The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-31
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

The Saginaws are to have an electric
street railway.
August G. Gsbist, a German farmer
Of North Bradley, has written 10 Commits
sioner Stevenson. of New York, stating
that he will give the Commissioner $40 if
the latter would procure him wife from
the old country.
James Gibson and James Connors,
indicted for robbing the postofices at
Negaunee and Calumet, escaped from Jail
at Marquette while being served with
breakfast by the turnkey.
A new bridge is to be built over Ma
pie River at Muir, to cost $4,000.
Gov. Fifer, of Illinois, assisted by
several members of his staff, is at Elk
Rapids, catching black bass.
Sheriff Metivier, of st. Ignace, who is
being investigated BIZ order of the Gov
ernor, says he was "drugged."
Said that Mrs. r. II. Marsh will be
made postmaster of Saline. She is one
of nine applicants.
-Forepaugh refused to honor orders
for tickets which had been given TO the
lshpeming business men in payment for
certain advertising privileges.
ID. b. Phillips, of Maple Rapids, who
has been known far and wide as wrestler,
was recently found dead in his room.
Asthma and heart disease had afflicted
him for some time.
-LAnse is to have a town hall built
after plans drawn by Mr.. Charlton, a
Marquette architect.
Charles C. Guptic, an English car
penter, was found dead in bed at Reed
City. John Barleycorn had been to o
much for him.
Capt. Ben Strauss, of Detour, was
drowned at that place a few days ago
chile trying to save boy. Another man
went to the rescue and saved the lad.
An Escanaba man, a saloonkeeper
with "infooence, has been arrested for
allowing gaming to be done in his gilded
of the Bodega, is the man, and as he
promises to prosecute seventeen other
seer-jerkers il the case is pressed, much
pressure is being brought 10 have it
dropped.
Detroit journal: Ontonagon has a
Jail that a self-respecting hog wouldn t
occupy as pen, rent free.
-Militiaously inclined young men at
sault ste. Marie will form military
company.
Monroe Democrat: Peter Miller, of
Raisinville, reports that during last fall
he hauled his cora stalks from the field
and stacked them near his barn. Durin g
the process Of stacking one of his hens
became buried beneath the stalks. The
stack was not opened until the latter part
of April-a period of seven months
when, to the surprise of Mr.. Miller, the
hen flew out and commenced to renew
her acquaintance with her former asso-
ciates.
Philadelphia Times: DIR. Charles B..
Nancrede, who has just been elected pro-
fessor of surgery in the medical depart
ment of the University of Michigan. at
Ann Arbor, was graduated in medicine at
the University of Pennsylvania in 1869,
| is one of the surgeons to the Episcopal
Hospital. and is professor of surgery at
the Polytechnic. He is well educated
and successful surgeon, q good operator
and good teacher. and was one of those
urged for the succession to the late Pro-
lessor Gross at Jefferson College.
Detroit Journal: Editor Woodruff
came back from the Press Association to
find that the olive of the Cadillac Demo-
crat had been cramped upon by mort
gage. However, be produced a first
mortgage held by his father-in-law, got
the affair settled up and eventually set
the wheels going round again, and all is
we'll; but the paper looks as if it had
been struck by lightning.
In the United States Court at Mar
quette Michael Sweig was fined 1925 for
trespass upon government timber lands.
and A. b. Cameron was fined S2,00S.75
! for a similar offense.
Lewis CASTOR, while working in q
sewer at Cadillac, was caught by cave
in. He was down about twelve feet, and
caught between the timbers. His head
just went through space between the
boards, and by this his life was saved. 1t
took some time to dig him out, apparent
ly not badly injured.
John Fisher, of Saginaw County, lost
by death thoroughbred stallion lately
purchased in Illinois for s 800.
j. H. Murdough, of Croswell, SAM
lac County, has just shipped $1,000
pounds of cheese via Montreal to Lon
don, England.
-Ephraim Baldwin, one of Monroe
Countys pioneers, is dead. He opened a
school in Monroe in lS49. and while
teaching read law with David A. Noble.
He was prominent in the county as an
/ educator, attorney aud civil engineer for
nearly fifty years.
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