The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-30
Observers Observations.

Bad weather for wheat.
The turkey law will soon be out.
The parsnip season is now open.
Criminal business very lively during the
week.
Mrs. Hogmire has returned from her Wis
consin trip.
Old Santa Claus will probably get stuck
in the mud delivering his New Years gifts
this year.
Jimmy Doyle got twenty dollar gold
piece for Christmas present. 1t was from
his daughter.
a young man from Waverly was in town
the other day, selling wild turkeys alive, that
he had caught i'll pen.
Judge Mills takes his seat the first of
January, at the January term, at which time
the Rowland murder trial will come off.
Cyrus A. Sherrod of the Lyle district has
sold his farm of one hundred and eleven
acres to John C. McWiliams, of Decatur.
Price, $3.50.
Guiteau says his name and deeds will go
laundering down the ages. Oh, for the day
that his carcass "goes laundering down
through the trap.
An old soldier was in town the other day
and filled himself full of ginger enthusiasm
and matrimonial affections, and proposed
marriage to war widow in the eastern part
of the city. He failed to capture her.
Thos. Conklin, of Hartford, on Saturday
last made grievous complaint that Prof. Hey
wood, of the Hartford school, had terribly
punished one of his boys. Warrant was is
sued and Haywood arrested, but on investi-
CATION the Prosecuting Attorney dismissed
the case.
William Filly, a tramp, was up before
Justice Galligan on Tuesday last, charged
with an assault and battery on Mary Dutton
of Almena, and in just forty minutes jury
was impaneled, the case tried was convicted
and over in jail serving out ten days SEN
tence
Lloyd Williams, an employee of the Toledo
e. South Haven X. II. Co., was severely in
jured yesterday morning while coupling cars
at the depot. 1t is reported that several of
his ribs were broken and his arm badly
iammed. Whether or not his injuries are
fatal cannot be determined at this time.
Waverly has an honest granger that some
times comes to town and fills up with Epluri-
bus Unum, to that extent that he sometimes
gets into the wrong pew. The other night
he was in town as usual, and made a visit
where he was not wanted and declined to go
when ordered. But when a one legged boy
cooked revolver and held it under his ear
and told him to march, he marched.
Fire-water got the upper hands of one of
our young city chaps last week Wednesday,
to that extent that he dove into Kilburn e.
Hudson's chicken roost, thinking it was his
lovely home. The owners of the institution
thought he was tramp and had Sheriff
McCabe arrest him as such. He found him
there lying on his back, as happy as though
the Devil had him.
Owners of drive wells shouldn't get too
jubilant over the recent decision of Judge
Whitney in the United States Court on the
Green patent. The court simply denied the
injunction, for the reason that the defend
ants were abundantly able to respond in
damages, and that complainants could suffer
no irreparable loss or injury by being re
quired to await the final decision of the case
on its merits. We can see but very little
comfort under such a decision as that, for
owners of drive wells.
Mary Stewartsa young colored lady, was
in town on Saturday last, from Lawton, and
carried in her muff twenty dollar bill tied
up in rag, which she lost here just after
dark. She and her sister staid at George
Kesler's that night here in town, and the
next morning before light, George went up
town with a lantern to hunt for it and came
back with the rag. saying he had found that.
but the bill was gone. Harriet, the sister of
Mary, says she saw George have the bill
after that while he was out i'm his kitchen
looking at it. And for the theft of the BILL
George was arrested and will have his trial
before Justice Galligan, tomorrow at 10 a. m.