The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-06-21
IoraI Department.

for county offices.
Ed. FARMER. late Sheriff OF this county, is
keeping hotel at Pentwater.
WHEAT and grass look splendidly. The corn
crop is improving.
Mrs. BIrELY has had the maple trees in
front Of her residence pruned and trimmed.
THEM asses have decided to elect Hon. Hor-
ace Greeley President-Kal. Gazette.
Don't forget the Musical Social and Festival
OF Friday Evening. Admission Free.
Hon. cambridge wadleigh has been elected
U. s. Senator by the Legislatureof New Hamp-
shiro.
The Decatur Republican OF the 18th inst.
had not decided who to so for-Greeley or
Grant. Which?
PROF. HARRowER has resigned his position
as Principal Of our High School, and goes into
the school book business, with head quarters
at Chicago.
WEEK or more ago during thunder storm,
tie church at Almena was struck by lightning.
The injury TO the edifce was slight.
The June term Of the Circuit Court for Kali
amazoo county commenced its session last
Tuesday.
A splendid Free Concert will be gwen at the
Musiaal Social and Festival on Friday Evening.
Admission Free.
The Presbyterian Social held IN the grove OF
the Town House on Tuesday evening was a
decided success. 1t was largely attended and
al had good time.
Hon. AUSTIN BLAIR, the honest ex-war
July Grafton at Kalamazoo the coming ami
versary OF our independence.
GREELEY men scarce among Republicans
hereabouts. but seem to be on the incr ease
among our friends. the Democrats, who talk
Greeley for CANNON. They mean to vote for
Grant, they do.
DIR. l.. C.. WooDMAS. Geo. l.. Seaver and
their wives, Of South Haven, have gone to
Massachusetts to ruralize for several weeks
They will visit Boston for the purpose OF learn
ing the quality OF the Jubilee music.
A silver cup will be voted to the omeliest
man present. at the Musical Social and Festi-
val on Friday Evening. Admission Free.
To-day, Wednesday the weather is hot, but
as we have no thermometer, we can't say how
hot it is, but it is decidedly hot Corn look
ed as though it enjoyed it. We didn't see any
body else that did.
alla laFt In,
Saturday last basket of very nice and choice
Strawberries, which were highly relished, all
the participants joining in wishing the young
lady long, prosperous and happy voyage
tdroug life.
The Kalamazoo Gazette wants to know who
will be the next Congressman from this district,
aud proceeds to say that that is the question
which several enquiring gentlemen would like
to have answered.
We will answer that question for the Gazette
and all other enquirers, the man named by the
next Republican Congressional Convention.
4 NEW invention. in the shape OF an Internal
machine, for the destroying OF crows and other
granivorous birds, has just been completed
1t consists OF a counterfeit kernel OF corn which
e1plodes on being picked up by the bird, and
in the language Of the inventor. just blows
his burned eturnul head off without notice
or warning. The inventor was originally from
the state where wooden nutmegs we're once
made.
The Gazette at Kalamazoo says it will be
amusing after the endorsement OF Greeley at
Baltimore to see such papers as the Detroit
Free Press dancing the crab waltz backward to
their proper places The question now is will
the Gazette succeed in whipping the refractory
Free Press into the Greeley traces.
SIRAWBERRIES.-ITur a m Jacobs Esquire,
left at our office some baskets OF Strawberries
OF the cholsest varieties. Mr.. Jacobs ia quite
extensively engaged in the cultivation OF his
fruit, and ia meeting with excellent success.
Mr. Comstock left in our office on Wednesday
last pail full OF what he termed Grant Straw
berries from the garden of Mrs. H. Richmond
which for size aud flavor exceeded anything
we have seen as yet.
l. is wonderful what inventive talent we
Americans do possess, and to what varied uses
1t is directed. An Ohio man has invented a
machine which he calls bug buster, and it ID
worked by an air pump. All the apertures Of
room are stopped but one at which the buste
Is placed. By exhausting the receiver, cur
rent OF air ls produced strong enough to draw
all the vermine out of the room through the
pump into hopper, where they are put under
the influence OF chloroform and then stabbed
In the back-with pitchforks. Some Of the
candidates OF this dirtrict have ordered one Il
be used to exterminate opponents.
We have heretofore mentioned the fact tina,
this is in an imminent degree fruit icounty.
and that the fruit belt is not confined to
narrow strip along the lake shore, but extends
FAR enough back from the lake to embrace this
entire county as is evidenced by the results
poduced IN every case where sufficient atten
ton is given the cultivation OF fuits. AS TO
small fruits no locality is superior TO Paw Paw