The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
WHOLE NO. 1864.

DftCk Wdb Chucu tO Oh
Monday, by telegram announcing the sick
ness of his brother.
A lady in New Brunswick was so seriously
hurt by running the prong Of a steel fork
into her thumb, that she was compelled To
have her arm amputated above the elbow.
Mr.. E. d. Rudell was ordained pastor of
the Baptist church at Dowagiac on Tuesday
of last week The Republican says the church
was elegantly decorated with plants, and the
exercises were of the highest order, rejecting
credit upon the Baptist church of that city
and those having charge of the services.
The sixth annual reunion of the famous
Loomis Battery Association will be held at
circular from the officers of the association
earnestly requests the attendance Of al the
" old boys" as an exceptionally good time III
anticipated. Capt. Geo. l. Nash, of Marcellus,
the only surviving commissioned officer of
of the "boys" in this vicinity who anticipate
attending the reunion.
On Thursday morning last an old, gray
headed man, from Bloomingdale, called at
the Office of prosecuting attorney Rowland
and complained that he had been swindled on
gambling device, at Bloomingdale, by some
of the showmen. 1t seems the old man had
been betting on another mans game" and
got beat, of course. He was anxious to re-
cover his money. The prosecuting attorney
advised him to "go and sin no more As
the old man seemed to know but little about
how it was DONE and the show had gone to
Allegan, there seemed to be bat little for him
but "grin and bear it,
We have received from l.. H. Rogers, New
York, Birds Eye View of the English
Language" regular monument of patience.
The sheet is 22x3S inches, and contains more
information for persons who write letters
than we ever saw or thought could be arrang-
ed on one sheet. The first part contains rules
for spelling and punctuation, also rules for
using capital letters and letter writing. Next
is birds eye view Of the correct spelling Of
25,000 words. Every word is before you at
single glance and is easily found by system
of indexing that is wonderful, thorough and
complete. There is also birds eye view of
10000 synonyms, which is of great assistance
to writer's. One of the most interesting fea-
lures, which alone is worth the small price of
the sheet, is list of 1000 words of similar
pronunciation. Sent by mail, postpaid, by
the publisher, L. H. Rogers, 70 Maiden Lane
New York city. Price, 20 cents five for 81
Postage stamps received in payment.
The amendments to our village charter
have passed both branches of the legislature
and undoubtedly will soon become law. 1t
is to be hoped that the Village Board will
then take measures to enforce the ordinance
requiring property-owners to keep their side
walks in repair. Nearly every day some one
is injured by the old, defective sidewalks in
this village. A case has just been decided in
the United States court at Grand Rapids,
where a Mrs. Ashcroft sued the village of Bu-
chanan for damages caused by breaking her
leg on defective sidewalk in that village
The court awarded her a verdict of $4,000,
which should be fair warning to all incor-
porated villages that if the authorities neglect
to enforce its ordinances they should be
held responsible for damages to lives or limbs
arising from such neglect. The court at
Grand Rapids followed the decision of the
supreme court of the United States in a case
which arose in the District Of Columbia,
villages are liable for damages caused by de
fective sidewalks, and for neglect to repair
thorities might, with due diligence, have dis
covered.
We are in possession of copy Of the Rich
mond (va.) Dispatch of May 4th. There was
no name accompanying the sheet. and we
guess that we have to thank DR.. Andrews for
it as he is attending the meeting of the Med
ical Association in that city. From the long
list of delegates which the paper contains we
should Judge the sons of Esculapius were hav-
ing good time. Delegates from thirty-three
of the States are in attendance. Among the
list we notice the following NJ. Ds from our
State l.. Conner, H. F. Lyster, w. Brodie,
A. S. Heaton, Eugene Smith, 4. i. shurley
and II. Z. Smith, Detroit Z. $. Dunster, Ann
Arbor: II. b. Barnes Ionia Josiah Andrews,
Paw Paw; G. L. Rose and John L. Keables,
Decatur; Hugh McColl, Lapeer; +. M. Oak
ley, York G. II. Lewis, Jackson, and y. nj.
Elliott, Hickory Corners. The Association
was called to order by DIR. I. ID. Cunningham,
chairman of the committee Of arrangements,