The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-08-18

for few days, and under the surgeons care.
Josiah Kingsbury, our milk merchant,
has II good cows a good 'eelI and wiEd
mill, and is unable TO supply his customers
with milk, and has to buy of neighboring
farmers.
Mr.. Amos Hall reports seeing snake five
inches through and fifteen feet long, near
the slaughter house in Gremps' woods. His
snakeship was rapid traveller, and, when in
motion, his body moved up and down in
waves, instead of horizontally. Other parties
report seeing it at other times.
Harvey L. Benson, of Geneva, young man
% years old, on Wednesday last, through
Judge Hilton, his Attorney, broght suit in
our circuit court, against Layina Black, for
breach of promise to marry. He lays the
damage to his lacerated affections at the mod
est sum of $1,000. Poor Lavina! What rem
ders it all the more narrowing, is that Lavina
married another fellow.
Mr.. K. w. Noyes has recently received
$4,000 from the Knights of Honor, on ac-
count of the death of his brother, Moore Il.
The delay in the settlement of the claim
arose from the fact, that when Moore
died. the lodge was in suspension, and the
matter was made kind of test case, taken
to the Grand Lodge, where payment was
recommended, and thence to the Supreme
Lodge. Mr.. Noyes will pay all costs that
have been incurred in prosecuting the claim,
pay for the monument over Moore's grave.
and retain possession of the remainder for
the benefit of his deceased brothers infant
child. The statement of the Cotrier that
the delay in the settlement of this loss was
occasioned by fault of the officers of the
lodge, is not borne out by the facts as given
us by Mr.. Noyes, and as he is a member of
the lodge, we presume he is correct.
The thunder storm on Tuesday last was
struck in this village, near the residence of
Mrs Hayes, but did no damage. A barn on
the premises of James v Blakelidge in Ar
lington was struck aud consumed with all its
contents, consisting of about GOO bushels of
wheat, quantity of hay etc. Mr.. Blakelidge,
on the first of this month had taken ont a
policy of $500 in the Van Buren County
Farmers Mutual, $3.50 on his barn and S1O40
on his personal property. The Courier
reports the following additional casualties,
COW killed for Norman Rice on the Lawton
road booded bull killed for Jack Veely,
of Pine Grove: five cows killed in Hamilton
on the farm of Chas. Johnson, two owned by
him, two by Thos. Hoadley and one by Mr..
VerInan; a valuable mare and colt killed in
Keller, belonging to Frank Tuttle; eleven
sheep killed for Erastus Osborne. of Hamil-
| ton; the telegraph Office in Decatur badly
injured instruments destroyed and wires
burned of house struck on the farm of
Daniel Lyle in Silver Creek township, Cass
County.
The excursion party, to which alusion
was made in the last issue of the NoRTHEGNER,
left town a few days ago, and is reported as
having been a very pleasant affair. The
sermon by Elder Tongs was replete with rich
thoughts and beautiful illusions. Prof.
Durby, of Chicago led the glee club, while
Billy, the Kid, sang second. The Grafton by
Prof. Horace was very long, and very dry,
and, notwithstanding repeated applications of
hops to his larynx, he appeared on his re-
turn with strip of flannel around his
throat. Messrs. Emery d Barker, the gen.
tlemanly proprietors of the Hotel de MoSter,
were delighted at the unusual influx of guests,
and made every effort to have things pleas
ant and to have their visitors feel at home.
The menu was simply elegant, and the
Olympian games INDUCED in, at the expense
of the propretors, were marvellous feats of
strength and skill. The entire party re-
sorted to Hussey Lake, where camp meet
ing immersion took place, which evidently
resulted disastrously to Ocky Wilde, as his
early application the next morning for five
grains of quiHia sulplas, bore witness. His
face was ashy pale, with the exception of his
nose, which reflected the color of his Auburn
mustache. The bill of fare of the memorable
occasion has been carefully preserved, and
may be seen by visiting the Hotel dc Nosier
where all will be received with careful and
polite attention. The occasion will not soon
be forgotten by any one who participated in
the "Hard Crowd Picnic" The following
names were inscribed on the hotel register;
Horace Greeley, of Oshkosh; ; Oscar Wilde, OF
Omaha: Billy, the Kid, of Arizona; Potato
bug Bill, of st. Ives; John Jacob Astor, OF
| Five P(o)ints; Harkus Barkus, of Pentwater;