The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10
DECATUR LOCALS.

From Our Own Correspondent.
Mr.. d. A. Squier, who purchased the Capt.
Beebe place on School street, has made great
changes in the appearance Of the premises
The house Is now white with green blinds, and
presents very fine appearance.
On Friday evening last, at about ten o'clock
and Just as most of the Decatur people had
retired for the night, an alarm OF fire was
sharply given, which proved to be IN building
located next door to A. I. Stevenson's grocery
on Phelps street, owned by Jerome Coleman,
Esq, and occupied by Mr.. Dennison as a
bakery and dining room. II is wooden build.
ing standing in wooden row" and has long
been a source OF anxiety on account OF the
fires kept 80 constantly In its bakery oven. The
fire had attained considerable Roadway when
discovered. the entire roof and one side being
in flames, but the Decatur Salamanders" put
on their brass boots and came around there and
stomped it out as it were. Everybody thought
the building was "goner," sure as well az
several other buildings in the neighborhood,
but happy thought struck the Salamanders'
they got some water and put it out Decatur
ID prepared to put it's company of :" fire bugs
alongside Of those OF any other village OF ito
size in the State for efficiency and ability to
squench a fire. There was no insurance on
building or contents and indeed the loss was
very small few dollars will make the build
,ng as good as new. No accidents happened
while IN the second story engaged IN singing
water on the flames, stopped moment and
looked up to count the stats through a hole cut
in the roof and he got half palful of ma
water and salt down his throat
The Republican, mass hleehng on Saturday
last was perfect srccesa in almost every par
tica!ar. We we're disappointed IN not seeing
Mr.. Ferry here as we had hoped, but Hon. c
7. Mills, of New York, made one Of the mos
powerful speeches Of the campaign to a larg,
audience on the common near the depot. Tn,
procession in the morning headed by Wagon
loaded with thirty-eight Decatur young ladie
representing the several States OF the Union
with the Dowagac Brass Band in front, an,
followed by the delegations from Hamilton
Keller and silver Creek on horse back and II
wagons, WAS an lnpooinb niShe. Aho thio
delegations above named were made up princi
pally OF gentlemen and ladies on horse bac
riding in pairs. the ladies with handsomely dec
grated riding habits and the gentlemen wearin
the colors red, white and blue. They ais
carried numerous flags and strsamsrs and az
propriate notices. Capt. John Bennett le
the Hamilton column. wearing his old arm
uniform which he wore when he assisted i
capturing the man in petticosts' in the sprin
OF '65. Competent judges place the numbe
present in Decatur at 1000 to 1900, and ever
thing passed off smoothly under the marsa
ship OF II. b. Babcock, assisted by Geo. wilkr
son, ESQ.,, and others. There were no disturb
ances or fights except on one occasion, and ths
was caused by one Of Decstur's most diiger
and excessively earnest reformers,' who ha
imbibed sufficient "bilge" to become sour an
to have a SPECIAL grudge against the whole Re
publican party and all their do'ngs.
November 9TH.