The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1900-05-02
STATE GOSSIP.
News from Many Localities Presented
in Condensed Form for Hur-
ried Readers.

Benton Harbor teamsters, at work
on a municipal paving job, have gone
out on a strike.
The firemen of the upper peninsula
will hold tournament August s, 9 and
10 at Calumet with the usual hose races
and other events.
The Michigan Central road will put
in new boiler shop and electric light
ing plant for its shops at Jackson
Junction, the whole to cost $4,000.
The annual reunion of the Third
Michigan cavalry will be held at
Grand Rapids on June 3, the first day
of the state encampment of the q. A.
r.
Mulliken is to have butter factory.
Forty farmers have organized a stock
company and will build the factory
Immediately. Work has already be-
gun on it.
The annual equal suffrage conven-
ton of Calhoun county is to be held
at Battle Creek on May and 10, in
stead of May and 5, the dates pre-
viously announced
Work has been commenced on the
erection of the new crematory at Null
liken 1t will cost $4,000 and is to be
operated by a stock company COM
posed of 40 farmers of the vicinity.
Three buildings, a saloon, meat
market and residence, were de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday night at
| Coopersville, causing a total loss of
about $4,000, with practically no in
surance.
One of the biggest annual events in
the upper peninsula is the tourna-
ment of the Firemen's association.
This year it will be held at Calumet,
and the dates have just been fixed
at August 8, 9 and 10.
Merchants at ST. Joseph and some
of the neighboring towns are suffer
ing considerably lately through the
operations of shoplifters, large num-
Der of whom seem TO be operating in
a systematic manner in the county.
The project of establishing an cleo
trio railroad TO connect Menominee
and Escanaba is being again agitated.
| Those directly interested have gone
so far as to consult engineers, and it
is understood a survey will be made
this summer.
Tax Commissioner Milo ID. Camp
| bell has notified the Adrian super
visors, who announced recently that
they would pay no attention to the
tax commissioners orders, that they
will be held strictly to account for
the performance of their duties under
| the law.
Gov Pingree has notified Capt.
Louis c. Covell. of Grand Rapids, that
he will be unable to attend the sec
ond annual reunion of the Third
Michigan volunteers. He says he is
too busy looking after the arrange
ment of Michigan's war claim against
| the general government.
The Sherman Pioneer says that there
is such a demand for houses TO rent
| by people desiring TO move to that
village that the erection of 80 build
ings of this kind Immediately would
be a good investment for some one
with the money on hand, besides
helping the growth of the town that
much.
The entire superstructure of the
Michigan Central railway bridge, span
ming the st. Joseph river above the dam
at Niles. will be rebuilt. The work
will be commenced this week, and will
be under the supervision of the Mich
igan Central bridge superintendent,
James Finch. Extra men are at work
all along the line laying new steel and
making repairs.
The Mass Mining company, of
Houghton, has bought 35 acres of
water frontage at La Premier, near
the junction of Newtonville. on Ke-
weenaw bay, and will build one
stamp mill there, with plans for addi-
! tions to be made later, if desired.
Work will be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible. and il is expected the new mill
will be running by January l.