The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-30
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.


-Gustave Rhodeal, of East Saginaw,
was smothered to death in sawdust in the
ire-room Of sawmill
"A brick block at East Saginaw, occu-
pied by III. II. Bradley as a grocery store,
John Bird. meat market, and Youmans IL
Champlin, job printing office, collapsed
while workmen were replacing the foun-
dation. Three men and woman had a
narrow escape from death.
1t is reported from Saginaw that the
Canadian Pacific Railroad is buying up
Flint aud Pore Marquette stock with a
view to getting control of the road.
John Mccartney, a Pontiac foundry
man, was sandbag9ed in a lonely part of
the city and robbed Of SlGS.
"A. w. Ames, of Ann Arbor has been
express agent for thirty-fye years, and a
good one.
Bert Van Vleet, of Ionia, fell on the
railroad track and dislocated his back
bone. The doctors said there was
partial Taxation of tho fifth vertebra of
the lumbar region" and expressed their
belief that the boy would die. He is liv-
ing and improving rapidly.
The Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad
running from Leland to South Lyon,
alleging that the branch doesn't pay. The
people of South Lyon are up in arms
against the scheme. They assert that the
road is run down, the fences in poor con-
dition, the track constant menace to
human life. They ask that these defects
be remeiied and that the company be
compelled to run trains regularly to ac-
commodate the people. Some of the men
who are urging these reforms declare that
they will make the matter political one
unless the wrongs are emeiiei.
bishop Foley has approved the plans
for Port Huron's new Catholic church.
The building is to cost $4,000.
The postofiice at Shaw. Presque Isle
County. was too common, aud the name
has been changed TO Onaway.
The crop bullstin of the Michigan
Weather Service says: The weather con-
ditions of the past week have been very
favorable to the growing crops and
wheat and grass have made rapid growth.
Trees are budding and leaves coming out,
and the fruit respects in most sections
are promising. The conditions in the
nolthern sections are favorable for wheat
and grass. The snow has all disappeared,
and although the ground is in a wet con-
dition, some blowing for spring seeding
is being done in Kalkaska County. The
ground in most sections of the State is at
present in too wet condition to do much
spr NC work, and but little blowing is
reported during the past week. The gen
eral opinion prevails that wheat and glass
have impro ed materially during the past
week.
"A recent dispatch from Milwaukee,
Wis, says. Two thousand men will be
at work within thirty days on the Schles-
niger syndicate's IA lroad from Iron
Mountain TO Escanaba, in Upper Michl-
gan. The contract has been let to the
firm of Mcintosh Bros, of this city, and
the roadbed is TO lie leady for track lay ing
by Get. !. The contract calls for the
construction of ffyy-four miles of road,
the cost of viii h will be about $500, geo.
Lansing dispatch: Thursday, May
/, the last of Michigan's bonded debt,
amounting to 1929, 900. will mature, and
the bonds will lie called in and paid from
the sinking fund The bonds issued for
war purposes aggregated S2,j55, 400,
about half of which were payable at the
pleasure of the State and were long since
retired. The remaining half were pay
able May l. 1890.
A decision OF the Supreme Court
holds that Michigan has not done it's
duty 10y many of its veterans, and points
out way by which fully 1000 may yet
receive state bounties ranging from $50
to $50. The case on which the decision
is based is that of A. J. Smith VS. The
Auditor General, Smith asking for
mandamus TO compel the Auditor Gen
eral 10 pay over 500 bounty which he
was promised on enlisting, but never re-
ceived. In an indirect way the Court
censures the Auditor General for urging
the statute of limitations as one of the
grounds for refusing to pay the claim.
During the war the Legislature author
lied the issue of S2,O0O,OO0 in bonds to
pay these bounties; Sl.306.O0O was is
sued, and after this sum was expended
no moro bounties were paid. The Court
holds that the present Governor has full
authority to issue the remaining $685.
300 in bonds at any time necessary to
apply in paying bounty claims. 1t is not
probable that this amount will be re-
quired, but still the claims will foot up
several hundred thousand dollars. The
Court holds that the bounty claims must
first be allowed by a Board of State Audi
tors, the same as any other general claim,
and the Governor can then issue bonds IS
fast as necessary TO pay claims.
The Agricultural College faculty has
invited Rutherford b. Hayes to deliver
an Grafton before the students.