The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-08
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS
INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY
OCCURRED.


and General News Notes.
GEORGE +. MARVIN, OF St Johns. as
sisted In saving lot OF sailors, wrecked
in 1871, while on whaling expedition
In the Arctic Ocean. He was an eighth
owner OF the craft which did the rescu-
Ing, and now is about TO receive "a, 600
from the Government as recompensa
FOR leaving their whale-catching bust.
ness and devoting their time TO life.sa
ing. Uncle Sam Is slow but usually sure.
The demise of the State Salt Associa-
ton will cost the salt raisers $3.50. 600
| this year, In case the product drops 20
cents n barrel as it is predicted it will
do, and the yield remains about the same
as last year.
CONGRESSMAN YoUMANs has dated
Owosso. April -, for holding COMPETE
tive examination 10 determine whom he
will nominate for naval cadetship.
j. c. BURROWS and Don NJ. Dickinson
have been chosen from Michgans
brainy men TO do some talking at the
Commercial Congress OF the Western
states, which presently convenes.
Ben TUTHIrI. of Saginaw, will defend
himself in suit for divorce brought by
his wife, who is known TO the world as
Ida Mule, the actress Benjamin SAYS
he does not care, as ever since he mar
ried he has been known and introduced
as Ida Mules husband. lie wanted her
TO be known as Ben Tuthill's wife and
she wouldn't
MRS. LUsCIA, OF Saginaw, was burned
TO death. The house where she lived
was partly destroyed by fire, and just as
the department was leaving the premises
the chief made search of the house.
The old lady was found in a small bed
room, charred and blackened.
A FRANKLIN woman OF $50 pounds has
just tied up 10 young man who weighs
but 10 pounds. This is not the only in
equality. She is 80 and he is o.
CHRIS. WHITAKER, whose leg was
crushedby train, died at the Bliss. hos
pital at Saginaw. The amputation re-
CURED the removal of the ball Of the hip
joint from the socket, and he did not re-
cover from the shock
Two Firms, at Ishpeming, fought a
duel with axes and both were very badly
cut up. They are in jail
ALLEN VANDICAR, of Belleville. left
some matches where his two babies
could get them, and one was burned to
death.
dead at West Branch. He was a Michi-
gan Central conductor and had worked
for the company twenty years.
THE business men of Ithaca have or
ganized under the title of Ithaca I'm
proyement Association. Object, fac
tories.
SHEFFIELD and Sharon are two new
places made postoffices in Kent and Kali
kaSka Counties.
TMoTHEUs TAMINosIAN is native.
Syrian student at the University. He
comes from Antioch.
JOHN NETTNEY, of Armada, hanged
himself to tree. He had been out Of
his mind. He was 76 years old and left,
a family.
THE leak in the Golfer dam at tho
Sault has been practically stopped only
small amount of water now trickling
in.
JAMES BELL, OF Petoskey, has Just
died from the effects of wound received
seventeen years ago. A bullet lodged
under his shoulder blade.
GEORGE BOYD, prominent man at
Boone, was crushed under a falling tree.
THE State horticulture. people pro-
pose TO plant an orchard at the Worlds
Fair and raise fruit for visitors while
they wait. The society will ask for Is
per cent. of the State appropriation for
the show.
THERE are lot Of deserted home
stead in Pressure Isle County, where
int-hearted settlers built little huts,
cut few trees, and weakened at tho
back-breaking task of clearing the dense
maple forests. These claims will again
be put upon the market
SAGINAW men have taken $40, 600
worth of stock in the Improvement As
ISOLATION, which will be ready to dis
tribute bonuses as soon as 100000 is
raised.
THOMAS T OBEY, of West Bay City, ia
one OF the largest pine jobbers i'm tho
State, and his cut this year will be
about $4,000, 900 feet, banked upon the
banks Of the Tobacco River, in Gladwin
County.
AT Kalamazoo, Harriet Kellogg has,
begun suit against a party named Har-
rison, of Schoolcraft, for $4,000 dam
ages, alleging malpractice in treating
her for cancer when she had a tumor.
She alleges that he burned her badly
with candles.
SAMUEL HOOKING and Fred Lawrence
two miners, were blown 10 pieces In the
bottom Of Tamaraek mine, No. l shaft,
Calumet. Hooking was married. He
leaves II widow and four children
Lawrence was a single man. The min
ers had fired one blast and had gone into
the drift to fire second charge The
cause Of the explosion is mysterious
GEORGE w. STUART, of Grand Blanc,
is buying a lot Of fine mcrino sheep to
export to Australia.
THE Manistee Salt Company, TO be a
company Of the Saginaw Company, in
case the State Association is not organ
tied, has filed articles. The members OF
the concern say they can more than beat
the Saginaw Company, rs their freights
will be much less TO Chicago, the best
market i'm the country.
BAY CITY painters will cease painting
May and strike, unless nino hours DO
decided enough TO earn ten hours pay.
Mrs. BENJAMIN VIcKERMAN, of near
WILLIAMSON, deliberately set fire to her