The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-31

Geo. w. Matthews has his news and sta
tionery room nicely fitted up in Ira Hulbert's
store. See his advertisement in this paper
and you will know what no has for sale.
B. G. Gorham, OF Chebanse, H., has been
visiting friends here. He is an old sub
scriber to tho NoRrHERsEn, and before he
returned gave MS pleasant call and renewed
his subscription.
Holmes & Spicer have added a delivery
wagon to their equipments. Dan. says it Is
not the most elegant cart in the world, bat it
is paid for, and the springs were made pur-
posely for Carrying eggs.
An exchange enumerates the grounds up
on which divorce can be obtained in the
State of Ohio and sums them up, eleven in
ALL Michigan can beat that. Here divorce
is granted for the asking.
The house and contents of Hudson Bacon,
near South Haven, burned on Friday last
while the family was absent. The neighbors
succeeded in saving only the cook stove and
some minor articles. No insurance.
Rev. ID. Marsh occupied the pulpit at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday. Mr.. M.
was pastor of that church for a number of
years, and is always highly welcomed by his
people here, whenever ne visits them.
Register To-Morrow.
Let no voter lose his vote because of not
having his name registered. The Board of
Registration win be in session at the Office
of w. Ii. Mason, Town Clerk, on Saturday.
The Rt. Rev. DR.. Gillespie, Bishop of the
Diocese of Western Michigan, win visit st.
Marks church on Sunday next, April Cd.
Services, 10lI a. m, 3 p. m, z p. IN. A full
attendance of the children is desired at the
afternoon service.
J. T.. Showerman has traded his Nebraska
land TO J. G.. Sheldon for tho old Storey
place Of sc acres, one mile south of Goble-
vile. Mr.. Showerman advertised in the
NonruERrJER and had more than ffty per
sons after his land,
The Herald says "that temperance and
reform are the fundamental principles of the
National Greenbacl Reform party" Tenn
perance ought to be one of It's fundamental
principles. It has such fine field for labor
within its own ranks.
Ray Wheeler, from Oneida, N, Y, has
moved into the house recently purchased by
A. Hathaway from Mr.. Dunning. MIR
Wheeler is q house painter, ETC., and intends
to make Paw Paw his home. He is very
highly recommended az workman. See
his card elsewhere in this paper.
The township of Geneva has another CASE
of smallpox. The Sentinel says: at seems
married daughter OF Israel Sibole, who
lived in Chicago, lost child 10y this disease
and when she came home, brought the
clothes Of the dead child with her, and from
these she is supposed to havo taken it,
The Courier says the EoETHERNEE "sneer.
at Brother Goodman" Not 80, we hav,
no doubt that he is good man and o gooI
preacher but we don't think he is much O
politician, and we doubt not that h
himself would acknowledge that he was dc
ceivcd when he was induced TO support th
Greenback ticket, under the plea that it wa
temperance ticket.
A little child, aged about years, of d
Cogswell, in Geneva, was terribly burne'
one day last week. 1t had been left by it
mother with another child little Older
s while she went to q spring for water. II
{ supposed that her clothes caught from play
ing in the fire. A neighbors wife hearin
her screams, ran over and extinguished tn
, flames. The child was so severely burne
that her recovery is doubtful.
! Miss Eta Hopping, of this village, noy
travelling with Leslie's Chorus Concert Com
pany, met with quite a serious accident a
Tekonsha one evening last week. In passin
through hall at the hotel where they wer
stopping, she opened door which she sup
posed led to n porch, but which, instead
4 opened into an open, unprotected cellar-way
Miss III. was precipitated down about 8 feet
receiving several severe bruises. But we ar
: happy to state that she is now able to re
n sumo her duties with tho company.
As there has been o large number OF tn
: schools throughout the country, closed Of
r accountof smallpox or other contagious dis
= eases, during the winter, we have been aske
the question whether teacher would b
obliged to deduct from his wages the amoun
for the time the school was so closed. w
have looked the question up and find tha
the supreme court has decided it in tho 4
Mich, page 4sO, in the case of Dewey VI