The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-06-12
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

fofuht bothss oil our NeishDors-Ne
dings and Deaths - Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
The frost has hurt small fruit badly
in Otsego County, but has not harmed
other crops much. 1t is believed that
the rain has prevented a great deal of
frost. and on account of the porous char
acter of the soil great quantity of rain
could do no harm.
The Michigan University Alumni
Association of the Southwest has just
held its first annual banquet at Kansas
City. There are about seventy-fve of
the university alumni who are residents
of Kansas City. These and some thirty
Others from different points in Missouri
and Kansas, together with President An
gell, Judge I. M. Cooley and Profs. Hen
ry w. Rogers, c. Nj. Gayley, Victor
G. Vaughan, Edward l.. Walters
and Isaac l.. Demmon of the fac
ulty. were present at the banquet. Mr..
q. III. Dean, of Kansas City, was toast
master In his Introductory remarks he
said that there is scarcely city or town
in Western Missouri or Kansas in which
there are not graduates of Michigan Uni
versity the univer sity has grown so
that some of us hardly know it, he con-
tinued I'VE are proud of it. 1t has out
grown tho State of Michigan. 1t is no
longer State institu ton. 1t is of
national fame, and we can say that it is
an American institution. When started,
it was fashioned upon plan broader than
any other university" We copy the fol-
lowing from the Detroit Free Press:
In April last n young man named Harry
Haighwnrd was convicted in the United States
District Court for having swindled several
people around Grand Rapids ON the pretext
OF being United States Pension Agent. He
would call upon widows whose husbands
had served in the war OF the rebellion
IA well as old soldiers. and upon
the representation Of procuring pen
sion for them would succeed ia extracting
fees in various sums. After swindlng one
neighOorhood ne would relocate IN another,
and in this way established n thriving business.
He was brought before Judge Brown for sen
tence and pleaded earnestly To the court Tor
mercy. His personnel was decidedly in his
favor. Re was the personihcatiOn of innocence
according to his appt arance, and had none OF
the bold bad ways common H. criminals. He
asked Judge Brown, With tears in his eyes
and i'm n beautifully adjusted trsmolO voice,
20 have pity on him fOr his old mothers sake.
Il do not understand now You can De OF
much use 20 your mother answered the
Judge. About all YOU have done for her in this
case has been 10 receive money she has sent YOU
90 pay your lawyers with. | ann informed, also,
that YOU have Just ended an eight-year sentence
ut Jack son for robbery that in the last eight
or nine years YOU have been of little assistance
60 her" The Judge thought that Haighward
would be of more use TO his mother in the
House of Correction than elsewhere, and gave
him three years at hard labor in that institution
A company has been formed in De-
troit for the manufacture of adamant
wall paper
The French residents of Detroit
whose name is legion, are making ar
rangements to celebrate the centennial
of the taking of the Bastile, which oc-
currs on July IA next.
The recent storm wrought havoc
among the sheep herds of Sanilac Coun-
ty. One township alone lost 400 head
Thousands of birds also persisted, the
ground being literally strewn with them
beneath the trees in many groves where
they sought shelter. They forsook their
nests, which may be found with the dead
young.
years rector of Trinity Church, Alpena,
has rendered his resignation.
The contracts have been let for the
four uniform stock buildings for the
Detroit Exposition. The buildings are
each 2sOx2s0, constructed in the form of
hollow square and will cost $4,000.
One will be devoted to horses, one to
horses and poultry, one TO cattle aud the
fourth to cattle and sheep. The work
on the main building is progressing
rapidly, and the railways are busy with
their approaches and depots.
Mary Leike, handsome German
girl, belonging to one of the old families
of Detroit, says the Free Press, was
wooed for several years by Herman Hell
wig, prosperous young business man
but she rejected his suit, telling him
finally that she was engaged to marry
another young merchant. Helwig con-
tinued his attentions, and through some
means the young lady was brought tc
marry her devoted lover The wedding
took place early in April. The bride ant
groom were standing before the minis
ter, in the presence of a large assem-
blage, and just as the ceremony was
closing the girl broke away and ran sew.
eral blocks. She was captured anC
brought back, and the ceremony was
completed. Within week the bride
showed symptoms of insanity, and few
days ago she was committed to the asy.
lum. Her constant cry is for the maj
whom she Tilted to marry one whom sh'
didn't love.
Arnold Lake, of Clinton County, il
the owner of fve-days-old colt which
has eyes or traces of eyes, and tina
portion of the face where the eyes woul,
naturally have come is as smooth as tn
forehead. The colt is perfect in ever.
other respect and is healthy and lively
A meeting of the Michigan Board o.
Pharmacy, for the purpose of exam nipi
candidates for registration, will be hel'
at the Star Island House, st. Clair Flats
10 I'll. .