The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-06-22
From Far and Near.


THE births in Saginaw for the year,
| as reported by the supervisors, foot up
LOLA, and the deaths for the same
| period GIG.
ALPENA vandals are robbing the
| graves of the dead in the cemetery by
! pulling up and carrying away flowers
and shrubbery.
THE assessed valuation of real and
personal property in Saginaw on the
east side is 81, 1 i5, 594, the west side
| footing up SO, ,Sl3, making total of
| 1862, 407.
ANOTHER tunnel delivery at the jack
son prison was averted by the dis
covery of a scheme. A number Of con-
victs were found to have tunneled as far
| as the wall, where they met an OBJ
stacle. The wall sinks several feet
into the ground at this point, and rests
! on bed of rock, and, but for this fact,
! they would, undoubtedly, now be at
| liberty. Part of the rock had been re-
| moved. About a bushel basket full OF
tools were taken from the tunnel by the
| prison officials.
HENRY WELSH, an old veteran, has
on hand a scheme to make himself
| famous and weary. He will leave Mt.
Pleasant July l behind a wheelbarrow
| for the city of Washington. with The in
| tention OF pushing it all the way. He
! expects also to sell it for a fabulous
| sum to be stored among the nations
| relics as an emblem of how big fool an
ordinary man can make OF himself.
Henry will leave the Court House in
| Mt. Pleasant at 10 o'clock m. of the
| lst, and expects to reach the capital in
| time to participate in the national en-
campment.
PONTIAC officers arrested the notori-
Gus Ben Tut on a charge Of stealing
about $500 worth Of dental amaigam
and gold plate from the dental rooms of
w. Harris and w. Perry, of Pontiac, a
week or two ago. The stolen goods had
been disposed of to Lansing dentists,
from whom the Sheriff received de-
scription of the man. This is an old
offender, having spent twenty years in
prison for burglary and larceny, the
last time receiving a fifteen years SEN
! tence for burglary in Detroit. This
sentence expired one year ago. The
| prisoner was in Pontiac at the time the
| robbery was committed.
GEORGE LEWIS, colored, aged 16, was
drowned in an overflow OF water from
| the Sturgeon Creek, near Reardon
y
side Midland's northern limits. He and
another boy started from the factory on
a run to see who could reach the water
| first, with the intention OF going in
swimming. George was the first to ar
| rive, undressed hurriedly and jumped
| in, and being overheated and the water,
| of course, extremely cold, was seized
with cramps, and although an ex-
| cellent swimmer, went to the bottom,
from whence his body was taken about
| an hour afterward. He was an eXcep-
tionally good boy and universally
liked by his school and playmates.
DIR. 2. II. BRYCE, Of Ontario, in a
paper read before the conference Of
| State Boards of Health in Lansing,
made the statement, as result OF
official investigation, that the death rate
! in the city OF Detroit from diphtheria is
the largest of any of the lake cities,
| being in 1890 two to every 1000 OF its
population. Outside of Detroit the
cities of Ottawa and Chicago show the
| largest death rate, being in both in
stances one to every 900 of population.
| In the State of Michigan, outside of
| Detroit, the death rate from diphtheria
was one and three-fifths to every 1000
Inhabitants, computing this rate only on
localities from which the disease was
| reported to have existed.
THE weekly report of the Michigan
weather service indicates that the
weather has been generally favorable
| for crops. Continued warm weather
| and occasional showers are needed to
insure a good yield. Cut worms are
| dong considerable damage in some of
| the northern counties. Potatoes and
| corn are not all planted, especially on
| low ground where the water still stands.
Wheat, corn, oats, and barley are in
good condition, while meadows and pas
| lures are heavy. Cherries, pears, plums,
and apples, to a certain extent, have
| blghted in the central counties.
SYLVESTER C. YOUNG vas attended
| by DR.. Stone, when his leg was broken
| at Bay City, and Young now sues for
| $40, 900 damages, claiming the limb was
improperly set.
JOSEPH SEosAME, Pole employed as
| a section hand on the Michigan Central
| Railroad, was struck by passenger
train near Milwaukee. His injuries are
! considered fatal.
The eleventh anniversary of Macca-
| beeism in Michigan was celebrated at
| Saginaw, Saturday evening, in royal
style, large HuillICl Vi NucCdDetS
being in line in the parade, which
brought up ut Arbeiter Park where u
picnic was held, and dancing, games,
etc, rounded out the evening in n most
ENJOYABLE manner. Three bands of
music were in the procession, and sew
eral bright speeches were delivered by
prominent Maccabees and others.
The Legislature of 1889 passed law
requiring railroad companies to sell
,O00-mile tickets good for any member
of family by whom it is purchased.
The Legislature of 1890 re-enacted the
same law, but the railroads have con-
tinued to ignore its provisions. The
validity of the law is now about to be
decided by the Supreme Court. John
A. Brooks, assistant Supreme Court re-
porter, was granted an order by the
court requiring the Detroit, Lansing
and Northern Railroad Company TO show
cause why n mandamus should not issue
compelling the company to sell ,090-
mile tickets in accordance with the pro-
visions of the law. The case will be