The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-03-19

bulp-ouiiulng WOfks NJ Day Oity. n us
patch from that city says Of the transact
ton:
Three months ago Mr.. Stephenson OF London,
England. representing some English capitalists,
came here To secure an option ON the Wheeler
shpyard. proposition was drawn up aud sent
TO England for acceptance. telegram has been
received here announcing that the proposition
has been accepted and a contract signed for the
reorganizati n OF the Wheeler company The
present plant was put In for $750OOO. The reor-
ganizati,n increases the capital TO sS00'Ooo OF
which the Wheeler company takes one-half
The management OF the new company vii be re-
tanned by Mr.. Wheeler. Boiler works foun-
| dry, and engine works capable OF turning out the
machinery for all kinds OF vessels viii DO built,
and smelling works and a rolling mill 10 manu-
facture steel plates for steel steamships are con-
| templased. The contract signed by the English
capitalists IL on the way here and will be for
warded 10 Washington for Congressman Who'll
er's acceptance aud SIGNATURE. The new build
ing for the enlarged plant will be erected at once
aud when they are completed 1000 workmen VIII
be employed.
The following Michigan pensions have
been granted:
ZOO Watson Il. Conklin. Allen Alonzo +. Hop
kins, Wexford; Joseph Fox, Au sable; Harris
Craney. Chase; John G. Rollman, Burr Oak I;
| VIM. II. Sheridan, Detroit Almon w. Bennett,
Grand Rapids; Isaac Ploss, Grand Island Geo.
Hibbard, Eureka; Curtis Wheeler, Jackson !;
peer Benjamin 4. Campbell, Hillsdale; James
! Gillespie, aims house, Wayne; Walter Billing,
Merritt S'Harding. Lennon George A. Mascho,
Grand Ledge; Jasper Morley, Lake; ,, Ezra
o%iSsy banis hs5aS george
Cleaf. Berrien Springs Samuel knott,
sturgis; Charles Harvey, Port Huron; James
Saunders Saginaw City; Paul NJ. Blake, Hast
ings; James l.. Robinso Caro-; Henry Ritter
! (deceased) Vaudeville; George S. Drake, Wake
| lee; Richard Woods Elk Rapids; Geo. Sayer,
1 Etntf. Ial,ra
easier, Eaton Rapids; James NJ. DeCater, Hud-
sonville; Sylvester Chesebro, Yates James De-
Long deceased, Hopkins; Oscar ID: Martin,
Charles Staffed Flint; George L. futile, Paw
| Paw; Frank H. Osgood, Blu ker Hill; Charles
! Mumford Medina; John N. Waite. Hudson
! vile.
Increase-George w. Mellen Athens Charles
| A. hannaford, Scion; Charles 4. Ford, Potter
! yiIle Henry Benedict. birmingham; John Mar
shall, Flint; Aruna Holbrook, Eaton Rapids !;
Albert A. Norton. Red Oak Peter Huffman
Carson City Frederick l.. Coss North Stand !;
Benjamin stall, Three Rivers Joseph Gilling
| ham, Union city; John Stebenhar, st. Morris !;
Albert w. Rock Fore st Hill William Griffith
White Cloud; Eugene Richardson. Hartford !;
Charles d. Cowles Lansing; Thomas Hayden,
| Metamora; Silas w. Bradshaw, Lapeei ; Ger
ma ne w. Williams, Plainwell Frederick Han
ming, Cambria; Robert W. Warn. Columbia
Vile; Marcus d. Elliott, Holly Jacob thinner
man, Manchester; Levi Miles, intermediate !;
Charles w. Lane, Jerome; George w. ADV Hol-
| ton; VIM. A. McCombs sherman CITY VIM r.
! -
Thomas Brown. Ashley Jonathan NJ. Hamil-
ton. Coloma Hoyt b. Pike, Ovid Rodney r.
| Purvis, Alma; VIM. A. Mosier, Williamsville /;
James Cranshaw. Detroit.
Reissue-Sumner l.. Clark Duraud; Andrew
! J. Kelley Adamsville August Meisel, Bay City !;
john Quick. Harbor Springs Isaac Simon, now
Isaac sander, Grand Rapids Frederick Platts
! Port Sanllac; j Ohm W. Lathrop, Reading !;
Thos. Dixon Grand Rapids; Lewis w Algeo,
Battle Greek Martin II. Kellogg. Ogden Cen
tire. Albert r. Horton, Webbervlle; Abraham
5. Van Fleet, Bronson; stephen Bronson, Big
Rapids.
Reissue and Increase-Wrn. White. Dewitt.
Restoration and Increase-Lewis w. Pearl,
! Benton Harbor.
Restoratio and Reissue-Henry Van Dusen,
| deceased, Tustin.
Original Widows, etc-Harvey, father OF Ly-
man i. Brewer, Joneslile; Susan, mother OF
| John Gilbert, Adrian Catherine, mother OF
Joseph RODGERS, Gallon; Eliza moth'r OF
q orge II. Weaver, Quincy; Geo A, father Of
! Oren ;. Reynolds Cadillac; Minerva l., widow
| of Mar shall Ferguson, Bloomingdale; Wealthy,
| widow of Henry Van Dusen, Tustin; Nancy H.,
Bourne. formerly widow OF Leonard Cook,
Jones navy.
"A recent dispatch from Bay City
says: THE stockholders in the ship
yard company have concluded not to
sign the English contract, and the deal is
off. The reasons given by Mr.. Wheeler
are that the labor organizations of Bay
City are already interfering with bust
ness, charging him with violating the
alien contract, which he says he has never
done The present company only en-
ploys a thousand men at the most. while
the proposed English company would
have hired 5000. Real estate in the
vicinity of the proposed works had al
ready advanced about 100 per cent, but
| tho ho drnnra1 mi of ho
scheme, the prices have gone back to
what they were before the big ship-yard
was talked Of"
"A load of logs which measured IL, 2SO
feet was recently drawn by one team at
the camp of Fitzpatrick, on the north
branch of Thunder Bay River The load
contained twenty-six logs. and was drawn
three miles. 1t is the largest load of logs
ever drawn in the Alpena lumber woods.
1t was eighteen feet high.
During the month of February there
was inspected in Michigan $50, 449 barrels
of salt, OF which 1915 barrels was il
Saginaw County, 1929 barrels in Bay
-, 1926 barrels in Manistee, 9,4l6 barrels
in Mason. 2,4l9 barrels in st. Clair. 5, 102
barrels in Midland, and 2lj barrels in
Huron County.
Port Huron's tunnel is within 2OC
feet of the river.
-Standish, Arenac County, has 600
population and daily newspaper
The Sebewaing Huron County coal
is pronounced superior to the Jackson
product, and will be pushed for all it il
worth.
William Lowe, a noted hotel thief
wanted at Hslton, Clare County, was ar
rested at East Saginaw.
During the last sixty days, says
Lansing correspondent, the following an.
nu j specific taxes we're paid to the State
Treasurer: Michigan railroad compa-
MES, $l9j,979.77; telegraph companies
50, 1920; telephone companies, Sl2,.
3O3.5l; express companies, SO, 1864
river improvement companies, $50; fir,
insurance companies S9s, 9)5 l6; life m.
surance companies. SS9, 4O2. 76; guarantee