The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-05-31

church next Sunday.
TEE Slips of the Presbyterian church will be
rented on Friday the 9th OF June, at 2 o'clock
p. m. general attendance at the church at
that time is requested.
THE weather remains quite COOL especially
the mornings and evenings. Just the kind OF
weather for the wheat crop.
HENRY MAYNARD has returned from the
Medical School at Cincinnati looking hale and
Hearty.
The members OF the Catholic church. l. this
village, will dispose of q lot Of personal proper
Is by lottery July ith, 1872
The Cheese Factory In Bloomingdale has
been in operation for some time. and turns out
three hundred pounds per day.
The Trade and Sale Fair OF the Van Buren,
County Farmers Club is held to-day. We hope
to see it q success
We publish letter from {" Frogholler," by
which it will be seen that the writer thinks he
Las discovered the author OF Let Your Light
Shine. tits clearly case Of mistaken indemnity.
Now that repairs and improvements are in
order, We would suggest to the City Marshal
that there are quite number OF street cross
ings which sadly need looking to.
TIE propensity to wear ornaments seems to
be somewhat on the increase. We notice that
GU Frank Stearns has fallen into the general
custom by mounting mustache.
Our townsman, 1. A. Whitman, the marble
ing up his business and going to that far of
land on the Pacific coast.
CANDIDATES for the various county offices are
rapidly developing. We have heard of several
who are quite ambitious in that direction. Go
il gentlemen, 1t is an open field and he who
WIS will be lucky.
Mr.. VIM. HINKLEY, who recently drew his
interest in the Livery stock out Of the late con-
Germ OF Lane and Hinkley, is keeping his stock
at the barn Of the Willard House, where persons
in want OF horses and carriages can find him.
THE Reform Legislature Of New York has
abolished the peanut boys and pnze packages
abating on other railroads than those Of New
York. What State will follow the example OF
New York?
The Sentinel wants South Haven set off into
county by itself so that they can have county
eeat at that village. Now Ed. If you get the
whole township set off. you Will be too far to
one side and Maple Grove, being more centrally
located, may put in her claims to the honors
On account of general convenience.
Ir viii be seen by the proceedings of the
Teachers Convention that the topic Of a uni
tornty in Text books FOR common schools oc-
cupied sor1e attention. This is a move in the
right direction. \ uniformity is very desirable.
Int we don't see that that VIII abato the nuisance
e extortion in price.
rom the papers We learn that corps OF
engineers started out from Monteith one week
ago Yesterday to survey the route for the Mack
inaw and Chicago railroad between Monteith,
in Michigan, and Valparaiso, IN Indiana. An
earnest and united effort by all the towns and
villages along the route will be necessary to
secure the building Of this road.
THE amount of Primary School money ap-
portioned to an Buren, county for the year
1872, Is four thousand seven hundred and SIX
dollars aud forty cents, to lie distributed to
districts having nine thousand eight hundred
and five school children. The proportion 10 a
child is forty-eight cents,-being one cent less
than last year.
EoBERr BONNER is the owner OF young
horse named Startle) five years Old that trotted
q mile at Fleetwood Park recently in two miu-
utes, nineteen and three fourths seconds
(2:193O. He also made half mile on the
same track on another occasion in one minute
four and 4 half seconds (1:415) which ie said
to be the fastest half mile ever made By any
horse.
I HAVE winte-ed one hundred sheep the past
vlnter,-all coming through in fine condition
without the loss Of single one. Among the
number were forty-one ewes that dropped one
lamb each this spring, al strong and healthy
losing but one. wish to know how the sheep
business las been with M brother farmers.
T.. Ross.
As Le- y ll-1rloE TO E5e>r--s BE il
enacted o. the senate aai Hols1 o- Repre-
septltiv,s o. tho Ju.tei st45es OF America II
CONGRESS assembled Tha- ever 50 uuteer.
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