The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-20

Jesse Brooks, aged 80, and Marcus scoville,
aged rs, both old and respected citizens Of
Coldwater, died on the I'd INST.
Ir is estimated that over IL ZOO, 900 feet OF
logs are IN Grand River, between Grand Rapids
and Grand Haven.
THE Circuit Court has been continued by
Judge Brown to the 10Th Of October. The
Court will not open on Tuesday next as was
expected when the adjournment took place on
Saturday last.
w. II. RANDALL, Esq. Of this village. has on
exhibition at the State Fair at Kalamazoo one
of his Wood Saving Machines. There is none
better in the market.
PARTY of Lake Superior capitalists are
prospecting the Corunna coal region with a
view to it's supplying the iron furnaces with
cheap ard serviceable fuel.
VOTE taken on the M. C. II. II. Monday
afternoon stood Grant 80; Greeley IL and OF
the ladies on the same train 10 were for Grant
and 8 for Greeley.
WV. II. RHODES, OF this village, has recently
obta ined patent on a new method Of apply
ing power to his Stump Fuller, which is said to
be the best implement Of the kind in use for
general purposes.
The LUMBKRMAN's GAZETTE is the name Of q
new monthly publication, the second number
OF which we have received. II is published at
BAY City. for S1.00 year, by Henry S. Dow,
and is devoted to the lumber and salt interest
of the State.
THE Kalamazoo Telegraph SAYS it Understands
that certain manufacturer Of that vicinity,
who has been selling vehicles for payment
sell for cash.
STEPHEN KNERR we'll known builder OF
Kalamazoo, died on Wednesday, September 10,
after brief illness. He has been engaged in
the business of building since 1Si7.
Messrs. ID. Abrams 81 G.. Engle are the COM
petitors at the State Fair foe the premium to
be awarded for the best township collection Of
fruits. We think they will win the prize.
The Rev. DARIUS BARKER, now OF Paw Paw,
coducted the first religious services ever held in
Hillsdae, and org anized the parish OF Grace
Church. Jonesville, in 1S3S.-Detroit Post.
The barn OF Charles Flanders. who lives Just
south OF the Lee school house on the road lead
ing to Decatur, was burned with its entire con-
tents on Monday night. The origin Of the fire
is unknown. Two horses that had been put in
the barn just at evening were found loose in
orJ Ua Iao hot tha will oob
some $500 to FL 600. Insured in the Farmers
Mutual Ins. Co.
AT the State Fair Van Buren, county has
been awarded the first premium for the best
County collection OF fruits. and Wayne county
the second prize. This certainly speaks well
for county so new as Van Buren, is and one
whose people have so recently turned their at
tenton to fruit culture. 1t is certainly graft
flying to know that we have beaten the oldest
county in the State in fair competition.
Or Monday last, at about the hour OF two
O'Clock, Mr.. Alba Norton, the Conductor on
the Paw Paw Railroad, met with an accident
that we'll nigh proved fatal. 1t appears that
he was coupling cars at curve near the switch
when he was caught between two cars, one
striking him in the back and the other in the
chest. Tie vas pretty badly hurt. bnt soon
rallied sufficiently 20 walk some little distance
/ to q carrla2e II which he rode his home.
We understand that tho people OF South
Bend were startled the other night by report
that the town had been attempted to he set on
fce in several localities by inceudiarsm.
l. IS confidently beloved that Mshawanka
was fred b. ncenliaries 9ho succeeded in car
rying Off considerable plumber. A gentleman
from Niles informs MS that three or four per-
sons are lodged in jail on the charge OF incen-
dlarlam aud theft during the conhagratiop.
THE ST. Paul Dispatch publishes this romance
from the peach belt: :" DR.. NJ b. Patterson
purchased basket Of peaches the other day.
Inside one OF the peaches he found the follow
ing:
80 would be happy 10 correspond with an
intelligent young man with good references.
- am, respectfully. ETC..
q" Miss ST SAN Z. HARRISON.
80 BENTON HARBoR, MICH"
A correspondent Of the Marshall Statesman,
writing from Colon, st. Joseph county, says:
Passing piece OF timber Of about Is acres,
near Colon. noticed the leaves had been en-
tlrely stripped from the trees. On examina-
ton found large striped worm some three
inches long, dong the work. They were work
ing eastwardly, and took nearly every Leaf as
thew went supposed it to be the army-worm.
They are an army OF countless numbers--ni!-
lions would be low AMI indefinite estimate.
I did not notice any other damage done by
them
ABRAai I. SHAVER, the pioneer settler OF Prai-
rio Ronde, died at his residence there, sept.
II, aged &c. The Kalamazoo Telegraph says
Of him: . There never was in auy settlement
a more eccentric character, or a more fun-lov-
ing Individual than Abram. The stories and
anecdotes he tells. and the personals upon him
would make book. He died upon the came
old farm he has owned sinceh he came here in
1929. Mr.. Shaver was not only one of the fret
settlers in the county, but was father of the
first white child boru on the prairie, and plowed
A.. g,.-cr- III ro,saJ the