The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-01
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.
An Interesting Summary of tho Moro I'm
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.

dings and Deaths-Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
GEORGE MONROE, young lumberman,
committed suicide by shooting himself i'm
the woods near Cadillac. The father of
the young man was killed at Lucas "A
little over year ago by falling upon a
circular saw, the son being witness 10
the fearful accident. Since that tlmo
the latter has appeared 10 be melancholy
at times, and recently he visited the mill
where the accident occurred and became
SO overcome with excitement as To APP
pear out OF his head. He left the mill
on "a dead run.
THE REV. CHARLES O'REILLY, pastor
of st. Patrick's Church, Detroit, has re-
signed his charge and will spend two or
three years i'm Europe. Charles O'Reilly
is a native of Michigan. He was born
something over 40 years ago not two
hours ride from Detroit, raised on a
Washtenaw County farm, educated at
the State University, and became sue
cessively law student with Judge Chip
man, a sailor on the lakes, becoming
rich by his own exertions shortly after
attaining his majority, and was next or
dained in Detroit fifteen years ago pas
tor OF one of the foremost churches of
the city. Later'he became treasurer of
the Irish National Land League.
FIRE broke out in Eddy Bros. & Co. 3
lumber wharf at Bay City. The flames
spread rapidly from one dock To another,
and before they were controlled 5000, 900
feet OF choice lumber had been destroyed.
The company estimates the loss at $780,
900, nearly covered by insurance.
THE report of the Treasurer of the
Soldiers Home at Lansing shows that
for the year ending June 30. 1889, $685.,
273.6s was paid To the home by the Gen
eral Government under acts of Congress
providing aid To State and Territorial
homes. The payments were made quar-
terly at the rate of 500 per annum, on
the number of members in the home dur
ing each quarter. OF the amount due
for quarter ending June 30, 1889, ST.
950.0S was not paid until April 10, 1890,
when the deficiency in appropriation was
made good by act of Congress. For the
year ending June 30, 1890, the amount
due was S45, 352.5s, Of which S35, sS2.sl
has been paid, leaving 50, 969.77 still
due. The first quarter is the only one
which has been settled for in full.
Gov. LUCE has pardoned William
Murtus. coiOred, who was convicted of
murder at Saginaw in 1881 and sentenced
for term of fifteen years in the Jack
son prison. Murray was travelling with
il circus company, and at Chesaning n
fight arose between citizens and some Of
the circus attaches, in which the village
Marshal was killed. Who struck the
fatal blow has never been established.
Murray, however, was the only one pun
ished out of dozen The reason for the
pardon the Governor gives as follows:
"His department in prison has been eX-
cellent; he is. and has been for some
time, 'trusty.' And with some doubts
in regarded To his individual guilt.
have, in consideration of this and his
good conduct, felt justified in discharg
ing him two years before the expiration
of his sentence"
HURON COUNTY was recently swept by
a disastrous storm. The tempest passed
through a portion of country remote
from any telegraph Office, the hail fall
ing in clouds and covering the ground
four to six inches deep. The track OF
the storm covered an area Of eighteen
miles long by mile wide. Crops were
literally beaten into the earth. Many
farmers in that section live on rented
farms, which aggravates their suffering,
as they cannot pay their rents. Besides
they have nothing to live on. Many
will be in danger of starving unless inn
mediate help is given. The total loss in
crops, stock, corn, etc, by the storm is
estimated at 100000.
WOODS, jerks * Co., of Cleveland,
have just purchased 5000, 900 feet Of
lumber from the Michigan Pipe Com
pany, of Bay City.
The Northwestern Agricultural Fair
at Saginaw had "A larger attendance and
more entries than ever before.
THE Elk Rapids paper wants to give
the town 10 any man who will build Il
railroad connecting it with some other
town.
ELECTRICITY is a fixture in Bay City.
the local company having been forced to
increase its plant by the demand for more
light.
THE Government has at last got ready
to build the Bay City Postoffice, and noti-
fed the Inhabitants Of the new site that
they must vacate inside OF thirty days.
THE Newberry Celery Company will
have another large tract of land ready
for planting next year, says a local
paper. The sales Of celery this season
and the demand is still increasing.
CHEBoYGAN Democrat: Last Satur-
day evening a serious accident occurred
out on the Mackinaw road. A couple
had been recently married, and that
night crowd Of boys went out there for
a time. As near "a can be learned they
were quoted with reception from
shotgun, and now a young chap who
was not with them is i'm bed, the doctors
having located fifty shots in his body.
He will recover.
THE number of horses i'm the State
last May, as shown by the farm Stats
ties just issued. was 800, $50; mich cows,
4O5, 675; cattle, other than milch cows,
1868, SO; hogs, $50, 74s; sheep, 1,0OS, 254.
Compared with the statistics of year
earlier there is an increase OF 1882 In
the number Of horses, and of ., SAP i'm the
number Of mich cows. and decrease OF
80, $50 in cattle other than milch cows,
of 5.25s hogs, and Of 20. 725 sheep. The
number OF sheep reported shearcd in
1889 is 1,94I,207; pounds Of wool, II, 0S3.-
40l, an average per head of 8 l-G pounds.
ut the same average per head as in 1889
the wool clip of the present year amounts
to l,754, SAL pounds.
TIE Bay City Trades Council will agi-
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