The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-20

Four dollars pays for round trip ticket
from Paw Paw TO Chicago and return, via
Hartford, Benton Harbor and the Lake.
Orders have been issued from the post of
fee department changing the mail route from,
Lawton to Hartford to railroad route. "
The new Pennock road machine purchased
by our village was out working on the streets
last Tuesday 1t does admirable work.
Willie Hyames, of Waverly, the young man
whom we mentioned last week, as being Sc
verely hurt by fall, died from his injuries.
August 25th is the day Jay gives away his
next sewing machine. Everybody should
have plenty of his tickets. Read his new
ad.
Some of the newspapers of this congress
ional district are talking about a Fourth Dis
trict Press Association. We second the mo-
ton.
Miss Nina McCabe is i'll with malarial fe-
yer. She was taken sick last Sunday. She had
just returned from visiting friends in Kala-
mazoo.
Under the amended school law, which is
now in force, boards of trustees of graded
schools consist of only five members instead
of six, as heretofore
The increasing business of the narrow
gauge" has compelled the purchase of new
engine, larger than either of the others. This
makes three engines now ON the road.
On Monday last terrible tornado visited
portions of Wisconsin and Illinois, doing
great damage to standing crops, and demol-
ishing many buildings. But few casualties
are reported.s -
The common council of Decatur have
passed an ordinance to prevent Sunday
loafing. 1t will be in order now to declaim
against interference with the citizens per-
sonal liberty.
the new shirt factory, Brodhead Post, G. A.
r. will have to find new armory. The boys
will, probably, have to get along with less
commodious quarters.
Clum. Engle says he will not begin TO har-
vest his peaches before the last of the month.
The crop is fully two weeks late. Alexan-
ders, the earliest variety, which ought to be
ripe now, have not begun to color.
d. Darwin Hughes OF Grand Rapids. one
the state, died on Thursday of last week,
after a long and lingering illness. Mr..
Hughes was well known by many of our cit
liens.
AS we 90 to press-W Wednesday morning
We are informed that Mr.. l.. J. Brown. the
fifth man who was complained of for keep
ngopen saloon at South Haven on the Fourth
is expected in town 70 arrange his ''little diff
fculty.'
- The apple crop will be very short. Ii YOU
have any of those rosy checked Baldwins. or
luscious Greetings next winter, you will have
to pay well for then,-unless you happen to
be one Of the fortunate few who raise enough
for your own use.
The sidewalk between the race bridge and
the river is in a very bad condition. Pedes-
TRANS are liable to stumble and break their
necks if they travel over it after dark. 1t is
not calculated to give visitors very good
idea OF the enterprise of the town.
c. l.. Fitch has been nursing a badly
swelled arm and hand. swarm of bees
alighted near his house and Charley thought
he would become an apiarist. He succeeded
in hiving them, but in doing so he made the
acquaintance of some of their business ends.
The races at Kalamazoo were fine and at
tracted quite throng of spectators, but not
as many as was anticipated. st. Julien, al
though present, did not trot in any of the
races. The best trotting time was made by
Fanny Witherspoon, PIG, and by Flora
Belle, PAGER, 2.17ll4.
Emery Touner of Pine Grove was arrested
last Tuesday, charged with bastardy, on COM
plant of Miss Ash, daughter of VIM. Ash of
that town, and arraigned before Esq. Long
Of Coolies. Mr.. Touner emphatically denies
the charge Mr.. b. F. Heckert will defend.
Examination, Thursday, July 26th.
The young ladies of Oak Park Seminary
will give an ice cream social at the Seminary
grounds, on Friday evening of this week.
It's object is to start a fund for the purchase
of astronomical, chemical, philosophical and
other apparatus for the use of the Seminary.
All friends are requested TO be present and
give substantial evidence of such friendship.
G.. G.. Palmer, a gentleman from Big
Rapids, alleges that he had 1927 surreptitious-
ly distracted from his pockets while in this
village on Friday last. He had been up
nearly all the previous night, and while wait
ing at the Dyckman house for the train, he
sat down in a chair, on the walk and fell
asleep, at which time he claims the pocket
picking was done. No clue to the thief u
The yickS5urg Monitor has got it bad,
we mean the spelling reform mania. 1t
drops the final Sc in such words as are, were,
have etc., and casts out silent letters in such
words as through and though, spelling them
"thru" and "tho.'' This way of spelling is a
fine thing for those who, like the Yankee we
have read of, thinks man must be a "durned''
fool, who can't spell q word more than one
way.
Carroll 81 Co. sent up their balloon last
NSaturday. 1t had not got fairly started on
its aerial journey before it caught fire and
was consumed. Harley Wilkinson, young
colored lad, found the tag and received the
s3 pair OF shoes, as advertised. The firm
will send up another balloon on Saturday p.
M, July 2Sth, with similar card attached,
a similar prize being offered to the finder
if the card is returned within ten days.
frankie Osborn, son of J.. II. Osborn, met
with painful accident last Friday afternoon.
The gun club were out shooting glass balls,
and frankie was placing the balls in the trap.
shot had Just been fired, and before he
had time to place another ball in position.