The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-06-03

Rapids fair damsels.
Everybody remember and don't forget the
soldiers reunion at Decatur on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of next week. Well be
with you, Col
The parties who committed the burglary
at Lawrence have undoubtedly been arrested
at South Bend, Ind. Sheriff Van Auken has
gone to investigate.
AS will be seen by his advertisement, DIR.
Ward has purchased the business of DR.. Rob
inson, and now controls the traffic in dentist
ry. He is good one.
Father Roper, pastor of the Silver Creek
church, has been in town few days and Of
ficiated at the Catholic church for Father
Wernert on Sunday last.
Capt Smell, of Breedsville, is a "boss''
landlord and spares no pains to make things
pleasant for his guests. We know by expe-
rlence WnereO1 we speak.
S. w. Duncombe and B. f. Heckert went
to Dowagiac on Tuesday and completed the
sale of the real estate of Che late Hezekiah
Selleck. Fair prices were obtained.
Frank Rawson writes us under date of
May oath, from Crested Butte, Colorado. He
reports fine weather "and plenty of snow. .
He orders The Northerner to follow him.
Spencer's Windmill Manufacturing Estab-
lishment at Marshal was burned on Friday
last-loss $4,000. 1t is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary
The Free Baptists have done it. House
painted, sidewalk repaired and other i'm
provements. A sure indication of pious
prosperity; may we have more of it.
The board of supervisors will meet June
18th for the purpose of equalizing their as
sessment rolls, and appointing one of the
board member of the state equalization
board.
George V. took the second money in the
2:30 race at Detroit on Tuesday last The Bur
lingame mare troted the first half mile in
1917, but failed to get in in good shape on
the last half.
Joe Sage, mine host of the Clifton, is the
owner of as fine single harness as we have
seen. 1t is single strap" with gold-tipped
mountings, and the workmanship is superb
Manufactured by Geo. w. Koons.
Since the magnificent shower of Tuesday
night our people can resume the discussion
of politics and sich, which they were COM
PEELED to neglect that they might give the
drouth proper attention.
The saw mill of A. S. Packard, five miles
south of this village, was burned to the
ground about nine o'clock Thursday evening
Mr.. p. was heard to say he had rather have
lost $4,000 in gold.-Sentinel.
Rev. Mr.. Bradley occupied the pulpit al
the Presbyterian church last Sabbath. His
two daughters were with him, who, together
with the parents of Rev. Mr.. Harvey, were
the guests of the latter over Sunday.
E. O. Briggs lost 40 ieeces of wool from
the John Modem farm one night last week
He had AZ fleeces in all, among which were
two black ones. The thief evidently thought
those would be too much of a give away if
taken.
A disease much resembling the hog cholera
broke out among the hogs at the Agricultural
College, from which IA of the most valuable
blooded porkers have died. Prof. johnson
says it is not hog cholera, but is equally fatal
and much resembles it.
Wendell Phillips, on newspapers says
"The man who reads the paper has tele-
graph wire that connects himself with the
world,-and the man that does not read
might as we'll be Robinson Cruse, on his
island.
The stated monthly meeting of the Ladies
Missionary and Church Aid Society will be
held ut the residence of Mrs. Waite, on
Thursday June I'd, at o'clock p. m. A full
attendance is requested on business of inn
portance.
The highway from the road running south
over to the Durkee neighborhood over the
opening of which there was a contest, has
been put in good repair this spring, and will
no doubt eventually become the best road
between this village and Lawton.
John NJ. Platt a collector for wagon
tongue supporter swindler, who took in several
persons in this vicinity, was arrested on
Saturday last by II. w. McCabe, on COM
plant of A. Il. Hartwell, for conspiracy. His
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