The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-29

Miss Eta Hopping has returned home
after an absence of seven months with Les
lies musical troupe.
The new ithograph of the Rock Island
Route, referring to the Grand Army re-union
at Denver, is an elegant specimen of Rail-
road advertising.
The lost money advertised by Mr.. Gilbert
was adjudged by the arbitrators, Messrs.
Hawkins and Sellick, to belong to John Sage,
and it has been delivered to him.
DIR. Maynard's father and mother are visit
ing him. The old gentleman is over so
years old, but appears as active both physic-
ally and mentally as if in his prime. h
The East Arlington Farmers Association
has ordered a copy of the NoRTHERNER to be
sent regularly to its secretary, Mr.. G. o.
Nash. A very commendable thing to do.
Rumor said that Dansby was intending to
run gambling shop in his new saloon. Mr..
Dansby says such is not the fact and that
nothing of the kind will be tolerated.
On Saturday of this week Joe Carroll win
send up balloon to which "A card will be at
tached. To any person returning such card
within ten days he will present $500 pair
of shoes.
Elder Brooks and his wife have been Wis
ting their many friends in this place. All
feel Ike calling down Heavens choicest
blessings on the heads of this good old
couple.
competitive examination of candidates
for West Point viii be held at Capt. Robert
+. Hills Office in kalamazoo, on the 3lst of
July next. 4. T. Hill, G. S. Maynard, and j.
w. Bentley, are the examining committee.
A large number of Paw Paw people attend
ed Barnum's show at kalamazoo on Saturday
last. They report it as a "big thing" al
though some were disappointed because they
did not find Jumbo to be as large as meet
ing house.
On Tuesday morning John Sage and Luke
Gilbert had little difficulty growing out of
the ''lost money" which resulted in Mr.. Gil
bert's arrest FOR assault and battery. He
plead guilty, and Esq. Billy imposed fine
of 81 and costs.
The way Gov. Begole runs the pardon mill
is not encouraging 10 law and order. Three
scoundrels per month is thinning them out
pretty rapidly. What wonder that people
resort to Lynch law as they did in Cheboy-
gan, the other day?
Miss Belle Bitey is home from McGregor,
Iowa, where she has been teaching for the
past year. Miss Hattie Bitely has also re-
turned from the east. The sisters will re-
main in town during the summer and occupy
their old homestead,
On Sunday morning last Elder Edwards
of Ligonier, Ind, preached an excellent dis
course to a good audience, at the Disciple
church. He also spoke to crowded house
| in the evening" at the union services held at
the Presbyterian church.
If any persons desire to avail themselves of
the traditional privilege of commanding the
services of justice of the peace TO perform
the marriage ceremony az the beginning of
his term, free OF charge, let them come to
us on the 4th OF July, as that is our first day.
There is no series of publications in the
country superior to that of Harper Bro d.
Their Monthly, Weekly. Bazsr, and Young
Folks, constitute library of current litera-
ture, and are well worthy of the liberal pat
ronage they receive at the hands of the
public.
Last Friday afternoon the little ones in
the first primary department Of our school
had some EXERCISES consisting of singing,
reading, recitations, etc. They did remark
ably well and reflected much credit on the
gentle shepherdess" Kate, who presides
over them.
The Detroits are making lively race
among the National League ball players, for
the tail end of the heap. Were it not for
the Philadelphias they would already occupy
that distinguished position. But then Phila-
delphia, you know, is the biggest town, and
will be hard to beat, but Detroit will push
her though. -
4 Paw Paw is getting to be great place to
grow strawberries. Mr.. Sydney Cox left a
couple of boxes at our Office last Tuesday,
that were particularly fine. We had the Gu
riosity to measure one and found it to be 434
inches in circumference and two inches in
diameter, the longest way. They were of the
Monarch of the West" variety. -
A little lad at Decatnr, aged seven years
a son of Scott Smith, was drowned in the
Lake of the Woods last Friday night He
was all alone at the lake, and although dill
gent search was made the body was not
found until Saturday morning. Apparently
he had got upon an old raft which floating
from the shore, frightened him SO that he
jumped off.
The recent storm washed out bad and
place on Kalamazoo street. where the
brook crosses the road. Considerable money
has been spent there at different times, and
it occurs to us that it would be economy
to repair it permanently, by building q
stone wall or by some other equally eff
J fectiye plan.
"Much ado about nothing The KesSen
ger comments on our item about Paw Paw
school ma'ams. Bro. Brown, you can in.
terpret us in any way that suits your fancy
but keep cool, don't slop over. We were not
mad, and we did not mean to step on your
corns, or irritate any tender spots. We
don't fly into passion as easily as that
Now, confdentially, and truly, we didn't
mean hdndsomeSt, although that would come
very, very near the truth, nor did we mean
h0naelieSt, for that would be a base slander
but we meant heaviest, and if there is any
: town in the county that wants to put in q
counter claim, we should like to hear from it
The graduating exercises took place thi:
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