The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-08-13
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.
An Interesting Summary Of tho Moro I'm :
portsnt Doings OF Our Noighbors-Wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimes, Casualties.
and General Nows Notes.

portant Doings of Our Noig hbors-wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimos, Casualties,
and General Nows Notes.
Washington telegram; An under
standing has been reached regarding the
appropriations for the Sault Ste. Marie
Canal, and all danger 10 the great water
way from that source has been removed.
Speaker Reed remains firm In his inten-
ton not TO permit tho passage of any
separate measures for this purpose, but
he will offer no objection TO the passage
of the item inserted by the Senate i'm the
river and harbor bill appropriating
81, 300, 600 for the building of a new lock
and the Improvement of the Long Lake
channel the appropriation TO continue
from year To year until s., 400, 900 In all
has been expended. OF the Sl,3OO,OOO
provided for in the bill, 5000, 900 will be
immediately applied to the work on the
new lock and the rest to the improve
ment of the channel.
David Ward, of Pontiac and Detroit,
purchased last week at the State Land
Office in Lansing, 1855 acres of college
lands, located in CharlevoiX County, at
the aggregate purchase price being
Sll,472. The lands are timbered princi-
pally with hardwood.
because the balloon ascension failed
TO take place as advertised, a mob at
Ishpeming tore Rough's circus tent into
ribbons, destroying the properties, and
half killed the employees. The police
We're pOwerlcss.
Methodist Church circles in Union
City, says letter from that burg, are
excited over the alleged insult by thor
pastor, the Rev. j. c. Crozier, to Mrs. w.
III. CoSier, the wife of a leading mer-
chant. Mrs. Cosicr says that the preacher
made improper proposals TO her, and the
divine says his language was miscon-
Strued. She told her husband of the oc-
currence, and he called the Rev. CrOzier
out and made him beg Mrs. Cosier's
pardon on Bonded knees and then order
ed his wife TO slap the preachers face,
which she did with great gusto. When
the preacher entered the pulpit Sunday
he announced that he would not conduct
any meetings until the charges against
him were cleared up. Mrs. Cosier's
friends say this move of the preacher
was due to the action of the church com
mittee, who ordered it, Mrs. Cosier says
the preachers language was not capable
of any construction but the one she gave
ii.
-Doings at the Agricultural College:
The Y. NJ. c. A. are arranging for a
80 70 no o,ixr hxrrn
dents Of colleges during the college year.
Drs. Angel. of the University; Fiske, of
Albion; Butterield, of Olvct; and Hunt
ing, of Alma, have been invited, and
Angel and Hunting have already ac
cepted. "A short time ago the six as
siStant professors were invited 10 meet
with the faculty in the future, and 10
take part in the deliberations Of that
body They met last week for the first
time.-Thc faculty have decided that
hereafter dress parade, drill, and re-
view by the Governor, shall be feature
of each commencement. 1t will take
place on the Thursday proceeding com
mencement this year.
Sheriff Dwycr, of Washtenaw COun-
The rector of All Saints Church,
Saginaw, has issued powerful appeal
10 the Episcopalians of the valley to help
save his church building, which is heavi-
ly incumbcred with debt
Secretary c. H. Peters, Of the North
eastern Agricultural Society, has just
issued the premium lists for the asso-
cations tenth annual exhibition, which
will be held at Saginaw Sept. 22-26 in
elusive. The premiums have been very
materially increased. One of the big
features Of the year will be up. of /.
Day." on which occasion Gov. Luce and
Hon. j. M. Rusk, of the Agricultural
Department of the United States, are
expected to be present
A Flushing farmer went to Saginaw
the other day and put s. gold piece in
street car box by mistake. He dis
covered his error when he reached home
and wrote to the manager OF the street
car company about the matter The
money turned up all right, and postal
note for the amount was forwarded the
farmer.
Michigan patents: Asa w. Ballou,
Bailey, ventilated barrel; John w. Brown,
Detroit, puzzle; William r. Fox, Grand
Rapids, inter cutting machine; Frank $.
Postal, Evart, cart-hook crate: George j.
Spoelstra, Vandcrmere and G.. Stevens,
Grand Rapids, street indicator for street
cars; Jerome Ii. Sweetland, Pontiac,
hosting apparatus; John Swegles,
Wayne, railway crossing; John G..
Trump, Denmark, two-wheeled vehicle;
Frederick A. Wegner, Three Rivers,
thill coupling.
The big fairs Of the State have made
a circuit this year quite similar to the
circuit made by the various racing asso-
Citations. The Detroit Exposition leads
Aug 26 10 Sept. 5; the Michigan State
Fair at Lansing, Sept. TO 10; Port
Huron Fair, Exposition and races, Sept
Is TO 10, followed by the Northeastern a.
Saginaw, Sept. % to 20. Followina
these will come the county and distric
fairs. This arrangement will aid ma
terially i'm securing better exhibits anC
more exhibits, enabling exhibitors Il