The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-16

The Geo. H. Thomascat season is open in
dead earnest.
Maiden p Allen has returned from his
York State visit.
Rodolphus Rogers is doing the calcimin
ing at the First Baptist church, and he is
not from Kalamazoo, either.
Last Monday, Seth Frisbie. of waverly
had straw stack tip over, burying fourteen
sheep and killing seven of them.
In New York they are eating Florida
strawberries, and are paying S2.75 per quart
for them. Our Strawberries are not quite
ripe yet.
Mrs. Mary 4. Jones, of the Lee district,
says if nothing happens, she will certainly
make her trip to California, on foot, and she
is quite apt to keep her word.
That great Canada weather prophet, who
was going to bring about the greatest storm
bald-headed ground hog, prophesying.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett of Fort Scott, Kan,
are visiting at the residence of our Fat
Justice Mrs. y. is a daughter of j.. l..
Ward, formerly of this place, now of Kansas.
Lieut.. Don. c. Rogers, late Register OF
Deeds of this county, has been in town Civ
ing Chas i. Fitch a little racket at chess.
These gentlemen have played several games
of chess, by mail and are both good players
When a person comes to town in the
morning, bitches his team TO post, and lets
it stand in the cold all day and part of the
night, without food or drink, all of which
man did last Saturday, it is plain case OF
cruelty to animals, and ought to be prose
cuted.
Who ia Judge Andrew Jackson Mills, OF
Paw Paw, of whom the Grand Rapids
Democrat spoke last week. as being in that
city, on business? We have Judge Alfred
j. Mills-"and good Judge toor-here but
he is an Englishman, and aecer could have
been named Andrew Jackson, so the Demo-
crdt could not have meant him.
Dr. Thomas, of Kalamazoo, formerly of
this place, had runaway in the 'big village
a few days since, and his horse was killed
The village "dads'' of that big burg opened
their big hearts, and their big treasury, and
bade the doctor reach in and help himself to
$50. That's right, gentlemen, "Whoso
giveth to the poor, lendeth to the Lord
He was an old man end an ex-sheriff OF
this county. The other morning, during
fit of coughing and snee2ing, ETC., he sent
so set OF teeth sailing gracefully down to
the bottom of 20 feet well. Since then
fishing about that well, and ne has had ap-
plications from several tooth carpenters for
a job. No invited guests.
Tue life of city marshal is not devoid OF
excitement few evenings since a rural
rooster from Waverly was in town, and after
filling up with Pin Worm Destroyer, he be
gan to run tho town on his own hook, but
before he could convene the city dads in
special council and pass any new and i'm
portant measures, he was gobbled up by the
marshal, two constables and several by
standers, landed on a two-horse dray and
placed hors de combat.
1t is said that a certain gentleman and his
wife, who reside in Western Van Buren.
went to Chicago, not long since, where
divorce was procured by one of them, Oh
the ground of incompatibility of temper, We
presume. They then proceeded to Dakota.
where each entered lands under the home
stead act, and. after getting that all secure,
returned to Chicago, where they were re-
married and came back home rejoicing.
Now If they conducted themselves, after
leaving Chicago, until their return and re-
marriage. SO az TO not be liable to a criminal
prosecution, they may make fine thing out
of this novel enterprise, but our acquaint
ance with The gentleman, and our knowledge
of his predilections in that respect, leave
some lingering doubts in our mind.
An old raan presented himself before one
of our magistrates the other day, and told
tho court he was Ga years old, and resided in
the city of Brooklyn, N. Y; that two years
since no wooed and won one of the fair
Young bellies of Brooklyn, that all was peace,
harmony and sunshine, until Waverly
gentleman, during the month of October
last, enticed her away from him, and he Is
now left to pull in single harness, during the
remainder of his days. He said he did not
think his wife's character had always been
as white and pure as an angels wing, bat
that he had always been ready TO forget and
forgive, but now things had gone too far :
that she and this Waverly chap were living
together about 221 miles south of kalama-
200. and no wanted warrant for their ar
rest. When the court told him his jurisdic-
.;o, ala not extend over the county of