The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-04
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Over 5000 Of Dickinson County's H..
| COO people are foreign born.
| Ben Horen. of Empire, fell under the
| cars and died from his injuries.
Mysterious disease has carried off sew
eral cattle in Lapeer County.
Mad dogs infcst the vicinity of Brigh-
| ton. and all dogs are ordered muzzled.
| True bills were returned against seven
teen township and county officials by the
| grand jury at Bay City.
About twenty cases of diThtheria are
reported in Livingston County. At Pleas
| ant Valley there have been two deaths
in one family.
Il. Il. Giddings. receiver of the City
National Bank of Marshall, has paid TO
creditors the last dividend, in oil 100 cents
on the dollar better result than was an
ticipated.
Isaac Harrison, well-to-do laborer,
was found in the river at Battle Creek.
lie drew $40 from n building and loan
association. and il is feared he was muir
dercd for the money.
Complaint is made at Battle Greek that
teachers expound the Bible for the pur-
pose of propagating certain protestant
| doctrines. The complaint comes especial
| ~ from Uniycrsalists.
Alexander Molyncaux. Bay City,
sweet singer, has written 749 poems in
: the past two years. He says they will be
| published after his death, when critics
shafts will hurt not.
William Morgan, house carpenter at
| the Morton House, of Grand Rapids,
while riding up in new freight elevator
| put out his head and had Ii caught in
the floor above. He was killed instantly.
| lie leaves Il wife and six children.
Grand Army men are agitating the G.
A. II. home project, favoring either Ian
sing or the Soldiers Home as the site.
| Headquarters would be in the home, and
the assistant adjutant general, who docs
| most of the work, would get good salary
and hold office us long as he behaved HIM
self.
Up to 1871 sho,s were not pegged. In
that year President Madison, per James
Monroe, Secretary Of State, signed n
patent for pegging shoes to Jonathan
| Conklin, of Minden, y. Y. His son, II.
Is. Conklin, of Lapeer, still has the old
| patent OF Jonathan, his father, and the
world keeps pegging right along.
| Grand Rapids will now have to hustle
around to find someone to light the city
after June 81 next. The contract for the
| job was awarded last week to the West
| Michigan Electric Company, but they
have decided that they could not get their
plant ready to turn on the light on that
date, so have given up the contract.
Last spring there died upon the shores
| of Burt Lake. an old gentleman named
Brown. Among other legacies left his
boys, was parting injunction never TO
sell his team of horses. With hard
winter confronting the boys, through
which they were unable to properly carry
the stock, the team was killed and buried
and the filial duty carried out.
| The residence of John Muck, just east
of Adrian, was destroyed by fire on
Sunday. The parents were away from
home, and the children say that all they
know about il is first noticing sparks
fall from upstairs. The contents in the
| rooms below were saved, but nothing
upstairs or in the cellar could be taken
ont. Insured in Farmers Mutual for
5000.
| A curious incident in the life of Henry
\. Chaplin. the millionaire mine owner.
is recalled. Years ago he failed and
turned over TO his creditors the land on
which the great Chaplin mines are now
| located. The creditors, however prefer
| red cash, and in return for $3.50 worth Of
unincumbered property he received bnck
| the land that has since nctted him ST.
100000 in royalties.
Grand Rapids was gayly decorated
with flags and bunting in honor of the
sixth annual session of the Michigan
knights Of the Grip. Special trains
brought the knights from Detroit, Sag
NAV and Jackson, and as they arrived
bands and committees met them and es-
corted them to the hotels. In his annual
address President Waldron recommend
| ed that the mortuary assessments be in
creased to 50, instead of ST. rs u measure
of economy, and approved the proposed
accident insurance feature, which will
| be brought up for consideration. Secre-
tary Mills reported ,519 members in good
standing. on increase of ODD Three
! mortuary assessments were levied Last
year and eight death benefits paid. The
/ association il out of debt and has money
| in the treasury. Treasurer Reynolds re-
ported paying $1,000 in death benefits
and having $500 to the credit of the fund
! The general fund has $2i4 to its credit,
after disbursing S1,616.
The annual meetings Of the State
| Teachers Association, the County School
| Commissioners and Examiners Asso-
citation and the Michigan Academy of
s fences were held at an ing The Com
missioners and Examiners adopted reso-
| lutions declaring that the education most
needed is that which will create better
teachers. To this end they ask for laws
providing for the conducting Of teachers
Institutes at State expense and requiring
all teachers 10 attend them, and also re-
! curing all commissioners and examiners
TO he experienced teachers. 1t was rec
commended that the DETACHMENT of school
outhouses with obscene pictures he made
n penal ofcnse. The president of the
State association in his annual address.
made the statement that at least 175, 900
children of the school age in Michigan do
! not attend school and are growing up to
| become menace 10 our free institutions.