The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-07
A aoaoor o,,ar - Rerr;en county

"A deacon over IN lferrlen county
bought some soap from travelling
galoot, not long since, expecting to
find $40 bill in one of the boxes.
The vender was arrested and bound
over To the circuit court where he
plead guilty and was fined $40 and
costs. The deacon's subscription to
the support of the church will not be
SO large as heretofore but he will
know more about travelling soap
Dealers Vigildnt.
As soon as it was announced that
a roller skating rink was TO be estab-
lished here one of our young bust
ness men thought to steal a march
on the boys by having little prac-
tice in advance. Accordingly, dur
ing lull in business, he Don-ned his
skates and went to work. How nu-
merous were his antics we have no
means of knowing, but customer
who ventured in about the right time
found the skatist with his head i'll a
box of "ginger snaps" and his feet
in the air as if reaching for the cell
ing-Decot,tr Republican.
Last night burglars entered j. NJ.
Ballou's Excelsior planning mill, and
smashedin his safe, with siedges. Mr..
Ballou had no money in his safe and
his notes, mortgages, books, and
papers appear to have been unmo-
Tested. The desk and Office secre-
tary in his Office were rihed, but
nothing is missing. The burglars
first broke into the hoe factory, and
there procured the bars and sledges,
with which they smashed in the safe.
1t is literally pounded to pieces, and
decidedly the work of bungling anna
tours. The thieves entered the mill
by door III the basement story. No
clue to the fellows who spent large
amount of valuable time for nothing.
- Weekly OtSego Union.
. Our Local editor" dropped into
the skating hall the other day, and
put on a pair of rollers; struck out
viciously, then took a seat and med
itated moment as to the best way
to skate. Having made up his mind
he raised to his feet, started eau
tiously; then throwing his hands over
his head and his feet high i'll the air
came down like the hammer of pile
driver, shaking the building to its
foundation; tried it again with "A
more stunning result; this time grasp
ing everything that came in the way.
Again that terrible earthquake. Sit
ting passive a few moments he said,
take 'em off, boys, when l want to
hire out to drive piles I'll get a cast
iron bottom to my pants" Thus
saying, he wendell his way to the
Record office, wiser if not better
man. Uaterrliet Cor. Day Spring.
About six weeks ago a family of
Germans, named Netter, residing in
Bertrand township, Berrien county,
was taken sick with peculiar symp-
toms and it was suggested that the
pork that they had been eating was
infected by trichine. Specimens of
the pork were sent to Chicago and
Ann Arbor for microscopic examin-
alton. From both places came the
report that there was no trichin2.
Rev. Chas. Ager, who has a powerful
instrument and who has had expert
ence with trichinosis obtained some
of the meat and soon discovered the
parasites in large numbers. Sunday
afternoon at the request of DR.. Temp
lins we called at his residence where
Mr.. Ager was with specimens of the
meat. BY the aid Of the doctors
microscope the trichinH could plainly
be seen. Monday DR.. Tompkins
went to Niles and with Drs. Bonnie
and Belknap visited the afflicted
family, four of whom are more or less
affected by trichinosis, the oldest, a
boy about 10, who had eaten raw
tcnderloin, being the worst, and it
may prove fatal in his case. The
other children are getting better
Tigilont