The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-07-07

blessedness His wife has left him
temporarily.
| II is rumored that our townsman, A. Sher-
man ESQ.,, is $500 ahead on corn options.
That is satisfactory, no doubt.
Hon. j. j. Woodman is a subscriber TO
twenty -one different publications. Where is
the man who takes greater number?
George, when you ride after those trained
geese be sure you have boat that will carry
you, otherwise you may have to swim for it.
Hawkins lost his spectacles while celebrat-
ing at Decatur. Now if it had been some
other man and the saloons had been open
The NoRTHERNER received a pleasant call
on Monday last from ex-sheriff Gates, of
kalamazoo. Glad to see you, Mr.. Gates. call
again.
The Mosier boys say they will have ripe
peaches by the middle of July. Their crop
is immense, and they are busy thinning the
fruit.
Matthews, our enterprising news man, or
dered upwards of 800 extra copies of daily
papers containing the account of Guiteau's
execution.
VIM. Markillie, the model farmer of AL
mena, is repairing his farm buildings, new
roofing them, etc. He uses $4,000 shingles
in doing it.
Mrs. John Hodges intends to remove to
Valparaiso, Ind, in a short time, where she
will remain until her daughter, Miss Minnie,
completes her education.
Frank Stearns goes to Aberdeen, OAK, on
Monday next, to look after the new "Model
Store" which Duncombe, Stearns & Co. in
tend to start at that place.
The great bell which was recently hung in
st. Pauls Cathedral, stands over nine feet
high, with rim thirty feet in circumference,
and weighs seventeen tons.
! DR.. Albert Thompson, formerly Surgeon
of the Sd Mich. Cav, now residing at San
Bernardino, CAL, has been visiting his old
comrades and friends in town.
Ben. Heckert attended the Supreme Court
last week and argued the case of Harrison
VS.. Harrison. The opinion of the court will
not be given until the next term.
w. w. Hodge in last weeks Sentinel init
mates quite eAphatically that Mr.. Linderman
has not told the exact truth in regard to GER
tain matters relative to fast horses.
On Tuesday evening of last week, James
Loveland's sawmill, in Bloomingdale town
ship, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $500.
Mr.. l.. intends to put up another mill.
There was severe hailstorm in the mile
lake neighborhood on the afternoon of tho
4th. Corn was considerably injured, being
badly broken down, and the blades torn into
shreds.
ALI. Ingraham was arrested on Monday
last on a charge of assault and battery. He
was arraigned before Esq. Mason, and at his
request the trial was adjourned until Satur-
day next.
The room in the Francklyn cottage, Elber-
on, in which President Garfield died, is closed
and draped heavily with mourning. In this
condition it is stated it will always remain
Interior.
III. X. Halsted, who has been shearing
sheep for the past four weeks, made record
of 26 in half day, for Edison Woodman. If
any sheep-shearer has done any better, let's
hear from him.
Duncombe, Stearns & Co., Paw Paw gro-
GERS, did business amounting to over S46,-
600 for the year ending June 1. Paw Paw
has three newspapers, and the firm advertises
in each of them.-DOrdgidc Times.
The Presbyterians are contemplating some
much needed improvements to their church,
such as a new roof, more comfortable seats,
ETC., the extent of the Improvements to depend
upon the liberality of those interested.
Hoppy went to Kalamazoo on the 4th and
got home looking-well, just fair to me-
dium, that's all. Fenner went to Chicago to
see the ball play. He didn't get home until
Thursday. He looked-full as well as we
expected,
Venus, the beautiful planet so we'll known
to every one, will make her transit on the 9th
of December, 1882, and astronomers are al
ready preparing for extensive observations
to be taken on that day, hoping thereby tc
determine more accurately the suns distance
from the earth.
The celebration at Decatur was grant