The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-06-04
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE
LATELY OCCURRED.

An Interesting Summary of the More Inn
portant Doings of Our Nelghbors-wed-
dings and Deaths - Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
Ann Arbor was the scene of a dis
graceful low the other night which may
result in the death of at least one man.
Franklin's circus exhibited there. and
was attended by several hundred students.
At the conclusion of the show the boys
gathered in the ring and were having lots
OF sport. The concert was yet to be given
and the circus men, armel with tent
stakes, invited the boys to go outside,
which they did. On the outside they
stood in n crowd, when the roustabouts
employed by the circus made an attack on
them moving the boys down with their
heavy cudgels as fast as they could reach
them. The boys ran TO safe distance,
when the circus men began shooting re-
volvers. This aroused the ire of the boys
and they decided to retaliate. The stu
dents aimed themselves with clubs, stones,
bricks, and several had revolvers. When the
circus employees made another assault the
students did not run. but gave them bat
tie. and q free fight ensued. This kind
of work lasted some time. Finally the
students went to the Michigan Central
tracks, where the circus train wan stand
ing, and the fight was renewed, the stu
dents getting the better OF it. Here the
car windows were smashed and the
rousiabouts beaten. This was kept mp
until late hour, when the train went to
Ypsilanti The injured ones were about
evenly divided between the two factions.
The circus men carried away number of
sore heads, and one of their number was
shot in the left shoulder. A young farmer
named Mason was struck on the head by
4he circus men, his skull Seing fractured.
A student named Noble suffered a slight
fracture of the skull.
Samuel Gordon was Treasurer OF
Saginaw County ten years and strictly
honest officer, but he took 10 drink and
is now a financial and physical wreck,
says the Detroit Journal. He lives in an
old shanty in he woods. Gordon came
TO Saginaw with his young wife many
years ago. She died shortly after, and
before the burial he removed her we'd
ding ring and kept it. subsequently he
married again, using the old ring. That
second wife died and the ring was buried
with her. Twenty years ago the body
was removed from the cemetery and G or
don found the ling as about the only evil
hot ha haa nod hi ia
wife. He took the ring and has carried
it ever since, not even thirst for liquor
be ng able to persuld de him TO part whit.
Detroit dispatch: The approach to the
Baker street railroad bridge is a very
steep grade, and horse railway runs
over it. The funeral cortege of Mrs.
Mary McClennan was crossing the car
track ut the foot of the decline when a
car clme laundering down. The driver
yelled for the hearse to hurry, but before
the hearse driver could carry out the COM
mand the street car, hearse, horses the two
drivers and the remains of Mrs Nc Glen
nan were mixed up in hopeless confusion.
The hearse was completely overturned
force of the blow. The roof an. guard
of the street car were also smashed and
all four horses badly injured. Charles
Newmans, driver of the hearse, sustained
n broken shoulder and bad internal inju-
ries. The casket containing the remains
was thrown twenty feet and smashed
open by the fall The street car driver
escaped with few slight bruises. None
of the street car passengers was hurt,
but the mourners forgot their grief in
hearse had to be ordered, but the coffin
was,fxed up sufficiently to proceed.
w. II. Clute, principal of Bay City
school. whipped Henry Bangle, S years
old, with ferule. leaving number of
marks on the boys body. Cute was
arrested and the justice gave him a severe
reprimand, but refused to fine him on the
ground that su n action would encourage
other lads in acts of insubordination.
-Supt. Stewart, of the Port Huron
publ c schools, compelled the teachers to
chip in and buy little library of books
on education. Some of the women teach
ers are making fuss over this action,
and denounce Stewart, but the school
board says the schools can't be run by "a
lot of old maids, aud that the women
must let up on their criticisms or get out.
Detroit journal: Charles Risely. his
wife. three children, three horses, two
goats. six dogs, flock of pigeons and several
cansries, have been living in Saginaw
barn for some time, but the health officer
has ordered them TO vacate the premises,
although there isn't house owner in the
city who will rent them place. The
children are rugged and healthy look
ing. But it must be tough on the other
animals.
Il raverse City has voted to bond the
village for $4,000 to bug lot and build
a brick engine house.
The Chicago and West Michigan
have finished laying track between Trav-
ersc City and Baldwin and are hustling