The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-06-24

Ihe Almena Mills nave been put III excel
lent condition for custom work.
Benton Harbor is soon to have a new
pickle factory in running order.
The new Catholic church at Three Oaks,
Berrien county, was dedicated on Tuesday of
this week.
Two thousand silver eels were placed in
the mill pond at Pokagon few days ago.
Niles Republican.
| Mr.. ID. G. Cooley, Of Aurora, ILL.,, formerly
of this village, paid brief visit to old-time
friends here last week. He was the guest of
G. F. Allen, Esq.
There will be a special meeting of the
Knights of Honor on this friday evening.
There are matters of importance to come be-
fore the Lodge and all members are desired
to be present.
On Saturday, July 2d, midsummer num-
Der of .Chaff" will be issued, containing a
full-page picture of the Detroit Base Ball
Club. Dealers should make their orders cor
respondingly.
McCabe got black Bass the other day
which weighed 14715 lbs. Squire Haynes,
of Decatur, caught him in his little net and
ordered him to be put in pickle for 60 days
for knocking the fins off his wife. A scaly
trick.
Mrs. III. Ostrander was taken Suddenly i'll
in the Opera House on Wednesday evening
with something resembling partial stroke
of paralysis Fenner Hayes and two other
gentlemen kindly procured carriage and
took her to her home.
The railroad company will run special
train to the grove meeting at -Four Mile lake,
OH Sunday, June 2G, leaving Lawton at $40
a. m., Paw Paw at 9:15. and Lawrence at 10
o'clock. The fare from each point will be
% cents for the aound trip, with 10 cents
added for admission to the grounds, making
the entire ticket 30 cents.
A communication from Decatur has been
sent us this week for publication. signed by
about seventy five of her best citizens. but as
we have also received something from the
other side of the same question. we think the
wisest and best way to deal with them is to
publish neither. If Messrs. Johnson and
Toof have a row ON hand, which is quite evi-
dent. we are willing they should have all the
glory of fighting it out between them.
Mr.. Myron Hoskins tells us that in travel
ing through the north half of our county
within few days past he has counted twenty
five large, new barns, built this season and
now buildings that he took applications for
seven of them into the Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of this county in five
days last week also a number of older build
ings, and found eight more of the new barns
owned by persons already members of the
company Not bad show for improvements
in our county. nor of the Farmers Company.
While at Bangor this last week, III COM
pany with several others. we were invited to
the half mile track to look over some stock
belonging to our genial friend &. w. Smiley.
Wash. has three beauties, one a four-year
old Hambletonian, one three-year old Mem
brino and one three-year old Robert Whaley.
The first named is superior to anything Of its
age we have seen in the county, and the re-
marks on all sides was that " she was daisy"
Wash. also informed us that this last week
he sold one other at good figure to b. IL.
Dyckman. of South Haven.
While tearing away the wing of an old
building in Watervleit. a few days ago. Dan.
Woodard found. laid on some lath inside the
plaster. $40 in bogus So bills twenty-one
of which were or the State bank of Indiana
and one on the State bank of Tennessee, all
bearing date of Jan. I'd, 1867. The bills
were rolled up III two wads and the paper
was III good state of preservation. These
counterfeits have an interesting history,
which we will endeavor TO unearth for the
benefit of our readers. Ii is believed they
were hid away in 1860 in the same place in
which they were recently found.-Benton
Harbor Expositor.
We are indebted 10 j. ID. Harris for the
following statistics from the township of Ar
lington NO. acres of improved land, TO-
s15; No. acres of unimproved land. 5,S40 /;
No. acres wheat 1880. 3,05515; No. bush
wheat in 1880, 61,396; average per acre,
20 11-1O0; No. acres now OH ground, 1896 /:
No. acres of corn in 1880, 1,719: No. bush.
raised. 1O1. 1865; No. acres of oats in 1880,
! 733. No of BUSH raised. 81 .663 No. acres