The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-18
General Items.

AlIeean has very successful ladies' history
club.
The liquor license bond has been made 81 500
in Dowagiac.
Singular spectacle of animated nature-to see
garden walk.
The ladies' have organized temperance asso-
ciation at Dowagiac.
Alfred Egbert, OF Niles, has clock 90 years
old. 1t is still an excellent timer.
vandalia has drum that was made by Rich
ard Bickel Dundee. March 23d, 1910.
The Hon. Fidus Livermore will address the
convicts at the State Prison on the Fourth.
President Angel, Of the University, has been
invited to deliver the Fourth OF July Grafton at
Ann Arbor.
II Is estimated that the salt product OF the
Saginaw valley will be ZOO barrels short this
year as compared with last
Hop-growers have discovered that nearly all
the old hops are winter-lnlled, and only about
quarter OF crop may be expected.
The Methodist Sundav-schools OF the State
are generally adopting the pleasant custom Of
setting apart one of the first Sundays in June
as " Children's day."
The wife OF the Rev. Mr.. Jenkins, the Baptist
minister Of Grand Ledge, can get up and preach
good sermon herself, when occasion necsssl-
tates.-Detrot News.
The graduating closs ~ tba Stata Marina
school, this year, number twenty-five. OF this
number the Faculty have appointed twelve
ladies and gentlemen to read essays and deliver
orations on commencement day.
J. c. Blake, of Galesburg, has replantei
twenty acres or corn SO badly was it destroyed
by the cut worm. Another, Mr.. DeBal had a
field so entirely destroyed that lie could not
find the rows, and had TO mark it again, as we'll
as plant it.
1t has been suggested now that the spelling
bees are about dying out, that series OF pars-
ing wasps or coniugating hornets be got up to
take their places. What would be better III
view or the centennial, would be reading or
writing cenhpedes.
TheSCommon Council Of Niles has agreed to
release from obligation and TO aol pros. the
suit now pending against the bondsmen Of de-
faulting Treasurer Bunbury upon the pay
ment into the city treasury, by said bonds
men, of S1,312.21.
Charles f. Price has erected wooden mill at
Benton Harbor. He will manufacture 1000
pounds OF wool and make 16, 600 yards Of fan
nel and 1000 pounds of yarn month-work-
ing twenty-eight hands. The building, ma
chlnery, etc.. has cost him over $4,000.
The Central Michigan Savings Bank is a new
institution recently started in Lansing. 1t will
open July 1st with the following officers -
Trustees, W. :. George, o. NJ. Barnes Gen.
Wan. Humphrey, John 1. Bush, 5. D. Bingham,
Samuel II. Row, o. J. Root; President W. S.
George; Vice President, Gen. VIM. Humphrey;
Secretary and Treasurer, d. Z. Woodcock.
most daring and successful robbery occur
red at Albion on Friday night, June 11th the
National Exchange Bank being entered by
professional burglars who secured the entire
funds Of the bank, amounting to nearly $4,000.
There were also 500 taken from another safe
belonging to the American Express Company.
No clue mas yet been obtained to the thieves.
Ii has for many years been popular afecta-
ton with gushing young men, 10 allow por-
ton OF their handkerchefs to prelude from
their coat pockets; but now that they have
got TO carrying that useful article in the hip
pocket OF the pantaloons, We submit that it is
not IL good taste to continue the practice OF
allowing it to protrude. The effect is not
artistic and LEAFS to misapprehensions.
The following is the staff OF the second regi-
ment OF state troops;
Colonel. c. Smith, Grand Rapids.
Lieutenant Colonel-John ID. Runner, kala-
mazoo.
Major-To be filled by election.
Adjutant-C. W. Calkins. Grand Rapids.
Quartermaster-Jay ID. Utey, Grand Rapids.
Surgeon-Eugene Boise, Grand Rapids.
Assistant Surgeop-M. Holland Coldwater.
Chaplain-A. X. Strong, Kalamazoo.