The true northerner., 1884-08-28
Gohlevtlle.

Howard lost a horse last week. Ii fell
dead in the harness.
Charles Myers little son is visiting him
from Grand Rapids.
Howard will beat Johnny, as he is putting
up eight gables to his house.
Mrs. Maggie Beardslee met with a severe
accident while at Marcellus, by falling back
wards out of buggy.
Parties have been here the past week from
Elsie, with a view of locating business that
will include bakery.
Chas. Lockwood of Covert, has been in
this vicinity buying hogs. We hear that he
is offering $5.10 per hundred.
Forty-one excursion tickets to Battle Creek
were sold here on Tuesday of last week, be-
sides twelve which the II. II. Co. gave to the
band.
Covenant meeting one week from next
Sabbath, when arrangements will be made
for baptismal services. A large attendance
is expected.
An effort is being made here to form
Methodist class. Those who think they can
not get to heaven by the way of the Baptist
church, Will JON.
Mothers meeting Thursday afternoon at
half past two o'clock, at the church. These
meetings are interesting and are source of
social enjoyment 10 all who attend. Open to
oil. Come.
The railroad officials refusing to carry the
body of Perry Gruber, it was brought from
South Haven by team Tuesday. Services
were held the day before at Pine Grove, 10y
Elder Lewis.
A desperate fight came off last Saturday,
in the family of Henry Whelpley. Clubs
and fists were freely used. Eugene had good
sized cash cut over his eyes with club
in the hands of his father Mrs. Whelp-
ley showed signs of rough usage. Nate.
Chamberlin who was a mere looke-ron and
state which prevented him from moving
out of the way with sufficient promptness,
was knocked "hors de combat" and, refusing
TO come to time was declared out of the fight.
When Nate comes to his senses, he will en-
quire, ''who struck Billy Patterson Infor-
nation from other sources is that the father
himself was badly bruised.-ED.
We think the authorities at Washington
are showing themselves when they undertake
TO investigate the alleged misdoings of the
Arctic explorers. Have they not suffered
enough already? Is this what they were
brought home for, TO be reviled and abused
because they tried in all ways TO save
their lives? Not man in the land but would
have done the same thing. The preservation
of life is the first law of nature engrafted
into every human heart and il is law of
which every one takes advantage. Out upon
such fooolishness as appointing committee
to rake up all the sickening details of their
terrible sufferings. Let them rest in peace.
We attended the reunion at Battle Creek.
and saw as large crowd as we have seen III
several years. On Wednesday night about
1000 soldiers had registered, each paying a
fee of % cents. This did not include all
there at that time, as good many did not
register. We estimated the crowd at that
time at $4,000, but as the rush was at its
height on Thursday, there were great many
more. We heard it estimated as high as
10000, but should judge that 10000 too high.
The rations were as good as could be expect
ed for such vast number of soldiers but
not nearly so good as at st. Joe last year.
The arrangements for water were good, pipes
being laid to the grounds, but the third day
they failed to work for time. We saw
"Observer" there picking up notes, and some
other prominent men, among them Gen. Lo-
gan. Pickpockets were there in force. In
that large concourse of people we saw only
one man the worse for liquor, and we are
sorry to say he was Good Templar, who
had came across friends he had not seen in
twenty years.