The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-09

Charley Heath came pretty near getting
burned out on Friday last. There was no
one at home, Mrs. Heath being absent and
the girl down town to get an aching tooth
pulled. Some kindling-w had been placed
on the zinc, under the stove, which caught
fire while she was away, and burned large
hole through the floor. She returned just in
time to prevent general confagration. The
house belongs to H. w. McCabe. All
damage will be made good by Mr.. Beebe,
with whom the building and contents were
insured.
At the Disciple church, last Sunday even
| ing somebody caused some annoyance by
whispering and Elder Reese, pausing in his
DISCOURSE remarked that once upon a time
he rebuked young man for disturbing a
meeting and at the close of the service he
was informed that the party making such
disturbance was almost an idiot. Since then,
he said, he had been very careful about
speaking to any one on similar occasions,
for fear he might be speaking to the same
kind of person. There was no more whis-
pering W hile the service lasted.
Another absolutely first class entertain
ment, and to say the least, on a par with
Prof. Swings recent lecture, will be given at
Longwells Opera House on the evening of
Washington's birthday. Feb. odd Mr.. s. L.
Bowen has secured the services of DR..
Henson of Chicago. There is no shadow of
doubt as to the rank such men hold, and the
much abused term, FIRST class" can be ap-
propriately applied to them. Citizens of
Paw Paw seem to appreciate good thing
and if the evening is favorable, undoubtedly
the house will be crowded, even at 80 cents
Tickets, with choice of reserved seats, at
Chappell's.
Hi Henry, who had engaged Longwell's
Opera House for an entertainment, on Tues
day evening last, failed to put in an appear
ance, much to the disgust of several loads of
people from the surrounding country, who
had come in to attend his performance.
When Bucks company came here they de-
sired to remain a week, but as Hi Henry had
engaged the House for the 9th, they could
not do so without laying off one night, and
so they played but three nights. 1t is safe
to say that those who were disappointed last
Tuesday evening would not put themselves
very much out of the way TO patronize him
on another occasion.
DR.. l.. G. Woodman met with peculiarly
distressing and painful accident last Satur-
day at about o'clock in the morning. He
had been called to Mr.. A. w. Showerman's,
and, the front door being closed, he was adj
close the door after him, he fell down an
open cellar-way, breaking his left arm in
two places, once at the wrist and once be-
tween the shoulder and elbow. The DIR. is
very unfortunate, having met with more
accidents, probably, than any other man in
the county. In another sense, he may be
said to be fortunate, for most men would
have broken their backs or necks, before
falling half as many times as he has. Every
body hopes for his rapid recovery, for we all
miss him.
A letter to Mr.. j. w. Gray, from friend
at Huron, Dakota, dated Jan. 18th, says all
the desirable land in that vicinity is being
rapidly taken up, and that where last spring
there was stretch of twenty miles of first
class prairie, it is now all gone, and fine
farms have been started, where at that time
there was no sign of a human habitation.
But he adds that there are still localities
| little farther on where homestead and pre-
emption claims may be filed, but no tree
claims, as they are all gone. Every Gay, he
says, lessons the chances for desirable ioca-
tions as every train, although it is mid
| MlnleT, DTliS5 CrONuS VI eager tniAA occhcAos
and the rush will probably be much greater
in the spring. His opinion is that those
who contemplate going to Dakota, cannot
90 too soon, if they would secure eligible and
desirable locations.
On Saturday evening last the Robert Buck
Dramatic Company closed three days en-
gagement in this village. They were peculiar
ly unfortunate in making their first visit to
our town, at time when the weather was SO
inclement that it was almost impossible for
people to attend their entertainments. There
is a good deal of talent in the company, and
they are well worthy of patronage. Tho
music by Olof Bull and Louis Gross is of n
high order, but more than all the rest, it IS a
rare treat to listen TO one of Mr.. Bulls violin
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