The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-22
Steady rain all night Wednesday night.

Amy worms in several localities around
Lawrence.
Army worms and potato bugs are des
picable ret.
Hank and Ev Rowland are repairing Mon
tross engine.
IL you want TO buy harness look over
Dorr. Forsyth's stock.
Henry Hopping's little girl Richie is
seriously i'll with Pneumonia.
Dorr. Forsyth still sticks to his little biz
He will get you up a nice harness for ready
pay, cheap.
Harvest is over and farmers rejoice to have
good rain. 1t will be the making of corn
and potatoes.
How many of you got humbugged at Kala-
mazoo yesterday by Barnum's show? Don't
all speak at once.
III pNi'h Nohii'. ihN Aiit '''pb iOOhiilS
acting County Treasurer and the fattest Pro-
bate Clerk of any county in the state.
The Christian Sabbath School had q very
pleasant singing exercise on Sunday after
noon, conducted by Mr.. w. w. Mosier
The BloonIingdale Leader speaks well of
the Grafton delivered there Oh the 4th by Mr.
Rowland. 1t doubts if there was better
oration delivered in the state.
Charley Nash expects to run coal yard.
All you who are going to burn coal instead
of paying $3.50 per cord for wood. had bet
ter see him and contract your fuel.
$3.50, half sister of Thos. Welch's Young
Wilkes. trotted at Pittsburgh last week in
21S winning the race easily i'll three
straight heats-making the home in jog.
During the respective funeral services over
the remains of all those who met accidental
deaths in our midst. all business houses were
closed in token of remembrance for the dead
and of sympathy for the mourning friends.
The Paw Paw Jubilee Singers hired team
of Al. Stevenson to go to Vandalia. where
they were to give a concert. During the
night one of the horses died in his stall. and
so AL. is out horse.
With the tritiing exceptions that the brides
name was Mary and not Emma Rice, and
that the groom was Mr.. Sanders instead of
Sawyer. our local had that wedding substan-
tally correct last week. And he insists that
he was not drunk.
While Miss Lettie Darling and another la
dy were driving out on Saturday evening of
last week. some drunken fellow drove against
their carriage but fortunately but little in
jury was done. They say il was Ben Shell
don.
A quarrel in school district is very bad
thing. If there are any persons in town who
speak, print. publish or circulate untruthful
calculated to stir up strife or ex-
cite prejudice in reference to .matteIs con-
nected with our school. they do very wrong
and ought to cease from so doing.
June Smith and Frank Hennesy. after re-
posing quietly i'll the cooler, long enough to
sober off, were brought before Chief Justice
Mason OH Saturday last, and each sentenced
to So and cost or 10 days in Jail. They paid
the fine amounting to Ss.45 in each case
Drunks are getting Improbable in our town.
The intention is to keep them so.
About two O'Clock OH Tuesday afternoon
the citizens of our village We're startled by
report that somebody was drowned in the
Landphere pond. A few moments time
served to show that the report was only too
well founded. Two lads. Willie Maynard. son
of DIR. G. s. Maynard, and Allie Reed, son of
VIM. Reed,were balthlngln the pond mention
ed and both were drowned. 1t is supposed they
went there sometime between eleven o'clock
a. III. and noon, and the first that was known
of their untimely fate was the discovery of
their clothes on the bank 10y some boys who
happened to he in that vicinity. They gave
the alarm and search was made at once and
the bodies of the unfortunate lads were found
but short distance from the shore in about
in about eight feet of water, one lying direct
ly across the other. They were conveyed TO
the residence of DIR. Maynard with all speed
and every effort was made to resuscitate them,
but the vital spark had fed beyond recall
They were both smart, promising boys
Willie was about 16 and Allie about 13 years
of age. One of them, we understand, could
not swim at all, and the other but few
strokes. The exact manner of their death
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