The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-03-16
MICHIGAN STATE NEWS
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK
De Careful In Applying for Your Divorce
New Expense for the State to Meet
Earnings OF the Railroads Increased
Killed at Kalamazoo Crossing.

From Far and Near.
THE colored people Of Michigan will
hold State convention at Lansing on
April 5, to discuss political matters.
MRS. WILLIAM PIcKRUM, an aged in.
habitant OF Belleville, fell on a stove,
and was so badly burned that she died a
short time after.
X. w. TALBOT, of the firm Of Howe &
Talbot, contractors and builders of Alle-
gan, was stricken with apoplexy and
died in fifteen minutes. His age was 81.
THE x-payers OF Stockbridge Town
ship, Ingham County, will vote at their
coming township meeting on the appro-
priation Of $4,000 for building "a town
hall.
DENNIS SPILLANE fell from q tree al
Kalamazoo, breaking his ribs loose from
the spine. He had climbed the tree to
attach 1T to guy rope, and fell twenty
eight feet.
EDDY BROS, of Bay City, have or
dered another big steel steamer built al
the Detroit Dry Dock Co. yards at
Wyandotte. She will be 1921 feet long,
with 72-foot beam and 24-foot hold.
THE total Indebtedness Of the G.. r.
81 /. Road is $12, III 900, with a total in
81, O09, 570.6) in the sinking fund. The
road is making efforts to increase the
motive power.
MRS. JUsTIANA HERMANN, of Bay
Bity, who became insane with Joy over
receiving a pension some time ago, has
now also become blind. She went to
the front with her husband during the
war, acting as nurse.
The Supreme Court holds that Pc
titions for divorce are fatally defective
which do not contain an affidavit by the
petitioner to the effect that there Is no
collision between the parties to the
suit.
MRS. BARNEY WYNN, aged CT years,
was killed by a train at the Church
street crossing, Kalamazoo as she and
her daughter were returning from the
Borgess. Hospital benefit entertainment.
The daughter saw the locomotive and
tried to pull her mother off the track,
but was not able to save her.
MAYOR JOHNSON, of Lansing, will
hereafter leave his safe unlocked at
night Several nights ago burglars en
tered the store. The safe was unlocked
and contained about 5000, but the in
truders, not knowing it was unlocked,
turned the combination and locked it.
They took ST from the money drawer
and supplied themselves very literally
with cigars.
The official statement Of Michigan
railroad earnings during December,
1891, has just been made public, and
shows that the total earnings during the
month were $8,SO3, $685. go; during the
same month, 1890, the earnings were
T,752,763.11, showing an increase OF
81. 050, 920.Sl. The grand total of earn
ings for 1891 is sos, 472, 329 so; for 1890,
93,075, 820.67. This is an increase for
1891 of 1896, 527.02, or S.65 per cent.
BY recent decision of the Supreme
Court the State is liable for the cost of
transporting convicts to the Detroit
formerly been borne by the counties
from which convicts were sent. AS last
year 1872 prisoners were sent to the
Detroit house of correction at an aver
age expense of SIS each, this means at
least $4,000 added expense to the
State, as at most not more than 200 Of
of these prisoners came from outside
the State.
A Mrs. MARSH at Jackson, gave birth
to babe having sixth teeth.
room for a mechanical laboratory.
RoMEo's water works bonds were
sold to the cashier OF the First National
Bank for $4,000.
PEOPLE at the Sault will take steps
TO get Congress to build the marine hos
pital there instead OF at Cheboygan.
HUNT, Ogemaw County, citizens de-
cided to bond the town for 81 900 for
repairing the roads of the township.
FRANCH HARRIS, Meridian Town
ship, Ingham County, farmer, died from
from injuries through a log rolling on
him.
The Romeo roller mill didn't roll
very long The Sheriff has just ended
it's career, as number of creditors
wanted their cash.
THE propeller Nike and consort
Churchill, of Alpena, have been sold to
the Ward Transportation Company, OF
Chicago, for 100000.
The case Of Reuben Miller, OF jack
son, sentenced to one year at the peni-
Tertiary for assault, has been appealed,
and Miller is out on ST. 600 bail.
AT Reese, two women went to
saloon, and upon finding their husbands
DldHlIx lHclCy OOOh IitCuh Wy tiio
collar and gently helped them out Of the
place.
PORT HURON, like most other Michi-
gan towns, operates its own waterworks.
1t is expected that the profits for the fls-
cal year, ending March 81, will be about
$4,000.
WEST BAY CITY is just having little
experience with people who kick on
their taxes, Sage & Co. being among the
heaviest. They ask the Council to re-
fund them So, 200.
WHILE the boys of the family were
playing pedro and smoking cabbage
leaves West Branch girl cut hay for
the stock and clipped off all the fingers
Of one Of her hands.
STRoNGvILLE, Chippewa County,
little town, has slowly been deserted,
but 1t is thought that it will now again
boom, owing to the scheme to coloniz.
the Pine River lands.