The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-03-19
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

Portant Doings of Our Neighbors-wed-
dings and Deaths - Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
Following IL summary of the March
crop report issued from the Office of the
Secretary of State:
Four hundred and forty correspondents In the
southern four tiers OF counties and 1913 i'm the
central counties report that wheat injured
durirg February. while RS In the former section
and 70 In the latter report that IL was not in
Juled. The weather conditions during the
month We're such TO warrant the belief that
the plant was injured. The average temperature
fof the entire State was 20 degrees six degrees
above the normal. In the southern aud central
sections OF the State, where 0S per cent. OF the
wheat crop Is grown, the average temperature
was degrees above the normal. In these sec
lions the average day temperature was degrees
above and the AVERAGE night temperature de-
grees below the freezing point. The total num-
her of bushels OF wheat reported marketed in
February was Oh ,29l The total number OF
bushels marketed from August to the end of
February was IL, 145, S4 81 per cent. of the
crop Lave stock il in fairly good condition.
The hgures for the State Hor SEES, 90 cattle,
%; sheep, 96 and swine, % comparison being
with stock in good healthy and thrifty condition.
In December an investigation was begun TO as
certain the number of purely bred cattle, that
Is, cattle that were registered, entitled to
registry, in the State. The number is reported
at IL, 033, follows: Aberdeen-Angus, sc
ayrshire. 81 Devon, l64; Galloway ss5
Guernsey, So Hereford. 500 Holstein- Fri esian,
1900 Jersey. 1855; Norfolk Suffolk, 20; Short
horn. O,564; Swiss, 10.
Attorney General Trowbridge is not
insane, but is troubled with chronic
biliousness. We copy the following from
the Lansing Journal:
We are glad to be able to announce that the
report that Attorney General Trowbndge is in
sane is totally without foundation. Mr.. Trow-
bridge ia simply "A sick man. He is troubled
with chronic biliousness, and has been an acute
sufferer from this cause for over two years. IL
has naturally slightly impaired the clearness OF
his mental Vision, although he is far from being
an intellectual wreck Indeed, thee is no doubt
whatever that With rest anu proper medical
troatment no will entirely regain the physical
and mental vigor which Distinguishing him up 20
the time of his election "a Attorney G neral IL
was an inexcusably cruel thing 10 make his
sickness pretext for publishing sensational
report that he is incurably insane.
The Grand Lodge of Michigan
Knights of Pythias held its annual meet
ing at Saginaw last week The fol owing
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
Grand Chancellor, Miles l.. Curtis, Battle
Creek; Grand Vice Chancellor, ID. G.
Page, Petoskey; Grand Prelate, II. j.
Footlander, Muskegon; Grand Keeper of
Records aud Seals, j. w. Hopkins, Lam
sing; Grand Master OF Exchequer II. G..
Hall, Hudson; Grand Master-at- arms,
w. II. Loomis, Ionia; Grand Inner
Guard, George A. REYNOLDS, Saginaw;
Grand Outer Guard, DIR. A. II. Dolan,
Ionia. The next meeting wi be held at
Grand Rapids in March, 1891.
The Capital Investment and Loan
Association, with a capital stock of $780,
100000 has been incorporated. James
w. Turner, of Lansing, is the President;
G. l.. Petherick, of Detroit, the General
Manager; aud Elmer S. Avery the Secre-
taly. The Vice Presidents are: A. w.
Wright, of Alma, and j. w. Longyear,
of Marquette; and the directors are;
Perry Hannah, of Traverse City; b. L.
Davis and II. A. Farrand, of Lansing;
Messrs. Turner. Wright, Longyear, Avery,
Dresser and Petherick. These names in
clude some II the wealtniest men in
Michigan. The general Offices of the cor
poration will be in Lansing.
The State Board of Geological Sur
vey has authorized State Geologist Wads-
worth to order the republic tion of the
volume containing the reports of DR..
Doagl IS Hough on; also to publish
volume five of the Geological Survey, TO
include the work of State Biologists
R6ninger, Wright and Wadsworth, bring
ing it up to Jan. /, 1890, including such
other interesting matter as can be con-
tanned in a volume OF 500 pages.
Mrs. d. Carlisle, an aged lady living
near Marysville, ST. Clair County, while
fixing the fire in wood stove, ipnited her
clothing in some way. She tainted and
the clothing was burned from her body
Her band WIS the only other occu-
pant of the house, but was powerless to
help her, as he is a paralytic, and can
move neither hand nor foot. The I'M
fortunate woman died the following day.
The calendar of the University of
Michis IAN. just issued shows that the
faculty consists of ! President AZ fall
professors. IL assistant professors, lee
turers, 20 instructors, and 81 assistants
aud minor members, making n total of
ll6. 1t is in point of numbers of stu
dents that the present calendar shows
the great growth of the university, it now
standing at the head OF all other inst itu-
tons of this country. being seventy four
abe I'd of Harvard, its nearest competitor.
The net number of students enrolled at
this date is 2, l53. BY the statement it is
shown that the university is not only a
national ins tuition but that it is world
renowned. Students are enrolled from
fouy-ihree of the States and Territories
of the Union aud from fit en- foreign
countries.
"A man started ont from st. Ignace
to cross the Straits with team, and
when about two miles from shore his
horses roke through aud we're drowned.
The driver and one passenger succeeded
IN saving themselves.
The lumber mills at Cheboygan are
being put in readiness for the most pros
perous season ever known. Most OF the
mills will be lighted by electricity and
run day and night. Several large con-
tracta for cutiinp could not no l6Ilad