The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
sL00uENGDsLE Locals.

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From Our Own Correspondent.
Little Leo, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
Loshr, passed on TO the summer land, last
Friday. 'ag la fln 80
A. X. sabin got caught N q revolving tum-
bling. rod last Saturday, while threshing at T.
Hodgson's, and bad his right arm broken.
Rev. b. l.. Prescott, OF Goble, preached to
the Baptist congregation last Sabbath from
Z" Be ye not weary in well-dong." 1t was an
able and earnest effort. IfraI
Hon. H.. G. Wells, 8. s. Cobb and l.. Ken
dali, prominent citizens of Kalamazoo. were in
town recently looking after village property
There's fame for you.
Wheat IS averaging about fifteen bushels per
acre. There are IN this township over one
thou sand acres more than last year. Corn Is
looking splendid, and there Is no end to the
potato crop.
Good butter is bringing here thirteen cents
per pound. and eggs ten cents per dozen. Our
merchants are paying as much for produce a.
towns Of greater pretensons. and selling goods
as cheap,
Apple and peach buyers begin to swarm
Good fall apples sell readily at forty cents per
bushel.
A disgraceful mill" came of last week be-
tween Mrs. Camfield and Mrs. Bramley, liv-
ing north OF Pine Grove. Mrs. C. was the sg-
grsssor and dubbed Mrs. B. quite freely. re-
sulting in serious injury. II Is reported that
Mrs. b. has died Of her injuries.
On the return Of the "posy" Of B. castle and
her lord from their recent tour. numerous
friends gave them reception, in which the
weird and solemn cow-beIl played an important
part. And the empress dowsger" OF the
aforesaid castle made speech
The filling up OF our village frog-p,nd was =
bigger Job than the Board Of Health thought.
close calculation, taking the presens status
Of the work as a basis, leads to the confusion
that about twenty-eight years hence tins stu
pendous enterprise will be finished. 1t may
not be in the present boards time-they may
be gone where bull-frogs don sing roundniays.
and where odors, to which decaying mac,l,rel ~
but family comparable, don't fill all the sum-
mer ar-but then, theirs be the genius which
conceived the stopping up OF stink-holes with
such non-stink-conducting material as edgings
and saw-dust, and theirs be the energy which
caused load per month Of this material to be
dumped into said stink-hole. Let us pray.
Exit M. c. smith. He went out from among
this people Sabbath afternoon with the marks
Of an outraged father upon HIM that he should
carry to the grave. Smiths crime is: himself
married man, he invaded the sancity OF an
others home. and brought disgrace thereon by
his echerous wiles. In the minds OF all right
thinking people there Is no condonipg such an
offence. Ii 10 CRIME against society that the
worst punishment can hardly expiate, and the
villain who dares to engage IN 1t should lind no
green spot in this world whereon to hull his
conscience toto forgetfulness. Smith goes to
Hartford. We are sorry to pass forward to
her citizenship 80 precious scamp 30 he has
proven himself to be here but we rejoice that
his Zines have been cast" where reform ID
possible, aud where evil-doers are summary
dealt with.
John Decker had narrow escape from
death last Monday. vicious bull, owned by
A. Melvin, disputed Johns right to the high
way, and went for him as bulls know how to
go. Before the fierce charge, all there was OF
Mr.. ID. went down, but he had the presence OF
mind to clasp the animal around the neck with
both arms, and by sheer strength held him,
until shot from gun IN the hands Of brave
young James Kingsley put an end to the strug-
gle. A lively shaking up and slight wounds on
the breast, are all the Injuries Mr.. D. sustained.
He says the sweetest steak he ever ate that
critter made.
Mrs. Eliza Il. Shoemaker, the aged mother
of Mrs. Macarthur, died last Sabbath after
long and painful illness. This sad event was
not unexpected-the uncertainties OF her feeble
health and diseases incident to old age had
prepared her friends for it-and yet, there was
genuine sorrow in many Bloomingdale home,
when the news sped along that this genial and
dear heart had been gathered to her fathers.
Mrs. s. came to this State in an early day, and
with her husband located in Kent county when
there were but two houses in Grand Rapids.
She has resided here some three years, and by
her kindly ways won the respect aud affection
Of all who knew her. She was faithful friend,
quiet, unobtrusrve nature, . fond mother,
and SIMPLE, earnest christian. Her remains
we're taken to Grand Rapids for interment by
the side Of her husband, who had preceded
her many years through the valley and shad-
ow Of DEATH"