The true northerner., 1899-02-01
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Occs1 rences Of an Interestfu
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Dundee churches are holding union
revival meetings this winter.
Hugo Cruger, of Saginaw, suicided
with revolver in fit of insanity.
The receipts of the Marshall post Of
flee for January will exceed $1,000.
There were 1856 more deaths i'm the
state i'm December than in November.
Nat Strong, who fell from a load of
hay at Moshervlle, died of his injuries.
The G. II. g. l. road is building "A three
span steel bridge across the Muskegon
river north of Big Rapids.
The annual meeting of the Shiawas-
see County Pioneer society will be held
at Corunna on February %.
The treasurer of Livingstone county
carried $4,000 state taxes to the state
treasurer's Office in small bills.
William B. Heath, of Ionia, has been
appointed state bank examiner 10 sue
ceed James A. Latta, resigned.
Willie Cummings, of Bridgeton, aged
13. accidentally shot himself in the bow
els with shotgun. He died instantly.
Ii is sand that the lack of snow the
greater part of the winter has damaged
wheat to some extent in Calhoun coun-
ty.
Ottawa county claims to be one of the
largest rye-raising counties in the
state. The annual crop is about $4,000
bushels.
Mrs. Harriet A. Tenny, of Lansing, a
prominent leader of women's clubs and
for 20 years state librarian, died Friday
at Lansing.
paymaster General George +. Pick
EFT has paid about $780, 900 10 Michigan
troops and there are a few not dis
charged yet
Mrs. Nels Nelson, of Bear Swamp,
near Muskegon, shot herself fatally
through the heart She comes of a
family of suicides.
At the banquet Of the Detroit Mer-
, chants and Manufacturers exchange
resolutions of confidence in Secretary
of War Alger were passed.
Gov. Pingree has issued a requisition
on the governor of New York for Frank
NJ White. who is wanted at Baldwin on
the charge of grave robbery
The management of the Ann Arbor
Nav festival have secured Sembrich, the
famous soprano, to sing at the fes-
tival. The dates are May II, II, 13.
Edward Ecarius, of Saginaw, was
sentenced to the state prison for life
for numbering Louis Buehler on De-
cember 20. The evidence was entirely
circumstantial
Col. S. s. Babcock, of Detroit, has
been appointed chairman Of the &. A
II. committee TO visit the soldiers
home TO take the place of the late Gen
William Humphrey.
An effort is being made 10 establish a
sugar beet factory at Holland. y com
mittee has been appointed to obtain the
necessary information. 4 meeting OF
business men will be called to raise the
necessary amount to incorporate the
company.
The school manual just issued by the
county commissioners at Ann Arbol
shows that of the 164 school district
in the state only 35 have libraries. Out
side of cities and villages the averag,
salaries of male teachers range from
$40 i'm Ann Arbor to $3.50 i'm Yirk: fe
males from S1S23 in Lyndon TO $24.57 il
Augusta
The work Of filing the immense new
ice house at Spring Lake began this
week. although the structure is not ye'
completed. The building, which i
SO by 24O feet, has capacity of 1O0.O0t
tons of ice Marsh hay is being USED II
packing the ice instead of the custom
airy sawdust
The semi-annual meeting of tn,
Northern TriState Medical association
was held at IIillsdale last week Thi
association, since it's organization few
years ago, mas grown in membership
and influence until now il embraces
large number of the leading practitfon
ers of Michigan. Ohio and Indiana.
Vernon is as strong point for tn,
feeding and marketing of native anC
western sheep as any town in the state
The number of sheep handled durin,
the feeding season runs well up i'm tn,
thousands. This industry brings biz
revenues to the railroads there. caus
ing Vernon TO be listed as n great re
ceiving. distributing and shipping poin
for sheep.
Rich Mari Beds.