The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-05-23
STATE GOSSIP.
An Interesting Budget Of Iuforma-
tion Gathered from Many Lo-
caIities In Michigan.

moving its plant TO Ypsilanti.
The anti-saloon league is working
up local option sentiment in Hills
dale county.
Eaton county pioneers will hold
their annual reunion and picnic at
Charlotte on June ~.
Wheat in Michigan has shown an
improvement during the last week,
but is still very poor.
The two-year-old son of Orla Shreve,
living near Columbiaville, choked to
death on piece of apple.
Wheat and oats look fairly good
throughout northern Michigan since
the late rains and warm weather.
The total assessment of Grand Rap
ids has been raised from S27 100000 to
100000, and the tax rate has been
reduced TO 1h per cent.
The Grand Rapids, Bedding & Sag
inaw railroad is TO be purchased by
the Pere Marquette and made per-
manent part of their system.
Huckleberries and other fruits in
northern Michigan have not been in
iured by the heavy frosts of the past
two weeks, and a large crop is ex-
pected.'
Great preparations are being made
at Battle Creek for the annual encamp-
ment of the Michigan division of the
Sons of Veterans, which will be held
at Goguac Lake June 10 to %.
w. H. Meecham, of Battle Creek,
civil engineer in the employ of the
Grand Trunk railroad, fell under
freight train at Dawson and received
injuries which caused his death.
The summer meeting of the State
Horticultural society is to be held at
Newaygo on June % and 81, and the
fruit growers of Newaygo county are
already making preparations for the
event.
Active preparations are already in
progress to entertain the old sol
diers at the annual reunion of the
Northern Michigan Soldiers and
Sailors association at Standish in
August.
The village council at Newberry has
refused to renew the contract with the
company which owns the waterworks
there. and it is probable that munic-
ipal plant may be installed to furnish
the villagers with water.
Attorney General Oren is in Wash
ington to argue an appeal from the
auditor TO the comptroller of the
treasury department, concerning the
rejection of certain portions of the
first instalIment of Michigan's war
claim filed year or more ago.
There are 100 new buildings now in
course of erection at Onaway, and as
many more will be built before the
close of this season. The Outlook eX
poets that the $500 mark will be
reached by the population of the vii
lage before the end of the year.
The franchises for the Battle Creek
Coldwater electric railroad through all
the townships between the two cities
have been secured, and all that now
remains before work will be started
is to secure the right of way through
Union City and into the terminal
points.
David Cornwell and Milton ID. Owen,
Of Allegan, have been granted fran
chise for an electric street railway to
be constructed northward from Ale
gan along the Monterey road and in
Monterey and Salem to point of juno
ton with an electric road which will be
built from Grand Rapids to Holland
this summer.
The attorney for Former Superin-
tendent \. o. Hyde, of Calhoun coun-
". have made motion for the
quashing of the information against
Mr.. Hyde on the false pretense
charge. If il is denied a continuance
will be asked until the September
term of court. The same procedure
will be taken when the embezzle-
ment case is called