The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-09
Last summer. while Minister sud Mrs.

hiChs anu !chs. MI. hiHiot sympa-
tbies were aroused and in his best Span
ish he interceded in The child's behalf.
Tbs incident eliminated in an ofer made
by Mr.. Palmer for the adoption of the
the Spanish army, was drawing pay at the
rate of SS7 per month, and had large
family to support. After consultation
with his wife he came to the conclusion
that it would be for the best interests of
the child to accept the offer. The boy,
who is nearly three years old. was there
upon formally adopted. He will be
brought to Detroit. accompanied by
Spanish nurse, and will be brought up
under the name of Murillo Castelar, Pal
mer. His former Christian name. Hino,
and his fathers name ha, @ been dropped,
and he will have a new start in life.
The population of the State Prison
March numbered us. During the month
twenty-three were received, eighteen dis
charged, one pardoned and one transfer
red to Ionia, leaving 720 in prison April l.
The Gold Lake mine at Ishpeming is
yielding $40 TO the ton. and the owners
are happy.
A footpad attempted to borrow the
watch and purse of George QuiRley,
Bay City printer, at an early hour OF the
morning, but George handed him one on
the mouth, and the would-be borrower
sat down.
Mt. Clemens is now lighted with
electricity, twenty-seven arc lights being
used The electric company also put in
6OO-light dynamo for incandescent
lighting, and 5S7 of them were taken the
first week.
An effort is making to form Wash
ington branch of the Michigan Legisla-
tive Association and to hold a reunion at
the same time the general meeting is in
progress.
The Common Council of Alpena had
passed a res olution dividing each of the
three wards into two precincts and had
published the usual notices. 1t was then
ascertained that the council had exceeded
its authority, and had not the power to
order a new registration. The conse-
quence was that the council had q special
meeting and revoked the said resolution,
ana there will thus be only one voting
place in each ward. There will be over
ECO voters to each polling precinct.
A recent letter from Port Huron says:
Several years ago the city OF Port Huron
laid a sewer across the south end of what
is now known as Pine Grove Park. Mr..
c. +. Harrington purchased the land, OBJ
tanning a government patent, and ordered
the city to yacate it. Refusing to do this
he then offered to exchange it for land on
the north side of the park, but the city
still held out and Mr.. Harrington took
his case TO the Circuit Court. A verdict
has just been rendered in his favor, an
the case now goes to the Supreme Court.
If the city should have to remove the
sew,r, the cost would probably reach sew
eral thousands of dollars.
Benjamin Bucknell, residing in Buena
Vista, suburb of Saginaw, hanged him.
self in his barn. He fastened wire to
a beam overhead, and twisting it around
his neck, held one end tightly, and, al
lowing himself to drop his whole weight
on the wire, soon choked to death. He
had previously attempted suicide by
shooting, but the bullet went through his
jaw and the attempt failed. He was 81
years old and leaves wife.
Attorney General Trowbridge has re-
turned to his Ionia home, and the Sentinel
says he is looking much improved.
Chris Johnson, the ex-convict who
got 1888 out of Warden Watkins for
alleged brutal punishment while in
prison, has been fined 500 for selling
liquor without license.
Detroit Journal: Mr.. Pleasant is to
have electric lights, telephone exchange,
two more railroads, any number Of news
paper libel suits, a new hotel, and about
everything else that a booming city can
desire.
"A recent dispatch from Bay City
says: William Stewart, Recorder of
West Bay City, has not been seen for
some days. A letter received from him
by one of his bondsmen, George Allen,
postmarked Windsor. Ont, says he has
absconded. In the letter was a deed to
his mortgaged real estate, a chattel mort
gage on furniture, and the keys to the
Office safe. Stewart had control of from
1000 to $4,000. He was in receipt of a
salary of about 81, 200 year and pen
sion of $50 month.
August Pecan's 6-year-old daughter,
of Belden, Wayne County, tried to climb
upon q haystack, but the stack fell, bury,
ing her beneath it. and when taken out
she was dead.
Hon. Mark Brown, of Pontiac, says
he will not be a candidate for re- ele ction.
He gives as his reason that he's going TO
build n new house, and cannot build
houses and political fences at the same
time.
A. A. Luce, brother of Michipan's