The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-09-10
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS.
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.
An Interesting Summary of the More I'm :
portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Deaths-CrImes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.


portant Doings of Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Deaths-Crimes, Casualties,
and General News Notes.
RoGERs CITY, Prcsque Isle County, is
10 have the Pennsylvania tannery works
and 600 new inhabitants in connection
herewith.
PoET HURON has a chronic criminal in
the person of Dick Forbes. who has been
arrested more than fifty times. and
| keeps half the police force watching
him. He has spent over half his life in
! prison.
w. +. VICTOR, of Alpena, pulled
iive-pound black bass out of Long Lake
few days since, the largest one ever
taken from its waters.
THE Alpena longshorcmen have de-
cided that fifty cents an hour for work
at loading lumber vessels is the amount
OF pay their services are worth.
FRANK DRULARD, of Harrison, Clare
! County, cndeavored 70 keep ram away
| from him with the butt end of his gun.
The ram escaped injury, but the unfor-
tunate man was instantly killed by
charge of shot penetrating his lungs.
LANSING dispatch TO Detroit Free Press:
| The coming State Fair will be the big
gest event in the history OF the State
Agricultural Society. The livestock en-
tries are awe-inspiring in number Sec
rotary Sterling has footed up the totals,
and finds that there are GIG cattle
entries, SOS horse entries, 612 sheep en-
tries, 531 swine and 6s1 poultry. The
number of entries I'm the other depart
ments is correspondingly large, and
includes exhibits from Michigan, Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Vir-
ginia and Canada. The conveniences
for handling stock will show marked
improvement over last year.
Mrs. THOMAS VI. COOLEY, the wife Of
the Chairman OF the Interstate Com
mercc Commission, died at Ann Arbor
recently. aged 60 years. The cause OF
her death was cancer of the stomach.
Mrs. Cooley was nearly as well known
as her husband throughout Michigan. AS
early as 1850 she was appointed men,
| Der of the Board of Managers OF the
State Industrial School for Girls by Gov.
Jerome, and continued TO serve as Pres
| ident OF that board continuously since.
| She leaves six children.
MIR. GATES, whose mill was recently
| burned out at Bay City, estimates his
loss at $500 and says he will rebuild.
WILLIAM RICHTER, of Saginaw, has
succeeded Harper, Heisner 81 Co., of Bay
| City, for $50, 900 for goods destroyed by
! fire which is supposed TO have originated
! by bonfire started by the defendants.
JOHN 81 MCGEATH, Of Manistce, have
! built clock with an cight-foot face and
! sent il 10 the Milwaukee Exposition.
! The striking arrangement is a unique
] affair and strikes the quarters of the
hour.
IT cost Mrs. Golden. of Bay City, just
| 81 TO SANDER Mrs. Goldsmith, neighbor.
LABOR DAY was very generally OBJ
| served in the larger towns of the State.
CAPT. SIMMONS, of the Bay City police
| force, is "dead sore" on gambling places
and recently raided the whole crowd of
them and captured a lot of chips, faro
| layout, etc.
DETROIT dispatch: There has recently
! been a large increase In the number OF
| pensions In Michigan. From August ],
| 1890, 20 September /, there were pre-
scnted SOB new claims. In addition TO
| this number, increases were allowed in
733 eases, making a total increase for the
month of 1926. The total number of
| pensioners now on the rolls is 81, 500, the
| largest ever known in the history OF the
Office. As yet no claims have been pre-
scented under the new disability bill,
| which Mr.. Harvey expects will ulti-
mately add 10000 names TO his roll.
During the past three months the Office
has paid claims aggregating $1,000, 900,
and during the next quarter the amount
will be increased 10 81, 900, 900.
THE Tunnel House, large frame no.
tel at the entrance to the st. Clair River
tunnel, was burned the other night, and
one of the female employees, unable to
make her escape from one of the upper
rooms, was burned TO death. Two men
who were in the house at the time can
not be found, and il is feared that they
also met their death in the flames.