The true northerner., 1890-12-17
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.
An Interesting Summary Of tho More I'm :
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimes, Cssualtios.
and General News Notes.


and General News Notes.
FOLLOWING is the December Michigan
crop report:
Wheat goes into the winter I'm good con-
dition I'm all parts OF the state. In the
southern counties. compared with average
years, the condition is 1913 per cent; i'm the
central. 90 per cent, and In the northern.
l02 per cent. The condition in the southern
counties il 20 per cent. better, and In the
central, IS per cent better than one year
ago. The .nsectn and Hessian fly are pres
ont, and In some localities very numerous
They are reported from nearly every county
In the southern and central sections. and by
"A large percentage OF the correspondents.
No material damage has been done.
Live stock Is In good healthy and thrifty
condition. A few cases OF horse distemrer
and OF hog cholera are reported, but the
loss frCm these diseases does not seem TO be
unusual or heavy. In answer 10 the gem
eral question, "Are there any diseases prev
alent among live stock?r ninety -sevcn cor
respondents in the southern counties answer
"yes.n and 351 "no;" in the central counties
thirteen answer "yes.n and 104 "uO," and in
the northern counties seven answer ayes"
and eighty-hvc "no."
Heavy and continued rains interfered
with the saving OF cloverseed. md much OF
this crop was wasted in consequence, and
corn was not cured well in dry sea-
sons. Yet the continuance OF mild, open
weather To the first OF the present month
has enabled farmers To close up their work
i'm very satisfactory manner. The area
fall plowed is reported much greater than
usual. and would have been even larger
had not the rains made many fields too wet
to plow
IN the Portland House, at Bay City,
Matthew O'Shea, the night clerk of the
hotel, was shot and instantly killed by
James III. Crosby. O'Shea and three
companions, Edward O'Malley Dayton
| ID. Clark, Sheritf-elect of Oscoda County,
and Patrick Clark. boarder in tho
hotel, were in the bar-room in the rear
Of the office, looking over map of tho
southern country, from which Dayton
had just returned, when James III. Cros-
| by came into the Office and then into the
| bar-room, where he, in a half-drunken
condition, interrupted the conversation
| by pushing among the trio who were
standing outside the bar, and declaring
| he could show them all about the map.
He was pushed To- one side by Dayton
| Clark and was apparently much an
gered. He moved toward the door, n
| few steps away, and pulled revolver,
| leveling it at Clark. O'Shea ran into
the office intending to come upon Crosby
from behind aud disarm him. As he en-
| tered the bar-rcom, Crosby turned, and
the revolver was discharged, the bullet
| striking O'Shea and entering his left
| arm. Crosby fired another shot which
| entered O'Shea's body under the LETT
arm, striking a vital spot and killing
| him instantly. After the second shot
| Crosby coOlly walked out of the hotel.
He was subsequently arrested.
TIE expose of the affairs of Louis ID.
! Sanborn has caused a great sensation in
Saginaw business and social circles.
| Sanborn's method was unique. He
would draw note or acceptance usually
| for $500, get the Endorsement of his
| friends and business associates, leaving
| space on the paper to insert figure
after the dollar mark and before the
! figures 800 and on the lower line the
words fifteen, twenty, sixty or seventy,
As he desired, before the words five hun
dred. 1t is believed, apart from few
| unfortunate investments in timber lands
| i'm Michigan, that the bulk of the money,
including his inheritance, has been sunk
| i'm a silver mine at Winnemucca, New,
in which investment he owns a nine
tenth interest The amount of the
raised paper which Sanborn issued is be-
tween S70, 900 and $4,000. Sanborn was
| born and raised in Saginaw, and his past
career has been exemplary in every re-
spect. Sanborn has disappeared, and
his whereabouts are unknown.
HENRY LYONS. of Hillsdale, was gored
20 death by vicious bull.
THE Bay City Council has refused to
| adopt standard time
d. NJ. PICKETT a Dearborn inventor,
has recently patented a game called
quartet which is said to be very anus
ing and interesting. Four games can be
played on the beard and some of them
are said to be as difficult as chess or
checkers. Mr.. Pickett has secured five
patents in as many years.
THE Port Huron Times saws: after
the examination of the brain taken from
| the head of Joseph WatsOn, the young
man killed during drunken row, DR..
McLaren threw il into a furnace and
watched it as il burned. Dr. McLaren
says that it threw out magnificent coli
ored flame. The Doctor says that the
brain was saturated with alcohol and
burned readily"
NEAR Monroe, the other day, occurred
a thrilling rescue and sad tragedy.
Farmer Krieger had been attending to
business in town, and with his three
small children started for home, taking
the track of the Lake Shore Railway.
On the road is a creek, bordcred with low
bottom lands, which terminate abruptly
in high banks. Over these the railway
passes by lofty treste Without any
suspicion of danger, Mr.. Krieger started
TO cross this bridge. When he ha!
reached the portion directly over the
creek, he discovered to his horror that a
passenger train was rapidly apT roach
ing. He quickly placed the children on
the extreme end OF the ties, but saw at
once that they would not be out of the
reach or the train. There was no time
To lose, and, seizing the two youngest OF
the children, he jumped into the creek,
calling upon the third, girl OF IL, to
| follow him. She started to obey, but tho
great height frightened her, and in her
moments hesitation she was caught and
dashed to pieces. After hard struggle
with the water and ice of the creek, Mr..
Krieger with his two little ones reached
the shore i'm safety.
THE cst-Bay-Citians will ask the
| Legislature TO rename the streets OF tho
city, give them a police commission,
make special assessment for improve
ment purposes, and otherwise change
the city charter.