The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-11

Green corn in market.
Potatoes down to 80 cts.
Having plenty of warm weather.
Criminal business is lively again.
Now 10 the time to set out your strawberry
plants.
Several young ladies in town are practic-
ing horseback riding.
Maiden p. Allen, our ex-furniture man
has severed his mustache.
Miss Clara Bray, of Grand Rapids, an ex-
typo in the Hernia office, is visiting friends
in the city.
Our one legged boy has got pair of box
ing gloves, and stands up with any of them
at the business.
The Little Joker Fly Paper Co. was out
on trip to Kalamazoo last week, and re-
ports good sales.
DIR. Spencer, that eminent Beehive euris.
copian, has left the city and gone to broader
fields and greener pastures.
The corn and bean crop is making rapid
growth now, and with this weather for few
weeks, will make q success.
Large fields of wheat in the northern part
of the county are seriously damaged by the
recent rain. Sprouts two inches long.
Nearly every boy in town has from one to
a dozen white rats, and yet Kalamazoo papers
nearly went crazy over one that died there
few days ago.
Dutch Frank is now suffering from the
nobbiest hair cut in town. All the young
bloods will do we'll to look over that cut. 1t
is good one.
Fred Stevens writes his name on the
lower left hand corner of all the new bills
that are now issued from the First National
Bank of this city.
Ed. Gilman has sold his bay stallion, Don,
to parties in the eastern part of this State.
Don took the stakes in the three-year-ol
race here last fall.
David Dillon has been trimming up the
trees around the school house grounds, and
they look much better for it. David knows
his business to perfection.
We " sh our City Dads would order that
Main street be leveled up little v ith few
loads of gravel. 1t would look much better,
besides being better. Say you do it, Dads.
One of our city bloods filled up with
pLdrtJVs ulUm last Saturday night, end
commend ed little row with a rural chap,
for which he was arrested and brought be-
fore our Fat Justice. His case was adjourned
till Monday morning, and in default of bail
he was ordered by the court to be committed
: to jail. Sheriff McCabe had him in charge
and he soon found he (the prisoner) was not
as harmless as a dove, nor as peaceful as a
lamb Constable Filley and Marshal Fland-
ers were detailed to assist. Business at this
moment began to open up lively, hats, watch
chains, buttons, and shirt collars, flew in
every direction. But when Rus. Mentor and
a brindle bull dog by the name of Sam, with
a peruvian bark, put in an appearance, things
begun to change a little in favor of the ar
resters The first blood was credited TO the
dog drawn from the leg of Marshal Flanders,
either by mistake or carelessness on the part
of the dog. The prisoner, however, was
jailed and no one seriously injured save
Officer Filley, who suffered so badly from
over exertion that the porter of the Union
House, where he was boarding, sent oct for
two doctors, drug store, and a mineral
t spring. 10 come TO his assistance He is be-
ter now. The officers are entitled under our
statute 60 % cts for the commitment. II
: pays to be an officer. On Monday the young
{ man was arraigned, plead guilty, and was
sentenced TO twenty days in the cooler.