The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-12-22


A cold zero.
Santa Claus is packing his sachel.
Now is good time to pay your taxes.
Turkeys have begun to roost high again.
r. @. Nash was selling hay again last Satur-
day.
The rabbit hunting season is in full bios
som.
Charley Stevens had a big rush, in the
sewing machine business, last Friday.
Chicken conventions and shows seem 10
be the order of the day.
Two cents will soon carry big letter from
Maine to Oregon.
Chas. Z. Galligan has removed his Office
to the rooms over Forsyth d. Bryar's drug
store, in the rear of the Office of Drs. An
drews d Woodman.
The boys are buying turkeys again. AS
usual all get them for ten cents piece.
DR.. G. NJ. Odell has been seriously i'll for
several days, and is not getting along as well
as wished for.
John Beams folks, of the Lee district,
celebrated their wooden wedding last Friday.
The attendance was large and happy, and
the presents were nice and many.
The Messenger says Paw Paw has diph-
liberia and scarlatina. We would just like to
know by what authority it makes such state
ment.
Harm. Johnson, the ice merchant, has
bought out the Little Joker Fly Paper Co.
Walter Durkee has bought of Mr.. Cunning
ham, the team formerly owned by G. V.
Burdick
Jim Leech now draws the reins over a
pair of matched flyers.
That was a big shipment of butter that
the Herdld spoke of last week. Just think
of it, fifty pounds, and all shipped in a sin
gle day, to one man in Chicago.
A Waverly man bought, in that town, not
long since, forty acres of timbered land, for
which he paid 500. A few days ago he sold
the timber on it for 5000, leaving the land
at a cost OF but 500.
Old MAZE, Uncle Tommy Galligan's old
meeting charger, that has attended more
meetings of every name and nature, in worse
weather than any other horse mare, gelding
or mule on the American continent passed,
one day last week, to the great mysterious
beyond, aged % years.
1t was Washington attorneys who got b.
w. Stanton's pension claim through. So
says that interesting, open hearted enterpris-
ing, local sheet TIE Uerah. The facts are
that Mr.. Stanton employed Chas. L. Galligan,
of this place, Nov. 9TH. 1881 as his attorney
to go on and prosecute his claim, after his
Washington attorneys had got stalled, that
Mr.. G. took hold of it and put it through
for Mr.. S., and for his services Mr.. Stanton
paid him ten dollars. The only figure the
Washington attorneys cut in the case was,
they had the power of attorney, but did no
work AL this the Herdd man knew, at
the time he wrote the item. 1t appears that
that ''little bird" is raising the deuce with
him again, and we would advise him TO wiring
his, her, or Its neck, as the case may be.
Kalamazoo lady with her 15-year old
daughter, together with a young man. pre-
scented themselves before one of our mags-
trates the other day and desired him to
marry the young couple, with the least posi-
ble delay. The magistrate told the mother
he had, now and then, on special occasions
married girls as young, and as beautiful as
her daughter. bat did not do so as a rule
and if she would he kind enough to state
why it was necessary to sacrifice the faii
maiden, of such young and tender years
upon the altar of Hymen, he would deter
mine what could be done on her behalf
Her reasons were: First-Her husband was
conductor on the X. a. S. II. Il. X. Second
He did not try to keep her path strewn
with roses. Third-She had left his bed
and board for just cause and wanted home
with her daughter. Fourth-By getting bel
daughter married, the father could not take
her away with him. The magistrate over
ruled the motion, and the trio fled slowly
and sadly away.