The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-11
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

An interesting summary oil the more I'M
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-wed-
dings and Deaths - Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
On Oct. l an act of the recent Legis-
lature will go into effect which will make
radical changes in the title of real estate
by descent as we'll as in the distribution
Of personal estate, which, in many con-
tingencies, is governed by the law of de-
scent of realty. To the Detroit Free Press
we are indebted for the following brief
digest of the rct, which is of special in
ierest to lawyers and owners of real es-
tate:
The new law provides that IL man dies
without making will or, as lawyers term it,
intestate, his property descends:
l. To his children, or their issue, and il there
be no children then 20 all other lineal descend
ants; This provision remains unchanged, prac-
tically.
?. IL person dies leaving no issue and leav-
ing husband or widow, then the husband or
widow receives one-half OF the estate and the
remainder goes TO the fathers and mother Of
deceased in equal shares and IL there be but
one OF the parents living, then 10 the sur
viYor alone; and IL the intestRte shall
leave no issue husband or widow his or her
estate shall descend to the father and mother in
equal shares, and If there be but one Of the
parents living, then to the survivor alone. II
lit lubcsluNt HHhll leave no ISSUE IuIucr or
mother, his or her estate shall descend subject
TO the provisions made for the widow or hus-
band If a widow or husband survive the de-
! ceased, in equal shares 10 his or her brothers
and sisters and the children of deceased broth
ers and sisters by right of representation. This
expressly provides that this is in lieu of all
! rights OF dover.
This is one Of the most important changes in
the law and Is OF especial Importance 10 hus-
bands. Under the old law IL husband died
before the wife the latter had half interest in
his real estate, providing there was issue,
| whereas now the wife is TO receive one-haf of
the estate absolutely. The old law provided
also that when the widow died the property
would all so TO the husbands heirs. This made
the wife an inferior i'm point Of inheritance,
anu THIS uniairness extended To the mother of
deceased, who could only receive one half of her
cons estate, while the father could receive 10
all Under the new law this is corrected by
placing the wife and mother on precisely the
same footing as the husband and father.
Another very important alteration is made in
the provisions of the Inst subaiyisio OF the act
In this IL is provided that IL the intestate shall
leave II husband or wife and no ssue, nor other
linehl descendants, nor father, mother, brother,
nor sister, and there be no children OF brothers
or sisters, the estate Of such interstate shall de-
/ scond To the husband wife OF such ntestate
as the case may be. This differs from the old
law IN that IL was provided under the old law
/ that the widow should inherit the husbands
| estate in case he loft no kindred The new law
/ does not use the word kindred" but fncor-
| porates in its place nor other lineal descend
/ ants, nor father, mother. brother. sister. or
children of brother or sister" This shuts out
| many remote relatives rom 1nheriting. An
other OF its Important alterations from the old
law Is in providing that the husband shall in
herit the wife s estate, while the law has been
tina. he could not. In this provision husbands
are laced on the same footing as wives.
"A deposit of good gypsum has been
found ut st. Ignace.
"A Gladstone Alderman has been fined
$50 for keeping gambling house.
Bay City is agi'atel by ~which-is-
it"-a mysterious thing that prowls about
o. nights and scares folks. 1t is not
known whether it is n man or a woman.
The talk of an air line between St.
Ignace and the 500 is being revived, and
there is a | disability of its being con-
structed at once.
-Ex- Mayor Johnson, of st. Ignace,
tells the ladies of the Episcopal Church
Society in that city TO pick out a lot on
which to build church, and he will buy
it and give it to them.
The eighth annual convention OF the
National Association of Stationary En-
gineers was in session at Detroit last
week. The National Association num-
bers 200 local associations, with q men,
bership of 1000. It's constitution ex-
pressly prohibits strikes or any interfer-
ence of the members with the question of
wages. The members meet to educate
themselves in the specialties of steam
power and its use in stationary engines,
and for social advancement.
Two years ago Theodore f. Shepard
and Horace Upper, of Bay City, sued
the Northwestern Life Insurance Com
pany and William Clark to recover a
quarter section of land on the Saginaw
River, part Of the Chippewa reservation.
The land changed hands several times,
and was eventually coded to the Jackson,
Lansing and Saginaw Railway Company,
as part of a land grant. Shepard and
Upper claimed that the land was decided
to the Amboy, Lansing, and Traverse
Bay Railroad Company, and was subse-
quently conveyed to the insurance COM
pany. The case has just been decided at
Detroit in favor of Shepard and Upper
Judge Brown, in rendering the decision.
said that it was one of the many cases
arising out of the loose methods adopted
by Congress and the State Legislatures,
in identifying and dealing with lands
granted in aid of the construction of rail-
roads.
Prom the port of Alpena last week
there cleared sixteen vessels, which ex-
ported 4, 1926, 900 feet of lumber and IA, 800
cedar posts. The shipments of paper
pulp were fourteen tons by steamer aud
$4,000 pounds by rail. Three cargoes
went to Buffalo, one 10 Detroit, and four
each to Chicago, Toledo and Cleveland.
Detroit Journal: Michigan summer
resort hotels-some of the large ones, at
least-have been badly left this season.
Less climatic brag, better food, and lower
prices would have helped some of the
landlords out.
United States Attorney Black says
that the Bay City Government building
is DELAYED in erection because the title to
A. rroooJ hoe not baan fully clearad