The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-01-05
Coral Department.

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coral Department.
ExmBITioN-By request Of many who at
tended, and many who were unable to attend
the Grammar School Exhibitions of the 21st,
22nd, the best selections OF both evenings VIII
be repeated on Friday evening, Jan. 9th 1872.
The teachers and students OF these Depart
ments have expended great deal Of time and
labor in preparing for this entertainment and
are working hard TO pay for their new piano
this year. The very unfavorable weather pre-
vented anything like an ordinary attendance on
the previous evenings, and 1t is hoped that all
who failed to attend then will be present, and
hear what many declare to be the best exhi-
bition vet given by our school. Come one and
There is misunderstanding among the
masses of the people in regard to tho payment
OF Box Rent and Postage. The present law
specially declares that Box Rent aud Postage
shall be paid least one quarter (three months)
in advance and If not so paid, Postmasters
are compelled to withhold their mail
ouette young lady named McRae, was burned
III a shocking manner by the igniting aud ex-
blossom of a can of non-explosive kerosene
oil. while she was in the act OF pouring some
OF the oil in the stove to make the fire burn
She lived about thirty hours in much agony
after the occurrence.
Ok SATURDAY, the 29th OF Dec, at u O'Clock,
Al, - To-, and o1
amazoo streets, we counted eighty-nine teams
in those two streets, which cross each other at
right angles About one quarter OF the num-
Der were on the move. the others standing at
the hitching posts along the margin OF the two
streets. /. was not an extra good day for
teams either.
CoLLEaE Express is the name of q rather
neat little quarto monthly. which has just made
its deJlu from the Oliyet Collegiate Institute.
It il under the management OF Mr.. L. y.
I.andphere OF this village, who is at present
attending that institution. Its Typography is
very creditable.
A DESIRABLE PLACE TO EsrIdRATE To.-We
Sc it reported that Washington Territory has
outstanding liabilities to the amount OF Sixteen
Million dollars mostly created during the past
wear, and principally for railroad purposes
According to the Michigan Almanac. this terri
tory has population Of twenty-three thous
and, nine hundred and ffty-fve. II the terri
tory keeps up it's present rate OF mourning in-
debtedness, by the time it becomes a state it
will be entirely owned by the railroad compa-
MES, and its productive industries used up for
one or two hundred years It's future prospect
is truly a hopeful one, especially to those seek
Ing new homes in the great West.
OUR PROF. NARROWER delivered an address
before the State Teachers Association, IL con-
vention at ST. Andrews Hail. IN the City OF
Detroit, on Friday last. subject, " The Model
Teacher" II the Prof. put those present on
the right track to become as adpose and sleek
and good looking as he himself is, he did a
good thing The programme announces q
recess Immediately after this address. In the
afternoon the Convention was to visit the City
Hall, Sills Museum. and other places Of in
terest The Prof. is at home now and can tell
us all about 1t. The Convention was a good
thing, well calculated to promote the interest
in our Common Schools and render them more
efficient.
A SLIGHT BLUNDER.-An editor clipped from
an exchange an obituary poem, which he sent
TO the composing-room with some Introductory
remarks. He said: We publish below very
touching poem from tle pen Of Miss NJ.
It was written by her at the deathbed Of her
santed mother, and 1t overlows with those ex.
pressons of filial affection whcn are the nat
ural outgrowth of 4 pure, untutored genius
that has developed beneath the sheltering 10
huences of q mothers love. The reader vii
observe how each hoe CLOVIS with ardent affec-
ton and tenderest regret" Somehow "a
attaching tins introduction to the poem, the
editor turned up the wrong side OF the clip
ping, and the consequence was that the editors
lines led the reader gently into an article upon
clog Cholera in Tennessee
CHICAGO goes for the corrupt aldermen with
q good deal OF vigor. 1t appears that on'
David NJ. Ford had contracted with the city tC
furnish iron water pipe for price fixed by the
board OF alderm en-. Subsequently Ford wished
the price to be increased, and for that PURPOSE
his agent, Mr.. Wahl paid John W. McCul
iagh. OF the Chicago Republican, the nice little
sim OF Twenty-Five hundred dollars. to DO uset
in furtherancc of Mr.. Ford's little scheme o.
having his compensation Increased. Mr.. Re
publican McCullagh in turn paid mneteel
hundred dollars OF tho same none 70 Alder
man Joseph A. Montgomery for bis influence
IN the council returning six hundred dollars q
com . ensation for the influence OF the BGu3
Rcan in putting up this little speculation o.
the tax paying citizens Of hicago. The abog
facts were SWORN to By Messrs. Ford and Wahl
james 4. Was Il. another member OF tue com
mon council, received o! one William Gosgin
bride OF four thousand dollars, for his lnfuenc
in inducing the Board OF Aldermen to purchas
certain real estate for school purposes
Both Montgomery and Wash have been in
dict ed By the Grand jury and are to be brougb
70 trial, and we hope convicted and thereaIte