The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-22
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.
An Interesting Summary OF tho More I'm
portant Doings OF Our Neighbors-Wed-
dings and Dsaths-Crimes, Casualties
and General News Notes.


SOME scoundrel put paris green in the
milk pans Of Farmer John Ney, OF
Cooper's Corners, Huron County. The
poison was opportunely discovered, SO
that no harm resulted.
A CAvE-IN at the Ludington mine,
Marquette, buried five miners Two
were taken out not seriously hurt and
three dead James Fisher, w. r. Davis,
and William Bailey were killed.
"JAcK, the hair-cutter," has clipped
the tresses from his seventh victim in
Detroit, Miss Libbic Merrill, aged IA,
who lives at No. l27 Abbott street.
THE entire shift of men employed at
the Volunteer mine, Palmer, were pois-
oned by eating canned meat. The pro-
fessional chemist was poisoned, too, but
he quickly analysed the stuff and found
an antidote that saved the party, but not
until several OF them had been made
very sick.
The vacancy caused by the resignation
Of Prof. Henry Wade Rogers as Dean OF
the Law Department of Michigan Uni
versity, who resigned to accept the Presi-
dency Of the Northwestern University at
Evanston, H., has been filled by the Re-
gents by the appointment Of Prof. j. G.
Knowlton. President Rogers was ap-
pointed nonresident lecturer in the Law
Department, and will deliver a series OF
lectures before the law students.
MICHIGAN patents: GeorgeJ. Brown,
Grand Ledge, fence; Joseph L. Cox, Bat
tie Creek, paper feed mechanism for
printing presses, paper web tension de-
vice for printing machine; John G.. Erd,
Saginaw, nue hole cutter; T.. ;. Glover,
Battle Creek, tool holder; William A.
Ravens, Stockbridge, rein holder; Steph-
en- O. Hickok, Allen, fruit gatherer;
Anderson c. Marshall, Corunna, steam
road vehicle; James McGary, East
Tawas car clasp; Franklin :. Mckenny,'
Detroit, lacing hook; Seymour w. Pere-
grne, Grand Rapids, fastening for stated
furniture; Seymour w. Peregrine, Grand
Rapids, drying kiln; August Pranke, De-
trOit, combined shutter fastener and
slate operator; August Pranke, Detroit,
shutter workers Edwin o. Roraback,
Saginaw, crater; Robert ID. Scott, Pom
tiac, road cart: JabeZ +. Shawhan, De-
troit, electric motor car; Clifford STANCE,
Negaunee store service apparatus.
JUDGE COOLEY has left Ann Arbor for
Washington, to attend the meeting of
the Interstate Commerce Committee.
THE moneyed men Of Bay City cannot
see why they should put up bonus 10
obtain the Gale Sulky-IIarrow Company,
of Brantford. and the company will stay
right where it is.
ALIEN. DERRY. of Alpena, was stand
ing beside the capstan of a dock, when
the thing turned around suddenly and
Derry was knocked scnsclcss by blow
under the jaw.
II. II. THOMAS of the Bay City nitro
CIV fa hot no
so few peop.e are killed in nitro
glyccrinc factory explosions is because
the chemca themselves give warning
some minutes before the blow-up comes
They always act queerly at such time,
and when they do the employees go.
The local option law stands the test Of
the Supreme Court. The case brought
by Van Buren, County saoon-keeper
last June to decide the constitutionality
of the measure was decided last week
and the law is pronounced valid. Van
Buren, was the first county to vote for
prohibition under the law, and soon after
il became operative John w. Teek pre-
scented his liquor bond TO the Township
Board of Bloomingdale for approval.
The board threw out the bond and Teek
applied for mandamus TO compel the
board TO accept it. Fifteen objections To
the constitutionality of the law were
raised by Teek's lawyers, the most seri-
Gus being that it enabled the people of
counties TO suspend the general laws of
the State. and that il invested the Board
of Supervisors with judicial powers by
authorizing them to exercise discretion
airy powers in ordering the suspension Of
the liquor traffic after the voters had
declared i'm favor of such suspension.
The court decides that the power vested
in the supervisors by the law is trust
involving TIE exercise OF discretion, in
vestigation and inquiry, but not neces-
sarly an exercise Of judicial powers.
Regarding the other objection the court
holds that the Constitution authorizes a
delegation of legislative power for local
purposes, and that the Legislature may
suspend or authorize legislation which
will necessarily operate to suspend the
general law in particular localities.
This principle, says the court is in rec
ognition of the right of local sef-gov-
eminent. The validity of the law is
upheld in every feature.
THE last Michigan monthly crop re-
port estimates the total yield of wheat in
the State for this year at %, roo, 400
bushels. The average yield of wheat
per acre is nearly one and one-fourth
greater in 1890 than the average for the
past ten years, but the aggregate prod
uct is less than the average product
in that period by more than 2,0CO, 600
bushels. The average weight of tho
crop per bushel is in the State fifty-nine
pounds; i'm some counties it runs as high
as siXty-one. The total number of
bushels of wheat marketed in August
and September was 3,577, Sig, which is
1,32s, 1863 bushels more than was market
ed i'm the same period i'm 1850. The yield
Of oats is in the southern counties 25.61,
the central 30.06. and in the northern
1882 bushels. The average yield in the
State for the past ten years has been
33. rs bushels per acre. Barley yields i'm
the State 1876 bushels per acre. Corn
is estimated TO yield in the State 50
bushels of ears per acre. The crop ma
turcd without material injury from frost.
Potatoes i'm the State yield IS bushels
per acre, or about half an average crop.
Winter apples will yield about % per
cent of an average crop.