the
saw bearings. He passed through twice,
when his clothing, which had been torn
from his body, loosened and he was
thrown above the saw. In descending his
right foot and left arm came in contact
with the saw. The foot was cut off about
midway between the ankle and toes. His
arm was severed just below the elbow.
He was stripped of all his clothing except
portion of his underwear.
The Central Michigan Agricultural
Society, by vote of 2lS to 5, formally
decided TO turn over their grounds to the
State Society. A large representation of
farmers, a majority of whom held life
membership tickets, were present, and
had an earnest discus sion over the ques-
tion as to whether the State Society
should or should not be required to issue
life membership tickets in place of those
now held by members OF the Central
Michigan Society. Able speeches were
made in favor of pursuing generous
policy toward the State Society, and the
matter was left to q committee consisting
of Jacob Sleight. Bath, and T. II. Whit
ney and ]. j. Bird, Lansing. The trans
fer of the grounds is to be made with the
provision that the same shall revert to
the Central Michigan Society in the event
of the State Society failing in any year to
hold Oh exhibition on them.
A big lawsuit over Michigan timber
is on trial in one Of the Chicago courts.
The Troy Lumber Company, OF West Troy is
suing A. Cartier for $4,000. Cartier was a ium-
Der dealer in Ludington and in 1883 the Troy
Company entered into contract with him to
sell him the logs aud timber on n large tract OF
land I'm Newaygo and Lake counties BY the
agreement Cartier was 10 pay $40, 900 and III the
amount of timber fell short of JO,0JOOOO feet
the company was TO give him rebate OF
81, 900 and in addition thereto allow him a re-
duction of -. 25 per L, 900 for the shortage Two
estimators were chosen, who spent ten DAYS
figuring on the amount of lumber and their re-
port that the forest contained 26. COS AL
feet rho Troy Company accepted the estimate
and allowed Cartier 80 90 Tor the alleged def
soncy under 30, OOO, 90 feet. The company now
claims that the actual number OF feet of timber
was nearer 5000 00J than 26,OOOOOO, and that
Cartier bribed the estimators-thnt of the Troy
Company well as his own--to place the mimi
mum estimate on the capacity of the forest.
AT Blackmar, Saginaw County. Chas.
Blackmar, while drunk, shot his mother.
75 years old. A grandson of the woman