The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-22

The people of the Rawson neighborhood
held picnic at Three mile lake yesterday
Fine time.
A cool wave struck us on Sunday evening
last and the mercury was down TO G0o on
Monday morning A further fall of an equal
number of degrees would reach six degrees
below freezing.
Mrs. Harriet Rawson, aged So years. wife
of Zenas Rawson residing 21 miles south of
here visited the village of Paw Paw on Mon
day last for the first time in ten years. II
seemed to the old lady like longer.
Is il all very well for DIR. Bradley TO pre-
tend it was q mistake and that he thought he
was crawling into the boys window. but
many men have got into trouble by just that
kind of mistakes. Better 90 little slow DIR.
There will be a grove meeting of Spirit
uallStS anu IIiDtIdllStS, AT 4hdihinits > grove.
half q mile east of Covey Hill church. in
Almena. ON Sunday the 3lst of July. For
the purpose of defraying expenses, an adj
mission fee of ten cents will be charged.
According to the Courier those Court
House chaps are shrewd, bad lot. 1t is
wonderful indeed that they can succeed in
running the people and their affairs in such
a way. Our citizens must be very guileless
and unsuspecting and easily led.
Paw Paw boys are harvesting the wood
chuck crop. The boys are sharp. They never
kill woodchucks of the feminine gender as
long as there is any prospect of an increase
of the woodchuck tribe. That would be too
much like killing the goose that lays the
golden egg.
II takes two days to drive from kalamazoo
to Paw Paw. For further particulars inquire
of those two chaps who lost the new hat and
the horse and buggy, slept in hay stack.
got fired on for burglars, and finally fetched
up in Kalamazoo for fresh start Probably
they were sun struck.
Charles Duncan, the chap who was sent up
from South Haven for being engaged il the
4th of July row at that place, was brought
before Circuit Court Commissioner Sherman
on writ of h0beoS corpus on Monday last.
On account of informality in the proceedings
Duncan was discharged.
Mrs. Lucinda Samson. of Hartford. has
filed her Bill for Divorce against her husband
Edwin Samson. The parties are residents
of Hartford. The fair Lucinda alleges that
Edwin has misused her very badly that he
has not only called her many naughty and
+" impretty' names, but has kicked her and
pelted her i'll shockingmanner with spoons
baked potatoes, fruit jars etc., and accused
her of visiting the Olds House. for evil prac-
tees. If the allegations are true, Lucinda
should have q divorce.
Scarcely had our citizens begun to recover
from the terrible shock occasioned by the
drowning of Willie Maynard and Allie Reed
before they were again startled and Mortified
by another sad accident resulting in the in
Simultaneous death of two most worthy and
estimable young men, More Noyes, of Mat
tawan. and Frank Conner. of this village,
who at twenty minutes before one O'Clock p.
M. on Wednesday last, were killed by a
stroke of lightning. The two men were
brothers-in-iaw, having married sisters.-
They were walking along the side walk. side
by side, but few rods from the residence of
Mr.. w. II. Mason. at the time of the acci-
dent. A slight rain was falling, just the be-
ginning of moderate shower, and they were
carrying an umbrella for protection. The
electric fluid struck the handle of the UNI
brella and tore il in pieces, and also tore
holes i'll the hats of both of the unfortunate
men. Marks of the fluid were visible ON the
head and shoulder of Mr.. Noyes, but no
marks We're to be seen on the body of Mr..
Conner. They sank to the ground instantly
and died. apparently without struggle. Mr..
Noyes was formerly resident of this village,
well known and universally liked. Mr.. Con-
ner had been brought up from childhood in
our midst and was respected by all. 1t is
but little that a sympathizing community
can do, to assuage the sorrow and grief of
relatives and friends in such time as this,
nevertheless we all mourn with those who
mourn and sorrow with the sorrowful.
A meeting of the School Board was held
at the office of Judge Richards, on Thursday
evening of last week. After transacting
some minor business, the question of the
employment of the PRINCIPAL came up for