The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-03
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK
Big Pension for Small Boy Gladwin
Suffers by Fire-Northville's Old People
Dying Fast-Insurance Company Quits
business.
From Far and Near.

THERE are 900 boys III the Reform
School at Lansing.
JUDGE OF PROBATE GLEAsER, of Es-
canada, has been officially asked to re-
turn $500 salary overdrawn during 1884
1890.
MISS EVA CUsICK, who is holding
revival meeting in Chippewa County, is
meeting with great success. She has
started a campaign on the Sault.
SALLIE DoNKLIN, Of st. Ignace, was
found dead in the howell in which she
had lived for about year. Nothing was
found in the house except half-eaten
turnip.
G. & w. Nj. GROSS earnings during
1881 were 1850, 1924, an increase of
Sl44, 5O9 over the previous year. The
ID. l.. d N. earnings were 81 1852, $50, an
increase of $32, 416.
ALPENA has a furniture and under
taking establishment run on the INSTALL
ment plan. In undertakers goods one
ought to pay 81 at death, and the bal
ance on resurrection Monday.
AT Gladwin, two blocks Of stores
burned. Total loss, 81 900. The origin
OF the fire is unknown. The local fire
department saved sufficient property
to pay the entire cost OF the water
works.
THE projected railroad which is to run
ooutheast from Negaunee, striking Lake
Michigan at Manistique, is said to have
right smart chance Of being built and
to have already started the work OF
securing right OF way.
JAMES f. BURGER, of Sebewaing, a
-year-old-boy, has been consigned to
the Reform School at Lansing. Though
so young he is thief, well known In
the whole country, and his parents were
utterly unable TO do anything with him.
The Michigan Wheel Company, at
Lansing, elected the following officers:
President w. X. Prudden; Vice Presi-
dent, j. w. Edmunds; Secretary and
Treasurer, w. f. Clark. The capital of
Sl00, 200 has all been subscribed in full.
NELSON EVERETT and Dexter Briggs,
two of the Oldest inhabitants Of North
Vile, died few days ago. Now two
more old pioneers have passed away;
Mrs. Almina Dobbins, at the age of ";
and Mrs. Lucinora Smith, at the age Of
81 years.
THE Otsego, Crawford g. Roscommon
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, has
gone the way of all flesh. 1t has exist
ed one year and half, and in that time
there have been more fires in that vicin-
ity than in the ten preceding years. A
receiver has been appointed.
THE barn of +. A. Beach, m wealthy
farmer living ten miles west of Port
Huron, was burned by the explosion of
lantern, together with thirty head Of
cattle, eighteen horses, l 900 bushels OF
oats, sixty tons of hay and l 900 bushels
of wheat. Loss about 10000.
The season for fish and snake stories
is just about passed, but what will a
man call this, from the Cheboygan News:
a Pullman car was pulled from Macki-
nav city to Cheboygan off the tracks
| the entire distance, and the conductor
never discovered the truth until the end
OF the trip"
THE Southern Michigan shorthorn
| breeders met at Jackson and changed
the name of their society Unfortun-
ately the name isn't any shorter than
the old and is, Improved Live Stock As
ISOLATION of Southern Michigan" w.
l.. Kennedy, of Liberty, was elected
| President.
AN 11-year-old boy at Saginaw, who
so far has been charge on his rela-
tives, has received snug little fortune
| from Uncle Sam. His father, John
Phelps, had been soldier during the
war, and died when his son was very
young, his mother having died before
! the father. The little boy has just re-
ceived pension of $14 a month and
| $4,000 back pension.
The Michigan Salt Company, held it's
| first annual meeting at Saginaw. Dur
the year 5000, 900 barrels Of salt were
! handled. A resolution was adopted
| against putting salt on the free list.
| Il. l.. Cranage, Bay City, was elected
President; +. G. Stone, Saginaw, Vice
| President; d. G.. Holland, Secretary,
and G. A. Rust, Treasurer.
LANSING horsemen are raising $685.
600 for kite-shaped track.
CHARLES JORDAN threatens to sue
the State for the illegal retention of his
new-found wife at the industrial home
| for period of four years.
FRANK ADAMS, of Kalamazoo, charges
Officer Theo. Merrill with illegally COM
the rogues' gallery, with taking letters
from him, and with conspiring to send
him to Jackson without due cause.
AT Kalamazoo, Marshal Cobb raided
a room where ten young men were
chipo iOi NiihOo
and dollars on So limit basis. The
block has borne n good reputation and
so have the men. The place Is broken
up, and those in it were given their lib
erty under promise that they would do
| so no more.
AS JOSEPH WORTH and young man
named Allen, of North Lansing, were
out hunting, Worth got between Aliens
shotgun and rabbit just as Allen made
up his mind to bag the game. After DR..
Mum had extracted about sixty shots
from the rear portion Of Worth's anato-
my the latter felt some better, but still
resolutely refuses to sit down to his
meals.
The famous Gregory Golfer libel suit
at Menominee ended in a victory for
Gregory. 1t will be remembered that
Golfer accused Gregory OF outraging
14-year-old girl; Gregory In return
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