The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-10-31

eress IN this matter. Let no salary-lovng
CONGRESSMAN lay the hatterng JUNCTION TO his
soul that the general public indignation about
the salary grab will blow over" IL any one
thinks thus let HIM look back at the action OF
the political conventions of the present year,
and notice how tho salary-grabbers have been
suubbed and ostracised wherever they had the
impudence to make themselves prominent.
Tue repeal viii be the first aud most welcome
evidence that Congress is in earnest in the
work OF retrenchment and economy"
OF late the papers have brought TO Us ac-
counts Of the theft of horses and buggies from
hltching posts IN the streets, where the owners
had left them while attending to some business
about town. No occurrence of this kind had
happened In our usually quiet village until last
FRIDAY evening" Nelson w. Armstrong, a we'll
TODD farmer who resides some Six miles north
OF town, in the township OF Wavery came to
town Just at evening on business, or pleasure,
or TO attend a lodge, or grange meeting; or
il NAV be TO look around among his acquaint-
ances and have social chat or it may be that
bis wife had just made the discovery that they
were out Of coffee and sugar for breakfast, and
that he had come to town to procure fresh
supply OF those prime necessities; or 1t may
have been none Of these. but some other En-
rand that brought him to town. But be that
as It may, he came, and securely hitched bis
team to the railing on Kalamazoo street just
at the east sdeof Sherman Il Sellicks store, and
went about his business whatever that was.
little after eight o'clock be returned for the
purpose OF taking his team and going home
but imagine his astonishment to find his team
gone. He procured a lantern, and in company
with some others, proc eeded TO endeavor to
ascertain the direction the team had been
driven. They tracked 1t down kalamazoo
street 10 Oak street, up Oak street to Niles
street. thence up Niles street to MAN, from
which point they could track 1t no further It
had become very evident by this time that the
team had been stolen for sure, and great drops
of persplraton stood upon the brow of Nelson
as the conviction dawned upon him that the
thief had made his escape, and was full twenty
minutes ahead. with a very spirited par OF
slashing roadsters. Indignation was last ris-
ing to fever heat. as it was still fresh IN the
recollection Of the excited crowd that but
night or two previous Mr.. Welsbarber, labor
er, had been waylald, knocked down and
robbed, or at least his pockets thoroughly
searched The questions of what are We
coming to?' and ''If this is the beginning,
what s to be the end ?" were asked by persons
who had gather ed In the street and were peer
ing through the darkness for the purpose of
discovering the stolen property and Teasing
their eyes with sight Of the thief But on
account of the extreme darkness their imagin-
atoms furnished the most vivid sight obtaina-
bic under the circumstances.
Just at this time Mr.. William Hinckey, who
happened to be coming up Kalamazoo street,
and had reached point just in front Of Pra-
tors grocery store, where all kinds of eatables,
and the dishes from which to eat it, are sold at
! fair prices, saw a team turn up to the railing
at the very place from where the stolen prop
/ erty had been taken. Three women alighted
from the carriage, and hastily tying the horses
and throwing the blankets over them. started
off on run, and soon disappeared in the dark
ness An examination disclosed the gratifying
fact that the team had been returned to await
/ the arrival of the owner. who soon put in an
appearance, took his horses and wended his
way homewards, where he carefully cared for
the animals and retired for the night-perhaps
to dream OF thieves and his lucky escape from
robbery.
TIE Democratic Congressional Convention
for the Fiith District was held at Grand Rap
ids on Wednesday, the ODD inst. and after al
fectng an organization passed the following
resolution:
] ReSOiCed, That the convention here as
| sembled, without reference to any or all past
political organizations declares itself to be
/ peoples convention, and as such Will seek to
nominate a suitable candidate for Congress,
without reference TO such candidates past po
litical preferences or associations.
Charles c. Comstock was then nominated for
Congress. Ii viii be recollected that Mr.. Com
stock was the Democratic nominee for Govern
or some -four years ago. After the nomination
| Mr.. Comstock was escorted into the convention
and made speech. after which Mr.. Messmore,
who was an asprant for Congressional honors
before the Republican convention took the
Aoor, and the following is what was said of him
! by the reporters who reported the proceedings
OF that convention:
Here followed ludicrous demonstration
| by Col. j. f.. Messmore, who was an eager as
pirant foc the Republican nomination, and
after much toll got only two votes IN the Re-
publican Convention. He bitterly denounced
the Radicals, as he called them, and thought
the Republican party so corrupt that he should
not be able to stand it great while longer, and
he would probably vote FOR Comstock."
vt the time Of the assembling of the Repub-
lican Convention the party was all right and
honest, and was only pestered with few COR
rupt eXcrescences. who had worked their way
to the front and should be summarily kicked
out. But on the 22d the party itself was
SETTLING mass of corruption, which he " could
not stand much longer" provided the opposi
ton would place him in some prominent and
lucrative position. He is, we suppose, like
many others, willing to serve in some paying
position just to help reform the political and
official shortcomings of the present time.
What mistake 1t was that both parties
should have neglected the opportunity OF Sc
curing the services Of this great and good man,
who was, and is still, willing to eat b. cad paid
for by the dear people through taxation.
The competition on grapes at the fair was of
tue livelest kind. For instance, there we're
eleven competitors for the premium on Della