The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-02-05
Who owns the Bay City and Battle
Creek Railroad? is the question now
agitating the people of Bay City.

Creek Railroad? is the question now
agitating the people of Bay City.
Hon. II. W. Seymour, chairman of
the committee appointed by the Water
Ways Convention to look after legisla-
ton affecting the great lakes. has settled
down at Washington and will keep his
eye peeled.
The monthly report of the Agricul-
tural Dep artment indicates that Michi-
gan's wheat is in pretty bad shape. In
many counties the grain has but just
sprouted, and in other sections the APP
pearance is spotted and unsatisfactory.
The nudge is at work in Antrim County.
over $50 delegates were in attendance
at the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Michigan Masons, at the State
capital. In his annual address Grand
Worthy Master W. L. Babcock, of Niles.
stated that there are now 364 lodges and
over 80, 900 Masons in Michigan. Three
lodges had been organized during the
year and fifteen lodges had dedicated
new halls. The Grand Master had rem
dered over seventy decisions, embracing
nearly every feature of Masonic law, and
had engaged j. w. McGrath, of Detroit,
to prepare digest of Michigan Masonic
decisions down to date. The Grand
Treasurer reported that the jurisdiction is
in excellent financial condition. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Grand Master, John s. Cross, of Bangor; Dep
uty Grand Master, John Q. Look, of Lowell /;
Grand Senior Warden, VIM. II. Sanford, OF De-
troit Grand Junior Warden, George II. Dow
ling of Montague; Grand Treasurer, H. Shaw
Noble. of Monroe Grand Secretary, VIM. r
Innis, OF Grand Rapids; Grand Visitor ana
Lecturer, Arthur M. Clark, of Lexington; Grand
Chaplain, the Rev. Garrett +. Peters, OF Detroit
Grand Senior Deacon j. Boyd Thomas, of Ed
harrisburg; Grand Junior Deacon, VIM. 5. Lin
ton. OF East saginaw Grand Marshal, George
w. Young of Kalamazoo; Grand Tyler, Alex
ander McGregor, OF Detroit
The Washtenaw Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company has recognized and re-
thirty years. 1t takes occasion 10 do a
little Growing over the other county in
surance companies in Michigan by ex-
hibiting its financial statement. The
total pay of all the officers and agents
amounted to 1895 for the year. The
office rent took but S53, and the other
incidental expenses we're but Sl37. The
net.increase in the capital stock for the
year VS. Ss5,0l5. The membership of
the company is now 2,4l3, an increase of
81 during the past year, and The amount
of risks is "a, SOS,775.
The Marquette Mining Journal pub
fishes the full report of ore shipments
by lake and rail from the iron mines OF
Lake Superior during 1889, from VIII CHI
it appears that the output of ore was
1892, 75l gross tons, this being 2,257, 343
tons in excess of the output for 1888.
The output of the mines of the different
ranges is as follows: Marquette Range,
1854 SIT tons; Gogebic, 2,Ol6,39l; Me-
nominee, l,796,764 Nermilion, si4, 1853.
The total shipments during 1889 were
heavier than ever before, but they did not
show the same ratio of gain as the ship
ments by water, this being partly due to
the slack demand for ore for the first six
months of the year. and largely TO the
satisfactory rates on ore by lake that pre-
vailed during the shipping season. The
mines are now being wrought more ex-
tensively than during any previous winter
season, and shipments will begin in the
spring from unusually large stock piles.
The estimated output for 1890 is s, 600, 900
tons, aud even Tint enormous quantity
may be exceeded if the demapd for ore
continues as strong as now appears prob
able.
-Cadillac's high school building has
been destroyed by FIRE. Most of the
books, maps, desks, etc, were saved, but
the loss will figure close to $4,000; in
sured for $4,000.
Soon after Representative James A.
Randalrs boulevard bill passed the Legis.
lature, last winter, the Detroit EUening
News published an article attacking Mr.
Randall Legislative methods and in an
illustration depicted him as towering
aloft from a pedestal of champagne bot.
ties, and clutching in his right hand 6
bag marked doodle" Mr.. Randall's re-
tort came in the shape of libel suit
against the paper. The News entered q
demurrer TO Representative Randall's
declaration, and tho court below sus
tanned it. The Supreme Court, however,
sets the demurrer aside. and the New,
must now answer to the declaration, anC
stand trial. The court holds that only
one inference can be drawn from the ar
ticle and illustration, and that is tina
Randall came to the Legislature TO serv,
private ends through the influence o
bribery and corruption, and, unless thi
condition of things is proven to have
been true, the article is manifestly libel
Gus.
"A cheese factory is to be opened q
Williamson, Ingham County.
There is large quantity of the bes
fire clay near Williamson. compan.
is now being organized to utilize tn
clay in the manufacture of tile an,
1. al.