The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-07-16
Tho follow ting letter has been sent

eOclutlOu 1Or the EIoctluu OF mouu-
ment to Generals Grant and Lee at
Cumberland Gap, in response to an in
vitation TO become one of the Vice
Presidents:
DEAR Sn--i am in receipt OF your favor OF
the 9th ult, giving "A brief history OF the move
ment 10 erect n monument To the honor OF
Generals Grant and Lee at Cumberland Gap,
and asking me To serve ono OF the Vice Presi-
dents or the association.
l sincerely desire To contribute whenever and
wherever can % the cultivation of friendly
and fraternal relations between the people of
the North and South We are all living under
one flag, and We ali have common interest IN
the growth and pros perity OF our common CNun-
try. l honor the memory OF Gen. Robert IL. les
for his military ability and for the nobility OF
his character, and realize that when Grant and
Lee met In deadly conflict each found "A foeman
worthy OF his steel. No harsh feelings are enter
tanned i'm the northern portion of our country
toward Gen. Lee and IL the erection of the mon
ument suggested will tend toward cementing
harmonious relations and the recognition of the
Importance OF the conflict OF twenty-five years
ago and its results, certainly desire 10 encour-
age, far as l may, the effort But while wa
may accord to the two distinguished gentlemen
equal merit as military commanders, cannot
in my heart concede for n moment that the
cause in which each engaged was equally right
and just, and IL anything in this movement Is
TO SAVIOR of recognition OF an equality I'm the
causes for which these two distinguished gentle
men fought, then certainly have no sympathy
with that feature of the case. Some things that
were said mt the unwilling of the statue erected
at Richmond in honor of General Lee and some
things that were said recently at Chattanooga
by Colonel Fry make me hesitate TO accept the
position you have so kindly invited me 20 occu-
py. While doing all honor TO the military char
acter and military ability of General Lee l still
believe that the cause for which General Grant
fougiN eternally right and the cause for
which General Lee fought eternally wrong And
with this frank declaration desire TO say that
II you still want 10 use my name "a one of the
Vice Presidents, you are AT liberty 10 do 10, and
upon the basis here defined L will contribute
what can to the success OF your enterprise.
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Hobts, Kalamazoo, hair bang; Charles
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refrigerators; VIM. T. Lorimer, Detroit,
device for supporting legs of trousers;
James b. NJ irtin, Grand Rapids, dust ar
roster; Benjamin McKillen, Bad Axe,
threshing machine; Oryille NJ. Moore,
Jackson, automatic grain scales; Charles
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cast n traps Robert North. Boomer,
portable fence; Thomas .. Perry, Te-
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Adrian, hand corn planter (reissus);
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wheel.
Weekly bulletin of the Michigan
weather crop bureau: The reports indi-
cate that the weather conditions of the
past week have been very favorable to
all crops. with the few exceptions where
the heavy rains foo led the fields and
washed out some of the corn and lodged
the wheat and oats. Wheat harvest has
begun in st. Joseph and Cass County,
and will be general in the first two tiers
of counties from the south during the
coming week. Some few reports are
found of rust on the wheat, but not to a
steadily, and some cut has been slightly
injured by the heavy rains of the week.
Corn is coming on in fine shape, and has
been growing very fast during the warm
weather of the past week.
East Tawas has been visited by one
of the most destructive conf igrations in
her history, of which the following par
ticulars are given by a correspondent:
For time it looked as if all the ship
ping and docks at this port would lie left
in ashes. About 1870 last night flames
were observed on board the team-barge
Sea Gull, which, owing to the heavy sea,
had sought shelter behind Bearinger's
dock. 1t was impossible to extinguish
the blaze owing to lack of apparatus
here, and as soon as her tow-lines burned
the barge drifted across the slip. Mag
gle Cornett, the cook, met death in the
blazing vessel, she being unable to make
her way to the shore. The first place at
which the Sea Gall touched was Emery's
dock, where the steam barge Calvin
was lying. The fire spread to the latter
vessel and for time 1t seemed as if she
would also lie dismantled, but steam was
quickly gotten up and the barge taken to
a place OF safety, the flames being quickly
extinguished, but the lumber on the dock
was soon blazing mass, with no hope of
duenching the fire. The Sea Gull next
drifted to the mill dock of Locke &
Stevens, but watchful men warded of
the danger at the main landing place by
showing the fire. hip Oft with long boards.
AS the vessel passed onward, however,
a sheet of flame le ped from it TO the last
two tiers of lumber, and soon the dock
was destroyed. Meanwhile the Sea Gull
had drifted ashore far below. total
wreck. She was completely burned, and
with her persisted the cook, Mary Clark.
The loss to lumbermen is $500, 900, Of
this sum S2OO,O0O falls upon Sibley &
Bearinger. Other losers are the Tona-
wanda Lumber Company, William Locke,
Emery Brothers and Isaac Bearinger.
Incendiaries are suspected of originating
the fire, as a man vas seen cutting the
hose while firemen were playing upon the
flames. Chase was given, but the man
succeeded in escaping without being
recognized.
James Caughley, lumber scaler.
living with his wife and two children in